Journal MyGirlFriendsBroken's Journal: More mac and some petrol
It's now been three weeks since I got my iBook and everyday I fall further and further in love with it. Now I have added 256Mb of RAM to take it to 384Mb it actually performs rather well. I can now get Fink to install "ksnake" overnight and run my web server, ftp server, ssh server, ser browser, mail client, a terminal and Netbeans with almost instant hopping inbetween them. This is something my 256Mb 1.8Ghz Wintel box can not do (mind you the box cost 1/3 of the price at 350GPB)
The battery life in this thing is enough for me, considering that it still gives aprox. three hours whilst watching a DVD. The biggest factor in my transition is that I have now got used to the user interface and can hop between Windows, Linux (KDE) and Mac like I have been able to between Windows and KDE.
I used to be sceptical of Macs in general but since the realease of Mac OS X and more significantly the comment which has been made of it I have woken up. I am really glad I have. I decided that I could do with a laptop in the summer of 2002 as I spent more time tied to home so I could have access to my PC and my parents and in aws were not entirelry happy with this. Looking arround at the market place with an open mind, considereing that in the labs I use Linux and at home I have esentially a consumer Wintel box, I decided on an iBook. In a laptop I needed a bridge, something that could do all I could do at home and at work, and would provide a simple user experience for my girlfriend. Mac OS X fitted this bill compleatly and the affordable iBooks look great(however, the new 12" PowerBook would have been my prefered choice had it been arround then)
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So in conclusion Macs are great, I am compleatly turned, and for my next desktop my Bill tax may certiainly not be payed rather a nice G4 PowerMac with a flat screen. More to the point as soon as I get a DV camera the whole kit and kabbodle will come in to its own.
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I have also recently been rallying in cleveland and there are some photos on my web site , or a more direct link if you prefere.
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