Whatever laptop you buy, wipe out the factory windows install. Thats one way to get rid of crapware that HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc put on your laptop and make money off it. Before wiping out, backup drivers using drivermax and download the relevant iso from the following link and burn it to a dvd. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/11/10/windows-7-iso-x86-and-x64-official-direct-download-links-ultimate-professional-and-home-premium/ On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Claudia Zeiler <girlgeek@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Time for a new laptop. Shall I switch to a Mac? I have seen DBA's using > Macs, but I wonder, do any have a toy database on the Mac? How? There is > no Oracle certified for Mac that I know of. > > Thanks for any tips. > > -Claudia > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your > inbox. See > how.<http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2> >