http://www.yepthatsme.com/2005/07/22/the-move-back-to-x86-architecture/ the craft of software development, free/open source software advocacy, and the rest of life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:25:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.yepthatsme.com/2005/07/22/the-move-back-to-x86-architecture/#comment-3080 yep, that’s me - barry at alltc.com » OK, so I lied…or did I? MacBook Pro in the house Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:59:37 +0000 http://www.yepthatsme.com/2005/07/22/the-move-back-to-x86-architecture/#comment-3080 [...] I can hear the comments now; the next AJUG meeting I show up at with my MacBook Pro (MBP, the short acronym for “those in the know”…sigh, I must admit it is easier to type, even if it comes off as pretentious) will probably include a few comments along the lines of “Heeeyyyy…what happened to the Linux thing?” I have been pretty public about my distaste for Apple’s switching to Intel, mostly because of the amount of PowerPC-based Mac hardware I owned at the time. Shortly after that I pretty much shelved my PowerBooks and ordered my first ThinkPad. The Lenovo ThinkPad T42 has been a great machine, and since about mid-July I have been running Debian on a Fujitsu Lifebook P7120, an amazing 2.5-lb. ultra-portable. So, why plunk down the cabbage for a new Apple top-of-the-line MBP? [...] […] I can hear the comments now; the next AJUG meeting I show up at with my MacBook Pro (MBP, the short acronym for “those in the know”…sigh, I must admit it is easier to type, even if it comes off as pretentious) will probably include a few comments along the lines of “Heeeyyyy…what happened to the Linux thing?” I have been pretty public about my distaste for Apple’s switching to Intel, mostly because of the amount of PowerPC-based Mac hardware I owned at the time. Shortly after that I pretty much shelved my PowerBooks and ordered my first ThinkPad. The Lenovo ThinkPad T42 has been a great machine, and since about mid-July I have been running Debian on a Fujitsu Lifebook P7120, an amazing 2.5-lb. ultra-portable. So, why plunk down the cabbage for a new Apple top-of-the-line MBP? […]

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