Undervolting My D610 1953

On Wed, 24 May 2006 07:24:14 GMT, Nicholas Andrade

Thank you for the sound advice. The key words are: "if you don't know what you're doing you'll likely be so frustated that you'll turn your back on Linux".

I had to develop Java apps on a "Unix" machine once. Probably non-standard, it was my short-lived foray into a Mac Powerbook. It took me forever to set up "Ant" one of the Java open source tools we needed to use, and I hated the Mac so much.

So, starting out slowly and working up makes sense. I have played with Fedora Core before. I ran into problems with Broadcom wireless cards. Maybe because I purposely went with Intel I will be better off.

Actually I think I'll start out on my desktop system so that won't be a factor right away.

I remember my instructor, a Mac user, talk about how much faster the G4 chip is compared to anything Intel produced, and later when Apple moved to Intel it touted the speed improvements.

My teacher also swore that an Intel Mac would never run Windows either (definitely a case in point supporting independent thinking not blindly accepting what a respected teacher says). He also thinks there will be an iPod phone -- hah, maybe but it's more likely that the iPod is going to see a fall and the Power PC Palms will get the storage capacities of the iPod (why not, the form factor would seem to support it). I think Apple should have bought the Palm OS and made a Palm Phone iPod. Now that would be a person device and another feather in Steve Jobs' hat.

As it stands now, with other sources of music opening up, and MP3 players becoming commoditized, iTunes and iPod and the proprietary standards of Apple and Audible (a stock I made tons of money on), they are set for a fall, and Apple's dual-boot strategy is likely to backfire. I doubt you'll see many PC people moving in the direction of the Mac OS especially with the likely appeal of Vista on the horizon, but Mac users are probably going to like the additional software choices of a Windows PC (as well as being able to use pirated versions or versions from friends -- game players will have more open to them too) and if the future Apple hardware won't support a Mac Vista dual boot I think you will see defectors.

I don't know how to short a stock but if I did I would be looking for an opportunity to do that with Apple stock.

(IMO)

Journey