Notebooks....

[RoryA]

You can also use Boot Camp to run a full version of Windows on a Mac (assuming it's a new Intel Mac).

 

[Domski]

Thanks for your advice, all of you. That gives me some better understanding.

Basically, all I want is a reasonably cheap notebook/ netbook that the girlfriend can use without me having to worry that she's pressed the wrong button on my new mac, or spilt a glass of chardonnay over it.

Honestly, if I hear "Oops. Does that matter?" again!!!!

In which case do you really want to mess with running 2 OS's?

Seems to me just a cheep netbook that will surf the net would do, Linux and Open Office would probably suffice otherwise your just going to leave yourself open to a load more oops moments.

Dom

 

[SydneyGeek]

Look for one with a spill-resistant keyboard too

Denis

 

[RoryA]

Or one without a keyboard at all. (viewer discretion advised - some rude words on site!!)

 

[DonkeyOte]

I love the Onion... brilliant...

"...everything is just a few hundred clicks away... "

 

[RoryA]

Did you watch the Sony one? Rude, but very funny!

 

[yytsunamiyy]

A bit outdated by now - but what an important reminder on keeping data secure... - You gotta love the onion.

 

[Hoggle]

Thanks for your advice, all of you. That gives me some better understanding.

Basically, all I want is a reasonably cheap notebook/ netbook that the girlfriend can use without me having to worry that she's pressed the wrong button on my new mac, or spilt a glass of chardonnay over it.

Honestly, if I hear "Oops. Does that matter?" again!!!!

You probably won't hear that again, there's virtually no 'wrong' button on a mac, almost foolproof - iLife09 is a fabulous suite for organising photos and bootcamp lets you run all your windows programmes - however with that comes the need for good antivirus cover which is seldom needed on the mac platform.

 

[Domski]

Aren't the word "Mac" and the phrase "reasonably cheap notebook" slightly at odds with each other???

Dom

 

[arkusM]

Aren't the word "Mac" and the phrase "reasonably cheap notebook" slightly at odds with each other???

Dom

It come down to pay me now or pay me later... Later being the hrs and $$'s spent fixing a Windows box.