Ok, now that I'm back in front of a real (Linux) computer: I have a new MacBook pro, and I've gotta say: it's slower that shit. I've got 5 year-old Linux Laptops that are faster and more functional than it.
But, if you are wedded to the Mac infrastructure, go to a Mac store & let a Mac salesperson sell you a new Mac laptop. Seriously. That's how they stay in business. --Doug On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Edward Angel <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been happy with my MacBook Air. I wound up buying an external CD/DVD > player which I needed to install Parallels/Windows on a separate partition > but it was very inexpensive. > > Ed > __________ > > Ed Angel > > Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory > (ARTS Lab) > Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico > > 1017 Sierra Pinon > Santa Fe, NM 87501 > 505-984-0136 (home) [email protected] > 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel > > > On Jan 24, 2013, at 6:53 PM, Pamela McCorduck wrote: > > It has been so long since I've bought a laptop (five years?) that I'm > seeking your advice. > > I need an Apple product (please, to be compatible with everything else I > own) to use during a post-surgical recovery (it's my foot, but it's gonna > be a stupid long time). I absolutely need a real keyboard (hence a laptop, > not a tablet) and I'd like it to be able to play movies (so it needs a DVD > player). > > Naturally I want to be able to read email and rant at Doug on Facebook, > but that goes without saying. What's your advice? > > Pamela > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected]* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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