[ale] wireless card

[James Sumners]

Going slightly off-topic, I've taken to liking OS X for every day
computing. When I decided to give OS X a try, by buying a Powerbook
with a student loan, I had a basic requirement. The laptop needs to
"just work." I don't want to fool with suspend2 (and it doesn't work
well if my Arch Linux machine is any indication), extremely limited
software selection, et al. When I say limited software selection, I
mean stuff like Office and education software. Sure, a majority of my
classes use Maple and Matlab, which have Linux ports, but I do need
Office and other such things from time to time. Fooling with wine, or
some derivative, doesn't fall into the "just works" category.

With OS X I have a cohesive desktop environment on top of a standard
Unix base. It really is the best of both worlds, in my opinion.

On 9/27/07, James P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
> Acer 5100 Turion X2 w/ 1GB RAM (upgradeable to 4GB RAM) with ATI Radeon
> 1100 video, madwifi B/G wireless, Dual layer DVD burner 100GB hard drive
> $500 at Walmart (evil store).
>
> Runs every Linux I've thrown at it except for the built-in web cam which
> no one has hacked a driver for yet (that works).
>
> On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 10:32 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> > I'm waiting until February to see if Apple releases new Macbook Pros.
> > My Powerbook is a couple years old now, and I want a new one :)
> >
> > On 9/27/07, David Tomaschik <ozone at webgroup.org> wrote:
> > > Wow, that is crazy.  Yet another reason my next notebook will NOT be an HP.
> >
> >
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-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59