Is it crazy to buy a MacBook?
Chanchao
custom at freenet.de
Tue Dec 12 05:02:14 UTC 2006
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
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