Re: [tlug] Mac or EeePC?

[Pietro Zuco <pietro@example.com>]

Gen Kanai wrote:

> You can always install Linux on your Mac via BootCamp and then it is not 
> virtual.

I know. In fact I tried to do it one year ago or so but it pissed me off 
to deal with so many things to fix. Maybe know it's different. At that 
time I had to deal wit the keyboard (the mac keys) the Japanese support 
switched with the proper key, the one one button mouse (I'm used to 
three buttons) I remember the wireless didn't work and so forth. Then 
I'm a Slackware user and to use my favorite distro on a mac... Well I 
didn't have the time to do all that stuff. So the best solution at that 
moment was to install Vbox for the things I do with Linux and use MacOS 
for daily life.

After two years with this MacBook I'm planning to upgrade in a near 
future, but not Mac anymore. It's nice, it's pretty usable, it has very 
good applications, it's a Unix OS as well, but I miss many of the things 
I have on Linux. Maybe it's because I'm using it for more than 10 years. 
The fact is that I feel more and in fact I'm more productive with my old 
Slackware distro.

Anyway I think it's a matter of taste and convenience that can differ to 
everybody.

Many people tell me that mac hardware is great. In fact it is, and it is 
cheap but if I have to compare it with a Panasonic "Let's note", well... 
The price is totally worth to be paid. It has few competitors.

Cheers


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