Re: FN-FORUM: Mac vs Linux advice?

date posted 11th January 2005 17:44

I would have to push you towards getting PC laptop. and... would have to say
"Toshiba". the way forward..





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From: "Joe Freeman" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:52 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: Mac vs Linux advice?


>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm thinking about getting myself a laptop - as does a lot of people
> on the list! I was initially thinking about getting a PC and then get
> it to dual-boot to some flavour of Linux, but for a number of reasons,
> thinking that is not such a great idea. For starters, Linux seems to
> have problems with the equivalent of suspend/sleep. So anyway, I
> thought maybe I should splash out a bit more and go for a Mac...
>
> So, have any of you switched from Linux to Mac? Can you list some bad
> points of Mac's? I suspect that there is plenty of stuff on the net,
> I'll continue looking after this. I'm really struggling to decide
> between a PowerBook or a Win/Linux PC... I know there are lot's of you
> with Mac's - some maybe announce it more than others! I'd be wanting
> to take it to uni - can you think of any disadvantages of using a Mac?
>
> I've heard plenty of great things about those little white boxes, but
> I'm sure there are some bad points as well? I'd quite like to be able
> to compare Mac OS(X) to Linux?
>
> Thanks for any advice. :-)
>
> Best regards,
> Joe.
>
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