FWIW, I think a lot more has to do with CPU. Anything that's 3rd gen core i5 or later should work well...
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2015, at 9:56 AM, Justin Wilson - MTIN <li...@mtin.net> wrote: > > 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> wrote: >>> >>> We use MacBook Pro. >>> >>> We still have one in service from 2009 ;) >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Friday, October 30, 2015, Jay Weekley <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. >
