Comments | lo5an: ugh

lo5an

ugh

Jun 14, 2007 01:53

My powerbook and I are both sick this week. There's hope for me, but I think my Mac is likely to be a goner. It's old enough that I was sort of replacement shopping, anyway, but I was thinking more like fall.

In any case, I'll be much more offline for awhile. Which is probably not a horrible thing. I've got a backlog of books and projects and

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adri_nwnderland June 14 2007, 08:24:32 UTC

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

lo5an June 14 2007, 14:24:27 UTC

That was pretty much my reaction :-)

noequal June 14 2007, 14:27:43 UTC

Think of it ass an upgrade opportunity -- can you boot *nix on a macbook?

lo5an June 14 2007, 15:50:02 UTC

You mean other than Os X?

;-)

noequal June 14 2007, 15:57:20 UTC

Yeah ... like, an open one.

lo5an June 14 2007, 16:45:18 UTC

Very probably, but I'm not totally sure that there would be drivers for everything.

When I looked into running Linux a few years ago on my powerbook, I couldn't find a good way to get my airport card working under Linux. I've heard that this is fixed now.

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lo5an June 14 2007, 15:00:16 UTC

I'm getting hard lockups that require rebooting, and the airport socket and one of the ram sockets is dead.

reify June 15 2007, 06:21:20 UTC

That seriously sucks. Has your warranty run out?

It's probably time for a replacement, but if you're sticking with Mac, I'd hold out just a bit longer... the last MacBook Pro refresh had a high-resolution screen for the 17".

http://daringfireball.net/2007/06/high_res_macbook_pro

If we're lucky, this will trickle down to the 15-inchers for the next refresh, maybe in preparation for resolution-independent UI in a future OS X release. And high DPI is the bomb.

lo5an June 15 2007, 14:23:44 UTC

I'm torn along two axes. First, whether or not to take this opportunity to experiment with not having a computer at home for awhile. And, second, what kind of computer to get.

I'm looking hard at the Dell Latitude D630, which seems to be configurable such that it would make a great Linux box. But I'm still trying to decide if I want to jump off the Mac ship. Also, its an unscheduled expense and I'm hearing the siren call of the cheaper models.