[BUGS] hardware changing time .. moving forward

[Jerahmy Pocott]

On 26/01/2008, at 2:21 PM, jonathan michaels wrote:

> greetings all,
>
> i'm finally making a move in regards to teh hardware, so i have
> ben thinking about getting a laptop, though lately i cannot get
> past getting a toshiba but lately i have been thinking about
> getting an apple notebook, esp if there is one available with a
> 17 inch screen with 1990x1600 ish resolution. not teh intel
> garbage redressed to look like an apple but a real apple
> buitleded box .. any thoughts would be appreciated, please.
>
> on teh work front .. having been burned badly by teh compaq
> proliant 6400r i'm looking to screp teh lot and go over to
> supermicro super a+ server (from memory) i have been using
> supermicro all of the last 20 years and have been pretty happy,
> just wondering if tehy are as good as tehy 'used to be' ..
>
> war stories, thoughs suggestions muchly appreciated.

I have a MacBook, it's only a 13" screen but I like it. Easy to carry  
around and such and the 17" MacBook Pro was a bit out of my price  
range. All Apple systems use Intel CPUs now btw, as the PPC chips were  
not being built fast enough or something any more.. 1680 x 1050 pixels  
is what the 17" is rated for (they are wide screen). They also have  
the new super thin MacBook Air, it doesn't have a 17" screen though.

I really like Apple stuff because it's of a higher quality and design,  
but it's also of a higher price tag..

I'v had issues with recent Dell systems, they have some crazy bios/ 
chipset that is non-standard and only works properly with windows. I  
used to use A-Bit motherboards a lot and they were mostly reliable and  
also KingMax RAM modules. I never much liked boards with VIA chip  
sets, always had issues.. Maybe they are better these days..

So in actual fact I have no advice =p

Cheers,
Jerahmy.