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Given that AppleInsider is indicating that the 12" PowerBook will not be continued, this has only increased my vacillation between a new PowerBook and a new Thinkpad, or trying to go with some hybrid strategy.
Unfortunately, I've recently developed a need to use technical software (that only runs on Windows) and a machine for arranging my thoughts (for which I use my Mac). But 5.5 pounds is going to be a lot to carry around day in, day out, for a machine that would still have to stand alongside a stupid Windows desktop. That's why the Thinkpad X41 is so alluring... but of course, I'd be giving up everything that I love about my Mac, such as everything about it! This foolish heart of mine is hoping that the new MacTels can run both OS X and Windows, so I can try to run the technical software in Rosetta or Virtual PC. Any other good suggestions on how not to make this compromise? |
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Either way you either have to wait or buy now, not sure what anyone can tell you that will change that.
Although if you're looking to buy a light PC notebook, check the Fujitsu lines or Toshiba lines. Consdiering IBM just sold their laptop manf. to another company, they're a big unknown quality wise right now in my book. Google is your frenemy. Caveat Emptor - Latin for tough titty I tend to interpret things in the way that's most hilarious to me |
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I really like Toshiba laptops...from what I've seen at least, not sure of their quality though. I'd assume it's pretty good.
Didn't Apple say they aren't doing anything to stop Windows from running on these new Macs? Again, it's kinda stupid to debate which you should get before they come out, but theoretically shouldn't you be able to partition your drive, and boot either windows or OS X? |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Near Indianapolis
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Just buy a new Mactel notebook when they come out. Dual boot Windows rather than running VPC. Don't sacrifice the elegance and simplicity of the Mac just to run a couple of Windows programs.
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I wish the people who have the dev previews of the PM's that use intel chips could tell us how easy it is to install/run Windows. I know they can't because of NDA, but a leak would be nice.
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I have Virtual PC (Windows XP OS) running on my 15" 1.25GHz PowerBook. I run Windows-only math and modeling software on it, MathCad most often as well as WordPerfect, and have had no issues except with the inability to run one Monte Carlo program that will hang Excel withing VPC. Amazingly I never got a blue screen with VPC.
Windows under VPC is certainly slower than say running Windows on a typical 3GHz Pentium PC, but it works, and in my case overall better to work with than my 3GHz Pentium PC at work that's bogged down by all kinds of Novell, Symantic and other administrative crapware (for example, a right-click open on my work PC takes about 3 seconds, under VPC on my PowerBook its virtually instantaneous). It helps with VPC to modify the Windows XP options to turn off all the fancy GUI graphics and animated stuff, like my OS is XP but I adjusted the settings so it looks like an old school Windows 95 environment without all the bells and whistles. I'm wondering now if the Intel Macs that Apple sells to consumers (not the dev kits) will be dual bootable, or will we need some sort of added software layer to run Windows on an Intel Mac? |
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Hmm, sorry about that. We all have idle daydreams that shouldn't be shared.
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