Agreed, it's a POS browser on a tablet. It looks tacky, doesn't work well at all. Why change to tabs on the side, but cannot slide to remove and half the time you close the tab window it removes a tab. FFF-FF-UUUU!!!
unRAID (cheap, expandable, protected data) coupled with inexpensive offsite disk backup (eg your parents house, providing you don't live there already!).
What kind of performance are you after? If you're not after anything over 40MB/S, I'd go for unRAID. I use this at home and it's brilliant. I've replaced many drives over the years, and I've had two hard drives fail with no massive consequences (data isn't striped).
Plus, many many plugins are now available. SimpleFeatures (replacement gui), Plex Media Server, SQL, Email notifications with APCUPSD support etc etc.
Have fun complaining about everyone that gets into power. They're all as bad as each other. Changes happens when you, the collective, do something about it.
Tough crowd... I didn't explicitly compare anything with something half the price, and most brand create comparably priced products in some part of their range...
Logic board design is far neater. Less individual components hanging off the main board, so instead they are integral. This leaves more room for battery/other components.
You can compare desktops, as they are well overpriced. No difference between a nice Gigabyte/Asus board and a motherboard in a Mac Pro.
Perhaps I was just trying to show some perspective, for the all common Apple bashing crowd here. It happens with other computers too, no matter the price. My original point was that it's down to where they manufacture the computers, not the brand.
Might I add, I presume having a very complex/intricate design would make construction a lot trickier.. Compare the innards of a MacBook Pro and any other laptop manufacturer and you'll know what I'm talking about.
Lets try open an equivalent HP/Dell then eh?
Build quality depends on how much you want to pay the little 3rd world country workers to assemble them. For all major companies, that isn't much!
It's not bad actually... You need a MacMini server x2 to replicate each other, and push out the managed settings. You can authenticate machines via AD/OD/OpenLDAP. You can host the home folders off any NFS/AFP server. Netboot, netrestore etc makes deploying easy.. I'm looking after 150 Macs at the moment, as well as a host of PC's, and I don't have many issues. It' s just me.
I call bullshit here.
The iPhone hardware isn't as good, but have you actually tried an actual comparison between say, Android and the iOS? It's like chalk and cheese. The usability of Android for day to day tasks, and general "Smart Phone" abilities, sucks. I had it crash a few times, it refuses to connect to wireless networks sometimes, and it felt unpolished.
I bought an iPhone, because it actually works really well. And the App Store trumps the stagnated piece of shit Google offers.
Letter to nana.
Hey Nana,
Glad you had a nice weekend. Now, to get that Family Tree program installed, go to Utilities Folder. Then click on Terminal. Yes, terminal. Then please type port install MacFamilyTree. You'll then need to type in that admin username and password.
Most likely you'll probably find that it's not installed, so you'll need to search google, then install MacPorts. This might take a while, and might not be compatible with your OS.
Oh, and MacFamilyTree isn't ACTUALLY in that depository.
Yeah, Sorry.
For what it's worth, this is all the help you'll ever need. http://www.tonymacx86.com/
They have recommended builds, and a large community to help you with issues. 10 hours of research, 5 hours to build, and it was running smoothly.
I'm typing this on a $1000NZD Hackintosh right now. Has more power than the top end iMac configured with an i7 Processor. Runs latest OS, installed from a purchased DVD of Snow Leopard, and nearly every bit of the chipset is fully supported (and in fact in many of the current Macs). It's as stable as a normal Mac, at 1/3 the cost! I'm happy with that.
Oh yeah, and I retrofitted it into a PowerMac G5 case, so it looks the business.
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GM is fantastic - far more solid than Lion ever was.
Agreed, it's a POS browser on a tablet. It looks tacky, doesn't work well at all. Why change to tabs on the side, but cannot slide to remove and half the time you close the tab window it removes a tab. FFF-FF-UUUU!!!
