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To: skinowski who wrote (9342)	9/12/2009 7:28:39 PM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 42652

The Macbook Pro is a beautifully designed machine, the Apple OS is solid and more 'virus resistant' than the Windows universe, but for that you will pay substantially more than you will for a Dell or HP laptop. Apparently based on Apple's numbers thru this downturn people are still willing to do so... Regards, John

To: skinowski who wrote (9342)	9/12/2009 11:37:44 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 42652

You don't recommend Macs? One of my sons is trying to convince me to get a notebook. Any comment? TIA. The Mac has appealing features to me, but they don't offset the downsides. I'm a Unix guy from way, way back, so the Mac has that upside for me. But the user interface is weaker than Windows IMO. I could get used to it if I tried, but why bother? My daughter bought a Mac notebook a couple years ago, and the real eye opener for me was that every time she came home she brought her Mac, but she also brought a Windows notebook. The Mac just never had the right software available for what she was wanting to do. I bought it to do some development on, and the development tools are very, very weak compared with what I've used the last 10 years or so. So, it pretty much just sits there. I've kind of decided to abandon doing any development on it. The market is so much bigger for Windows that's probably where I'm going to stay. It is the same old problem for the Mac -- there is more software available for Windows PCs and, after all, the software is what gives it its functionality. Anyway, I think a Mac would be fine for a general purpose notebook. I didn't get the notebook, because I've got several already, and frankly, I have one of the "netbooks" that is so much more convenient that's what I take with me all the time. If I had to keep a single notebook it would undoubtedly be the netbook. 6-7 hour battery life and it weighs 2 lbs. Cheap, easy to haul around, and if I need more horsepower I can always remote into my server at the office and do what I need to do.