Is it crazy to buy a MacBook?

[Clark S. Cox III]

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Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
> On 12/14/06, Joel Bryan Juliano <joelbryan.juliano at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/10/06, Adriano Varoli Piazza <moranar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 12/9/06, derk jansen <derkpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I'm not a tec expert , but even a teacher discount, a windows machine
>>> about
>>>> the same specifications still a mac is 800 euro over priced.
>>> I wouldn't buy a MacBook and then delete Mac OS X off of it, I'd use
>>> it and learn from it. So I don't think it's very wise to do what the
>>> OP talks about. But yes, the Apples are very nice machines.
>>>
>>> Saludos
>>
>> Buying a MacBook is not... but deleting Mac OSX is crazy!
> 
> No, it's not. I already did.
> 

I would recommend keeping a minimal OSX install on the drive, as future
firmware updates for the hardware may only be installable while booted
into OSX. A tiny 5GB partition shouldn't be to difficult to part with.

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Clark S. Cox III
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