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Return of the Mac

Posted by Zonk on from the it-went-away? dept.

Ben Gutierrez writes "Paul Graham has posted a new essay on the Return of the Mac which begins with: 'All the best hackers I know are gradually switching to Macs.' Tim O'Reilly said some similar things in Watching Alpha Geeks . From the article: "My friend Robert said his whole research group at MIT recently bought themselves Powerbooks. These guys are not the graphic designers and grandmas who were buying Macs at Apple's low point in the mid 1990s. They're about as hardcore OS hackers as you can get."

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  1. Re:I would buy a Mac... by cmorgan47 · · Score: 5, Informative

    get a g3 ibook. runs all but the greediest of os x apps just fine and i picked one up from a guy at work fro $100....they go for about 3-400 on ebay.

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  2. Re:I would buy a Mac... by falcon5768 · · Score: 5, Informative
    My kid brother can aforde a mac mini on lunch money...

    Please this argument is old and false.

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  3. Re:Keyboard included at your house by calibanDNS · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just FYI, the DVI -> VGA dongle is included with the Mac mini. No need to go out and buy one.

  4. Re:right click by dick+johnson · · Score: 5, Informative

    You're mistaken. If you want a two or more button mouse, you can buy one or use just about any pc usb mouse. I'm using a three button mouse as I write this. All three work.

    Secondly, even with the old mice, you just had to control click to get the same functionality.

    It'd be nice if you had actually used a Mac in the last four years before you state categorically that you can't right click one.

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