I'd say DEFINITELY go for the Pro - the standard MacBook polycarbonate is absolute shit. I've had parts of my case replaced twice under warranty. The stuff just crumbles.
Whoever keeps tagging this "andnothingofvaluewaslost" please stop. The cut connection may have had no value to you, but I bet there's some people in the UAE who would like to use the Net. There might even be slashdotters there!
I agree. I'm using a MacBook here as well, but I've never really understood the rampant fanboi-ism. It's a computer/MP3 player/phone, it's quite good - we get it. What's so special about Steve "hand" Jobs anyway?
A lot of electronic music is still released on vinyl for the DJ scene... and the warez scene laps it up - they manage to get damn good sounding VBR mp3s out of vinyls.
Well a LaTeX GUI might work because most people don't want to learn a programming language just to typeset a document. But I'll agree with you that OO is bloatware - Abiword needs to get stable on Windows platforms, or maybe KOffice can take over now that KDE4 is cross-platform. Sun, I know Java is your pet project, but only a small majority of people use macros in OO - rip the fucking thing out of OO then you can start to compete on speed with Word.
Here in Australia, we've now got (ABC, Ten, Seven, Nine, SBS) five FTA SD/HD channels, they're currently getting their act together for "Full HD" as there are a lot of programs that are a lot less than 1920x1080. We still have pay TV - satellite, and cable in the cities but I don't think pay TV is worth paying for.
What ID is - very very clever marketing with all the glitz and pizazz that goes along with it. It's a sad state of affairs if people are taken in by this kind of thing, but then again you just have to look at how successful some of the big advertising campaigns are.
What are you complaining about? That's amazing compared to Australia's broadband. The government is playing politics with it and making an utter mess. Our Communications Minister, Helen Coonan seems to think no one needs any speed over 256kbit/64kbit.
Vista is a bust, and their lunch is slowly being eaten by Apple and Linux.
Maybe on Slashdot it is, but if you're buying a new Dell or a new HP or any of those big-brand computers, you're getting Vista. Mac & *nix? As much as I'd love to see a Linux distro on most desktops, it hasn't happened in my town yet! Same with Mac - and I sit here typing this on a Mac laptop with my desktops being Ubuntu machines...
>>Now that internet access is ubiquitous, fast, and reliable
Where do you live? It's not fast enough here for every keystroke to be going through an external server! I regularly ping over 100ms to the outside world, and over 400ms to a lot of sites in the US.
No way I'm going to be going thin-client anywhere except my LAN.
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Ok, it's predictable, but it's a welcome change from the normal Slashdot jokes. PS. I'm a convict^H^H^H^H^H^H^HAustralian, and I found this funny.
Om nom nom nom!
What? Sure if you troll iiFanboii's, or dis Internode you'll get a bad reaction, but it's a great forum for finding out which ISPs to use and avoid.
I'd say DEFINITELY go for the Pro - the standard MacBook polycarbonate is absolute shit. I've had parts of my case replaced twice under warranty. The stuff just crumbles.
Whoever keeps tagging this "andnothingofvaluewaslost" please stop. The cut connection may have had no value to you, but I bet there's some people in the UAE who would like to use the Net. There might even be slashdotters there!
I agree. I'm using a MacBook here as well, but I've never really understood the rampant fanboi-ism. It's a computer/MP3 player/phone, it's quite good - we get it. What's so special about Steve "hand" Jobs anyway?
AFAICT, from over here in Australia, Obama looks like a calm and rational man. Any USians care to dispel my illusion?
Sounds like that would make a great MythFrontend machine, if the video can keep up.
So you can't even simulate mouse movement and a click with something like AutoIt?
I suspect it's only for aboriginal persons depicted.
Screw that, give me reality in HDR... seriously.
Slashdot, where a call to suicide is +4 insightful!
A lot of electronic music is still released on vinyl for the DJ scene... and the warez scene laps it up - they manage to get damn good sounding VBR mp3s out of vinyls.
Well a LaTeX GUI might work because most people don't want to learn a programming language just to typeset a document. But I'll agree with you that OO is bloatware - Abiword needs to get stable on Windows platforms, or maybe KOffice can take over now that KDE4 is cross-platform. Sun, I know Java is your pet project, but only a small majority of people use macros in OO - rip the fucking thing out of OO then you can start to compete on speed with Word.
What?
What's easier, finding vulnerabilities using a laptop or using physical force to incapacitate the pilot/copilot?
Here in Australia, we've now got (ABC, Ten, Seven, Nine, SBS) five FTA SD/HD channels, they're currently getting their act together for "Full HD" as there are a lot of programs that are a lot less than 1920x1080. We still have pay TV - satellite, and cable in the cities but I don't think pay TV is worth paying for.
What are you using to get the audio previews? That sounds interesting.
I think those aliases are going into my profile right now!
BTW why are you still running 6.10?
What ID is - very very clever marketing with all the glitz and pizazz that goes along with it. It's a sad state of affairs if people are taken in by this kind of thing, but then again you just have to look at how successful some of the big advertising campaigns are.
But with Vista, the cake is a lie.
What are you complaining about? That's amazing compared to Australia's broadband. The government is playing politics with it and making an utter mess. Our Communications Minister, Helen Coonan seems to think no one needs any speed over 256kbit/64kbit.
Prepend web.archive.org to those addresses and away you go.
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Maybe on Slashdot it is, but if you're buying a new Dell or a new HP or any of those big-brand computers, you're getting Vista. Mac & *nix? As much as I'd love to see a Linux distro on most desktops, it hasn't happened in my town yet! Same with Mac - and I sit here typing this on a Mac laptop with my desktops being Ubuntu machines...
>>Now that internet access is ubiquitous, fast, and reliable
Where do you live? It's not fast enough here for every keystroke to be going through an external server! I regularly ping over 100ms to the outside world, and over 400ms to a lot of sites in the US.
No way I'm going to be going thin-client anywhere except my LAN.
I live in Australia, in a rural area btw.