‘PC makers, my next notebook is a MacBook’
says Stan Beer, staff writer at Australian site www.itwire.com.au:
'Whatever else you may think of Apple, it is a company that makes top quality hardware. Now along comes MacBook, an Intel notebook made by Apple, capable of running Windows in dual boot mode, packed with power, with all these plug and play features built-in, and very reasonably priced. I'm in the market for a notebook so what am I going to do?...
'...I'm not a fan of Mac OSX, mainly because I've got all this stuff stored on my Windows desktops and it would be a real hassle to move over to an alien world. However, if I can also have a Windows partition on my disk, then I can take advantage of all of the nifty things that I've been told the Mac OSX can do without me fiddling around, while doing the work I need to do in Windows. I never thought that would make sense, but now that I'm faced with a buying decision it's certainly a factor to consider...'
Comments from Gregorius:
'I have been a PC user since the early days of the old XTs... only ever used Mac's when i absolutely had to. I did always respect Mac for making outstanding hardware, but never delved into the Mac space because of the lack of support for Windows software... until now...
'...With the release of the Intel-Powered MacBook, and Boot Camp, I'm seriously considering buying one. Not only can i start to play around with Mac OSX (something i could never do before as i couldn't justify the cost), i can run windows on it and keep working as per usual. That's fantastic news.'
and Ken:
'I was in the same boat a few years ago and went for the 15" PB, with VPC & 2000 Pro for the Win side. A few things I learned along the way: Apple Care is especially good for new users of OS X as you can call support for OS questions as well as hardware questions. If you use good 3rd party RAM to boost memory (which you'll want to do on at least one MacBook you'll save enough to cover the Apple Care.)...
'...For an OS that isn't supposed to have many programs available you're in for a nice surprise. Check out http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/ - a site listing over 15,000 OS X apps, ranging from freeware to full commercial apps.'
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