so by old, you want big? (assuming you want to show how computers are many times smaller now). i might be able to help you, but all my desktops are missing half the case, and if i can find the missing parts , it would be sort of beat up.
About macbook ram, i am looking to swap out my 2x 512 for 2x 1GB, but the question is, how well will generic memory work in a macbook? im looking at G.Skill, what do yall think ? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231069
if the code is translated into something os x can read natively, then where is the performance loss? like you said, the calls arnt being converted dynamically; what causes slowdowns with precompiled binaries ? i don't know much about...
hmm how much are all the parts going to run? i have looked into that, but from what i can tell, it would be more expensive to build it myself than to just buy one from apple
MS office is PPC anyway so i would avoid that either way if you are looking at a new mac. my vote goes to Neo, i use it every day and works wonders. and if all you need to open is ms word docs, the textedit app that comes with OS X can...
the only bloatware i got on mine was an MS office trial and an iWork trial.. but yea, its not hard to remove.. and on the restore disk you have the option to pick and choose what apps, fonts, sounds and extra (print) drivers are installed.
its weird, the first 2 or 3 months it was the fastest laptop i had ever used.. then it all went down hill.. maybe it was the 10.4.9 update, but i belive the issues happened before that... i still <3 apple, cause yea every company...
i finally had my last straw of these problems. so i was at my girlfriends house, showing off how easy macs are to use.. her mom mention that she had a picture of martina mcbride on her phone, and it was too bad that its not real easy...
