#1 reason I would recommend Mac is that most of the time you don't have to
do the sysadmin stuff for the people that have those.
I haven't had any problems with DRM on Mac. True I am not doing a lot
of video
but audio has not been much of a problem.
I have to agree with your point of damage and theft; but durability?
From my experience Mac has been more durable than any other hardware I
have ever
owned.
On the other hand I am the one buying my hardware and I do take care of
it, so
it's hard for me to say how this kind of hardware would survivde a teenager.
Probably better then a netbook and definitely better then a Dell.
BTW, I find it a pretty bad practice to give junky hardware to anybody with
the assumption they will just trash it. I believe it is better to give
them quality
product with the lesson they should take good care of it because it is
something
special and they should take special attention to keep it pristine. But,
that's my
philosophy.
- Greg
Craig White wrote:
On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 20:01 -0700, Greg Furmanek wrote:
Hi Mark,
As much as I would like to recommend a Linux system at this time the
best
hardware you can buy is a Mac. I know some say that the premium $ is
not
worth it but after using one for over 2 years I have nothing better to
recommend.
BTW, the price is way worth it and it's based on a solid unix OS.
At this point even if I was strictly running Linux I would by Mac
hardware.
Anyway, just my 2 cents.
----
my feelings of the beta quality of Macintosh software aside, I somewhat
agree with the hardware quality except that Apple has made a few serious
faux pas with their newer MacBooks...
1 - New MagnaSafe power has few options for things like cigarette
lighters, etc. The only adapter you can pick up is the Apple 'Airplane'
adaptor which only operates the computer and won't even charge the
sucker. You have few options here for multi-source adapters. Replacement
parts and general accessories are just too expensive.
2 - Apple has embedded DRM controls in the audio/video hardware
3 - At the point where you can purchase 3 netbooks for the price of 1
MacBook, you have to ask yourself why?
My personal feeling is that teenagers are probably better off with less
expensive laptops because of theft, damage, portability, durability
issues.
Craig
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