I really dont want a Macbook...

[dpaanlka]

~7000 here

My ownership goes in and out depending on my needs at the time.

There's a lot of people here who stick around and gather advice and info before they spring on one.

I should have said, quite a lot for someone who has never owned a Macintosh.

What can you say or ask in 150 posts without knowing anything about the topic?

 

[aristobrat]

I should have said, quite a lot for someone who has never owned a Macintosh.

What can you say or ask in 150 posts without knowing anything about the topic?

He owned an iBook. Office was really slow on it...

 

[dpaanlka]

He owned an iBook. Office was really slow on it...

Dang, well I guess I really misread this thread.

 

[JAT]

Conceptual dislocation mate.
We are not Apple.
We are not trying to sell you a computer.
Please don't take issue with us about whether a Mac is a good value for you, or whether your preconcieved notions make the advice we have given you in good faith invalid or not.
You want a Linux or Windows machine, fill your boots.
You want assistance with a Macintosh, this is the right place.
You want an argument, go somewhere else and troll.

He meant the MB is much cheaper than similar Thinkpads. Quite the reverse of your assumption.

march,
Office is not fast on a Mac, that is true. Excel esp is not great. And I am speaking of real usage, here. I'm an accountant. I can tell you my Mini Core Duo is not as fast as my Dell Core Duo tower at work (for Excel, actually faster for many other things), although the Dell is a faster clock speed, so that makes sense. But it is very usable on an Intel Mac since they are just so flippin' fast. And that's even through Rosetta.

 

[plinden]

He meant the MB is much cheaper than similar Thinkpads. Quite the reverse of your assumption.

Well, he did say

anything comprable to the macbook in the PC world in the specs department are way to expensive.(Thinkpad, for ex.)

followed later by:

I believe the price is whats going to do it for me. You just can't compete.

Now, just who "you" is, is open to interpretation, I suppose, but most would read it as meaning Apple, which contradicts his first post.

He also said:

i prefer unix based operating systems.

Surprisingly, no one has pointed out that OS X is unix-based.

But reading over this thread again, he's either contradicting himself or is just being unclear.

Anyway, even if the OP means "Linux" by "unix-based", OS X has much better business-oriented software available than Linux (I still can't get Evolution working with our Exchange server, but Entourage works fine).

 

[Bern]

Firstly I have to say it amazes me when people say Office is slow on a Mac almost as if Apple have a responsibility to do something about that. Actually MS should do something about that, but they are struggling to release their new OS X clone so I doubt it's possible.

As for whether to buy a MB or not. If in doubt then leave it out. Go for the Thinkpad if you feel it will serve your purpose more effectively. However, Macs can now run Windows natively and Office runs just as good there as it does on a pc. So you can have the best of both worlds for less than the price of a Thinkpad.

 

[JAT]

Firstly I have to say it amazes me when people say Office is slow on a Mac almost as if Apple have a responsibility to do something about that. Actually MS should do something about that, but they are struggling to release their new OS X clone so I doubt it's possible.

Well, I only say it for comparison purposes. I'm certainly not blaming Apple. But for someone who will be using Excel like me, there is an issue, here. It does need to be considered, regardless of who is to blame. Now, to repeat: IMO, that issue is no longer important because the Core Duos are such a speed bump they cover the problem enough. But I should add that I haven't done any macro work on Excel 2004.

plinden,
I think his posts were quite easy to understand and follow, including the comments you quoted. But I'll stop any assumptions of my own. He can clarify if he chooses. There is way too much assumption on these boards that anyone who has ever touched a Windows computer is out to attack the Mac.

 

[zap2]

I had an iBook...and purchased the Office software. Its way slower then Office on a PC by far.

Well that might have something to do with the specs of each computer. That would be like saying

"My G3 biege Power Mac does not run the newest PhotoShop, there for a Quad Based PowerMac G5 can't either!"

My brother runs Office on his iMac G4(similar to your iBook if you bought tthe newest one) and it runs fine. Not as fast as my iMac G5 but most anyone would say thats logical

But if you don't want one, don't get it. However i would say you reason are not well thought out, as Mac OS X does office stuff just as good as XP.

Perhaps you want MS Office, and you fear the MacBook will be to slow with running a PPC app, and you don't want to wait for Universal MS Office, that would be logical, but i would say try it with extra RAM first.