[MacTUG] Hmm time for an update

[Dani Roloson]

http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/cs/mypc/mac_users.html#HardwareAnchor

> Any new Macintosh you can purchase today is more than adequate as
> far as power is concerned.
> 
> Memory: 2 GB is the minimum these days, and 4 GB recommended. If
> you are planning on running a Windows virtual environment, 4 GB is
> the recommended amount.

I'd say 8 for a Mac and 8 more for the "PC".

> IST supports Mac workstations running Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.5

That explains it … 10.7 and 10.8 are memory hogs.

> .Mac

Anybody rich enough to have used that for backups? Time Machine rules.

Newsgroups??? Really???