Re: [MLUG] apple?? mac?? Opinions please???

[liz <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Hi Dave,
Bloatwear for planned hardware obsolescence!!!
Maybe XP should be named that??
Thanks,
Teresa






Dave McBride wrote:

>On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 22:17, liz wrote:
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>>So is the mac os really more stable than windoze???  I'm not giving up 
>>on linux but those imacs are pretty and someone said you could install 
>>linux on them too???  And they are actually fairly cheap.  Opinions???? 
>>Pleeze??
>>Thanks,
>>Teresa
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>I had long been leery of macs but needed a laptop last fall and
>considered one, but settled on a Compaq, for price mostly. Hated it.
>Damn XP wouldn't run some of my older programs (crashed), didn't like my
>wireless setup, and wouldn't find our DV camera w/o all sorts of drivers
>and special software. And the thing was heavy. I had it 2 days and took
>it back (walmart is good for *some* things).
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>Bought a powerbook instead.
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>I have not regretted that decision. I hear scanner support can be
>troublesome, but my scanner is hooked to the linux box--not an issue. I
>plugged our DV camera into the powerbook and it works great--right now.
>No configuring, no drivers to mess with, just turn it on. Plug in a USB
>mouse...there it is (I don't like touchpads much, but that's not just a
>mac thing).
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>I've only had 1 app hang once on the powerbook--it was caused by, yes,
>Internet Explorer (surprise)!  Otherwise, an app has crashed itself once
>or twice, but never upset anything else and started right back up. No
>reboots, no BSOD, just move on.
>
>I do still need a few Win apps for my work and run win4lin/win98 on the
>linux box for that. From the powerbook, which can be as unixy as you
>like, I can run an Xsession over ssh and use win4lin remotely. Virtual
>windoze being served up by a linux box to a mac :)  I just like that in
>principle.  Works great BTW.
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>As for running linux on a mac, I don't see a lot of need. Most of the
>major linux apps are ported to OS X through the fink project. They all
>just run in Xsession windows--they're a little piggy on RAM is all, but
>not slow.  I run GIMP that way.
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>I'd say there's no question--go with the mac. As for XP, I wouldn't
>touch it with a stick. It *may* be a bit more stable than W98, but it's
>bloatware reeking of planned obsolescence for perfectly good hardware.
>Besides, W98 is quite stable on win4lin and linux :)
>
>Cheers,
>Dave
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