Apple Goes Intel...

[Cameron Kaiser]

> Just ask my Dual Athlon MP -- 4 years old, and my Apple friend begrudgingly 
> admits that the hardware is *more* bulletproof than his.
> 
> Oh, and don't ask him about *both* of his Dual G5's that he had to send 
> back to Apple for a full refund as they were unstable as get-all.

n=1. For another n=1, try my folks, who have had no problems with the dual
2.5GHz G5 they use for video work. Or for an n=2, my husband-and-wife friends
who have his'n'hers dual 1.8s.

> [ He still loves his iMac and iBook, tho. Personally, with the exception 
> that Apple forgot 2 buttons for the pointing device, the laptop impressed 
> me, too. They still don't have the battery life of my Crusoe based laptop, 
> let alone my Model 200! ]

Macs use two button mice just fine, without any drivers. I'm using one
right now.

Also, your Crusoe laptop is apples to oranges without knowing the specs.

Your point is taken about the options for quiet/small form factor PCs, but
have you looked inside a mini? Or compared a mini with (spit) a Shuttle?
The mini *is* smaller, and IMHO does run cooler and quieter. My friends with
Shuttles either complain about heat instability, or put a case cooler in 
them (defeating the purpose).

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