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Take a Mac User to Lunch

Posted by pudge on from the any-place-that-has-good-steak-is-good-for-me dept.

A Slashdot reader writes "LinuxWorld is running a story explaining how Mac OS X may help break down the walls for non-Windows operating systems, including Linux."

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  1. Re:The only thing needed to destroy windows.... by io333 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Absolutely. I switched from MacOS to Win/Linux not because I didn't like being locked into a software regiem, but because I couldn't stand being locked into a HARDWARE regiem. I'll get back into Macs the day I can slap one together with commodity hardware.

  2. Nope. by sootman · · Score: 1, Troll
    Short answer: Classic MacOS couldn't do it in the last decade+; I don't expect X to do it now.

    I've used it and it's not that great, and it is less responsive on my dual-533 than Windows 95 or Linux/ICE is on a $100 P200, or 2K/XP/Linux+KDE/Gnome on a $300 PIII/500. (Or BeOS on a P120, heh.) I've run it on two Beige G3s (a 266/224MB at work and my own 300/256; value: ~$300 according to http://www.baucomcomputers.com/ ) and it is like death, only worse. If you want a windowing UI + a UNIX CLI, get Linux or Windows+cygwin.

    My first computer was an Apple II+, my second was an XT. I started using windowing UIs with a Mac, followed by Windows 3 a year later. So no, I'm not some schmuck who always used Windows, then used a Mac for 10 minutes and said "It sucks!" I started on Macs and *vastly* prefer Windows. I use 2K, OS X, and OS 9 daily.

    Let me end with a link to my favorite article, which I can attest is true from daily experience. Q: What does everyone buy a computer for? A: surfing. By all means, *avoid* Macs for this. And don't respond to talk about other browsers. I've done tests and overall, they're all slower than Win or Lin. But don't take my word for it: download this, change the code to make the colors proper hex triplets (just add '00' to the end of each) and check it out yourself. Open it off the HD to remove variances due to network speed.

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  3. Re:they are mostly right by thetman · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh ya, the moderators are going to EAT HIM ALIVE!! WATCH OUT!!!

    Get a nice cool one and sit back to watch the carnage boys!!!!!!

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