On 7-Dec-03, at 7:00 PM, Antonio Gallardo wrote: <snip</snip>
I'm glad you like your Linux based laptop, the fellow asked if we liked our OSX boxes ... which we do.
But for the record I never stop my OSX laptop, so I don't have to restart, (okay for your 1 minute). Then I don't have to restart my database, app server, IDE, open files, ssh tunnels, etc., etc., etc.
My clients are mostly M$ based and I have to work with them, so dual booting as you suggest would be more like a 30 minute switch ... which I'd have to do several times a day, not just when I show up ... but while working on Code, then reviewing docs in Word etc. I have run Linux laptops and they didn't for me due to those reasons already stated.
So for me it is a better fit, for you Linux is a good fit.
For me my Intel laptops have always cost close to what my current OSX laptop cost, by the time I get all of the RAM, decent drive size, external connections like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, FIrewire, etc. So each person has a different ROI based upon the work that they do.
For the fellow that asked ... he can use the info provided by both sides in determining his own path.
Cheers, Thor HW
