On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Hal Burgiss <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hal@burgiss.net">hal@burgiss.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 09:42:01AM +0000, Avi Greenbury wrote:<br>
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> Of course, the big advantage, IMO, with a macbook is that they're built<br>
> like brick toilets. If I could afford one I'd get one for the hardware<br>
> alone.<br>
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</div>The seemless integration of things like iTunes and iPhones is another selling<br>
point. Maybe not everybody but certainly for many.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>Patton,<div><br></div><div>Much as I like Ubuntu, at this point in it's evolution it cannot really compete with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I'd recommend that you take a look at a refurbished <a href="http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_mini?mco=MTM3NDkzNjU">Mac Mini.</a> I use one to develop and test both Macintosh and Windows software.<br clear="all">
<br></div><div>Regards,<br>Dick Dowdell<br>
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