I have just bought my second mac, a 2.4ghz Unibody 13" MacBook. I absolutely love it - its fast, stunning to look at, both the OS and the actual build of the thing, its light, it has very good battery life.
More importantly, it does everything that I need it to do, and does it well. I *like* the fact that the OS is closed to the hardware - it means you don't have any issues with compatibility or anything like that. Spec up a Dell laptop to the same as my Macboook and Ill bet there is bugger all price difference between the two. And I know which one I would prefer. OTOH, I have just sold a Sony Vaio laptop to a new client for £2800. Madness. Gavin. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Joseph L. Casale < [email protected]> wrote: > Heh, > My buddy dragged me to the local Best Buy last week to look for a laptop > (he's a Dentists) and he bought a 2200.00 Mac that was only as good as > generic POS for half the cost. > > I was disgusted J > > > > I guess if your computer literate, you can see the insanity in this. Anyone > here running a Mac? What's the availability of software like for it? Is it > anywhere near like that of Fedora or Ubuntu? > > > > jlc > > > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:50 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC? > > > > Joe, tell us how you really feel! LOL > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Joseph L. Casale < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Don't even get me started… > > Long ago, Mac controlled _*everything*_ related to a mac. Hardware was > high quality and OS was their own. I heard they just worked… > > > > Now, it's a cheap intel whitebox in a fancy case with a free opensource OS > that has a generous license that lets you do WTF you want and they charge > the hell out of it? > > Marketing at its best. You want a Windows Alternative? Get a laptop with > 10x the power for the half the cost, dl Ubuntu or some other cutting edge > distro (that's stable) and give her… > > > > Such a rip off… > > > > jlc > > > > *From:* Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:50 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* RE: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC? > > > > Puke?... hmm.. I kinda like the hardware. Their macbooks sure look a whole > lot better then a clunky PC notebook that has silly stickers everywhere like > its some kind of Nascar, vents on the bottom that get blocked if you plop it > on a couch (macs are on the rear), keyboards sure arent as nice, well, just > overall just not as elegant. > > > > Anyway not too long ago somebody told me about these guys if you want to > make a hackintosh, don't know if that helps out in a VM though. > > > > http://www.efi-x.com/index.php?language=english > > > > > > > > Phillip Partipilo > > Parametric Solutions Inc. > > Jupiter, Florida > > (561) 747-6107 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:57 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* RE: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC? > > Don't they use TPM crap to make sure it only runs on Authentic [puke] > hardware? > Someone got it running on Xen, so I am sure it's doable > J > > > > jlc > > > > *From:* Eric Wittersheim [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:55 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC? > > > > I have been doing some searching and it seems that Leopard is not really in > the cards yet. If anyone has a link on how to set something like this up I > would really appreciate it. > > TIA, > > Eric > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > If this email is spam, report it here: > http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam<http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6ODEzNjQ4NjkxOnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D> > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND > PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY > THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR > DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE > IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL > ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. > > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND > PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY > THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR > DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE > IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL > ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
