Unless you have ideological reasons for preferring Linux to Mac OS X why would you care if Linux runs on it or not?
Off the top of my head:
Proper GNU environment (not broken like fink, macports etc)
non-broken OpenGL system
better scheduler
better file systems
superior software management systems
no broken packages (such as the ones provided by stuff like finf).
OS X is Unix
XNU (OS X's kernel) is not Unix, GNU is not Unix. It's not about Unix (even though the BSD subsystem is so broken on OS X, it can't even handle things like signaling properly - By the way, the Windows' POSIX subsystem handles all 'Unix' tasks properly, so you're just ending up promoting Windows instead with that argument).
and will run all the same software Linux will run.
OS X doesn't even support elf executables, which is the native binary format on Linux. Most FOSS stuff like GTK is terribly broken on OS X, please just stop making up this rubbish already.
Apparently your time isn't worth anything. For me it takes time to have to recompile my kernel so I can upgrade from 3.00 to 3.01 while still maintaining Wireless support. I'd hate to have to recompile again when 3.02 comes out to maintain bluetooth, which is why I'm going to wait on this one.
Why would you need to recompile your kernel for a office suite?
Which is not what you specifically stated. You said that you had problems with manufacturers not covering an item that you thought was under warranty. (I took a wild guess and assumed you had read the length of warranty and didn't try to screw over the manufacturer by sending it in out of warranty.)
They only cover the item in question if it was faulty, not if it was fried by another component etc.
So wait, companies don't price things differently for other markets?
Oh price differences. Doesn't really bother me. We get paid higher salaries here because the cost of living is more expensive, in the end it all works out.
You could not buy the stuff you want. (Have fun not owning anything but wanting more than nothing.)
Yeah, I want a brand new Lexus, but I can't afford that in any country.:)
(By the way, I have no debts, no loans, no mortgages - I don't intend to start getting one too)
You can't honestly say you've never ran into a good many of people who didn't talk some sort of shit when they didn't feel comfortable in their nvironment. Online anything isn't any different.
:) I have actually, in the army nobody complained, we just got on with what we had to do. Majority of my civvie mates are the same too.
Take those 13 year snot bags you hear over their mic of any platform, all they do is talk shit.
Oh, you're a console gamer and you're whining about people being whiny on those online games - that really isn't surprising.
But seriously, you guys in the UK do whine a lot when you're online.
To be honest, I do communicate with many British people online, and there is really only two people I can think of that whine. I really do think it's an issue which depends by where and which British people you're hanging out with.
Please, if I wanted to troll you, I'd have done it by now.
But you are. You're bringing up irrelevant topics, speaking in a condescending manor while applying racial profiles to people which would probably get a 'rise' out of some.
There are many kinds of Internet trolls and you certainly fit the description of some, swinging the discussion into a completely off topic discussion while getting a rise out of some.
You may not think you are trolling, but that really doesn't change what you did.
Take your receipt and your credit card. Now put the receipt OVER the raised numbers and your name. Now holding the paper steady, rub and imprint the paper with the raised letters and numbers.
Now, flip over to the security number. remember the 3/4 digit number on the back.
Generally, you're supposed to be the only one who touches the card and receipt. But, I will just take the assumption that someone somehow got my card details.
You just duplicated that card and nobody will ever know.
If anyone uses my card, I get a SMS instantly about each transaction - I can block the card immediately (though a automated telephone system) and get the charges reversed if something happens.
No one wants to honor your warranties, no one wants to price what they sell you accordingly.
I don't seem to have a problem with companies honoring warranties. The only issue I ever had with warranties was something that was not covered.
"We price things differently in different markets based on what will move the product" is bullshit
Google says, No results found for "We price things differently in different markets based on what will move the product".
I have no idea what you're talking about.
they have no other choice but to pay said price.
Uhuh...
It's no wonder that every time I play any game online with you lot, you're all cranky and whiny
Because people you meet in online games are a accurate representation of what they are in real life. Next you're going to claim that a sample of online gamers from the United Kingdom are a good sample of all kinds of British people.
Learn to troll properly, this is Sparta^H^H^H^H^Hlashdot, not Youtube.
So manufacturer's don't honor the warranty in the UK? Because otherwise, you are covered. Even if one component fries the rest, you have that warranty.
I have been refused in the past repairs under the claim that it's not under warranty - I have fought with this and got nothing as a result. I will not be getting into this situation again.
I've dealt with Dell before, unless they've changed their policy, you either get 30 days or three months (I can't honestly remember), and after that you have to sign up for a plan.
I don't use Dell to be honest, so I'm not that familiar with their policies etc.
Most component related failures happen very soon, or near the end of the products "natural" life cycle. In either case, you have nothing to worry about.
