What to buy: OQO Model 2 or Macbook Pro

Darksaber · Jan 24, 2007

Soooo ladies and gents,

I am in the market for something special

I am torn between the ultimate vista running geek toy - OQO Model 2 and the "oh my god you are installing windows Vista on this holy grail?" Macbook Pro

what to get? I am willing to spend up to 2000€s on that thing..but the less the better.

I will buy it at the beginning of march...

Help me guys!!!

cheers
DS

PVTCaboose1337 · Jan 25, 2007

OQO, I really like it alot. Mac = the devil.

Deleted member 24505 · Jan 25, 2007

the oooooomgOQO Model 2.i would LOVE one of them.

cdawall · Jan 25, 2007

OQO or sony makes one a little larger with a C2Solo in it (ULV1400)

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INT...AIONotebookComputers_UX_Series&Dept=computers

Darksaber · Jan 25, 2007

cdawall said:
OQO or sony makes one a little larger with a C2Solo in it (ULV1400)

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INT...AIONotebookComputers_UX_Series&Dept=computers

yea I am aware of the sony variants, but they look soooo ugly

cheers
DS

pt · Jan 25, 2007

i can't finmd the OQO model 2 in google
can anyone send me a link?
btw, macs are evil

Wile E · Jan 25, 2007

I personally like the Mac. It also gives you the option of running OS X. The thought of running both the forthcoming Leopard and Vista Ultimate sounds too good to pass up. I know I'll be running both on my iMac when Vista support stabilizes.

EDIT: Another benefit to the Mac is the fact that they hold their value much better than pcs.

Easy Rhino · Jan 25, 2007

dude, mac book pro, no contest! put vista on it if you want. (a waste if you ask me)

Darksaber · Jan 25, 2007

Yes...

Well it seems another problem presents itself:

MacBook Pros are due for an upgrade (rumor has it in March)...And I rather get Leopard stock instead of having to shell out money to get it, as well as the final Bootcamp...

I would love to grab one before CeBit, as I can put it to good use...

darn...by that time there are DX10 Graphic cards for notebooks out...decisions decisions...

cheers
DS

cdawall · Jan 25, 2007

Darksaber said:
Yes...

Well it seems another problem presents itself:

MacBook Pros are due for an upgrade (rumor has it in March)...And I rather get Leopard stock instead of having to shell out money to get it, as well as the final Bootcamp...

I would love to grab one before CeBit, as I can put it to good use...

darn...by that time there are DX10 Graphic cards for notebooks out...decisions decisions...

cheers
DS

then wait sounds like you have good reason to

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What to buy: OQO Model 2 or Macbook Pro

Darksaber

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PVTCaboose1337

Graphical Hacker

Deleted member 24505

Guest

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

Darksaber

Senior Editor & Case Reviewer

pt

not a suicide-bomber

Wile E

Power User

Easy Rhino

Linux Advocate

Darksaber

Senior Editor & Case Reviewer

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

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