Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

I worked fro a company and we had to do this, bought shells cards and other parts and assembled them. If you have spent any time building computers its really easy just need to pay attention to detail because of the compact nature of the unit. I know ASUS has a nice shell to build in, takes a min

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

Great idea and suggestion, Mike. I've built several towers, but never thought of trying to build my own laptop. Have you yourself done this? I'm not sure where to look to find a source for a kit, but I'll google for it to see what comes up. Recently, I've even been thinking of getting one with

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

I don't if anyone has mentioned it but try building your own laptop. The first time you build one it takes about 3 hours. Build it the way you want it! The benefit is that you will always know what is inside of it and you can always fix it yourself if something goes wrong. There are only 5 major

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

Nadim Hoque wrote: > For the laptop in question just make sure it uses a atheros or intel > wifi card in it. To find out in the store, ask someone who really knows > the hardware and sometimes it will say on the bottom. The centrino > laptops do contain the intel wifi, but make sure that it is n

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

I give up. It's posted to sell on Craigslist. After looking into what is involved in trying to install Linux on a mac, I can't waste any more time on this. http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/sys/1333467379.html Thanks again to all you wonderful plug friends. -

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

Thanks to all who responded. I guess I'll try to do a Linux install on the mac before I just give up and replace it. == Austin Godber wrote: Have you considered installing Linux on your MacBook? It seems that both the latest Fedora and Ubuntu work with little fuss on the MacBooks. Thanks Austin.

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

From: Nadim Hoque > Josef Lowder wrote: >> 3. Failure to totally eliminate the "caps-lock" key WHAT DO YOU MEAN IM SHOUTHING???!!1! No, lots of people like to type in all caps, so they retain this. Like the QWERTY keyboard itself, it's a Panda's Thumb of technology. >> 4. The absolutely ridicu

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

I was wondering how long it'd be before someone asked this. I might know of an interested party (not myself mind you). Eric Cope wrote: > how much are you selling your macbook for? Which one is it? > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Bob Elzer > wrote: > > How m

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

Josef Lowder wrote: > Based on the very positive and enthusiastic comments from so many > people (including several of my good plug friends), I recently > purchased a 15" Macbook, thinking that it might be "the way to go." > > While the Mac is a very appealing product in many ways with many > outst

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

how much are you selling your macbook for? Which one is it? On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Bob Elzer wrote: > How much did you spend on the Macbook, and how much do you want to spend on > a new laptop ? > > What are your preferences, what does it have to have, or not have, and what > do you wa

RE: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

How much did you spend on the Macbook, and how much do you want to spend on a new laptop ? What are your preferences, what does it have to have, or not have, and what do you want to do with it ? -Original Message- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

I am blown away you had such difficulty using a Mac. I used to hate Macs. I bought one because I was sick of Windows... Its been fantastic. Sorry you had such a bad experience, although it seems your complaints are more cosmetic than anything else. On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Dazed_75 wrote:

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

what did you end up getting? On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Nathan England wrote: > On Wednesday 19 August 2009 02:24:49 pm Josef Lowder wrote: >> Based on the very positive and enthusiastic comments from so many >> people (including several of my good plug friends), I recently >> purchased a 15

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

Nice to know nothing has changed WRT using a Mac since my company forced me to use one back when the 1st Macintosh was getting popular. :) On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Josef Lowder wrote: > Based on the very positive and enthusiastic comments from so many > people (including several of my g

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

On Wednesday 19 August 2009 02:24:49 pm Josef Lowder wrote: > Based on the very positive and enthusiastic comments from so many > people (including several of my good plug friends), I recently > purchased a 15" Macbook, thinking that it might be "the way to go." > > While the Mac is a very appeali

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

Have you considered installing Linux on your MacBook? It seems that both the latest Fedora and Ubuntu work with little fuss on the MacBooks. Austin Josef Lowder wrote: > Based on the very positive and enthusiastic comments from so many > people (including several of my good plug friends), I re

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

I'm not a mac guy YET... I'll probably build a hackintosh box eventually here are a few related links: http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/10/22/how-to-install-x11-in-os-x/ http://www.osxgnu.org/ http://developer.apple.com/tools/gcc_overview.html http://www.odi.ch/prog/macbookpro/index.php On Wed, Aug

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

apple has a X-window subsystem that is separate from whatever their interface is. I would start there. On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Trent Shipley wrote: > Josef Lowder wrote: > >> 7. Most of the *nix command-line commands and utilities that I am used >> to using do not seem to work on Mac OS-X

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

Trent Shipley wrote: > Josef Lowder wrote: > >> 7. Most of the *nix command-line commands and utilities that I am used >> to using do not seem to work on Mac OS-X > > I have the impression that it is possible to put an X-Windowing system > and the *nix collection of utilities on OS-X and run all

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

Trent Shipley wrote: > Josef Lowder wrote: > >> 7. Most of the *nix command-line commands and utilities that I am used >> to using do not seem to work on Mac OS-X > > I have the impression that it is possible to put an X-Windowing system > and the *nix collection of utilities on OS-X and run all

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

Josef Lowder wrote: > 7. Most of the *nix command-line commands and utilities that I am used > to using do not seem to work on Mac OS-X I have the impression that it is possible to put an X-Windowing system and the *nix collection of utilities on OS-X and run all the goodies natively. Is this po

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

Try a dell xps m1550, they can be had pretty cheap on outlet.dell.com these days, and often I'll see 15% off coupons on deal sites. I love my m1330, the 13" variant, probably the best laptop I've ever owned. Fully loaded I payed about $1300 shipped with top of the line core2duo, 4g of memory, and

Re: What laptop to get to replace my 15" macbook?

i would take a look at sager and system76 based machines. in addition some of the dell laptops work very well with Linux. On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Josef Lowder wrote: > Based on the very positive and enthusiastic comments from so many > people (including several of my good plug friends), I