Re: [tlug] Linux-compatible Mac laptop?

[Micheal Cooper <mcooper@example.com>]

On 2007/04/10, at 10:54, Jonathan Q wrote:

> This is true, too, now that you mention it :)  If you're paying for a
> proprietary OS license, how much more is OS X worth than XP or Vista?
> While it might be hard to put a dollar number on the stability and  
> good
> design (including how it does such a nice job of staying out of  
> your way
> and not making you cuss much, something Windows totally fails), but  
> IMO
> the answer is "a lot."

I agree completely. There are fewer software choices for Mac, but the  
quality is better on average, it seems, and that is just the Mac- 
specific software. For work, though, and especially in Japan, there  
are a lot of instances in which I have no choice but to turn on the  
WinXP VM to get the job done.

> > If you have to support Mac and Windows (and maybe Linux) and would
> > like to have everything on one machine, you have to get a Mac with
> > Parallels because you cannot run MacOS in a VM on PC.
>
> This is also a plus. I don't use Windows in Parallels much (haven't
> booted it in weeks, just don't have the need), but when I do, it's
> quite fast in my experience more stable than native XP. Kubuntu in a
> Parallels VM is faster than it is natively on my Athlon 64 3800+. This
> Core 2 Duo rocks.


Yes, I find my VM to be at least as fast as the brand-new Dell from  
which I "transported" the image.

All in all, I would recommend this setup to anyone.

Micheal