A highly customizable UI is not necessarily a benefit. I sometimes happen to think about the end-user ease of use, but it doesn't seem to be the case of some of the slashdot crowd, who can't seem to account for different uses than theirs. A standardized (if not locked-up) UI is a good thing for the basic end user.
Dear God, if you had happened to actually read the whole article, you would have noticed that the guy actually thought about buying a MacBook.
Some people prefer the pain that it is to reboot to Windows or use another machine for performing such common tasks as using photoshop and powerpoint... Some other prefer OS X to Linux for its ease of use, standardized UI, and excellent popular software availability.
macs run osx AND windows AND linux, so my post is absolutely in topic. finally, if my comment is so useless, how useful is yours ??? my guess is that you are just another frustated mac-hating windows & linux techie... c'mon buy a mac, stop pricking us and finally use a really decent computer !
Be especially careful about whether your laptop's power management (battery management, auto powering down of components like disks, display, NICs etc.) is supported by your distro. You don't want to manually go to sleep or shutdown every 10 minutes or so in order to save battery power...
If you ask me, I would already have bought the MacBook, the black one just look gorgeous !
OS X is simply the best unix desktop OS around : it has the best plug and play experience around in terms of quality, it runs Office, Photoshop and Apache, and its excellent user-oriented optimizations makes everything feel snappy, especially with many apps open, an area where Windows definitively sucks, even on superior hardware.
Imagine that at last you can run it on the same kickass CPU's than PC's. Hell, you can even run Windows AND Linux natively ! For the same budget, I really don't see how one wouldn't want to run such a cutting-edge OS (and any other popular one) on such a beautiful laptop.
FYI I have been mac-only for years (I am a happy PC owner since 1 year but my main box is a G4). Sorry for the enthusiastic biased style, but when it comes to Mac vs. Linux I just can't control myself;)
Mackie ONYX 800R Perfect sounding. Has 8 variable impedance mic preamp channels at 24/192 kHz, includes a Mid-Side decoder which can come handy. http://www.mackie.com/products/800r/index.html € 1229 (sorry too lazy to check for US price)
Behringer BCA2000 (or any soundcard with 8-channel ADAT input support) + second hand ADAT converter ADAT converter examples : PreSonus DigiMax @ $200 on eBay, PreSonus DigiMax LT Ok, this one is in two parts, but the BCA2000 (which I own) is a very nice portable 4in 8out 24/96 + 3xMIDI soundcard, and it works with USB2. I used to avoid USB interfaces, but this one works perfectly and can be used on computers without FireWire, such as older notebooks. around € 220 + starting at $ 200 on eBay, usually around € 450
Slashdot Mirror
A highly customizable UI is not necessarily a benefit. I sometimes happen to think about the end-user ease of use, but it doesn't seem to be the case of some of the slashdot crowd, who can't seem to account for different uses than theirs. A standardized (if not locked-up) UI is a good thing for the basic end user.
Dear God, if you had happened to actually read the whole article, you would have noticed that the guy actually thought about buying a MacBook.
Some people prefer the pain that it is to reboot to Windows or use another machine for performing such common tasks as using photoshop and powerpoint... Some other prefer OS X to Linux for its ease of use, standardized UI, and excellent popular software availability.
macs run osx AND windows AND linux, so my post is absolutely in topic. finally, if my comment is so useless, how useful is yours ??? my guess is that you are just another frustated mac-hating windows & linux techie... c'mon buy a mac, stop pricking us and finally use a really decent computer !Be especially careful about whether your laptop's power management (battery management, auto powering down of components like disks, display, NICs etc.) is supported by your distro. You don't want to manually go to sleep or shutdown every 10 minutes or so in order to save battery power...
If you ask me, I would already have bought the MacBook, the black one just look gorgeous !
OS X is simply the best unix desktop OS around : it has the best plug and play experience around in terms of quality, it runs Office, Photoshop and Apache, and its excellent user-oriented optimizations makes everything feel snappy, especially with many apps open, an area where Windows definitively sucks, even on superior hardware.
Imagine that at last you can run it on the same kickass CPU's than PC's. Hell, you can even run Windows AND Linux natively ! For the same budget, I really don't see how one wouldn't want to run such a cutting-edge OS (and any other popular one) on such a beautiful laptop.
FYI I have been mac-only for years (I am a happy PC owner since 1 year but my main box is a G4). ;)
Sorry for the enthusiastic biased style, but when it comes to Mac vs. Linux I just can't control myself
Mackie ONYX 800R
Perfect sounding. Has 8 variable impedance mic preamp channels at 24/192 kHz, includes a Mid-Side decoder which can come handy.
http://www.mackie.com/products/800r/index.html
€ 1229 (sorry too lazy to check for US price)
PreSonus Firepod
Good sounding, 8 channels @ 24bits/96 kHz.
$ 800
Behringer BCA2000 (or any soundcard with 8-channel ADAT input support) + second hand ADAT converter
ADAT converter examples : PreSonus DigiMax @ $200 on eBay, PreSonus DigiMax LT
Ok, this one is in two parts, but the BCA2000 (which I own) is a very nice portable 4in 8out 24/96 + 3xMIDI soundcard, and it works with USB2. I used to avoid USB interfaces, but this one works perfectly and can be used on computers without FireWire, such as older notebooks.
around € 220 + starting at $ 200 on eBay, usually around € 450