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[geekchick]

I will not spend all day playing with the new Mac. Won't. I have actual work to do, and I will do it. Uh huh, sure.

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[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Did you get it?!?

[geekchick]

Yes, the nice FedEx lady dropped it off around 10 AM. Kawaii!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of buying a couple as low-end ftp servers... they look stackable, and the small footprint and lack of monitor and keyboard is a plus.

[geekchick]

For that, you'd probably be better off buying old x86 hardware and putting Linux of some flavor on it, you can get it a lot cheaper.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Probably, except that the project lead CS uses a Powerbook and expects seamless integration, and using another MacOS box works slightly more smoothly for her than commodity-Linux.

Although if budgets continue to auger-in here, we could be scrounging rather than buying *any* new hardware.

[geekchick]

Seamless integration with what? I thought the rest of your network was Windows-based anyway, or is this a different project?

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

This is the Spanish drilling project... and virtually every computer is either a Mac or is x86/Red Hat. The latter being drill or embedded instrument control computers. Windows only exists on some individuals' laptops...

[zuggy9.livejournal.com]

I so envy you! ;-)

[geekchick]

Hey baby, wanna come over and get your hands on my mini?

[zuggy9.livejournal.com]

Oh, I would love to double click your mini!

[nminusone.livejournal.com]

Too bad the mouse has only one button, though. On my computer I have to use at least 3 fingers to give my mouse a satisfying workout...

[zuggy9.livejournal.com]

heh, with time, patience and determination, I can get any mouse worked up and clicking away.

[geekchick]

Heh, how are you with trackballs?

[zuggy9.livejournal.com]

y'know, I've had a few guys try to get me to play with their trackballs, and it's never really suited me that much. I'm mean I do fine with my own trackball... but I'd much rather be working a nice curvy mouse.

But I am into open source, so who knows?

[nminusone.livejournal.com]

Sure, sure. I'm just saying it's better to keep all my fingers occupied whenever possible. You know the saying about somebody making dirty work for idle digits...

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i thought the mini sold completely without any trace of monitor, keyboard, OR mouse?

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[geekchick]

It does.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Riiiiiight.

I wanna come play with it!