very nice keyboard i have to say
although i like fusion i find it a bit slow when needing to go back to
the mac os to do tasks. i have some great dictionaries though for the
mac from ultra lingua and as part of my translation course i have to
use windows to get work done when i go next year in the autumn/fall.
So if i ran bootcamp i'd be stuck as the dictionaries would not be
accessible to me
On 24 Dec 2008, at 03:26, Mike Arrigo wrote:
Remember too that you can run windows on a mac laptop, either using
boot camp or using fusion, so in many ways, buying a mac gives you
the best of both worlds. At this point, I have no interest in
getting a laptop, but if and when I do, I'd probably go for a mac
book, by the way, how is the keyboard on those?
On Dec 23, 2008, at 11:31 AM, Cara Quinn wrote:
Hi Will, whilst on the surface, this may look like a good deal,
I'll bring up a few points below you might consider. Also, you
didn't mention the processor speed?…
• Vista needs more memory to run well, than does Leopard, so the
memory issue may be a moot point in regard to actual system
performance.
• Apple hardware / built-in software is completely integrated I.E.
it's designed / chosen to work together within the system as a
whole as part of the design of the physical system itself. In
other words, everything is assured to work well together when you
buy the system because it was specifically designed to do this by
Apple. It's not like a Windows set-up where a manufacturer adds
their own bundles of drivers and such to a -one-size-fits-all OS.
• As I'd addressed above, the time / effort you may spend in
dealing with misbehaving software or driver issues on a Windows
machine as compared with the relative ease-of-use on a Mac can be a
huge factor.
• the quality of Mac hardware tends to be better than that of
similarly priced Windows systems, at least at the moment?…
• lastly, the cost of a screen reader as compared to VO on the Mac.
The above are just my thoughts, of course… Whatever you choose, I
sure wish you the very best!…
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Dec 22, 2008, at 11:55 PM, Will Lomas wrote:
hi i noted that whilst i love the mac for the price i paid,
windows laptops give you more value for money
For the price i paid for this macboo with 2.4 ghz core 2 duo 2
gigs ram and 160 gb hard disk, my step dad now has a windows vista
system 4 gigs ram and 320 gb hard disk
interested to read what people think
regards will
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