I don't care about the spelling, actually my native language is not English either, is Spanish.
I don't really care much about the mac/PC debate. I switched to Mac last year after 15 year of using DOS/Windows. The las 8 years I have also actively used Linux. I'm a PhD student and used to have a Dell laptop with dual boot XP/Mandrake for all my daily tasks. Linux for all my programming, rapport;) writing etc and Windows for presentations because the dual screen support is (or was) not very good in Linux. At the end I was almost entirely using Linux except for some very small taks. The problem was that every small thing like configuring a wireless card was hard on Linux.
Then it was time to upgrade to a newer computer. I considered all the options. At the end it came down to an IBM thinkpad ($2000 +) and a Powerbook (around $1500 with the education discount). I ended buying an iBook ($1150) since with the last upgrade it was very similar to the Powerbook for my needs. I mean that is almost half the price of the Thinkpad and honestly I don't think I could do anything more efficiently with that machine running Linux than with my ibook.
This is the best computer I've ever had. I mean, for what I use it (programming, writing my thesis using Lyx, presentations using Power Point, storing pictures and some movie clips) is very fast. And the price can not be beat. I mean you can get a PC laptop for less but it would be huge, with less battery life and would not have the software goodies that you came to appreciate once you have it.
Anyway, I not trying to convince anyone to switch or not to switch. I really don't care. I do think that the Apple Premium price is over estimated. I think Apple prices are very competitive specially in the consumer products.
Cheers.
It seems to me that if you only use your computer for "programming, rapport [sic] writing(Latex), Maple and various internet services" you don't even need to worry about most of the hardware you chose the PC over the mac to begin with. I do some very intensive CFD programming for that purpose I use an iBook G4. I'm not going to run the code in the iBook, I'll run it in a supercomputer or a Cluster. The iBook is just very nice to carry around.
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I don't care about the spelling, actually my native language is not English either, is Spanish. I don't really care much about the mac/PC debate. I switched to Mac last year after 15 year of using DOS/Windows. The las 8 years I have also actively used Linux. I'm a PhD student and used to have a Dell laptop with dual boot XP/Mandrake for all my daily tasks. Linux for all my programming, rapport ;) writing etc and Windows for presentations because the dual screen support is (or was) not very good in Linux. At the end I was almost entirely using Linux except for some very small taks. The problem was that every small thing like configuring a wireless card was hard on Linux.
Then it was time to upgrade to a newer computer. I considered all the options. At the end it came down to an IBM thinkpad ($2000 +) and a Powerbook (around $1500 with the education discount). I ended buying an iBook ($1150) since with the last upgrade it was very similar to the Powerbook for my needs. I mean that is almost half the price of the Thinkpad and honestly I don't think I could do anything more efficiently with that machine running Linux than with my ibook.
This is the best computer I've ever had. I mean, for what I use it (programming, writing my thesis using Lyx, presentations using Power Point, storing pictures and some movie clips) is very fast. And the price can not be beat. I mean you can get a PC laptop for less but it would be huge, with less battery life and would not have the software goodies that you came to appreciate once you have it.
Anyway, I not trying to convince anyone to switch or not to switch. I really don't care. I do think that the Apple Premium price is over estimated. I think Apple prices are very competitive specially in the consumer products.
Cheers.
It seems to me that if you only use your computer for "programming, rapport [sic] writing(Latex), Maple and various internet services" you don't even need to worry about most of the hardware you chose the PC over the mac to begin with.
I do some very intensive CFD programming for that purpose I use an iBook G4. I'm not going to run the code in the iBook, I'll run it in a supercomputer or a Cluster. The iBook is just very nice to carry around.
It's Colombia, not Columbia.... sigh.