Is it crazy to buy a MacBook?

[Chanchao]

On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 18:31 -0500, bradhamilton wrote:

> > Apple is not Free remember?  Keep in mind they're EVERY bit as evil in
> > their business practises as Microsoft..  It's really unbelievable what
> > they try to pull AND get away with, only because they're seen as the
> > cute arty underdog.. But it's run from the very same mindset as
> > Microsoft... (lock in, lock in, lock in, sell proprietary hardware,
> > using proprietary formats, sell tunes, make money)
> 
> I'd much rather run OS X than Windows, wouldn't you?	:-)  

I wouldn't know. Haven't used macs in about 10 years. Used to develop
some stuff on them and learned there's not much magical about them.  At
least I understand they got a lot more stable now that they're based on
BSD and run on Intel hardware.

The one thing that keeping OS X would give you is the ability to run
decent video editing software.  That's a bit of a dark spot in Linux
based OS's.

That said: How much of current Mac Powerbook hardware is supported on
Ubuntu?  Does it all work, incl. the wide screen, wifi, bluetooth and so
on?

> If you buy a non-Mac platform, it's generally hard to avoid the "Windows 
> tax", 

Come on, I'm not sure if it's different in the USA but overhere it's
almost standard to leave Windows off. :) (or at least leave the sticket
off, wink wink nudge nudge) .

> so what's the difference between the "Windows tax" and the "OS X tax"?

Ehmmm: With OS X you actually get something for your tax dollars? :-)

Cheers,
Chanchao