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The magsafe does appeal...I've been snarling at our current laptop on a daily basis over the stupid plug thing. This is the third time it's gone bad, and now it's not under warranty anymore.
Sounds like a visit to the UW Bookstore is in order. It looks like they're offering a rebate if you purchase a MacBook and an iPod together...
When I'm buying if I actual purchase truly comparable machines, I usually end up within about $200. Sometimes this favors the PC, sometimes it favors the Mac. While I have a couple of pretty old Toshibas this are still running great, typically I get about 2 years more use out of my long term macs.
Yeah, you can basically get a Nano for free. I did this last year I think, I've got a little 8 GB Nano that lives in the work truck due to it.
I know people who love their Asus, but I would look into opinions about the keyboard size.
I need to upgrade at least one of them to Vista.
Unless there's a program you really need that is Vista-only, I wouldn't...and I'm sure ita would agree.
I've been using Ubuntu Hardy Heron on my desktop for over a month now (a record for me!) and I have no intention of ever going back to Microsoft. A couple of days ago I also installed it on my laptop aifg.
I ordered an MSI Wind, for $475. It hasn't shipped yet; it's been sitting in my Amazon queue for weeks.
How much is a netbook capable of without the net?
The particular system I'm ordering will have XP on it (mostly because I need XP to VPN to work).
Most of the ones with Linux come with some sort of basic office suite. What sort of thing were you looking to do?
Oh, not for me. Just wondering about how thin client the non-desktop part of the market was trending. Are we going to avoid paying for MS Office by using Google Docs, or are we going to do it with Open Office?