Questions from a Linux user considering a Macbook

[E K]

Too late and typical of a windows/Mac user to be of interest. Since you didn't say anything that we don't already know, the information content of your email is nil hence not helpful.

We already know that your time is more worth than the machoness .... We also know that you don't know that you can have fully supported pre-installed Linux or get it installed for you.

EK

--- On Mon, 3/2/09, Dave Mason <dmason-bqArmZWzea/GcjXNFnLQ/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> From: Dave Mason <dmason-bqArmZWzea/GcjXNFnLQ/w at public.gmane.org>
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Questions from a Linux user considering a Macbook
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Received: Monday, March 2, 2009, 5:24 PM
> It's all been pretty-much said, but I thought I'd
> add a couple of comments.
> 
> 1) Price: As has been said, at least in notebook-land, I
> think it's
> pretty comparable *for comparable machines*.  iMacs also
> seem like
> fairly good deals.  This may be less true in server-land. 
> My ex bought
> some windows laptop at the same time I got my Titanium; it
> cost more,
> and never worked as well.
> 
> 2) Reliability: I've had lots of "PC"
> laptops, and now 2 Mac laptops
> (that Titanium from 2002, and an Air that's about a
> year old).
> Reliability seems comparable.  However, I encourage you to
> buy the
> extended warranty as it covers you from stem to stern and
> is reasonably
> priced.  Apple replaced almost all of the Titanium over the
> 3 years of
> the warranty (I wasn't as gentle as I could have been),
> and I used it
> until I got my Air, and it still works fine although the
> battery-charging circuit is kacked so it doesn't like
> being unplugged
> for too long.
> 
> 3) Software: As has been said, lots of cool stuff.  And
> virtually
> everything Just Works (tm).  Also X lets me ssh -X into my
> Linux servers
> to run emacs or do sysadmin stuff.  I used Fink a lot on my
> Titanium;
> haven't gotten around to installing it on the Air.  A
> lot of things that
> I needed it for in earlier versions of OS X are now
> included.
> 
> 4) Mac OS X versus Linux: my time is worth more than the
> machoness of
> rolling my own.  That's why I went to the Mac
> (originally on my laptop,
> now on my desktop), and I'm certainly happy I did.  On
> the other hand
> Linux has improved markedly over that period, and a lot
> more stuff works
> smoothly there, now.  My server/myth-machine at home has
> been up 85
> days.  My Mac laptop about the same.  I'm happily in
> both worlds.  (As
> opposed to how I'd feel if Windows were my only
> alternative to Linux!)
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> ../Dave
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