One more reason to buy a mac

[LawL]

I have a Desktop PC and 17" Powerbook, best of both worlds.

[ajerara]

If they come up with a MacBook that has a socket so you could upgrade the processor, I'd definitely be in. I dunno if they'll do it, I think the mac mini has a socket. Don't think the macBook has enough room, though.

[zeeko]

wow what a lame thing to say.

[Grudge]

Yes I saw that earlier today. Almost makes me regret getting an Acer laptop last week, I should have waited and gotten a MacBook instead, Apple laptops are fucking awesome.

and a BIG price diff there

No, actually not that big, around $500 in my case, but for that I'd get a lighter, slimmer and slicker laptop with a better screen and the ability to dual boot OS X and Win XP. I'd say it's worth it

[Transient]

correct trans


you could even run linux too if youd like

Sweet, my next computer might end up being a Mac in that case. If they're still doing this a few years down the road, that is.

[Canis]

If they're doing it now I bet the only reason they'd stop is if they suddenly saw their marketshare drop, but I highly doubt that would happen.

[plained]

honestly i believe for every old timer user theyve lost, aplles gained 3-4 new users.

[Iccy]

Ooh, so does this mean if I had 2 hard drives in a Mac, I could boot either OS I wanted?

You dont need 2 you can uses just 1.

[Grudge]

If they're doing it now I bet the only reason they'd stop is if they suddenly saw their marketshare drop, but I highly doubt that would happen.

If Apple didn't do it themselves, someone else would. This is a much cleaner and nicer solution that everyone benefits from.

[Canis]

Well, Parallels just released their virtualization solution that allows the various OSes to run simultaneously on the new macs.

http://www.parallels.com/

[obsidian]

[Transient]

Ooh, so does this mean if I had 2 hard drives in a Mac, I could boot either OS I wanted?

You dont need 2 you can uses just 1.

I just assumed use 2 different drives (or at least partitions) to keep files from getting mixed up. That and I like keeping things organized.

[Transient]

It was only a matter of time.

[Canis]

Is that with Boot Camp or with another hack to get XP running?

[+JuggerNaut+]

neither, it's PS

[Foo]

Has anyone here had experience with the two models of intel macbook?

I'm strongly considering the lower spec model, but I'm just not sure what I would be missing out on with the next spec up.

It seems a have a bit more storage capacity, slightly faster processor, more graphics ram... but otherwise nothing truly 'extra', just bumped a little.

Or am I missing something? eBuyer won't give me full specs for the 2Ghz model

[Iccy]

did you check out apple foo ? you can build it basicly so i think you can read the specs right there.

[Canis]

Has anyone here had experience with the two models of intel macbook?

I'm strongly considering the lower spec model, but I'm just not sure what I would be missing out on with the next spec up.

It seems a have a bit more storage capacity, slightly faster processor, more graphics ram... but otherwise nothing truly 'extra', just bumped a little.

Or am I missing something? eBuyer won't give me full specs for the 2Ghz model

It's just bumped a little. Otherwise its the same model. I'd wait though, as they're going to release the "MacBook" soon, and possibly update the "MacBook Pro" line with a 17" revision. There'll just be more options to choose from.

[E:v:O]

whoops