Investing for the next chapter of my life

Originally Posted by x86

Even if their processors are Intel, WTF is up with Macs? First, you won't find nearly as much software as you'd find for the PC; apart from that, one-button mice are a pile of unusable crap, sir. A real mouse has 4 buttons.

Spoken with a true lack of recent experience. OS X has tons of software available, from open source stuff, to high end commercial stuff. Not as much as Windows, but more than enough for almost anyone if they just allow themselves to see that.

The mouse thing, well, I like to have at least two buttons on my mouse as well. Hence their desktops coming with a 2+ button 'Mighty Mouse' these days. On the laptop, while I haven't had much experience with them, it seems the the whole one button issue is much less of a problem since your hand is right next to the ctrl key anyways. Another problem with the 'I need more buttons' argument is that software for OS X, and the OS itself is designed with one button use in mind.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by GALM-2

There is nothing worse than someone just running on up to defend Apple.

Except for the person who poorly insulted Apple.

(also, 1995 called, it wants it's argument back.)

Just trying to be informative. ^^

And for the typing issue Ctrl+Shift+left or right should do the trick.

Centrino is *not* a kind of CPU. It's a marketing term for Intel's mobile platform. It can range from a Pentium 4, Pentium M, Celeron, and I pressume Core solo/duo.

Core duo is more or less an evolution of the Pentium M. It has similar performance per clock (Mhz), and the Core duo has dual cores, and therefore performs much better for multitasking and multi-threaded applications. Pentium M and Core duo are ideal for a laptop since they offer good performance without getting as hot/using as much power as a Pentium 4 or Athlon 64. AMD's Turion competes relatively well with the Pentium M, but the Core duo is the only mobile CPU I would consider at the moment.

Different wireless technologies? I don't know a huge amount about it, but 802.11A is mostly only used in businesses and doesn't much matter these days. 802.11B is pretty much what all of them support. 802.11G is considerably faster than 802.11B and is backwards compatible. These days it shouldn't cost any extra to get at 802.11G, and it's more or less standard.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Adamgian

No, Centrino is based on using a Pentium M chip, you can't use a P4 chip for it. It involves, the chip, an Intel motherboard, and an intel wireless card.

Thanks for the correction. It seems an official 'Centrino' is available with only a couple of different Pentium Ms or a Core Duo (Centrino Duo). Good to hear.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.