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Another question, is it worth waiting the months for the 64 bit chips, i say months as i would think that apple will put the core2 mobile chips in the Mac book pros and leave the mac books till last.

I want the macbook for when i start university in september, i don't need it, but it would be nice to have.

As i said Mac OSx is just a plus, in my mind i'm just buying a computer, there is a possiblity that i'll wipe it the second i get it, and install ubuntu and xgl+compiz and goto town. I doubt i'll do that, but i might, i only use windows to work with IDE's and such, and i run it in VMware on ubuntu linux.
So don't try and get me back, windows lovers, windows(XP) is good, but a unix(a debian based distro at least) system is a very powerful beast. All the compilers built in, apt-get, fancy GUI, and completely free.

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07-20-2006, 03:42 PM	#15
veritech Coder in training Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Herts, England Posts: 239	Another question, is it worth waiting the months for the 64 bit chips, i say months as i would think that apple will put the core2 mobile chips in the Mac book pros and leave the mac books till last. I want the macbook for when i start university in september, i don't need it, but it would be nice to have. As i said Mac OSx is just a plus, in my mind i'm just buying a computer, there is a possiblity that i'll wipe it the second i get it, and install ubuntu and xgl+compiz and goto town. I doubt i'll do that, but i might, i only use windows to work with IDE's and such, and i run it in VMware on ubuntu linux. So don't try and get me back, windows lovers, windows(XP) is good, but a unix(a debian based distro at least) system is a very powerful beast. All the compilers built in, apt-get, fancy GUI, and completely free. __________________ Clie SL-10 > Clie TJ-35 > Palm T\|X > ???? Treo 680 or E61 ???? Hold On Higher Haks My University Hacks and tips Blog, Helping you hack your way to a degree, one DoS at a time Digg-Mobile Checkout the latest digg stories on your Palm Device, Netfront and Blazer friendly, and there are no ads!