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Apple Announced 17" MacBook Pro
artlu writes "According to Reuters news, Apple has announced the launch of the 17" MacBook Pro. The new MacBook will retail for $2,799, come with iLife '06, and begins shipping next week. Details are not yet on Apple's website, but hopefully these notebooks will be triple booting as well!"
"I've been thinking about upgrading my old G4 powerbook for sometime, but have not been able to find a notebook from any vendor with 3 usb ports"
Dude, WTF? We just got bunch of HP nc6220. Three USB-port (one on the left, two on the right). We also got a bunch of tc4200 tablet-PC's: three USB-ports (one on the right, one on the left, and one in the back). You obviously haven't been looking very hard.
Lesbian Nazi Hookers Abducted by UFOs and Forced Into Weight Loss Programs - -all next week on Town Talk.
I can use a true unix when runing osX. If that doesn't float your boat, run kde/gnome/windowmaker/blackbox/fluxbox/your choice of display managers on top of X that mac ships with its computers. I can run just about anything linux on a mac without having to completely install a linux system. I can see the want to run windows for certain programs/games/video codecs/just be cause I can run windows on a mac/pong emulator :) ... etc. Can anyone tell me why I would want to run linux on a mac instead of running X.org and a gdm/xdm/kdm session?
Before you flame, I have an SusE/Win2K dual boot, an XP/Ubuntu dual boot (laptop), and a mac.
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Those cookers have an AC element. The magsafe connector is DC which is more susceptible to arcing.
A deep fat fryer is much heavier and uses a thicker and heavier cord which is less likely to be damaged. There's still a considerable difference between the two systems. As a result of Apple using magnetic adaptors its likely that many other laptop manufacturers will follow suit within 5 years. This is one of the major reasons why it has attracted so much attention.
To summarize, you think because they've made the cord thinner & DC its an "invention" rather then just a great idea.
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.