Windows 7 Slow?

Marty_J

asininity wrote: »

I'm actually not talking the price this time, I think I'd use OSX for a month or so then wipe the disc and put linux on it.

It think you really might be surprised. OS X is a fantastic OS, and it's set to get even better once 10.6 is released.

Linux is great, and I used to use it before I got a Mac; I much preferred it over Windows. I've never once felt the need to wipe OS X and install it though. I've vaguely considered dual-booting Ubuntu, but there's no point for me really, and I'd be doing it just because I can.

asininity

My choices are atm as follows:

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=31374&category_id=969&manufacturer_id=0

http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_6935G-844G32Bn_Gemstone_Blue_Laptop_LX.ATP0X.065/version.asp?refsource=adfroogle

Or the 13' mac book 2.4ghz cpu and upgrade the rest. I like the big touch pad and the gestures thing I recon could come in handy as I use the few avaliable to me on my currently computer. And while I can afford one I've always been of the opinion of why pay more when you dont have to.

Linux wise its a bit of a hobby for me so it wouldn't matter how good OSX is, I'd probably end up keeping OSX though in a dual boot.

Marty_J

They're both OK machines; it depends what you're after really.

I wouldn't bother paying £1,125 for the 2.4gHz MacBook, when you could get a 15-inch refurbished MacBook Pro for £24 more:

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/FB470B/A?mco=MjE0NDk5Mw

If I had a grand going spare, I'd be all over it.

asininity

Thats true but can you get discounts on refurbs?

Marty_J

You can't get education discounts on them, so I'm thinking probably not.

Your employer's discount might work differently though, so it might be worthwhile finding out.

asininity

Cheers might give em a bell.

Do you think being a student of life would qualify me as a student?

Marty_J

asininity wrote: »

Cheers might give em a bell.

Do you think being a student of life would qualify me as a student?

I told them I was studying the mating habits of the North American female, but they didn't buy it unfortunately.

Windows 7 is now installed on my Mac, and I spent a few hours this evening using it. First impressions: it's all right. I'm sure no one will be surprised to hear that I'm not blown away by it, but I will persevere. I'm pretty sure I loathe the new taskbar though. Maybe that'll change once I get used to it.

I don't know if it'll do anything to convince those who are (rightly or wrongly) unconvinced by Vista, but time will tell. I actually had better first impressions when I tried out Vista for the first time, though that could have been the novelty factor seeing as it was so different from XP.

DatabaseError

I feel so alone. I really like the new taskbar, with several copies of firefox running I just have 1 icon...which i can hover over to see a snapshot of each window

...What I really don't like is aero-snap..which automatically resizes windows as you drag them to the edge...sometimes I want windows to hang off the screen...so I turned that feature off (not as obvious how to do as you'd think!).

As someone who took some converting (and a service pack) to like vista...I'm very impressed with 7 from the outset...but I imagine you'll be a bit like a fish out of water having all your apps on OSX...and an empty 7 partition, one of the reasons I've not looked for an 'interesting' coopy of OSX to try...if I got one I'd still want to use my windows apps (insert appropriate smiley here)

RobTang

I like the new taskbar...

didn't at first but then I found myself missing it on other OSes, so I must find it useful.

I dont like the shake thing though as its minimised my windows by accident on more then a few occasions