Comments on: New Laptop http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2009/05/06/new-laptop geek tools and the scholar Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:27:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: darcusb http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2009/05/06/new-laptop/comment-page-1#comment-1745 darcusb Thu, 07 May 2009 16:09:28 +0000 http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/?p=576#comment-1745 <p>Oh, and on dying laptops; a) I've had good luck with refurbished stuff, and don't assume they're any less reliable than "new", and b) it's cheap enough that I'm not worried. That would be less the case if I bought, say, a new MacBook Pro.</p> Oh, and on dying laptops; a) I’ve had good luck with refurbished stuff, and don’t assume they’re any less reliable than “new”, and b) it’s cheap enough that I’m not worried. That would be less the case if I bought, say, a new MacBook Pro.

]]> By: darcusb http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2009/05/06/new-laptop/comment-page-1#comment-1744 darcusb Thu, 07 May 2009 15:42:10 +0000 http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/?p=576#comment-1744 <p>@Erik: yes, I prefer XFCE ATM; not sure about any performance difference with Gnome, but assume it's less an issue here.</p> <p>It is nice to be able to dual-boot with a Mac, but not if the price is 30-40% more. I don't use my laptop as a desktop replacement though.</p> @Erik: yes, I prefer XFCE ATM; not sure about any performance difference with Gnome, but assume it’s less an issue here.

It is nice to be able to dual-boot with a Mac, but not if the price is 30-40% more. I don’t use my laptop as a desktop replacement though.

]]> By: Erik Hetzner http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2009/05/06/new-laptop/comment-page-1#comment-1743 Erik Hetzner Thu, 07 May 2009 14:39:48 +0000 http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/?p=576#comment-1743 <p>wow, that is a good price - that was the alternative laptop to the one I ended up buying a macbook, 2 years ago. I'm pretty happy with the macbook, but I do miss the thinkpads little nub mouse.</p> <p>On the other hand, the previous one I had a was a refurbished thinkpad from IBM, and it died after a couple years.</p> <p>The one nice thing about the macbook is that when you do have to switch out of Linux, if you do, you have Mac OS instead of Windows.</p> <p>Do you prefer the look of XFCE to Ubuntu's default theme? Or the light weight factor?</p> wow, that is a good price - that was the alternative laptop to the one I ended up buying a macbook, 2 years ago. I’m pretty happy with the macbook, but I do miss the thinkpads little nub mouse.

On the other hand, the previous one I had a was a refurbished thinkpad from IBM, and it died after a couple years.

The one nice thing about the macbook is that when you do have to switch out of Linux, if you do, you have Mac OS instead of Windows.

Do you prefer the look of XFCE to Ubuntu’s default theme? Or the light weight factor?

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