So you have to be a Mac owner then?

Post #196,330 by folkert 2/25/05 11:49:44 AM Reply	So you have to be a Mac owner then? Or does it support other OS? I know Windows has a "proggy or two" to work with it... but really is it good? I am looking at getting a mac-mini or even a (Dual)G5 etc... or recently I've been needing/wanting a Laptop. Based on everything I have seen recently with "ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF PAIN" for Linux support in laptops STILL, I've been considering a PowerBook or iBook. I dunno, maybe I just need and 800 MHz laptop that has a few keys that dunnah work proper. Of course $DATE_AVAILABLE is some what unknown. We shall see. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* [link\|http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134485&cid=11233230\|"Microsoft Security" is an even better oxymoron than "Military Intelligence"] No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source]
Post #196,341 by Another Scott 2/25/05 2:15:26 PM Reply	Mepis is really good with my ThinkPad T41. I've discussed some of the goods and bads [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=184560\|here]. and in subsequent posts. Sound I got working by turning off the Mute button. I got the wireless 802.11b working by using ProMepis. I haven't tried your Java update fix yet. Too many irons in the fire... The Powerbook is a nice machine though. We've got a 667 MHz G4 TiBook with 1 GB of RAM. It's fine for web and Office stuff. Cheers, Scott.
Post #196,350 by tjsinclair 2/25/05 3:21:00 PM Reply	Gonna set up my Power Mac as dual-boot when Tiger comes out. Till then, it's still my PPC Linux test box. Mixed results so far. Tom Sinclair "This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here." -- The Bursar is a man under a lot of stress (Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)
Post #196,349 by tjsinclair 2/25/05 3:17:37 PM Reply	It's mainly for Mac owners but the online storage (iDisk) is just a WebDAV share so you can easily mount it on a Windows box. They have a good Web-based mail client that's cross-platform. However, the 'iTools' (iLife, iSync, AddressBook, etc.) have the .Mac integration that makes it really worthwhile. As I say, not for everyone, but darn convenient. Tom Sinclair "This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here." -- The Bursar is a man under a lot of stress (Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)

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