minya
Headphoneus Supremus
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Why do my obsessions keep getting more expensive?
First I lust after a set of Omega IIs.
Now I want a laptop. Sigh.
I've never owned a laptop and I really know nothing much about them. Really, though, I think I'd either buy an Apple Powerbook or an IBM Thinkpad; budget really isn't a concern, because if I am going to buy a laptop (and it won't be for a while if I decide to), I'm going all-out.
I really have my eye on an Apple. Powerbooks transcend the realm of "computers" and have firmly planted themselves within the realm of modern art. They are utterly gorgeous. But expensive... the 15" Powerbook I want is about $2600 not including tax.
I use a PC at home, though. What I'm really getting at is: would it be foolish of me to purchase a Mac laptop when I use a non-Mac computer at home? Would this create all sorts of problems? I used Macs at school a while ago, but it's been years since I've really spent time with one. I'm sure I could pick up the nuances of OSX pretty quickly, though. Would networking be a problem? Inter-computer file transfer? Anything I'm used to on my PC that doesn't exist on a Mac that I'd really really miss?
So if there are any PC-at-home-but-Apple-laptop users here, please chime in.
And PLEASE nobody turn this into "pcz rool macs dr00l lol" thread. We've had several of those before and this is not what I'm trying to accomplish with this one.
Thanks!
- Chris
First I lust after a set of Omega IIs.
Now I want a laptop. Sigh.
I've never owned a laptop and I really know nothing much about them. Really, though, I think I'd either buy an Apple Powerbook or an IBM Thinkpad; budget really isn't a concern, because if I am going to buy a laptop (and it won't be for a while if I decide to), I'm going all-out.
I really have my eye on an Apple. Powerbooks transcend the realm of "computers" and have firmly planted themselves within the realm of modern art. They are utterly gorgeous. But expensive... the 15" Powerbook I want is about $2600 not including tax.
I use a PC at home, though. What I'm really getting at is: would it be foolish of me to purchase a Mac laptop when I use a non-Mac computer at home? Would this create all sorts of problems? I used Macs at school a while ago, but it's been years since I've really spent time with one. I'm sure I could pick up the nuances of OSX pretty quickly, though. Would networking be a problem? Inter-computer file transfer? Anything I'm used to on my PC that doesn't exist on a Mac that I'd really really miss?
So if there are any PC-at-home-but-Apple-laptop users here, please chime in.
And PLEASE nobody turn this into "pcz rool macs dr00l lol" thread. We've had several of those before and this is not what I'm trying to accomplish with this one.
Thanks!
- Chris