Many folks look at the Apple line as expensive. I have a 2008 Macbook pro that has been my daily laptop since I bought it. Has been at tower sites, etc. Mine is a full size 15” MacBook Pro. If you are looking for a field laptop I would suggest a macbook air.
Not to get in a “holy war” but I am running the latest Operating system on a computer almost 8 years old. In all fairness it has had a motherboard swap because the keyboard would no longer work. A replacement keyboard did not do the trick so I took it in and the diagnosis had faults on the board. For $400 I sent it back to Apple and they replaced the motherboard, replaced my failing DVD drive, replaced the top case, and something else (can’t remember). I run VMware fusion for Windows stuff. A mac isn’t for everyone. You have to put forth effort to learn it, just like anything else. Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net --- http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabric > On Nov 2, 2015, at 9:44 AM, D. Ryan Spott <rsp...@ngc457.com> wrote: > > +1 and the location manager to flip between ip settings is the best. > > TCO is so low it's not even funny. > > ryan > > -- > D. Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc > broadband | telco | colo | communities > PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294 > 425-939-0047 > > On Oct 31, 2015, at 12:10, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us > <mailto:af...@zirkel.us>> wrote: > >> We use MacBook Pro. >> >> We still have one in service from 2009 ;) >> >> >> >> On Friday, October 30, 2015, Jay Weekley <par...@cyberbroadband.net >> <mailto:par...@cyberbroadband.net>> wrote: >> Looks like it's time for a new field piece. I'm looking for a smallish >> netbook/laptop with an ethernet port but more importantly I need a good >> battery.
