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Hello all,
As my old laptop is aging, and frankly, a bit too big to drag around a lot (it's an Acer TM 803, 15" laptop, which doesn't really work well with airplanes and the likes), I'm in the market for something new. A collegue of mine recently got a spiffy new MacBook, and I've been mightily impressed with the OS, the design of the Mac, the battery life, ... So maybe the time has come to actually get myself a Mac.
I've been wondering though - my main OS of choice right now is Linux, Windows being used where necessary (mostly for games, but that I do on my desktop machine which is equipped for gaming). Are there any other ex-linux users on this forum that have switched to Mac OS X? What are your impressions? (for the record: I'm an experienced (linux) unix sysadmin)
I've also still got to decide on the MB or the MBP - though portability is an issue, since I spend quite a lot of bit of time on airplanes these days, so it would be (more) logical to go for the MB.
Also, I've been reading up on Leopard, and a part of me is wanting to wait it out until it's released. But when will that be?
Any hints / things I might read, as a perhaps future Mac-user?
Thanks!
As my old laptop is aging, and frankly, a bit too big to drag around a lot (it's an Acer TM 803, 15" laptop, which doesn't really work well with airplanes and the likes), I'm in the market for something new. A collegue of mine recently got a spiffy new MacBook, and I've been mightily impressed with the OS, the design of the Mac, the battery life, ... So maybe the time has come to actually get myself a Mac.
I've been wondering though - my main OS of choice right now is Linux, Windows being used where necessary (mostly for games, but that I do on my desktop machine which is equipped for gaming). Are there any other ex-linux users on this forum that have switched to Mac OS X? What are your impressions? (for the record: I'm an experienced (linux) unix sysadmin)
I've also still got to decide on the MB or the MBP - though portability is an issue, since I spend quite a lot of bit of time on airplanes these days, so it would be (more) logical to go for the MB.
Also, I've been reading up on Leopard, and a part of me is wanting to wait it out until it's released. But when will that be?
Any hints / things I might read, as a perhaps future Mac-user?
Thanks!