User: rhook

Re:The MacBook Pro

On: MacWorld Keynote Announces x86 iMac & Laptop

and not having to worry about virusses (which advantage may be lost on Intel-based Macs in the near future) make this saving very real.

The cpu has nothing to do with how vulnerable the OS is to viruses. There are many UNIX derivitives running on x86 and they do not have virus problems. Although this could be due to the fact that these systems are not targeted (much easier to infect a windows box and have it spread).

Re:second gen Pentium M

On: Macworld to Bring Updates to Laptop Lines?

that Pentium M you are touting has more in common with that Pentium II

No, it has more in common with the Pentium III.

Re:second gen Pentium M

On: Macworld to Bring Updates to Laptop Lines?

Today Intel has the Pentium M, more specifically, the second generation Pentium M, available with dual cores.

The third generation Pentium-M is dual core (Yonah) with the first and second generation being Banias and Dothan.

Re:So, what about...

On: Google Video Store Announced

Why would you want Google Desktop when we already have Beagle?