On Dec 4, 2003, at 4:14 PM, Brad Bendily wrote: >> in my life. I am now using an Apple Power Book with MacOS X as my >> primary machine. Let me tell you it is sweet. Full X11 support, GCC, > > You MAC zealots and your one mouse button! When are yall gonna realize > that the rest of the world lives on a budget and can't buy that > expensive > proprietary hardware junk!
I had to get special permission from the directorate of our project. > > But really, I can justify to my work and myself that I can use a new > laptop (that I dual boot windows and linux) to help support the users > that I support. But I just can't bring myself to be able to justify > a new Apple when I won't be able to replicate a problem that some XP > user is having. > We already have a ton of Windows machines around here that I can use to troubleshoot. > At home, well if I ever run across a couple thousand dollars that I'm > not using and I want to buy a new computer, my wife might let me get > one, since she uses Macs at work and wouldn't mind getting one at home. You can pick up an eMac starting at $699 and an iMac at $1199. Laptops start at $949. These are with an educational discount (10-15%) which is really not that hard to get. Otherwise, it starts at $799, $1299, and $1099 respectively. > However I wouldn't be able to take that machine to QuakeCon and play > any game I want! > BTW, how is the game situation on the Mac? Dunno... I am not much of a gamer. The only games I play only run on Linux and Windows (MS Flight Sim, America's Army, etc...) I find myself doing more real work with this laptop instead of being distracted by other junk, which to me is an advantage. I always have my winblows box at home for the mind numbing junk. Shannon > > BB > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