I'm more concerned about the 'very soon' part, because that's generally when I don't have the money for it.
It still stands to reason that even if you're only saving $30 after everything is said and done, you'd still be stupid for not building your own. What are you going to do once the coverage runs out? Refuse to upgrade because you were a dumb shit who didn't want to take the time to learn how?
I have no problem building computers but if you're going to argue over "$30", I start to wonder if you even buy decent components for your systems.
I have kept some computers running for ten years, although I should really be getting rid of those systems now as I don't feel they will remain that reliable or useful for much longer.
Because driverless gNewsensian purity is too much work, dear.
One would suspect you would be using a Linux system at least then with the drivers, but you went further than that and used OS X for ease of use.
Now, having been a OS X user and a neooffice user, I am aware of the many faults in Neooffice. From the stability issues to various UI issues and I cannot imagine someone who gives up functionality/ease of use over licensing, would be still using OS X after this.
Or, if I flip this around, would be using neo office for it's lack of ease of use.
Your line is so fine, that I cannot see it.
What about you? Perfectly pure, are we?
No, I don't care too much for licensing schemes. I do understand them however and their philosophies.
What I care about is what I consider superior technology, which is why I use Linux with binary drivers (I truly consider it technologically superior in many ways to any other OS offering out there), VMware (rather than some FOSS solution like dropbox or qemu - I use it for testing and development under the same OS and other OSes), Steam (running under crossover) with my game collection, KDE and it's applications, Firefox (rather than say, Iceweasel) etc.
Things like GPL/LGPL/BSD/MPL/Apache licensing are just frosting to the cake, they don't influence the decisions I make on what system I use.
And those that do buy the gaming PC's are stupid anyway.
I know seven intelligent people who did buy a Dell XPS laptop (Personally, I don't ever use Dell) instead of custom building some tower system. They aren't even gamers but from what I've seen, they haven't had troubles at all with them and the hardware is top notch.
(Hey, if you can waste time arguing on the internet, you can spend the time to spec the parts and build it yourself for a fraction of the price.)
Here has been my reason for buying from a company rather than custom building:
If one component fails and fries the rest of the system, I'm covered. If that happens on a custom built system, I'm not covered and will have to cough up the money for every part but the part that fried - note that the components used would be exactly the same components anyone custom building would buy.
Considering the fact that I can pretty much customize every part I ever wanted now and last time I did this, the price difference was £15 between home made and custom built (ordered from a company) with a two year warranty...
Or your particular users have been very lucky, depending on your point of view. Have you tried sorting spreadsheet data where some affected cells contain formulae? Have you tried undoing a search and replace that used the options beyond plain text? These are data corruption bugs, not some minor UI tweak. These are the sort of crazy bugs that betray fundamentally broken underlying models, and which cost people whole documents if not noticed and worked around immediately.
I have used OOo excessively for spreadsheet usage - while I don't mess with.xls files... The only real issue I've ever had was generating graphical charts which are so difficult in my opinion.
Other than that, formulas, mass search and replace etc. All worked fine for me.
almost all current Apple software supports PPC. Sure they dont ship PPC machines, but that like saying the P3 isnt supported anymore, which it clearly is by most software.
Dude, nobody really cares about PPC anymore.
The Pentium 3 is not supported officially either anymore, but it works just out of the side effect that it's pretty much the same architecture as all the new x86 systems.
I personally built my moms PC so that it would outlast anything Dell or HP could put out in the next five years or so, it's a powerful machine in that regard.
With the gamer machine options those two companies provide, I doubt that.
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Every hard-core gamer I know has spore regardless of DRM. They don't like it, but that didn't stop them from getting it.
Why avoid it?
Kill it, kill it now.
I'm just curious - Why wouldn't you be able to use the passenger override in that phone system (stated in the article)?
What is the point of having a hands free set then if the phone is going to be disabled?
I suggest using radios.
Windows has UNIX certification too (Windows' POSIX subsystem is 100% compliant). But it is not Unix, nor is OS X.
That said, it still does not handle certain things correctly (see things like signaling, POSIX threads etc.)
Easy to verify yourself if you've got a Mac.
XNU stands for "XNU is not Unix".
Off the top of my head:
XNU (OS X's kernel) is not Unix, GNU is not Unix. It's not about Unix (even though the BSD subsystem is so broken on OS X, it can't even handle things like signaling properly - By the way, the Windows' POSIX subsystem handles all 'Unix' tasks properly, so you're just ending up promoting Windows instead with that argument).
OS X doesn't even support elf executables, which is the native binary format on Linux. Most FOSS stuff like GTK is terribly broken on OS X, please just stop making up this rubbish already.
Why would you need to recompile your kernel for a office suite?
Gentoo wouldn't even require you to do that.
They need to create a new "I am rich" application.
