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# I quite want an apple notepad - probably an iBook to use the new wireless network at uni
and on the train but I'm not sure I can justify the performance difference between the intely alternative

any words to conince me one way or the other?
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Tue 18 Nov 2003, 4:58, archived)
# hrrrrmmmmm
well, i'm a staunch mac user, but then again i'm an arteest and you can't really have anything other than a mac for art. so i'm heavily biased.

there's also the wee tiddly fact that i've never had a mac crash on me of it's own accord. every problem i've ever had with one was due to the internet hookup. they're just wellmade systems.
(I helped save b3ta! TheFelineAnarchist, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:00, archived)
# yeah
and I don't really need a 2ghz plus intel/amd processor on a laptop that I want mainly for word processing and typing

and they do look a lot better
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:02, archived)
# hells yeah
and the powerbook... so thin... it's the envy of my hallmates.
(I helped save b3ta! TheFelineAnarchist, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:03, archived)
# yeah but a bit out of my price range
mmm drooooool
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:05, archived)
# oh, mine too,
but then the art school went and required it, so parents had to cough up! *dances about in technological joy*
(I helped save b3ta! TheFelineAnarchist, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:06, archived)
# I wish my parents had bought me things
They stopped paying when I turned 16
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:10, archived)
# they don't do it willingly
but if it's required..... by the school..... well. they are compelled.

god bless the art school for requiring the most high end powerbook there is.
(I helped save b3ta! TheFelineAnarchist, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:12, archived)
# heh
my school just requires the odd copy of the cantabury tales or so
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:17, archived)
# hehehe :)
i worked my way through undergrad. I've got a fellowship now, and am taking full advantage of the fact that it doesn't say I have to work at all anywhere :)

(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:17, archived)
# ah, i'm working to feed myself through undergrad and to get books
but the parents will pay for tuition and computers. reasoning? it escapes me. ok. seriously going to bed now. you people are too damn absorbing.*

*meant in a nonsexual manner
(I helped save b3ta! TheFelineAnarchist, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:20, archived)
# night
night
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:21, archived)
# I tend to think of absorbancy in towels
I don't know what you mean by sexually.

night night
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:21, archived)
# Specially those ones
in the adverts which can angle grind while wet without breaking...
(I helped save b3ta! Lethe is carrying a spade. SPANG., Tue 18 Nov 2003, 6:54, archived)
# I like them
because I don't have to work to have a unix system. It had perl on it when it came. yay
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:02, archived)
# it i got the intelly job
I would probably put a *nix on it because I use open office instead of word or anything any way
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:05, archived)
# :)
I'm too lazy to actually install anything.
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:07, archived)
# when I was on the sick full time
I tried to install gentoo linux with its compiling every bit- lovely system of doing things - but cock up once and you've written off hours of processing sillyness.
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Tue 18 Nov 2003, 5:08, archived)