[ILUG] Laptop Recommendation?

[John Moylan]

> If you're happy using binary only, why not use Mac OS-X? Get the
> benefits of the laptop you have.

Then I would have to pay for the OS updates.

There are no JVM's etc for the version on OSX on my TI Book either - and
anyway the MAC interface is crud - one can't even right click for *sake.
I also found it more like win3.1 in the way that is it hard to work
across multiple applications at the same time - and it is slow.

Much prefer to use Yellowdog even if I have to use the F keys - and I
can't get DV in through the Firewire port (cause it ain't supported) and
I can't install many binary programmes.

...Anyway, Time to get back to work

John

On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 11:46, Liam Bedford wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 11:41, John Moylan wrote:
> > Don't buy a powerbook unless you like having to map your F10 and F11
> > keys to left and right click.
> > 
> > Whoever said MAC's were user friendly was nuts.
> > 
> each to their own.. I quite liked having F10 always be paste and found
> it hard to go back to a mouse.
> 
> > Oh and have you tried to get an up-to-date Java SDK for Linux on PPC, or
> > Flash, or Real Player, or setup Eclipse ------ don't go there. I know, I
> > have a TI-Book - and it sucks.
> > 
> So, you're using binary only programs, and complaining they don't exist
> for linux on ppc, which is a pretty small market. 
> 
> If you're happy using binary only, why not use Mac OS-X? Get the
> benefits of the laptop you have.
> 
> L.
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