[osflash] OT: mac book? or Dell?

[John Grden]

You mean, it gets so hot on TOP??  I know the heat issue fromt he bottom can
get uncomfortable, but Never heard that the keyboard would be so hot you
couldn't work with it

is that true??

On 9/3/06, Edwin van Rijkom <osflash at vanrijkom.org> wrote:
>
> Affirmative on the heat issue. I'm not bothered by it though, since
> whenever I use it portable, I put the second-skin I use to carry it
> around in, on my lap first and then place the MacBook on top of that.
> The one I've got does not get so hot you can't comfortably use the
> keyboard.
>
> Zárate wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was thinking in buying a Mac at some point until my brother let me
> > play with his MBP 17. After 2 hours it was SO hot that it was really
> > uncomfortable to work with. And he told me it wasn't that bad, other
> > MB he had seen were even worst.
> >
> > If what you need is running multiple Oss, I agree with Edwin, go for
> > Parallels or WMware. I'm using Parallels to run WinXP inside Ubuntu
> > and it seems to work fine. I've not tried something really heavy,
> > though.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > On 9/3/06, Edwin van Rijkom <osflash at vanrijkom.org> wrote:
> >
> >> I got a Mac Book pro 3 months ago and my windows machine has been
> >> catching dust ever since.
> >>
> >> Forget about Boot camp and use Parallels instead - you'll have Windows
> &
> >> Mac without having to reboot and the speed on this VM is incredible. To
> >> illustrate, the Flash 8 IDE actually runs smoother in Parallels with
> >> Windows than the Mac version (which is written for PPC) does natively!
> >> For cross-platform development it is simply ideal.
> >>
> >> The down-sides are no right-click button, and missing or differently
> >> functioning keyboard keys. The first is quickly solved using an
> external
> >> mouse, the second only partially by using an external keyboard. Not
> >> having Windows like behavior on 'home', 'end', 'shift-home' and
> >> 'shift-end', 'page-up' and 'page-down', 'ctrl-c' and 'ctrl-v' keys is
> >> pretty frustrating when coding. All that functionality is offered by
> >> different key combinations on OSX - but when switching between the two
> >> frequently, it is a pain. Also, if you plan to do a lot of work on
> >> location, carrying around an external keyboard isn't ideal.
> >>
> >> Other than that, its all great. Favoring the OSX interface over the
> >> Windows one nowadays for all office use like e-mail, browsing, etc.
> Also
> >> a few must have tools on OSX (QuickSilver for app. launching and
> >> VirtueDesktops for multiple screens) make it an even better experience.
> >>
> >> Don't know if there's a real performance difference between pro and
> >> regular MacBook. On the plus side, the regular MacBook looks much more
> >> portable and sturdy to me. My pro is reasonably big (because of the
> >> wide-screen) and feels a tiny bit fragile.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Edwin
> >>
> >>
> >> Ralf Bokelberg wrote:
> >>
> >>> I tried the mac book pro because i was thinking the same, double boot,
> >>> yeah! I was mainly interested in Windows and thought MacOs would be a
> >>> nice addition to play with. In practice double boot wasn't much of
> >>> worth, because bootcamp isn't very stable, some keys are missing on
> >>> the keyboard and the mouse only has one button. For me it was nearly
> >>> impossible to work with Windows. Although i really liked the hardware
> >>> from a design point of view, i got me a windows machine in the end.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Ralf.
> >>>
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