xiffy is Jul 14, 2008 06:51PM booting a fresh HP laptop with Vista, 5 reboots, 30 minutes and counting that freaking time-stealing
MarinesEtwas says Jul 14, 2008 09:53PM there's 6 flavors of OSX: Home, Pro, Premium, Server, Enterprise. And they all come in one package for $198
MarinesEtwas says Jul 14, 2008 09:54PM but i have to admit that Bootcamp doesnt make the Windows Experience any better.
xiffy says Jul 14, 2008 09:55PM the laptop is for my neighbor. and i will neither use vista nor osx. the latter being too much hyped as 'the ultimate'
MarinesEtwas says Jul 14, 2008 09:56PM never ever install laptops for friends or neighbors. That's what i learned in my career.
MarinesEtwas says Jul 14, 2008 09:57PM Ubuntu 8 is extremely well done. But i'm old. I dont like to experiment any longer. I have never been more productive than on OSX.
MarinesEtwas says Jul 14, 2008 09:57PM the Crux is: dont even try to attach hardware that is not from Apple. Starting from Routers, WLan...
MarinesEtwas says Jul 14, 2008 09:58PM i remember times when my computer life was running after current versions and torrent streams of photoshop cracks
xiffy Jul 14, 2008 10:01PM ah yes, upgrade after upgrade, beta after beta. the good old days with slow internet
MarinesEtwas says Jul 14, 2008 10:07PM the fun with compuserve was the existence of other people on AOL What a battle.
MarinesEtwas says Jul 14, 2008 10:07PM M would be the best social experience if there was something as good as M next to her...but there simply isnt.