Thanks Steph. I'll give that a whirl.
So that's my dream. That and some stuff about cigars and a tunnel.
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Sophia Brooks - Apr 26, 2005 5:16:44 am PDT #2612 of 10003
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brenda m - Apr 26, 2005 9:09:55 am PDT #2613 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Anyone want to throw out some recommendations/guidance/pointers for someone who's decided to go out and buy himself an Apple laptop today?
Also, any compelling reasons to buy it at the Apple store rather than BestBuy or somewhere? (That last is purely for my benefit, because it means he has to come to Chicago.)
Steph L. - Apr 26, 2005 9:13:08 am PDT #2614 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Apple laptops have not nearly enough RAM (256 MB), but DO NOT get more RAM from Apple, b/c they way way way WAY overprice it.
Steph L. - Apr 26, 2005 9:15:37 am PDT #2615 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Brenda, I'd be better at answering specific questions, rather than throwing out general advice. Do you know what he wants it for? (Like, school, general word processing, internet, etc., or more graphics-intensive stuff?)
brenda m - Apr 26, 2005 9:17:25 am PDT #2616 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Internet is probably the biggie - he's just quit his job, does not do any gaming or intensive graphics works. Probably movies and such, too. Businessy-type word processing and spreadsheet stuff will likely be useful at some point too.
Steph L. - Apr 26, 2005 9:26:13 am PDT #2617 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'd say an iBook, then, rather than a PowerBook, unless money is no object for him. If he wants to burn DVDs, he needs to make sure he gets one with a Superdrive, not a Combo drive (which will play DVDs, and will burn CDs, but will NOT burn DVDs). I'm 99% sure that you can't get a Superdrive in the 12-inch iBook, though, just in the 14-inch.
All the iBooks come with a wireless card built-in, so that's covered.
The iBooks are amazing. You can be up and running within 5 minutes of getting it out of the box.
brenda m - Apr 26, 2005 9:34:55 am PDT #2618 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Thanks! I've passed that on, we'll see what he does.
brenda m - Apr 26, 2005 9:37:22 am PDT #2619 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Question - would it be a simple process to install a Russian font? Not sure if anyone would know this.
Tom Scola - Apr 26, 2005 9:38:24 am PDT #2620 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
On a Mac? There should already be some Cyrillic fonts installed. In any event, it's trivial to add new ones.
Steph L. - Apr 26, 2005 9:40:32 am PDT #2621 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Not sure if anyone would know this.
That statement NEVER applies to the Buffistas, silly!