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The Lab goes the way of the Apple | Comments (2)

Posted in Apple on 20th October 2005, 11:06 am by Stuart

This Saturday I will be going to collect my 12″ Powerbook that I recently bought on Ebay.

I’ve been hankering after one of these for literally years, and as I need a small machine with wireless for travelling the 12″ seems the obvious choice.

This is going to be a bit of a test for me to see if I like using OSX long-term. I find switching between Linux and Windows no problem, so switching between 3 operating systems shouldn’t be any different. If I really like it then I’m sure I’ll be laying down the cash for an Intel Powerbook once they have arrived and proved themselves. A triple boot (Linux/OSX/Win) machine sounds irresistable to me.

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1. On October 29th, 2005 at 9:01 pm Jorgeq said:

Congrats on your recent Apple purchase. It’s times like this that make me proud to be a faithful Apple user.

2. On October 31st, 2005 at 9:23 pm Stuart said:

Thanks Jorge; I am enjoying my powerbook now that I have sussed out that “alt+3 = #” and “fn+backspace = delete!”

I hope that the new Intel PowerBooks will have a right mouse button!







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