[thechat] OT - Seeking Laptop Advice

[Luther, Ron]

Bob Davis noted:

>>The guy in the desk next to me (systems administrator) convinced the 
>>powers that be that an iBook was the answer for him - and got it. He's 
>>fallen hard into the fold. It works very well for him. Unix core, 
>>usable front end, business applications - what else do you need?

>>New Mac users are fun. They're amazed at how easy everything is.


Ah those 'appleheads' ... Oh! ... Hi Bob! ... Hi Garrett   ;-)

Well, it would certainly be fun to try, (I think I would enjoy it!), 
but I really doubt I could come up with a good enough case to make 
it fly here:

(a) I do a fair amount of development work with a report writer 
packaged called 'Brio'. I have a tough enough time getting IT support 
on Windows ...

(b) That 'NIH' attitude.  We're not real good about letting anybody, (employees/contractors/consultants coming in from out of town for a 
one-day meeting), ... about letting *anybody* come in the door carrying 
anything we don't make. [Yes, we actually have made consultants buy 
new laptops in order to do business with us ... we're like that.]


RonL.