Re: Looping with a PC laptop... which one?

[Eric Williamson <erwill@suitandtieguy.com>]

i think that when it comes to the laptop market, the whole price difference
between an Apple and a similarly configured wintel machine evens up. 
that's my
opinion, at least.

but, if i _had_ to buy a wintel laptop, i'd go with a Dell. only with the
extended warranty though.

i recently spilled less than an ounce of coffee on my Pismo 500, which i 
rely on
to sequence live. (yeah i know i can still use the arps in the MS2000 and 
the
Z1 ... i've had to do that before. thanks to an Apple Genius who 
obliterated my
boot sector before a show while he was replacing the DVD unit.)

it's not covered under Applecare. i had to take it in, let them diagnose 
it,
offer to fix it for 500 dollars, and now i've bought the 40 dollars worth 
of
parts i need on Ebay and i'll just have to cover the bench fee.

if i had a Dell with an extended warranty, i heard that breakage/spillage 
was
covered.

but i can't run Numerology on a Dell. so i'm gonna buy a new aluminum 
powerbook
next week.
---
Eric Williamson
www.suitandtieguy.com