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  • #52
    Gandalf23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Gandalf23


    I have a real liking for powerbooks, but I need a PC to run various Linux distros and other open source stuff for my thesis. This makes the Apple option a total non starter.

    I was however thinking of getting an Apple "mini" because they are fairly cheap and cheerful.


  • #53
    Gandalf23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Gandalf23


    Thanks for all the help and advice on this to everyone who took the time and effort to post a reply to my original query. I really learned a lot about laptops and chipsets etc.

    I have decided to delay my purchase for a few months... perhaps towards the end of this summer... until the sonoma technology matures slightly and is available in more machines and has become slightly cheaper. I think I'll get more bang for my buck then. I was never an early adopter!!!


  • #54
    rsynnott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    Gandalf23 wrote:
    I have a real liking for powerbooks, but I need a PC to run various Linux distros and other open source stuff for my thesis. This makes the Apple option a total non starter.

    I was however thinking of getting an Apple "mini" because they are fairly cheap and cheerful.

    Erm, you can run Linux on a Mac...


  • #55
    Gandalf23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Gandalf23


    rsynnott wrote:
    Erm, you can run Linux on a Mac...

    Yep, I know Linux runs on a Mac... sorry.. should have been clearer on this.

    I want to stay with a PC because my thesis focuses on migration from MS Windows and MS Office to Open Source alternatives (e.g. SuSE and Open Office). Most Irish organisations who consider migrating to Linux will be using PC's not Mac's. Organisations using Mac's might have less reason to migrate, as they are likely to be using the Mac for a very specific purpose e.g. DTP / design, or having less security / stability problems than Windows machines.


  • #56
    rsynnott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    Gandalf23 wrote:
    Yep, I know Linux runs on a Mac... sorry.. should have been clearer on this.

    I want to stay with a PC because my thesis focuses on migration from MS Windows and MS Office to Open Source alternatives (e.g. SuSE and Open Office). Most Irish organisations who consider migrating to Linux will be using PC's not Mac's. Organisations using Mac's might have less reason to migrate, as they are likely to be using the Mac for a very specific purpose e.g. DTP / design, or having less security / stability problems than Windows machines.

    Ah, yep, see what you mean. And yep, there are few compelling REASONS to run Linux on a Mac unless you like it or need odd apps, suppose, whereas there's a very good argument for running it on a pc. Nice thesis idea, btw.


  • #57
    Gandalf23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Gandalf23


    rsynnott wrote:
    Nice thesis idea, btw.


    Thanks RS... I think its a very important area, and should get some interesting results. Initial findings suggest that organisations have moved from "What is Linux..." to "What is our Linux strategy?". I believe most organisations would be open to migrating, but it always seems that one critical application that is not quiet Linux ready stops them. For example, I was involved with a fairly big financial institution who were considering switching desktops and office apps from MS to Linux last year... the savings in licence costs alone was staggering, but they could not migrate because a critical app used everyday was non Linux compatible. It was the deciding factor. However MS did give a large "rebate" on licence fees once they saw the Org was thinking to migrating :-))


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