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

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.

wow what a lame thing to say.

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:

Grudge wrote: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

MKJ wrote: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.

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.

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

Transient wrote: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.

Canis wrote: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.

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

http://www.parallels.com/

Iccy wrote:

Transient wrote: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.

obsidian wrote:

It was only a matter of time.

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

neither, it's PS

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

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

Foo wrote: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.

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