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Re: Time for a new Mac Laptop

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On Friday, November 4, 2011 3:14:25 PM UTC-7, Dan Becker wrote:
> In article <fmoore-DD95C6....@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Fred Moore <fmo...@gcfn.org> wrote:
> 
> > In article <j8vne2$hbf$1...@panix2.panix.com>,
> >  bri...@panix.com (Brian Gordon) wrote:
> > 
> > > My vintage 2000 PowerBook looks slower every day, so MAYBE I can replace it.
> > > I can't run any OS beyond 10.4.11, and more and more stuff can't run there.
> > > 
> > 
> > For $2K you should be able to get a good machine. However, you need to 
> > specify a few other variables:
> 
> In addition to Fred's good points, none of the software you have will
> run on the new laptop. It will be using an Intel processor and Lion OS
> 10.7. None of the Power PC software will run on it. So you need to
> budget for software too.
> 
> Dan

Can he dual boot Snow Leopard?

Better yet, has anyone figured out how to run Rosetta on Lion?

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Time for a new Mac Laptop briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2011-11-03 23:50 -0400
  Re: Time for a new Mac Laptop Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2011-11-04 10:10 -0500
  Re: Time for a new Mac Laptop Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2011-11-04 11:57 -0400
    Re: Time for a new Mac Laptop Dan Becker <NoUCE@address.invalid> - 2011-11-04 18:14 -0400
      Re: Time for a new Mac Laptop Bill C <mousepoop.com@gmail.com> - 2011-11-27 13:13 -0800
        Re: Time for a new Mac Laptop dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2011-11-28 14:39 +1300
          Re: Time for a new Mac Laptop "M. John Matlaw" <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-28 11:30 -0500

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