Posts by whyatt

Quote: Originally Posted by jasn I've used Powerbooks since the original G3, and now am on a G4 1.25ghz (Aluminum) Powerbook. After switching to OSX, I discovered the fink project and installed fink on my Powerbook, and...

Thats cool, just make sure you don't run as root all the time, as it sets you to do so by default - apparently. Enjoy!

Thanks jamesshuang that does seem pretty close to what i want. Any on else go a recomendation?

I love open office but I saw impress go horribly wrong in a talk I was at - so I don't dare myself. Also I have cross over office on my uni PC, and it crashs so often that I now hate it with a passion! But thanks for the ideas.

Oh, I just read the link in your sig. Hope that goes ok!

Cheers, I was hoping to get some personal recomendations from people of what they've had sucess with etc. Your laptops a beast! How did that find Ubunto? How much was it?

Hi everyone, This is my first post and I did a quick search but couldn't find anything similar - but sorry if there is. Basically I'm an Astrophysics Phd student and so use linux 24-7. I want to buy a laptop to allow me to continue...