I see, so the MBP is this magical thing that resolves your hatred of Microsoft, allowing you to use XP on it and be happy again?
Not at all. I don't have a hatred of MS, nor a love affair with Apple. I was agreeing that the Parallels option on a Mac makes it easy to justify the switch to some people because they can keep their XP programs and have the benefit of whatever drew them to OSX and Apple in the first place.
I was one of those technical users who got off my XP laptop because I was sick of Microsoft. I switched to the MacBook Pro and enjoy it. Does it take getting used to? Yes! Do you need to buy new copies of your programs? No, if you buy parallels and run XP. I tried the Ubuntu on the laptop route and was very impressed with how far it's come. But when it came down to it, I got tired of jacking with laptop-mode scripts to get my hard drive to shut down and hoping the next kernel update wouldn't break my script to use my Cingular 3G card. I finally took the dive and just figured it was worth trying something new (especially on a laptop) to see if the hype was worth it. I'm glad I did as things work a lot easier and I can work on Java stuff without worrying about the underlying OS. I enjoy playing with Linux, but when I need to get something done, I don't have time to mess with little settings and tweaks.
I was getting slight eyestrain from working all day on computers as well. My opto suggested I try a pair of +.75 magnification reading glasses (like the kind you can get in the store or Barnes and Noble). It seemed to help with my eyestrain. YMMV
D-link offers a 11 mbps wireless CF card that is 802.11b (model # DCF-650W). They offer it on their website for $99. I've been using it on my Audiovox Maestro that runs Pocket PC (as long as you don't mind using M$ Outlook) and it works well. Good luck.
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I see, so the MBP is this magical thing that resolves your hatred of Microsoft, allowing you to use XP on it and be happy again?
Not at all. I don't have a hatred of MS, nor a love affair with Apple. I was agreeing that the Parallels option on a Mac makes it easy to justify the switch to some people because they can keep their XP programs and have the benefit of whatever drew them to OSX and Apple in the first place.I was one of those technical users who got off my XP laptop because I was sick of Microsoft. I switched to the MacBook Pro and enjoy it. Does it take getting used to? Yes! Do you need to buy new copies of your programs? No, if you buy parallels and run XP. I tried the Ubuntu on the laptop route and was very impressed with how far it's come. But when it came down to it, I got tired of jacking with laptop-mode scripts to get my hard drive to shut down and hoping the next kernel update wouldn't break my script to use my Cingular 3G card. I finally took the dive and just figured it was worth trying something new (especially on a laptop) to see if the hype was worth it. I'm glad I did as things work a lot easier and I can work on Java stuff without worrying about the underlying OS. I enjoy playing with Linux, but when I need to get something done, I don't have time to mess with little settings and tweaks.
I was getting slight eyestrain from working all day on computers as well. My opto suggested I try a pair of +.75 magnification reading glasses (like the kind you can get in the store or Barnes and Noble). It seemed to help with my eyestrain. YMMV
Not sure if anyone knows, but do laser guided weapons use visible lasers or IR lasers?
D-link offers a 11 mbps wireless CF card that is 802.11b (model # DCF-650W). They offer it on their website for $99. I've been using it on my Audiovox Maestro that runs Pocket PC (as long as you don't mind using M$ Outlook) and it works well. Good luck.