New Mac is released

[thayne]

You can compare powerbook prices with comperable dell's and in some cases the mac is cheaper and gives you more bang for the buck.

[thayne]

$2,499.00

15.2-inch TFT Display
1280x854 resolution
1.5GHz PowerPC G4
512K L2 cache
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
80GB Ultra ATA/100
ATI Mobility Radeon
9700 (64MB DDR)
Backlit keyboard
Gigabit Ethernet
FireWire 400 & 800
AirPort Extreme built-in
DVI & S-Video out


Comparable Dell Inspiron XPS
$2,983

[Faustus]

And the Inspiron XPS loses points for fake coolness instead of the real thing.

Example:
Reaction to dell: "hey you got one of those dells... those are pretty sweet"

Reaction to Mac: "HEY YOU GOT A POWERBOOK! I've always wanted one"

That alone shows you just how much people think of apples. I mean ALOT of people love them, and as long as they've been around I'm petty sure its not a fad, so maybe more people should consider if there is something there they are missing.

[thayne]

I'd take a powerbook over a dell Inspiron any day!

[Craig Tucker]

Notebooks are different, theres not a lot you can do with them whether you choose MAC or PC. But as I always build my own desktop PC's then mac is just not an option.

[ViRaL1]

Not to say that I'd never buy one, but not because I felt I needed it. I can't think of anything that I'd need to do on a Mac that I can't do on any of my PCs.

[gitreel]

I have a test before I graduate.

I have to be able to peel an apple.

[ViRaL1]

I think what I dislike most about Macs is that they're not very open.

[thayne]

open, like ummm, microsoft???

[gitreel]

open, like ummm, microsoft???

.
He is talking about hardware

[ViRaL1]

I doubt it. Apple got into trouble for false advertisement. The g5 is not the fastest computer. And I do not use Intel chips, so you couldn't beat my pentiums.

I only buy AMD processors.

(cross-quoted)

There was talk at one point of Apple switching over to AMD processors, as well as Intel.

[gitreel]

Well fortunately it was just talk.

[ViRaL1]

Actually it would have been interesting. Then Mac OS would have had to be x86 compatible.

[thayne]

Actually it would have been interesting. Then Mac OS would have had to be x86 compatible.

That would be cool! OSX is way better than windows or linux and it would be awesome to be able to run it on my PC's

[Conquest10]

The first versions of what became OSX (or a predecessor) actually did run on x86 machines.

[thayne]

The first versions of what became OSX (or a predecessor) actually did run on x86 machines.

That was darwin, far from what OSX became and would only run on a very limited number of x86 PC's

[ViRaL1]

If you think M$ is scared of Linux, just imagine if they really had to compete with Apple for the same desktops. :P

[gitreel]

Actually it would have been interesting. Then Mac OS would have had to be x86 compatible.

That would be cool! OSX is way better than windows or linux and it would be awesome to be able to run it on my PC's

OSX is unix based. Linux is also unix based. They are pretty much the same thing.

[thayne]

If you think M$ is scared of Linux, just imagine if they really had to compete with Apple for the same desktops. :P

I bet M$ bought them off. OSX would destroy windows if it were available on x86 PC's

[Conquest10]

OSX is way better than windows or linux and it would be awesome to be able to run it on my PC's

I wouldn't say it was better. Its nicer to look at. Expose' is a neat feature. But I don't really see how I would use that. Oh wait, on a Mac you don't have a taskbar like on Windows so it is really useful.

[thayne]

Actually it would have been interesting. Then Mac OS would have had to be x86 compatible.

That would be cool! OSX is way better than windows or linux and it would be awesome to be able to run it on my PC's

OSX is unix based. Linux is also unix based. They are pretty much the same thing.

Bah ha ha ha! That's funny. They are nothing alike! The only thing similar is they are both operating systems. Windows is more like OSX than linux is...

Everything is "Unix based"....

[ViRaL1]

Actually it would have been interesting. Then Mac OS would have had to be x86 compatible.

That would be cool! OSX is way better than windows or linux and it would be awesome to be able to run it on my PC's

OSX is unix based. Linux is also unix based. They are pretty much the same thing.

You're a puppet of the SCO Machine aren't you?

I agree with you overall, but I believe the average user would take to MacOS a lot faster than they would to Linux.

[Conquest10]

That was darwin, far from what OSX became and would only run on a very limited number of x86 PC's

No it was Apple Rhapsody. That was the early development version of OSX.

[cnelson87]

I doubt that. Isn't it $3000 each with no monitor?

no, the dual 2.5 is $3000. dual 2.0 is $2500. if you BTO you can shave off about $130 more.

[thayne]

That was darwin, far from what OSX became and would only run on a very limited number of x86 PC's

No it was Apple Rhapsody. That was the early development version of OSX.

Rhapsody never ran on x86's
http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/16753/16753.html

[gitreel]

Actually it would have been interesting. Then Mac OS would have had to be x86 compatible.

That would be cool! OSX is way better than windows or linux and it would be awesome to be able to run it on my PC's

OSX is unix based. Linux is also unix based. They are pretty much the same thing.

You're a puppet of the SCO Machine aren't you?

I agree with you overall, but I believe the average user would take to MacOS a lot faster than they would to Linux.

No I am not a puppet of SCO. I think Darl Mcbride does not have a leg to stand on.

@thayne - I was just saying they are based on unix. That is all.

[Conquest10]

Rhapsody never ran on x86's
http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/16753/16753.html

Would you like to explain this:

[thayne]

Saying linux is based on unix isn't really accurate either. Linux is Linux, it's unix like and has some unix code (according to SCO anyway) but it's not unix. I think windows has more unix code than linux does.

[thayne]

Conquest10



Was that publicy released??? I thought only darwin was released ported to x86

[gitreel]

Well to hear SCO, Linux does not exist.