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This would seriously make me consider buying a Mac

The new MacBook Pro would seriously make me consider switching to a Mac. Mac on Intel! Drool! If only it wasn't twice the price of a Windows laptop I'd get. And if I didn't hate the Mac keyboard shortcuts so much. But I could learn to live with that if it wasn't twice the price of a Windows laptop I'd get.

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Andrew Wooster (http://www.nextthing.org/) wrote:

You can change the keyboard shortcuts for any (Cocoa) app in the Keyboard & Mouse preference pane. Also, text fields are highly customizable.

∴ Andrew Wooster | 11-Jan-2006 2:50am est | http://www.nextthing.org/ | #8971

Joseph Scott (http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/) wrote:

Making arguments based on price are premature at best. The new Apple notebooks make use of a very new CPU, so until other vendors start offering notebooks with similar specs there really isn't a good way of knowing what the price difference is.

Of course you always have the option of purchasing a much cheaper, less capable notebook. But that would be more like comparing a Corvette to an Aveo :-)

∴ Joseph Scott | 11-Jan-2006 1:13pm est | http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/ | #8972

Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:

The new Apple notebooks make use of a very new CPU, so until other vendors start offering notebooks with similar specs there really isn't a good way of knowing what the price difference is.

I absolutely agree, and actually made the same point to someone in RL. In absolute terms though, it's still way more than I'd want to pay. But it's definitely drool-worthy.

Keith | 11-Jan-2006 3:22pm est | http://keithdevens.com/ | #8976

Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:

Of course you always have the option of purchasing a much cheaper, less capable notebook. But that would be more like comparing a Corvette to an Aveo :-)

Whoa, it seems that Corvette doesn't have cup-holders (reference to Bad Boys). No internal modem in the new MacBook Pro!

Keith | 12-Jan-2006 1:41am est | http://keithdevens.com/ | #8986

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