[Wolves] Mac or PC Laptop?

[Peter Cannon]

On Saturday 11 December 2004 16:08, Stuart Langridge wrote:

> Lee Parkes wrote:
> > Hey folks :)
> > The company I work for has a deal with PC World where by we can buy a new
> > computer and save the VAT. I was thinking of buying a Mac G4 Powerbook
> > 12inch with the Superdrive. What I'd like to know is is there any other
> > laptop that folks here would recommend with a similar spec to the Mac:
>
> > The budget will depend on what the spec somes up as, but the Mac is 1300
> > quid (not Pesos, rupees, or buttons :)
>
> If I had 1300 quid for a laptop I'd buy a Dell Latitude X300.
> http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_x300?c
>=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
>
> That's pure personal choice, though, because they're so cool and light.
> The Apple's a good choice, although beware that Airport Express isn't
> supported under LInux yet afaik.

Dell machines seem to come up trumps with most Linux distros I've never had 
any major problems with my Latitude CPx Laptop. I spec'ed up a new one the 
other day but after I punched in all the goodies I wanted it came to over 
£1600.00 little out of my budget I'm afraid.


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