[PLUG] Mac OS X

[Bill Spears]

On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 10:27 -0800, Steven Raymond wrote:
> Bill Spears said:
> > Not to encourage infidelity, but has anyone else moved an account from
> > Fedora to Mac OS X?  I guess the main point would be moving from
> > Evolution to ?. I believe Firefox is available for Mac.
> 
> Yes.  Fedora used to be my main workstation.  First it was a 15"
> PowerBook, now it's a 12" PowerBook.  I still keep Fedora around for my
> work-work, but all my goofing off and whatnot is on OSX.
> 
> I use only webmail and haven't used Evolution in years.
> 
> Firefox is indeed available, but Safari seems to work with just about
I'm addicted to tabs.

> everything.  The only complaint I heard was probably a year ago that it
> wasn't supported by USBank online billpay.  Otherwise I have no
> complaints.
> 
> > Comments?
> 
> I still think Macs are overpriced, but just bought my daughter a mini.  It
> was nice to have everything "just work", on the first try.  She loves it. 
> Her aging windows box was too hosed up after not being formatted for a few
> years, and XP would seize due to I think the wireless nic.  Gave up and
> got the mini, the PC is heading to the recycler.
Do you think the minis are a little under sized for a replacement for a
Fedora box (1Meg, 80G, AMD 2600 (1.8G)?
> 
> On an unrelated note, I just got an HP 7310 network-connected all-in-one
> printer/scanner/fax/copier.  Am tickled with it.  Works great under Linux,
> OSX, and Windows.  All over ethernet.
That sounds good.  We have an old fax that has to be fed one sheet at a
time.
> 
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Bill Spears <bspears at easystreet.com>