Thread: who needs linsux

Good afternoon JD.

Winslows could never look like Linux, but we can make Linux look and work like almost any thing else.
I had a quick play with PClinuxOS Ver 1 last night. Quite nice, smooth fast responsive. Another brownie point earned for the open source and free software foundation.

Originally Posted by incisor

actually MAC had them LONG before the *nix boys attempted to clone them which is ages before mickeysoft did the vista impersonation.

gnome and kde both impersonate aqua and os/2 to some degree, kde especially....

That must be why Mac's have such great market share - oh sorry that's PC's...

N

toyotas have an enormous market share, doesn't mean they are any good though

Originally Posted by nw393y

That must be why Mac's have such great market share - oh sorry that's PC's...

N

Actually it has more to do with Apples policy.

To maintain quality etc, Apple never released the rights for generic manufacturing of their systems, instead retaining full control of their manufacturing and programming.

IBM however, allowed "brown box" compatible systems...

The ONLY piece of software that ever causes my Mac grief is Entourage for Mac.... (Microslop)

Otherwise the system is incredibly stable.....

Common does not = Quality

And for the record... Apples market share is jumping daily as people turn away from bloated, resource hungry rubbish like Microsoft...

And as Linux becomes more common place people are closing the borders between the systems....

Lets face it, a X86 or X86_64 is still a 15irq limited box.
utilising architecture designed in the 70's/80's....

Its like VHS... Crap... But blew the superior Beta out of the water.....

i know that mac's are great for design work etc etc

and that they are stablein comparison to windows but i used mac's at college for my design work and i hated them


apart from the errors etc on windows i would have a windows based computer anyday

Originally Posted by tombraider

Actually it has more to do with Apples policy.

To maintain quality etc, Apple never released the rights for generic manufacturing of their systems, instead retaining full control of their manufacturing and programming.

IBM however, allowed "brown box" compatible systems...

The ONLY piece of software that ever causes my Mac grief is Entourage for Mac.... (Microslop)

Otherwise the system is incredibly stable.....

Common does not = Quality

And for the record... Apples market share is jumping daily as people turn away from bloated, resource hungry rubbish like Microsoft...

And as Linux becomes more common place people are closing the borders between the systems....

Lets face it, a X86 or X86_64 is still a 15irq limited box.
utilising architecture designed in the 70's/80's....

Its like VHS... Crap... But blew the superior Beta out of the water.....

I love getting Mac people all worked up! They're more passionate than Land Rover owners...

Originally Posted by nw393y

I love getting Mac people all worked up! They're more passionate than Land Rover owners...

Nup, not worked up, just facts....

We have:

1 MBP
1 iMac
2 Tablet PCs
1 Tower Pc
2 Linux PC
1 Laptop PC
4 ipaqs

So theres some mix there...

The mac "just works"

It is so nice not to need a driver CD every 10 minutes

Originally Posted by disco2hse

Uh, no. They bought it.

Macintosh teams at Apple Computer (which included former members of the Xerox PARC group) continued to develop such ideas. The Macintosh, released in 1984, was the first commercially successful product to use a GUI.

Hmmm Ok then