On Jan 2, 2009, at 9:02 PM, der Mouse wrote: >>> I just can't say enough good things about my Mackbook Pro. [...] >> I've been happy with Apple laptops for a few years now. [...] > > To offer a slight counterweight to the Apple gushiness...I wouldn't.
Despite being one of the earlier 'gushy' folks, I'll grant you've got some valid criticisms: - their dialect of *NIX is different. I liked your comparison to AIX - I remember that! - Closed source OS rubs some folks the wrong way - even when they provide free development tools & documentation for coding on top of the OS, not having access to the guts is annoying. - Hardware is more expensive than commodity PCs. - Apple's sales & support has a certain attitude that can be grating. So given you don't like Apple, what do you recommend for a good laptop? I've been glancing over some of the inexpensive Linux-based netbooks lately - a tad underpowered, but potentially useful and cheap enough to take a flyer on. I'm curious how useful a 1024x800 screen would be for gEDA/PCB. Eric _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
