On 2/3/07, Shane Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/3/07, Andrew Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > And another interesting fact is that Apple have increased their market > > share of the US laptop sector to 12% and it's still growing, just the > > facts. > > > I must agree, if I got a laptop, an iBook would be on top of the list > (with Windows and Linux installed and a huge hole in my bank balance). >
Yeah, I'd probably agree. My brother has one and he showed me some of the cool things that you can do with them now, especially with Parallels. I personally am not over the moon about both sets, I think OSX once had an appeal to me, due to its rich UI but like all things Apple, I get bored afterawhile (up to my 5th iPod and thinking of switching to another brand as I hate being locked into M4p reduced quality mp3's)... > > The thing I was most disappointed about with OSX when looking into Macs > was the lack of support for 64bit applications. They have been running 64bit > chips since the G5 was released but Tiger is the first version of OSX (which > on a side note seems to need an upgrade every few months for things they > forgot to implement) to support 64bit out of the console environment. This > was a big reason to stick with Windows and Linux (<rant>anything based on > Debian rocks even though Debian is a good as dead now... *cough* Ubuntu > *cough*</rant>). Running SQL Server 64bit edition on a 64bit Windows > platform is freaking fast! Java seems to love it and Eclipse seems snappier > on my 64bit machines. > Surely if there is a market for it? they'd shift gear and adopt 64bit? maybe its early days and so they are holding off? > > For me the best option was Windows and Linux on two separate desktops and > using Synergy <http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/> to connect to the two > (almost) seamlessly. > > Not a fan of Linux. I've tried it and used it for a bit, but to be honest it felt like HAM Radio style approach to things. Yeah I could do a lot with it, but couldn't be arsed to be honest. I'm lazy ;) I know I am ranting but I just got back from a week out of the Brisbane > summer sun. As good as it is to have such nice weather, the cold can be very > enjoyable as well! > > I'm in miserable Seattle at the moment where its so freakin cold, I'm experiencing a new "cold feeling". -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
