lwr
March 24th, 2007, 11:13 AM
Hi guys,
I'm currently looking at the possibility of buying a new laptop. I need to run a lot of Adobe applications, so unfortunately I'm going to have to use a proprietary OS. My initial thought was to get a MacBook, and maybe just single boot OS X. As much as I love Linux, I think I should be able to cope with not running a free OS as there's a lot of open-source software for OS X and it's got a lot of the same advantages as Linux. The other option is to go for a slightly cheaper laptop, from say Dell outlet, and dual boot Vista and Ubuntu. I know a lot of people do that, but I think it would annoy me that I'd have to switch operating systems all the time, as I really wouldn't want to use Vista as my main OS.
What do you think? I really value your opinion; perhaps you can come up with some ideas I hadn't even thought about. Thanks for your help.
I'm currently looking at the possibility of buying a new laptop. I need to run a lot of Adobe applications, so unfortunately I'm going to have to use a proprietary OS. My initial thought was to get a MacBook, and maybe just single boot OS X. As much as I love Linux, I think I should be able to cope with not running a free OS as there's a lot of open-source software for OS X and it's got a lot of the same advantages as Linux. The other option is to go for a slightly cheaper laptop, from say Dell outlet, and dual boot Vista and Ubuntu. I know a lot of people do that, but I think it would annoy me that I'd have to switch operating systems all the time, as I really wouldn't want to use Vista as my main OS.
What do you think? I really value your opinion; perhaps you can come up with some ideas I hadn't even thought about. Thanks for your help.