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Penguin2Apple
Dark Paladin writes: "What happens when a Linux lover takes the plunge into a Mac for the first time in his life? Turns out he falls in love, to the point of abandoning Linux and taking up OS X full time. Read about the conversion in Penguin2Apple. And pray for mercy on his soul."
Between Linux and OS X -- yes, I'd agree that OS X is better. But honestly, I think that that's about _all_ that it's better than, rather in the same way that a Yugo is far superior to a Trabant, and neither is more appealing than walking.
Unfortunately, the UI in OS X, and by this I mean the interface as it runs to the core of the machine, including multiuser model, security, filesystem, etc. and not merely GUI, is inherently flawed and, I think, impossible to fix.
The UI concepts that were the heart and soul of the Mac since '84 should never have been cast aside, and the development of progressively better UI should never have been allowed to stagnate since the early 90's.
OS X is little more than a reheated version of NextStep, an OS that flopped dramatically. Was it always said to have a great UI? Sure... but again, only as far as Unix went. (e.g. NetInfo is vastly better than the equivalent tools on Unix, and a total POS compared to what most Mac and Windows users are used to these days)
If Apple had been willing to make hard decisions, such as dropping compatability with the Mac save through an emulator -- just as it is _now_ -- I think that they could've done better on their own.
I've been migrating from MacOS to Windows, but I fear it could be a very long time before anyone really develops a good UI again.
-- This and all my posts are in the public domain. I am a lawyer. I am not your lawyer, and this is not legal advice.
how much more expensive is mac hardware when compared to pc? 5% , 10% & 50%?
i have some thoughts about buying mac next time i buy new computer. 5-10% more expensive is what i could afford to pay but i'm not willing to pay 50% more.....
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To clearify my statement, lets interpret 'free' as $500 USD, for a machine plus operateing system. $2000 should be changed to $1500 USD above and beyond where we set `free`.
I know that there will be a performance difference.
But anything goes when your mac-bashing.
Did I forget to mention that Linux sucks?
Duh - I missed the first line and thought I was reading /. comments not the story. Swap the "what the hell are "YOU" doing" with "what the hell was HE/SHE doing".
My bad...
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But considering the following quote (from the summary):
"Read about the conversion in Penguin2Apple. And pray for mercy on his soul."
How the heck can this be considered neutral in any way? Moving from Linux to BSD, and he has to worry about his soul!!!??? Is it just me or are we (/.) assigning a _little too much_ importace on OSS when it's compared to a human soul?!
Even MS's FUD doesn't delve into the level of corrupting your SOUL! Christ, I was made to say something positive about MS because OS freaks finally went way too far.
'Tis a sad day.
Vote monkeys into Congress. They are cheaper and more trustworthy.