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Ubuntu, you mean. Gentoo is not the best OS, Android is not the best OS, and Rockbox is not the best OS. All of them are linux. Fedora's pretty good, but oft a bit too broken. Suse, well, I don't know what they're doing, I hear it's okay.If you continue to refer to 'linux' as the best OS, people will continue to be confused about which one to actually use.
@ str1f3Employing a classic strawman argument, are we? Don't twist a person's argument around just to strengthen your own. It doesn't fly and you look like an idiot. I suppose I need to include each and every detail meticulously when posting since the some the intellect for some fall below the national average. These same individuals can't extract the main idea of a simply written paragraph. Granted. Let's begin.1. What I meant was that Apple notebooks in general are WAY OVERPRICED FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON. I employed the gamer notebook segment as an example (you do know what an example is, I hope? Let's assume you do and move on from there).$2,000 for a starting price on a notebook with a halfway decent graphics card?! Come on! Bestbuy has an Asus going for under $800 now--and guess what? That graphics card is MUCH better than anything Apple has in its overpriced aluminum MacBooks. It also has a LED screen that matches the pro's and a nicely sized hard drive to boot. 13" might seem small to some, but the notebook's purpose is clear: portability. It's barely 3 pounds when weighed. 2. iLife isn't the sole software necessary for making movies. If that were the case, all my moviemaking friends would be going out to buy MacBooks. For obvious reasons...none of them have! In fact, one of them who just graduated last year from uni has been making movies for YEARS. Video-editing...rendering...graphics manipulation...he does it all without a Mac. Oh and he doesn't use windows moviemaker. It bothers me just a tad bit when some moron illogically assumes that the software constitutes a disproportionately large value of a computer (PC or Mac). We can discuss OSX vs Windows in another thread another day. 3. Once again...you fail to catch my drift. Repeat after me. Apple computers are NOT impervious.<a class="user" href="http://www.examiner.com/x-1588-Philadelphia-Young-Professionals-Examiner%7Ey2009m1d27-Mac-viruses-on-the-rise">http://www.examiner.com/x-1588-Philadelphia-Young- ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/26/more_mac_malware/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/26/more_mac_m ...</a>Classic textbook examples of the type of attacks that I've had friends get hit by. Very hard to debunk, no? Thanks for playing. My advice: Attack my argument, not some grossly distorted version of it.
True dat. They wouldn't be able to overcharge on the netbook and/or make a hefty profit off of it. Oh well. Leave this sweetspot to Dell, MSI, and Asus.
that's the point- Apple initially designed *its* OS to work with *its* hardware, and for the most part they've been superb at doing so. Netbooks are a great potential area for Linux to shine in, especially if the manufacturers were to hire development teams to finely integrate what they build with the kernel and existing software sets.
I have a macbook, owned 3 other netbooks, tried windows xp / vista, ubuntu, then this. Great option to have, 2gb of ram with the standard 32gb drive from dell. Runs very well, very happy!! Its a keeper, try it out!
hollywoodphonyFeb 22, 2009
If Apple sold these, even at their premium (say $7-800), I think they would be a huge hit.
ethana2Feb 22, 2009
Ubuntu, you mean. Gentoo is not the best OS, Android is not the best OS, and Rockbox is not the best OS. All of them are linux. Fedora's pretty good, but oft a bit too broken. Suse, well, I don't know what they're doing, I hear it's okay.If you continue to refer to 'linux' as the best OS, people will continue to be confused about which one to actually use.
Closed AccountFeb 23, 2009
@ str1f3Employing a classic strawman argument, are we? Don't twist a person's argument around just to strengthen your own. It doesn't fly and you look like an idiot. I suppose I need to include each and every detail meticulously when posting since the some the intellect for some fall below the national average. These same individuals can't extract the main idea of a simply written paragraph. Granted. Let's begin.1. What I meant was that Apple notebooks in general are WAY OVERPRICED FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON. I employed the gamer notebook segment as an example (you do know what an example is, I hope? Let's assume you do and move on from there).$2,000 for a starting price on a notebook with a halfway decent graphics card?! Come on! Bestbuy has an Asus going for under $800 now--and guess what? That graphics card is MUCH better than anything Apple has in its overpriced aluminum MacBooks. It also has a LED screen that matches the pro's and a nicely sized hard drive to boot. 13" might seem small to some, but the notebook's purpose is clear: portability. It's barely 3 pounds when weighed. 2. iLife isn't the sole software necessary for making movies. If that were the case, all my moviemaking friends would be going out to buy MacBooks. For obvious reasons...none of them have! In fact, one of them who just graduated last year from uni has been making movies for YEARS. Video-editing...rendering...graphics manipulation...he does it all without a Mac. Oh and he doesn't use windows moviemaker. It bothers me just a tad bit when some moron illogically assumes that the software constitutes a disproportionately large value of a computer (PC or Mac). We can discuss OSX vs Windows in another thread another day. 3. Once again...you fail to catch my drift. Repeat after me. Apple computers are NOT impervious.<a class="user" href="http://www.examiner.com/x-1588-Philadelphia-Young-Professionals-Examiner%7Ey2009m1d27-Mac-viruses-on-the-rise">http://www.examiner.com/x-1588-Philadelphia-Young- ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/26/more_mac_malware/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/26/more_mac_m ...</a>Classic textbook examples of the type of attacks that I've had friends get hit by. Very hard to debunk, no? Thanks for playing. My advice: Attack my argument, not some grossly distorted version of it.
Closed AccountFeb 23, 2009
True dat. They wouldn't be able to overcharge on the netbook and/or make a hefty profit off of it. Oh well. Leave this sweetspot to Dell, MSI, and Asus.
Closed AccountFeb 28, 2009
that's the point- Apple initially designed *its* OS to work with *its* hardware, and for the most part they've been superb at doing so. Netbooks are a great potential area for Linux to shine in, especially if the manufacturers were to hire development teams to finely integrate what they build with the kernel and existing software sets.
anubis2nightMar 1, 2009
sounding like an elitist douchebag seems so easy when people talk about apple
barney91Mar 24, 2009
I have a macbook, owned 3 other netbooks, tried windows xp / vista, ubuntu, then this. Great option to have, 2gb of ram with the standard 32gb drive from dell. Runs very well, very happy!! Its a keeper, try it out!
Closed AccountNov 7, 2010
I so badly want a Dell Mini 9