On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > Your reasons for kicking the Apple habit are not at all clear to me > from the rest of your email.
It's like this: I like my Mac very much, but it's heavy, and there's no such thing as a light Mac that's decently featured (the Air isn't a candidate due to its single USB port). I also like netbooks running Ubuntu, but they fall short on those two counts, a combination of hardware and software shortcomings. A hackintosh netbook would be a great compromise, except it's a shaky platform, and the best netbook for OSX, the Mini 10v, is overall a poor netbook. A 11" netbook would have been a decent compromise, but all the 11" netbooks run the Z520/530 or similarly underpowered processors. Damn you, Intel. A 11/12" laptop that matches netbook weight and battery life won't come for under $1000, which is a shame. So essentially, I'm asking: 1. Is there some hardware I haven't noticed yet? 2. How do you manage music on Ubuntu without getting to hate it? I'm off photography until there's a decent camera that fits in my pocket and can directly upload to the Internet. How about having two machines? A netbook-class one chosen for its > portability running Ubuntu or made into a Hackintosh. And your > existing Macbook Pro to process your images and listen to music at > home? > Works for me, except when traveling upwards of a week. If I can get my music entirely off iTunes, it'll work great.
