Notebook Recommendation
Jeff James
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Sat, 17 Aug 2002 21:43:58 -0700
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<P>Agreed.........got my G4 PowerBook w/ 60 GB HDD and 1 GB RAM two days ago and have yet to put it down. Also got a brand new Dell Inspiron 8200 with the same config. only running WIN XP. I have yet to do anything meaningful with it. Maybe AFTER I get tired of the Mac................NOT !! Would be nice to have a "Virtual PC" setup for Linux similar to the one I got for WIN XP for the Mac though. Funny...............the Win XP virtual PC app in the Mac runs faster than the XP which cam loaded on the Dell with a P4m / 2 GHz /1GB RAM........kinda makes you wonder.</P>
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<DIV></DIV>From: Voltage Spike <VOLTAGE_SPIKE@FASTMAIL.FM>
<DIV></DIV>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
<DIV></DIV>To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
<DIV></DIV>Subject: Re: Notebook Recommendation
<DIV></DIV>Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 18:57:56 -0700
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<DIV></DIV>On Friday 16 August 2002 04:39 pm, Matt Pruett wrote:
<DIV></DIV>> I was looking at some of Toshiba's laptops, however as with many
<DIV></DIV>> companys they are forced into selling windows with the laptop! and that
<DIV></DIV>> royaly pisses me off, I have never payed for a Microsoft OS and I dont
<DIV></DIV>> intend to. However that goes for any product that your just plain not
<DIV></DIV>> going to use, why fork out 100-200 $ for something your just going to
<DIV></DIV>> format off the system?
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<DIV></DIV>I just thought I would insert my $.02 about this. If it is really an issue,
<DIV></DIV>then purchase the laptop from PC Club. They seem to be great items, and I
<DIV></DIV>got a $120 (or thereabouts) discount when I priced the system out. They
<DIV></DIV>really seemed like decent systems.
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<DIV></DIV>In the end, however, I went with the Apple Powerbook. Although I have not
<DIV></DIV>attempted to install Linux yet, I must say that I have been quite pleased
<DIV></DIV>with Mac OS X.
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<DIV></DIV>The only issue I currently have is that the included emacs doesn't include
<DIV></DIV>font-lock-mode (syntax coloring), and I cannot get fink's terminal version to
<DIV></DIV>work. Other than that, I have been extremely pleased with both the
<DIV></DIV>productivity and the entertainment side of things. Plus, I am a big fan of
<DIV></DIV>eye candy. :-P
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