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Eric — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:11:02 -0000

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Eric — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:07:13 -0000

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scobleizer — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:45:58 -0000

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Diego Barros — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:52:57 -0000

There'll probably be a MacBook outsoon (i.e. not a "Pro") to replace the iBook range. Tell him to wait and get one of those.

Tempt someone with a Tablet PC? Hmmm, here son, would you like chocolate cake or a raw onion?

Come on Robert, get a MacBook Pro and try one out and let us know what you experience. :)

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Jason McIntosh — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:34:41 -0000

Keep in mind a few notes:
1) The macbook won't currently run most of the software available - especially those available from the MacBU. Office will run in Rossetta, but Virtual PC won't run at all. I'd suspect this is strongly due to endian issues as well as the libraries referenced (and using codeworks instead of Apple's developer tools)
2) Windows XP will NOT currently boot on these laptops - it's possible if the EFI system has BIOS compatibility but that's not guaranteed at all.
3) Windows Vista WILL boot on these laptops - Vista supports the new EFI standard which replaces the BIOS standard.
4) As this is a new system, keep in mind there will be other bugs and issues yet to be discovered. It's quite possible that some things will change as people play around with these - look to geek sites the next month before purchasing.

Last, until more is known, no assumptions should be made. This looks like a VERY nice laptop based on hardware specs and included features (i.e. the camera & remote for example), the basic software included (which stand-alone in the PC world costs quite a bit, and is often not as functional). I've got more than a few friends right now considering such a beast because of GarageBand and the other iLife features. Most of the musicians I know love these things, as it's an easy way to do music right out of the box. You don't have to buy any additional software. Windows, you have to find/buy tons of software immediately after purchasing such a system.

Anyways, I'd give it a month or so before purchasing, let people produce the updates, patches, etc. to get things working on these new laptops, especially office/Virtual PC

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Guest — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:18:38 -0000

Putting Windows on the new MacBook is like putting wood trim on your 911 Turbo.

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anon — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:17:14 -0000

Robert, you can buy a Mac for your son for well under $500 today if you wanted to. Try ebay.

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Goebbels — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:03:19 -0000

Oh, I should also add: Apple is likely to surpass Dell in market capital tomorrow. Did anyone ever expect that to happen? Does anyone remember where Dell was in 1989?

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Goebbels — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:55:47 -0000

Scoble, throwing around stock price again?

I was alive in '89 and I remember the release of the first Powerbook, the best laptop at the time. I remember a couple (but only a couple) of people dickering around with a shitty system called Windows OS 2.0. I remember that Jobs hadn't been at the company for 4 years but had started a cool company that had great machines.

As for the last five years, I don't remember, I know, that your company's stock price has been going sideways.

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Tetra — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:52:55 -0000

Um, seems like a Tablet iBook isn't that hard to get ...

http://www.theregister.co.u...

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Tetra — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:51:07 -0000

"I bought Patrick a computer for less than $500 that had XP on it already."

Dude, you're getting a Dell.

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scobleizer — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:58:38 -0000

anon: I bought Patrick a computer for less than $500 that had XP on it already. So?

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Scott — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:17:01 -0000

It can't run Windows, at least not until Vista comes out. It uses Intels EFI.

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anon — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:31:28 -0000

Patrick is upset a computer costs more than $700 while you have nothing to say about Microsoft charging $299 for a CD with Windows XP on it.

Your evangelist job is too easy.

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Loren — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:57:41 -0000

Tetra says: "If I were recommending a business laptop to someone, the ability to run MacOS, Windows and Linux on one machine would instantly trump tablet features."

As a developer, I'd seriously consider a single machine that could run all three OSes. However, I'm not so sure about the typical business user. The maintenance, training costs, duplication of apps needed across the OSes for a base set of functionality, and so on would probably cost too much.

I'd agree though, if you have two or three machines running different OSes today (which you don't need to use at the same time), that a single machine running all of the OSes could be a cost savings that outstrips the benefits of a Tablet PC. I don't know how common this is. I'm guessing that there are more people that could benefit from the mobility of a Tablet than the ability to have access to multiple OSes.

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scobleizer — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:48:19 -0000

>Robert, if you can’t even convince your own son of the merits of the Windows platform, how can you possibly convince the rest of the world?

My son wants the expensive MacBook cause it'll run both Windows and OSX. Enough said. Problem is he'll probably get a iBook now, and a Tablet PC for high school. He already has a Windows machine.

He's an iPod fan, which got him sold on Apple stuff.

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Teresa Valdez Klein — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:29:11 -0000

Has anyone else noticed that the MacBook is just plain fugly? It looks like a PC.

And I too think it's hilarious that Scoble's son loves Macintosh :-). Teenage rebellion does take interesting forms in the digital world.

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Simon Brocklehurst — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:37:37 -0000

I can relate to Patrick. I'm sad at the price of the new Bugatti Veyron:

http://auto.sohu.com/piclib...

It costs over $1M dollars to buy. That doesn't make it bad value for money though. It's actually good value for money, in the sense that it actually costs them about $5M to make each one (Robert, you need to tell Bill G to get one of these - he'd love it, it's a truly amazing car).

The thing is though: if Patrick just waits a few months for the new MacBook to come out (not the MacBook Pro which came out yesterday), he'll be able to afford one. I'm not convinced I'll *ever* have enough spare cash to *afford* a Veyron. And even if I do, it won't be in a few months...

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Velocity — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:41:59 -0000

Deg,

See my blog for the answer to that. It will run Windows and Apple won't stop you.

Brian

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Velocity — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:40:53 -0000

Scob, get the poor kid the MacBook if he agrees to run Windows on it for at least 5 minutes each day ;)