When we were looking at Macs at the Apple Store in Tyson's Corner, I fooled around with the G4 PowerBook it really is a sweet machine. It supports up to a gig of RAM. Combine that with the DVD burner and firewire port and you have a real impressive video editing system.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 10:08 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Time to buy a laptop > > > Wow - plenty of feedback! Between the online and offline > responses, looks > like Dell has the most votes. I'm still drawn to the > Titanium G4 though... > Hmm... > > -Cameron > > ----------------- > Cameron Childress > Sumo Consulting Inc. > --- > cell: 678-637-5072 > aim: cameroncf > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Ousterhout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:44 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Time to buy a laptop > > > > > > I just bought a dell. I've use Sony, IBM, and Compaq in the > > past. I've had > > the worst experience with IBM "Crash-Pad". Subsequent > > machines worked just > > fine. Basically chose the Dell based on price/performance. > > Seemed to have > > best bang for buck. No problems so far. > > > > Andy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 7:27 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Time to buy a laptop > > > > > > Though I would tap the community for some input... Anyone out there > > recently bought a laptop recently? I've been looking at the > > Sony Vaio, a > > few of the Dell laptops, and the Apple G4 Powerbook. > > > > Vaio seems the most bang for the buck, being pretty slim, > > having a 16.1 inch > > display, and not costing an arm and a leg. > > > > Dell is in the running because I've just always considered > > their laptops to > > be like the "old faithful" choice, but I'm not very impressed > > with what they > > can deliver for the price. > > > > The G4 wins hands down in the "cool factor". I'd have to > > learn Dreamweaver > > to use the Powerbook, but that wouldn't be a terrible thing. > > I also know > > some folks now have CFMX running on Mac, so that's not really > > a limiting > > factor either. Only PITA would be that I would have to buy > > both PC and Mac > > copies of my IDEs so I can also still use my desktop. > > > > Any other suggestions? > > > > -Cameron > > > > ----------------- > > Cameron Childress > > Sumo Consulting Inc. > > --- > > cell: 678-637-5072 > > aim: cameroncf > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
