The laptops are nice but pricey. MacOS X is absolutely fantastic. Great products. Just make sure that whatever software she needs to run (teachers have their own dodads) is available for Macs.
Regards, Dustin At 01:31 PM 8/15/2002 +0000, you wrote: >Speaking about macs, I was wondering. >My wife would like a laptop. She's an elementary school teacher and has >been looking at several laptops lately to be able to use to type up things >and do some graphics work for things in her class using programs like >kidpix and such. >I was wondering what people here on the list thought about the new ibooks. >She likes the look and the size, but i've never bought a mac before and >i'm not sure of the advantages/disadvantages. Being a Linux guy, I do >like the fact that it runs on top of UNIX (if not for this fact, I would >not consider it) and it sounds like a pretty cool machine with a DVD/CD-R >and an airport card built in. It would give me an opportunity to learn a >new operating system and I also like the fact that if I get bored and >she's not around, I can sneak Yellow Dog on it ;-) >Thoughts? > > >Adam J. Melancon > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
