This is precisely one of the major failings of Linux. The big name distros should be all that a person has to look for. For someone who wants to easily get out of MS and into Linux they shouldn't have to spend ages doing reaserch just to find the right distro, especially when you will get a different recommendation from every Linux user out there.
Linux users or 'Lusers' as I like to call them, consistantly fail to realize that user experience beats out technical specs every time.
Until Linux developers focus more on the user experience and less time on technical capabilities Linux will remain "not ready for prime time".
It is within the law for the government to expropriate private property for the common good, at least in Canada and the US and I'm sure other countries have similar laws.
So if patents are considered property couldn't a government simply expropriate it.
You get a big hoopla when it is the property of a multinational but when it is John Doe's house because the government wants to widen the highway not a peep.
As long as the overall experience of owning Mac remains the same I couldn't care less what hardware it runs on. If OTOH the hardware change also comes with changes to how the software operates and how I use my computer then OSX may not be in my future. I enjoy using OSX for two basic reasons, first it simply does what I want it to do and, second it places little restrictions on how I work with my data. If the shift to Intel also means that I can't rip my DVD's or CD's and use them according to my fair use rights then I would have to think twice about switching. Apple has mostly been hands off when it comes to how you use your data (yes there is DRM on music from iTunes).
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And this is why you don't use Beta software in a production environment.
Actually they are a vertically integrated total experience retailer.
This is precisely one of the major failings of Linux. The big name distros should be all that a person has to look for. For someone who wants to easily get out of MS and into Linux they shouldn't have to spend ages doing reaserch just to find the right distro, especially when you will get a different recommendation from every Linux user out there.
Linux users or 'Lusers' as I like to call them, consistantly fail to realize that user experience beats out technical specs every time.
Until Linux developers focus more on the user experience and less time on technical capabilities Linux will remain "not ready for prime time".
It is within the law for the government to expropriate private property for the common good, at least in Canada and the US and I'm sure other countries have similar laws.
So if patents are considered property couldn't a government simply expropriate it.
You get a big hoopla when it is the property of a multinational but when it is John Doe's house because the government wants to widen the highway not a peep.
As long as the overall experience of owning Mac remains the same I couldn't care less what hardware it runs on. If OTOH the hardware change also comes with changes to how the software operates and how I use my computer then OSX may not be in my future. I enjoy using OSX for two basic reasons, first it simply does what I want it to do and, second it places little restrictions on how I work with my data. If the shift to Intel also means that I can't rip my DVD's or CD's and use them according to my fair use rights then I would have to think twice about switching. Apple has mostly been hands off when it comes to how you use your data (yes there is DRM on music from iTunes).
Canada used to condone torture of its citizens but then Celine Dion took her show to Vegas.
I'd have to say that this topic and pretty much all the replies, as is typical of slashdot, is just one big flaimbait trollfest.