MacBook advice

[Dave Garrett]

I haven't used Leopard, but I remember the nightmare of XP pre-SP1. As for the stability of XP, it's decent (for a PC), but still, if you choke it, it pukes. I've had precisely one system crash on the Mac, and it was totally my fault. I was running (no lie) 16 browser tabs, Parallels with Audition, Thunderbird, iTunes, iMovie, IM, and photoshop all at once. Yes.... I'm that much of a jackass. Anyway, it seized (duh!) and I had to reboot... perhaps if I hadn't had that 16th browser tab....

It's not uncommon for me to have 50-60 tabs open in Firefox all the time, as well as Thunderbird and whatever other programs I happen to be using at any given moment. And this isn't on a high-horsepower box at all, but rather a 6-year-old homebuilt with an AMD Athlon XP 1700+ and 1GB RAM running Win2K. I hadn't realized Macs had gotten so anemic since the Mac IIx I owned close to 20 years ago.

All kidding aside, if I ever win the lottery I'll probably get a fully-loaded Mac Pro with one of those enormous, TV-sized Apple Cinema Displays.

[tkeith]

I haven't used Leopard, but I remember the nightmare of XP pre-SP1. As for the stability of XP, it's decent (for a PC), but still, if you choke it, it pukes. I've had precisely one system crash on the Mac, and it was totally my fault. I was running (no lie) 16 browser tabs, Parallels with Audition, Thunderbird, iTunes, iMovie, IM, and photoshop all at once. Yes.... I'm that much of a jackass. Anyway, it seized (duh!) and I had to reboot... perhaps if I hadn't had that 16th browser tab....

It's not uncommon for me to have 50-60 tabs open in Firefox all the time, as well as Thunderbird and whatever other programs I happen to be using at any given moment. And this isn't on a high-horsepower box at all, but rather a 6-year-old homebuilt with an AMD Athlon XP 1700+ and 1GB RAM running Win2K. I hadn't realized Macs had gotten so anemic since the Mac IIx I owned close to 20 years ago.

All kidding aside, if I ever win the lottery I'll probably get a fully-loaded Mac Pro with one of those enormous, TV-sized Apple Cinema Displays.

Ever seen "Pi"? THAT is the machine I want if I win the lottery!

[Dave Garrett]

I haven't used Leopard, but I remember the nightmare of XP pre-SP1. As for the stability of XP, it's decent (for a PC), but still, if you choke it, it pukes. I've had precisely one system crash on the Mac, and it was totally my fault. I was running (no lie) 16 browser tabs, Parallels with Audition, Thunderbird, iTunes, iMovie, IM, and photoshop all at once. Yes.... I'm that much of a jackass. Anyway, it seized (duh!) and I had to reboot... perhaps if I hadn't had that 16th browser tab....

It's not uncommon for me to have 50-60 tabs open in Firefox all the time, as well as Thunderbird and whatever other programs I happen to be using at any given moment. And this isn't on a high-horsepower box at all, but rather a 6-year-old homebuilt with an AMD Athlon XP 1700+ and 1GB RAM running Win2K. I hadn't realized Macs had gotten so anemic since the Mac IIx I owned close to 20 years ago.

All kidding aside, if I ever win the lottery I'll probably get a fully-loaded Mac Pro with one of those enormous, TV-sized Apple Cinema Displays.

Ever seen "Pi"? THAT is the machine I want if I win the lottery!

Yep, I've seen it. Did you know it was based on two real-life mathematician brothers who actually built a supercomputer in their apartment? The full, amazing story can be found in a (long but very much worth it) 1992 New Yorker article:

The Mountains of Pi

I was working in a university math department when this article was published, and one of the professors there pointed it out to me. Strangely enough, I don't remember much if any mention of the Chudnovskys when the film was in theaters, but it's the first thing I thought of when I saw it.

[catesta]

My lady wants to buy a Macbook.

Is this a good machine?

Apple® - MacBook® Pro with 15.4" Display

Model: MA896LL/A

[Free For All]

My lady wants to buy a Macbook.

Is this a good machine?

Apple® - MacBook® Pro with 15.4" Display

Model: MA896LL/A

It depends, are there sexual favors/ironing hanging in the balance? *

*apologies to rachel

[catesta]

My lady wants to buy a Macbook.

Is this a good machine?

Apple® - MacBook® Pro with 15.4" Display

Model: MA896LL/A

It depends, are there sexual favors/ironing hanging in the balance? *

*apologies to rachel

Well, yes and no.

All the ironing has been done and as far as the sex goes........., we'll see, it's only Monday.

[Free For All]

we'll see, it's only Monday.

Well, no wonder if all you're serving is leftovers!

[Quincy]

My lady wants to buy a Macbook.

Is this a good machine?

Apple® - MacBook® Pro with 15.4" Display

Model: MA896LL/A

Sure it's a good machine. Question is what does she want to do. She may be able to get along just dandy with a regular MacBook (not a Pro). If she's editing video or something intensive like that then sure, go for the Pro. Otherwise no, unless you're the type who drives a Ferrari to the grocery store.

[rockefeller center]

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