My new laptop is Lucille, after Lucille 1 and 2 and also as homage to BB King.
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javachik - Jan 21, 2010 9:21:11 pm PST #12487 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
omnis_audis - Jan 21, 2010 9:37:56 pm PST #12488 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Okay, I am WAY excited about how easy Windows 7 is.As a mac snob, I'm surprised that I'm not gritting teeth yet. Glad I got the laptop with Win7 and not XP. The test will come traveling and how easy/hard it will be to log on to various networks.
ETA as for size, I got a 15.6 wide screen, and think it's plenty large. Thankfully it's not heavy.
javachik - Jan 21, 2010 9:51:05 pm PST #12489 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
I have to laugh at the whole "Mac snob" thing. My first computer was a PowerMac (1992) and EVERY single one of my computer-using friends/family/boyfriends mocked me mercilessly and continually for buying and using a "toy" instead of a computer. The only exception to the rule were my graphic artist friends, who used Apples. To be frank, it bugged the shit out of me.
Fast forward to 1999 and I had to learn PCs working at Oracle. I thought, "eh, this is okay." I bucked up and learned because it was my job. And then I kept buying used pc laptops (and an iMac for housemate) from firms that laid me off, and have been using pcs ever since. So all of you self-professed "Mac snobs" who didn't even freaking use one until iPods came around, I laugh at you.
NoiseDesign - Jan 21, 2010 11:11:28 pm PST #12490 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I've been using Macs since the Mac 128 and Apples since the Apple II+. I've also been using PCs since the 8088 processor and had a CPM machine that was house in a case built from plywood that used an 8" floppy drive.
As for laptop screens I'm a total size queen. I adore my 17" with the HD screen. You can never have too much screen real estate. I now dream of adding a 30" Cinema display as a second monitor on the 27" iMac.
Sean K - Jan 21, 2010 11:14:31 pm PST #12491 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
We had a first gen Mac, way back in 1984.
Sean K - Jan 21, 2010 11:15:27 pm PST #12492 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
And, like Drew, we were using Apple IIs before that.
NoiseDesign - Jan 21, 2010 11:21:43 pm PST #12493 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
t high fives Sean
javachik - Jan 22, 2010 12:53:50 am PST #12494 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Know, I know you guys go way back. But I hear MacSnob every day from people who didn't discover them until iPods and iPhones.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 22, 2010 1:00:06 am PST #12495 of 25501
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I'm not a MacSnob. I did use Macs a lot during my undergrad studies, though (mostly from about 1999, really). I would love a Mac, but the prices are ridiculous. So we keep using PCs.
brenda m - Jan 22, 2010 2:51:26 am PST #12496 of 25501
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
We had a first gen Mac, way back in 1984.
Yup. With the OS loaded on a floppy. Good times.