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I would love to be able to install Windows on Apple hardware so that I can more easily begin the transition to OS X at work. We use some software that is Windows only, but as the resident IT guy I want us to be using OS X. If I can begin by slowly transitioning Apple hardware in to replace Windows only boxes, but still be able to run some of our legacy software until I can free up the budget to replace it. . . |
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Formerly known as cynical_rock censeo tentatio victum There is no snooze button on a cat. |
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anyone want to make a guess how fast these iBooks are going to be?
I got a mac mini with 1.25 GHZ and 1 gig of ram and I am thinking about selling it, if the new iBooks are faster than my mac mini. I really like the mini, but I wanted to get an laptop in the first place, but held out because of the intel switch. |
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Well considering that both the current ibooks are faster than your mini, I doubt that will be an issue.
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On the developer boxes, people are triple-booting (OSX/Win/Lin) off one hard drive. |
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You don't need the developer version of anything to do this. It will work with a normal build of OS X, Windows, and Linux. It's just that you need to set aside a teeny amount of disk space to use GRUB to let you pick which one to boot when your computer powers on. The same functionality will be there in the normal version of OS X, so I hope that confusion didn't get you hung up... Apparently I call the cops when I see people litter. Last edited by ShadowOfGed : 2005-11-17 at 21:25. Reason: Of course, finishing my comment tends to help... |
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In any case, I really do hope that the iBook line is the first out with Intel chips. The pro crowd is used to waiting, average consumers wait for nothing. . . |
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I don't have a Powerbook, I have an ibook, look at my sig. I'm just against Windows... I only use XP in Virtual PC for a few features, otherwise I don't want to see it. Windows on a Mac, its like letting another man crawl into bed with your wife.
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Kukito, you can run Windows right now on any Mac with VPC for legacy applications. You can also run Linux, FreeBSD, and any number of other OS. In fact, a long time ago someone posted a link to some website where the guy had 40 operating systems running on his powerbook. Anyone know where that site is?
Anyhow, the iBooks are always neutered compared to the Powerbooks, when it comes to things like screen resolutions, powerpoint presentations monitor-out, L2 cache size, an awesome portable keyboard, graphics card and a cardbus slot. The intelBook may have a snappy processor, but it's still consumer and not pro. |
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I noticed the guy in the article saying consumers did not want anything less than 15 inches. I guess thats why sony and fujitsu and others are making those sweet little wide screen 11 and 13 inch models? (and charging outrageous prices for them!!!). Those are smaller than the 12 inch Ibook!! From someone who carries their laptop all around on airplanes and in cars, I would just DREAM of a laptop thats light, thin, and easy to carry, with a 12 inch widescreen. My 12 inch ibook fits the bill right now, but it can always be lighter, with a better wide screen, supporting 1280 X xxx.
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Those small expensive notebooks are for business travellers...not consumers. I was an apple rep at a big box. 1/2 of the people ignored the ibook altogether. The complaint? That 699/799/899 computer has a bigger screen and it is cheaper than the ibook. |
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I don't think I'm alone in that. There's a trend towards buying smaller things, and I think a lot of people are getting on board with that. |
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There is another trend towards notebooks as primary computers....and you can get a fairly small 15" notebook. Other notebooks in the 12" ibooks size class offer bigger screens and higher resolutions. |
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I've owned a 12" powerbook since 2 years and i'm getting a little sick of the small screen, even though 1042 x 768 is basically enough in terms of pixels. And the other tech specs are still ok as well, even though the machine is 2 years old.
So my next computer might well be a 14" intel iBook, if it's not too expensive... |
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And a ibook should be a downgrad on several points: no more trackpoint, hard disk smaller and slower. I want to get real hardware improvements, such as DVD burner, into a ibook 12". |
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I am a bit concerned about the rumored 200 USD price cut. I really don't want Apple to put out a celeron based notebook.
They should give Give the iBook nice Yonah chips and the PowerBook the Merom. We're crossing into 2006, I really can't bother with "slow" chips in consumer products anymore. If they put out a very cheap notebook, than it should be something that is not really associated with the iBook line. Something like an iBook Mini (er.. just with a different name of course). Also with Apple going black and white with their iPods, i still think that they are keeping the iBooks white, but maybe they are going to make the Powerbook black (hey why not?). |
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One thing I hear from some PC users that they like about the ibook is that they aren't black or metal colours like every other notebook.
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That is a good point, clear white is distinguishable.
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I've thought for a while that the Apple will switch to a white/silver/black "product matrix" (or at least a white/black line) as we switch to Intel.
G3/G4 era: Transclucent colors G4/G5 era: White and silver Intel era: ??? I'm not expecting the major change in design direction that the current Apple Age brought on, but I'm not expecting the Intel Powerbook to look identical, either. In 2005, Apple started using black a lot more than they did before on their website (the new Powerbook banner, the new iMac banner, the Tiger banners, the iPod nano banner...), on their packaging (the new iPods come in black boxes, Apple's pro apps come in black boxes) and now, iPods are available in black. I'm expecting Apple's Intel high-end to be black, too. Desktops: Mac mini: white, Power Mac: black Notebooks: iBook: white, Powerbook: black All-in-ones: iMac: white, Possible Thirtieth Anniversary Macintosh: black If Apple desides to fill the gaping hole in their desktop and (with no 12" Powerbook) notebook lines, they could give us silver Mac Cubes, Powerbook Ms, whatever. If Apple introduced a sub-iBook notebook, I wouldn't be surprised to see it (and the future Mac mini) in colors. I think colors are okay for a consumer products, as the "iBook mini" certainly would be. and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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Am I the only one who doesn't want to see the possible new iBooks not go widescreen? I like 4:3 on my laptop.
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Some applications are, but websites are still designed for regular newspaper reading(think 10:16 ratio) simply because it is easier to read like that. 16:10 gives me no benefit unless I plan on having two websites open on half of the screen each and reading at the same time, which I have no intention of doing. Photoshop is easier in 16:10 because the palettes aren't in the way. 16:10 versus 4:3 really just says personal preference to me. |
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I am wondering if we will see less of the spinning beachball with Intel processors.
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