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    Apple vs. Intel Laptop

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by HeMan, Aug 9, 2004.

  1. HeMan

    HeMan Newbie

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    Hi,
    I have a Dell inspiron 8000 which I've been very pleased with, but it's showing it's age now and I like to replace it. I've been looking for a ultraportable which is less then 2 kg weight. I've looked at Fujitsu-Siemens, IBM and Toshiba and allmost decided on the Fujitsu-Siemens S7010. Then i realised that an apple PowerBook is allmost as lightweight as the S7010 and twice as cool (at least...) and since i'm only running linux i thought i'd give it a serious consideration. But my knowledge and experience of Apple is somewhat limited so I wonder if anyone has done a similar "transformation" to Apple? Does Linux on the apple work as good as on the intel machines?

    Many thanks for your help.
     
    HeMan, Aug 9, 2004
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  2. ang4561

    ang4561 Notebook Guru

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    Hi Heman,

    That is actually a very interesting question. I've never known of anyone buying a Apple computer and replacing the operating system. I actually wonder if you can buy a Apple computer with no operating system at all.

    Well, I'm sorry to say that I don't know the answer to that question, does anybody know? Sorry to be of no help, but atleast the reply can act as a *bump*
     
    ang4561, Aug 23, 2004
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  3. MistaMuShu

    MistaMuShu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Debian on Dual USB iBook

    It's doable, and I personally favor Debian's apt system above the other distros, but what do you plan on using the laptop for? OSX is built on FreeBSD so if there are many Unix utilities already on it. Why not just run the OS that was designed for this hardware?

     
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    MistaMuShu, Aug 23, 2004
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  4. Ballin4life

    Ballin4life Notebook Evangelist

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    yea im wonderin about this question 2...

    as far as i know, i think the 17inch powerbook is the best notebook out there but kinda favor windows over mac...has anyone ever switch the mac os x to xp or linux. id like 2 know, i no they sell a special windows for people who have macs and dont want osx. and if windows is installed on it, do you still need to buy mac hardware. ive seen things like "Radeon 9800 Mac edition" and things like that. would i still have to do that? also, would the equivelent of centrino on a mac computer be disabled if xp was installed? would the video card run games for windows even though it was originally a mac notebook?
     
    Ballin4life, Sep 3, 2004
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  5. justin216

    justin216 Newbie

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    Also, Ballin4Life, yes, if you own a Mac tower, you have to have Mac hardware...your example of the 9800 Mac Edition will only work in a Mac because it is flashed with the correct firmware and is optimized only for a Mac...PC cards will.not.work
     
    justin216, Sep 27, 2004
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    No, you can not install Windows on a Mac...you can emulate it through a window via Virtual PC...Yes, you can install Linux on a mac, but I really don't see the point, since you still can access the terminal easy in OSX and it is the same Unix basis..
     
    justin216, Sep 27, 2004
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