Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 04:16:18 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, dan@langille.org Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: laptops - perhaps DELL Message-ID: <v04220800b6a66ce5fe39@[172.17.1.121]> In-Reply-To: <200102070127.f171RBN94038@grumpy.dyndns.org> References: <200102070127.f171RBN94038@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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At 7:27 PM -0600 2001/2/6, David Kelly wrote: > Declined a 400 MHz for $2000 but got in line > for a Titanium G4 400 MHz for $2600. Still waiting. The original ETA > was Feb 5. Dealers are just now getting their first demo units. I just recently ordered a TiBook/500 from a local dealer over here. ETA is 15 Feb. We'll see if/when it actually comes in. > Expect MacOS X will be the next best thing to Genuine BSD. It should be pretty good. IMO, it's the last chance for Apple to deliver on a "real" OS with pre-emptive multi-tasking, multi-user, protected memory, etc... features but with the kind of ease-of-use that you expect from a Macintosh. Now, I know that I'll have to get VirtualPC or RealPC for this thing, for the few programs I need to run that don't have Mac equivalents -- does anyone know how well they perform on a G4/500 class machine, relative to actual x86-based hardware of various speeds? Oh, and this was really funny -- I was in a PC computer store the other day, looking for a replacement AC adaptor for my wife's Compaq Armada 4100, and also inquiring about the local (Belgian) availability of Sony Vaio laptops. Turns out that there aren't any Belgian distributors of Sony Vaio laptops, but this guy said that if I was looking for a very thin and light laptop with a lot of power, there was this new laptop called the PowerBook G4 that was going to be available soon in this computer store across the road.... My wife, being a died-in-the-wool Microsoft hater, and yet convinced that she has no choice but to run x86-based hardware and Microsoft OSes so that she can have full access to the programs she wants/needs, was *not* happy when I told her this story.... ;-) -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ====================================================================== Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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