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Also it is good to check the repair statistics, in Consumer Reports, for example. Dell, Compac, and Apple typically get the best ratings. Here is something more up to date on the Apple line: http://macintouch.com/reliability/macbooks.html Andreas Forster wrote: > The good thing with a PC notebook is that you get a usable touchpad and an > ALT key that lets you access menus without taking your hands off the > keyboard, the lack of both of which drives me up the wall every time I sit > in front of a Mac portable. > > How to decide on a notebook? Sit in front of those you find interesting > (all with dedicated graphics, obviously) and pick the one whose keyboard > and > screen you like the most. The differences on the outside are bigger than > those on the inside. > > Andreas > > > > On 11/30/06, William Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> *** For details on how to be removed from this list visit the *** >> *** CCP4 home page http://www.ccp4.ac.uk *** >> >> >> >> Either a PC laptop or Apple would be fine. I just bought a new MacBook >> and after the salesman assured me it was the latest and greatest, it was >> obsolete 4 days later, has had serious battery problems, random >> shutdowns, >> and so forth. Meanwhile the new version allegedly corrected this. But >> this has put me in a pretty foul mood with respect to Apple recently, so >> I >> am going to recommend any good cheap PC laptop and install a good free >> Linux distribution that is pleasant to use and maintain, like Ubuntu >> Linux. >> >> >> >> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, shivesh kumar wrote: >> >> > Dear all, >> > For installing CCP4i and CNS and other graphics program which laptop I >> > should buy.Whether it should be of linux operating system of any >> > other.Howabout HP >> > pavillion.Any suggestion is welcome. >> > Thanx in advance. >> > S >> > >> >