Nice backup strategy... ;) Let us know how that works out.
unRAID (cheap, expandable, protected data) coupled with inexpensive offsite disk backup (eg your parents house, providing you don't live there already!).
Slow as molasses though. Way slower than any other solution out there..
What kind of performance are you after? If you're not after anything over 40MB/S, I'd go for unRAID. I use this at home and it's brilliant. I've replaced many drives over the years, and I've had two hard drives fail with no massive consequences (data isn't striped). Plus, many many plugins are now available. SimpleFeatures (replacement gui), Plex Media Server, SQL, Email notifications with APCUPSD support etc etc.
Have fun complaining about everyone that gets into power. They're all as bad as each other. Changes happens when you, the collective, do something about it.
Tough crowd... I didn't explicitly compare anything with something half the price, and most brand create comparably priced products in some part of their range...
Presuming because they market it well, and there are many people with lots of expendable income to purchase something 'different'?
Not necessarily - until you've pulled one apart you don't realise how tight everything fits together.
Logic board design is far neater. Less individual components hanging off the main board, so instead they are integral. This leaves more room for battery/other components. You can compare desktops, as they are well overpriced. No difference between a nice Gigabyte/Asus board and a motherboard in a Mac Pro.
Too true.
Perhaps I was just trying to show some perspective, for the all common Apple bashing crowd here. It happens with other computers too, no matter the price. My original point was that it's down to where they manufacture the computers, not the brand.
Might I add, I presume having a very complex/intricate design would make construction a lot trickier.. Compare the innards of a MacBook Pro and any other laptop manufacturer and you'll know what I'm talking about.
Lets try open an equivalent HP/Dell then eh? Build quality depends on how much you want to pay the little 3rd world country workers to assemble them. For all major companies, that isn't much!
It's not bad actually... You need a MacMini server x2 to replicate each other, and push out the managed settings. You can authenticate machines via AD/OD/OpenLDAP. You can host the home folders off any NFS/AFP server. Netboot, netrestore etc makes deploying easy.. I'm looking after 150 Macs at the moment, as well as a host of PC's, and I don't have many issues. It' s just me.
I thought people on Slashdot didn't have to worry about this anyway? Just make sure you don't leave the basement, and all is well.
Hater.
I call bullshit here. The iPhone hardware isn't as good, but have you actually tried an actual comparison between say, Android and the iOS? It's like chalk and cheese. The usability of Android for day to day tasks, and general "Smart Phone" abilities, sucks. I had it crash a few times, it refuses to connect to wireless networks sometimes, and it felt unpolished. I bought an iPhone, because it actually works really well. And the App Store trumps the stagnated piece of shit Google offers.
What a smart person. Basing his experience on the Mac OS from a crappy iPod. Well Done.
Letter to nana.
Hey Nana,
Glad you had a nice weekend. Now, to get that Family Tree program installed, go to Utilities Folder. Then click on Terminal. Yes, terminal. Then please type port install MacFamilyTree. You'll then need to type in that admin username and password.
Most likely you'll probably find that it's not installed, so you'll need to search google, then install MacPorts. This might take a while, and might not be compatible with your OS.
Oh, and MacFamilyTree isn't ACTUALLY in that depository.
Yeah, Sorry.
Grandson.
For what it's worth, this is all the help you'll ever need. http://www.tonymacx86.com/ They have recommended builds, and a large community to help you with issues. 10 hours of research, 5 hours to build, and it was running smoothly.
I'm typing this on a $1000NZD Hackintosh right now. Has more power than the top end iMac configured with an i7 Processor. Runs latest OS, installed from a purchased DVD of Snow Leopard, and nearly every bit of the chipset is fully supported (and in fact in many of the current Macs). It's as stable as a normal Mac, at 1/3 the cost! I'm happy with that. Oh yeah, and I retrofitted it into a PowerMac G5 case, so it looks the business.
My Samsung 2443 rotates fully, and has a fantastic screen. Really cheap too.
If you can remember it, or are still alive, they're doing it wrong.