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I have actually done this using a Pentium 133 as a thin client.
They only cover the item in question if it was faulty, not if it was fried by another component etc.
Oh price differences. Doesn't really bother me. We get paid higher salaries here because the cost of living is more expensive, in the end it all works out.
Yeah, I want a brand new Lexus, but I can't afford that in any country. :)
(By the way, I have no debts, no loans, no mortgages - I don't intend to start getting one too)
:) I have actually, in the army nobody complained, we just got on with what we had to do. Majority of my civvie mates are the same too.
Oh, you're a console gamer and you're whining about people being whiny on those online games - that really isn't surprising.
To be honest, I do communicate with many British people online, and there is really only two people I can think of that whine. I really do think it's an issue which depends by where and which British people you're hanging out with.
But you are. You're bringing up irrelevant topics, speaking in a condescending manor while applying racial profiles to people which would probably get a 'rise' out of some.
There are many kinds of Internet trolls and you certainly fit the description of some, swinging the discussion into a completely off topic discussion while getting a rise out of some.
You may not think you are trolling, but that really doesn't change what you did.
Generally, you're supposed to be the only one who touches the card and receipt. But, I will just take the assumption that someone somehow got my card details.
If anyone uses my card, I get a SMS instantly about each transaction - I can block the card immediately (though a automated telephone system) and get the charges reversed if something happens.
No, they bring the card reader to the table.
What backwards country are you living in?
My old Intel Pentium II, 200MHz system is still quite useful. This really doesn't really mean anything.
You cannot say that when no new PPC systems are being built and sold.
Using credit cards, online banking, personal e-mail, personal instant messages, personal voice calls...
I don't seem to have a problem with companies honoring warranties. The only issue I ever had with warranties was something that was not covered.
Google says, No results found for "We price things differently in different markets based on what will move the product".
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Uhuh...
Because people you meet in online games are a accurate representation of what they are in real life. Next you're going to claim that a sample of online gamers from the United Kingdom are a good sample of all kinds of British people.
Learn to troll properly, this is Sparta^H^H^H^H^Hlashdot, not Youtube.
I have been refused in the past repairs under the claim that it's not under warranty - I have fought with this and got nothing as a result. I will not be getting into this situation again.
I don't use Dell to be honest, so I'm not that familiar with their policies etc.
I'm more concerned about the 'very soon' part, because that's generally when I don't have the money for it.
I have no problem building computers but if you're going to argue over "$30", I start to wonder if you even buy decent components for your systems.
I have kept some computers running for ten years, although I should really be getting rid of those systems now as I don't feel they will remain that reliable or useful for much longer.
One would suspect you would be using a Linux system at least then with the drivers, but you went further than that and used OS X for ease of use.
Now, having been a OS X user and a neooffice user, I am aware of the many faults in Neooffice. From the stability issues to various UI issues and I cannot imagine someone who gives up functionality/ease of use over licensing, would be still using OS X after this.
Or, if I flip this around, would be using neo office for it's lack of ease of use.
Your line is so fine, that I cannot see it.
No, I don't care too much for licensing schemes. I do understand them however and their philosophies.
What I care about is what I consider superior technology, which is why I use Linux with binary drivers (I truly consider it technologically superior in many ways to any other OS offering out there), VMware (rather than some FOSS solution like dropbox or qemu - I use it for testing and development under the same OS and other OSes), Steam (running under crossover) with my game collection, KDE and it's applications, Firefox (rather than say, Iceweasel) etc.
Things like GPL/LGPL/BSD/MPL/Apache licensing are just frosting to the cake, they don't influence the decisions I make on what system I use.
I know seven intelligent people who did buy a Dell XPS laptop (Personally, I don't ever use Dell) instead of custom building some tower system. They aren't even gamers but from what I've seen, they haven't had troubles at all with them and the hardware is top notch.
Here has been my reason for buying from a company rather than custom building:
If one component fails and fries the rest of the system, I'm covered. If that happens on a custom built system, I'm not covered and will have to cough up the money for every part but the part that fried - note that the components used would be exactly the same components anyone custom building would buy.
Considering the fact that I can pretty much customize every part I ever wanted now and last time I did this, the price difference was £15 between home made and custom built (ordered from a company) with a two year warranty...
I'm just not seeing this great advantage, sorry.
I have used OOo excessively for spreadsheet usage - while I don't mess with .xls files... The only real issue I've ever had was generating graphical charts which are so difficult in my opinion.
Other than that, formulas, mass search and replace etc. All worked fine for me.
Why are you using OS X again?
Dude, nobody really cares about PPC anymore.
The Pentium 3 is not supported officially either anymore, but it works just out of the side effect that it's pretty much the same architecture as all the new x86 systems.
With the gamer machine options those two companies provide, I doubt that.