Apple jusy bites linux, takes their ideas and tries to pass them off and new and improved. I wouldn't hate apple so much if they gave credit to their OSS roots. and stopped trying to pass off their new features that have been avaliable on linux for a couple years now.
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Sanga M. Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dunno what macbook you are referring to, but the new ones have a > 2.6Ghx processor with 6MB L2 cache > > Sanga M. Collins > Network Engineering > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > IT Management LLC > 6491 Sunset Strip #5, > Sunrise Fl, 33313 > Tel: (954) 572 7411, > Fax: (435) 578 7411 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Simon Sekidde > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 10:23 AM > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > Subject: Re: [LUG] Lenovo unleashes MacBook Air killer in Australia > > There is nothing impressive about the X300. Compared to the X61, its > slow. Excruciating, > throw-the-machine-through-the-window-screaming-in-agony slow. Well > unless that extra $1000 for a slower proc doesn't bother you... > > X61 - Intel(R) Core(tm) 2 Duo Processor 2.2GHz > X300 - Intel(R) Core(tm) 2 Duo Processor 1.2GHz > > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Friday 29 February 2008, Sanga M. Collins wrote: > > > > > if you need your laptop for anything other than showing > > > off, don't buy the macbook air. It is severly > > > underpowered, and doesn't have more that 1 of any kind of > > > port (0 LAN ports). Stick with the macbook or macbook pro > > > which has just been upgraded with the penryn intel > > > processor, double the RAM of last years model and up > > > twice the HDD capacity of last years model. Im not hating > > > on the macbook air. Im actually an apple fan boy who only > > > has Macs and ubuntu boxes at home. > > > > Like I've been saying to folk, knowing Steve, he'll find a > > way to make it smaller, better, faster... and this time, > > he'll bring it in for round 2 with a Gig-E LAN port and a > > DVD-R/W drive. > > > > It makes commercial sense. > > > > Mark. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for > them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > -- > Simon Sekidde > gpg: 98A6 8D22 578C FFCE F6F8 FC80 94D4 2451 1E8B 049D > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. > --------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > >
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