Comments on: 10 Absolutely Essential Tools for Aspiring Online Entrepreneurs

By: J. D. Bentley

J. D. Bentley — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:35:59 +0000

While I'm almost completely anti-Windows (7 seems to be the exception, but I've never used it to say for sure), I love Ubuntu with a passion. I dual-boot it with Mac OS X.

If Ubuntu supported multi-touch gestures for my trackpad (which I use for switching windows most of the time) I'd use it almost exclusively.

By the way, have you seen Ubuntu's redesign and rebranding for the upcoming version? Beautiful! Really excited for that. It gets better and better with each release.

By: Sonicsuns

Sonicsuns — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:31:10 +0000

Good list, though I don’t use mac personally. I dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows.

By: Wilding Penderis

Wilding Penderis — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:38:46 +0000

Hahaha!

Good times... .-= Wilding Penderis´s last blog ..3. “Bangkok: Down The Rabbit Hole…” =-.

By: J. D. Bentley

J. D. Bentley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:05:29 +0000

I was in the same boat. Spreadsheets lasted me two weeks and after that I just ignored everything. At least Outright makes it manageable.

By: J. D. Bentley

J. D. Bentley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:35 +0000

You make a good point about the price of antivirus, etc. I'd never thought about that before. The issue for me was always that however much the hardware would cost, you couldn't buy Mac OS X for a non-Apple computer and Mac OS X is what makes all the difference.

You can get pretty damn close with Ubuntu, though. In fact, if I had to switch to Ubuntu I wouldn't mind it. The only difference is that it lacks the little bit of polish that makes OSX so great, but they improve that more and more each year.

So, I'm much worse than a Mac fanboy. I'm a Mac/Unix fanboy. Ha.

By: Wilding Penderis

Wilding Penderis — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:51:56 +0000

Yeah JD.

It's like the older Mercedes cars. They're totally over-engineered so we never have to worry about anything. It creates peace of mind. Every rough edge and detail is buffed to a high sheen.

People are always telling me "Oh man, Macs are so expensive though!"

What?

In the 80's maybe. How much did you just spend on that shitty plastic PC laptop that will die in 2 years, that fan cooler stand thingy, your antivirus, busted USB hard drives, down time from viruses/blue screen of death etc.

DOUBLE!

My brother and I used to even fight about MAC vs PC. His classic argument was: "Macs are for stupid people". Well guess who's saving up for a Mac as we speak?

Hahahaha!

I even managed to convert my mom (that was a nightmare) but she can't believe how much better her work life is now.

There just aren't any more excuses.

It's obvious other peoples' definition of expensive and mine are WAAAAAY different. LOL

You gotta love a bit of the 'ol Mac fanboy ranting...

Whew! .-= Wilding Penderis´s last blog ..3. “Bangkok: Down The Rabbit Hole…” =-.

By: JC Hewitt

JC Hewitt — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:06:28 +0000

Thanks for the accounting suggestions. Doing it all on spreadsheets (and often ignoring it) has become tiresome and problematic. .-= JC Hewitt´s last blog ..The Losing Streak =-.

By: J. D. Bentley

J. D. Bentley — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:11:04 +0000

Sugar helps. It should probably be up there. Haha. I sleep at 4am almost every morning so I know about the sugar.

By: Jonny | thelifething

Jonny | thelifething — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:24:03 +0000

You forgot a large quantity of sugar in any form.

In all seriousness though this is a great collection, egotistically because I use 8 out of the 10 but still. I am off to check out the heading way theme. Cheers pal. .-= Jonny | thelifething´s last blog ..Decision Making In Real World Sucks =-.

By: J. D. Bentley

J. D. Bentley — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:22:29 +0000

Glad I could help, Mary. By the way, your domain name is (dare I say)… awesome.