On Apr 5, 2007, at 11:44 AM, John Meier wrote: > As I'd like to be able to switch to any OS depending on client, I am > leaning toward a Mac book pro - 17 inch (and will probably get the max > amount of memory right off the bat). I would use bootcamp or > Parallels Desktop for Mac for OS selection - Parallels Desktop really > caught my eye.... I use a 15" MacBook Pro all the time and the only thing I'll add is that I prefer Parallels to BootCamp. If you don't need 3D acceleration (I'm not a gamer) then Parallels will do everything you need. And the Parallels developers have been talking about improving the 3D performance in future versions. My MBP runs Ubuntu very well. I have 2 GB RAM and I've even had OS X, Windows XP, and Ubuntu all running simultaneously just for the heck of it. Switch into full-screen mode and you'd be hard-pressed to notice that you're running in a VM. -Tim -- Tim Wilson, The Savvy Technologist Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA Educational technology guy, Linux and OS X fan, Grad. student, Daddy mailto: wilson at visi.com aim: tis270 blog and podcast: http:// technosavvy.org