OT - Care to share your opinion?

[Norberto Quintanar]

--- Matthew Page <MPage at ciri.com> wrote:

> This is not flame-bait.
> 
> I am soon going to be going to graduate school to get myself a
> little
> more edumacated.  I plan on following a parallel programming/data
> visualization track.  (Just as background information for my
> question.)
> 
> The question:
> I plan on running Linux on a laptop, so my question to you is
> this...
> Is there a compelling reason to buy a Powerbook and put Linux on it
> instead of ordering a fat-bob x86 laptop and putting Linux on it? 
> 
> I have about $3000 in the budget and the laptop should be able to
> last
> me through a PHD without having to be replaced.  (If possible... 
> I'm
> not talking about theft here...)
> 
> Any opinions are welcome!
> 
> - Matt

Shoot, for 3K you can get a smoking apple laptop with "Hello Kitty
OS" and a low budget x86 laptop, have money to spare and install
WHATEVER you want.  Even "the distro that shall not be named."


shhh... it's Ubuntu




		
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