Brian, We have now hit a wall. That wall is the LAPTOP vs. PC. OK? I view the laptop as a convenience. Others view it as the PC of the future. Which camp do you do dinner with? I do see both discussions.....Again........ :) I do not buy the laptop yet. But I can be convinced. Duncan
At 20:18 09/24/2008 -0400, you wrote:
Actually, I was going to ask the same question. I personally find that Apple makes the best laptop from a hardware and aesthetic standpoint but need to use OSX. I was leaning away from getting a Macbook Pro simply because I was afraid that putting Vista/XP on it would break some of the hardware integration. Did you lose any functionality with Windows on it? ---- Brian On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:03 PM, DHSinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Zul, > Are you just being a forward push? > Why this sudden quest to meld "PCs" with Apple? > What is your point? > Apologies to Da Boz if I stepped on some toes............ :) > Duncan > > At 01:04 09/25/2008 +0300, you wrote: > >> Does the apple keyboard work fine in windows or do you have to do anything >> with it (i.e. drivers) >> >> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:08 PM, James Boswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >wrote: >> >> > >> > On 24 Sep 2008, at 18:39, Stan Zaske wrote: >> > >> > My old setup was an Epox NF4 Ultra mobo with an Athlon 64 FX55 running >> >> about 2.8 GHz and the upgrade has the Biostar 790GX/SB750 chipset and >> an >> >> Athlon 64 X2 5400+ BE running again about 2.8 GHz. Both had the same >> 4850 >> >> video card and the same 2 gigs of RAM. The only difference is between >> DX9 XP >> >> Home and DX10.1 Vista64 Home Premium. Now I have yet to use the >> benchmarking >> >> utility for Crysis (all patched up of course) but it ran smoothly >> enough at >> >> that resolution and medium settings before that I had no problem >> getting my >> >> crosshairs on the Koreans and fragging them. Now however it visibly >> stutters >> >> and I attribute that to Vista and of course the 64 bit version has been >> >> widely reported to also be slower for gaming. Hopefully more RAM will >> help. >> >> What kind of boxes do the rest of the list members use for gaming?Gam >> >> >> > >> > My primary box is >> > >> > Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 445Mhz FSB * 9 (4005Mhz or thereabouts) with a Scythe >> > Infinity bolted to it >> > Asus P5K-E/Wifi-AP mainboard, P35 chipset >> > 4x2GB OCZ DDR2-800 dimms at 890Mhz (and rather shockingly rubbish >> timings) >> > Gainward 8800GTX/768MB >> > Vista Ultimate x64 >> > >> > Display is a Dell 2408WFP and I have a Datacolor Spyder3Elite which I >> > wouldn't be without now that I've experienced the joys of a properly >> > calibrated display. >> > >> > http://chryx.shacknet.nu/newdisplaysamecluttereddesk.jpg >> > >> > I also run OSX on it for laughs :p (actually, it's probably in OSX 90% >> of >> > the time) >> > >> > http://chryx.shacknet.nu/fettled.png >> > >> > -JB >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> >> >> Zulfiqar Naushad >> > >
