Suzanne — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:07:38 +0000

If you go to buy a mac, try the refurbished ones -- way cheaper, same quality and same warranty!

Mark Hensler — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:23:35 +0000

I still think the hardware is overpriced. And it's only recently started using standard hardware (IDE, PCI, etc.). A good thing, IMO, because it makes it easier to upgrade.

And I just bought a 2.5GHz laptop about a month ago.

nike_guy_man — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:18:19 +0000

OS X runs beautifully... no "fatal exceptions" no blue screens :)
With my PC laptop, I'd get 2-3 hrs of battery life, with this, I get around 5 or 6
My "learning curve" was quite a bit less because of my experience with Linux.
You even get a command line terminal window
I spent a day searching for a quality SSH program, only to find ones that ran in classic which wasted time and resources
I forgot the command line ssh 111.22.33.44 -l user command
Hooray!
Buy the hardware, it's worth it.
And I'm installing PHP and MySQL now (I temporarily used the Zend Development Engine while I searched)
Thanks

Mark Hensler — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:13:01 +0000

Wow, that's cool. I'm still amazed that OS X is basically Unix with an enhanced GUI. I think I would enjoy OS X, but I have no intention of buying Mac hardware. *moan* They really need to port that.

mairving — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:01:17 +0000

Try here to start.