I'll bite. If the Mac Mini is a crossover machine for first time Mac Users switching from PC windows or PC Linux. Then it makes sense that people will post how to install Linux on a Mac Mini. Is there a big different between a Mac Linux install and a PC Linux install. I think so, especially if you want to dual boot. Is there a big difference between a Mac Mini Linux install and an eMac install. Probably not.
But if the question is does it warrant it's own article. I say why not. I tried installing linux on my Lime Green iMac way back when. A step by step how to would've been quite helpful. I might never have given up.
The guilty are not declared innocent. The guilty are declared not guilty nothing more nothing less. Even if Microsoft did not have a current Monopoly, Sherman act has offenses for attempted Monopolization.
I am not a lawyer but I play one on Slashdot.
Nobody seems to remember personal computers used to come with their own OSes, Apple, IBM, Tandy, Atari, Commodore all had their own OSes. Phone makers have four platforms for smartphones, they have Windows, Symbian and Linux or some sort of homebrewed stuff. As soon as there is a killer app for one of the platforms, then a lot of phone makers will go to that platform. Playing music, and buying WMA files from MS may be it for a lot of people. Because MS is the only company so far that makes DRM music for sale and a Mobile OS, Bill Gates may be right.
There is a bunch of people that subscribe to XM and Sirius and that costs more. Yahoo doesn't even need to launch a satelite, and people pay hundreds of dollars for Sat radio equipment. So with less start up costs, and lower monthly charges. I can see yahoo making some money.
Most people leave their cell phones on all day to receive calls. Some leave their cell phones on 24 x 7. If you count leaving on your cell phone as consituting use, then I think cell phone beats any other electronic device in terms of use.
I have, I have a 12in iBook, and my sister has a D700. The D700 is much faster than the ibook, and screen has more resolution, and came with more ram, 2nd mouse button and a DVD burner for about the same price.
The iBook on the other hand seems better built than the Dell and came with OSX, and much better battery life. No matter what anyone tells you, iBook is not usable with 256 mb of ram.
In terms of number of features, the Dell wins hands down, but in terms of joy of computing. I like the iBook more.
Yeah but there already bunch of Fords running about. You can sell these new televisions as Lincolns and Mercurys at a premium. Because the TV tech is patented, they may get away with charging high prices, at least for a while.
Autism is a generic name for a bunch of mental disabilities. All aspergers have autism. But just because you are shy and can't make small talk doesn;t mean you are autistic.
hunting of animals used to consist of trying them first of crimes. Nowadays, animals have no due process rights. Its shoot first and ask questions later.
If it was an open and shut case there wouldn't be a trial for two reasons. The first is that the parents would settle, the second if the parents did go to trial, the judge would enter summary judgment before the trial started.
Also it's generally not libel/slander at least in the United States if what you say you believe is true. So if someone told me that Bill Gates eats babies. It's not really lying if I believe her. Also if you attached alledged baby eater that also may be okay. Also if Bill Gates does in fact, eat babies then that's okay too as truth is an absolute defense.
According to the faq, they don't do any checking of the facts. All the editors do is get a submission and then truncate it to fit the little blurb. In theory, the editors should correct grammar or spelling but since there is no back and forth between the submitter and the editor. It might not be worth it.
However according to Gamespot Microsoft chairman Bill Gates accidentally confirmed that Microsoft's next-generation console was coming this year So it was confirmed by Microsoft sort of. Also wouldn't it say so and so says this if it was user submitted. In this submission there is none of that. Which means that Zonk submitted it and posted because Zonk thought it was interesting.
Yes, but if Bob sells the OEM version, Bob is responsible for any problems his users have with Windows. That's why OEM is cheaper. When you buy a Dell, you call up Dell with your Windows problems rather than MS.
Mac Mini's are 500 bucks. Most expensive iPods are 450. People do spend 450 bucks to manage their music. Think of Mac Minis as gigantic iPods and they don't seem that expensive.
Nowadays, Macs are made subcontracted to Taiwanese computer manufacturers. I read that the iBook is made by Asus. Mini is probably made by Asus or some other Taiwanese manufacturer. The first Powerbooks were made or designed by Sony I believe. So I think alot of it has to do with perception.
The quality between a well made PC and a mac is neglible. But since there are so many crap pcs out there. Macs have gotten the reputation as being more reliable.
I think there is some Macmagic. I have had PCs and Macs. And to this day I have not sold a Mac yet. I have on the other hand sold, given my pcs away. Something about them you just want to keep. Doesn't make any sense. I think the reason why Macs might last a little longer than Pcs is that Macs come with better power supply on average than the average PC.
Also, like the parent said, because Macs cost more, you tend to take care of it better than a PC.
yeah, I loved it when my mac would spit its disk out. Although, that's one the reasons why Mac floppy drives cost 100 bucks plus whatever the price of paperclips was, whereas a pc one would cost 10 negating the use of paperclips until the Zip drive became popular. The Mac was truly ahead of its time.
Although, the name may be generic like Windows, unless there is a court ruling. MS can enjoin anyone from using the mark Windows. Because losing a case like Lindows would mean that there could be Red Hat Windows, or whatever, MS decided to settle and pay the Lindows people to change their name to Linspire.
For example, Kleenex may be a generic name to some people but because there is no court case, the Kleenex people will not sue in court because if they lose then they lose trade mark protection.
You should also point out that McIntosh, the maker of high end stereo equipment sued Apple over the name Macintosh, but settled out of court.
I think what most people are missing is that there are differences between tradename and trademark. To have trade mark protection you need to use it on goods in commerce. Unless tiger direct can show that they have an OS called Tiger they cannot get protection.
Tiger Direct is a store, Tiger is an OS, or a suite of programs. Last time I checked Tiger Direct doesn't make software with the name Tiger in it.
If you buy a $60,000 car and want some dubs, you will pay extra, but not everyone want's dubs. But if you are buying a $60,000 car you can either order it as an option or you can buy them from tirerack and do it yourself.
With tiger's core tech, everyday GUI tasks can be offloaded to the GPU if it's better than a Nvidia 5200. So you will see results even if you don't do gaming on a mac.
I read a Bill Gates biography. It had a lot of shady things done by Bill, stealing computer time, porn among other things. But because Bill Gates didn't say anything people don't remember those things. Even though there was a fictional movie where Bill Gates like character tries to take over the world. Not that many people consider Bill Gates to be evil. Most non nerdies consider him a philanthropist.
Are you saying then that biographies should not be published or are you saying that biographies should be published but only leaving the good parts in.
I read Bill Gates biography and it inspired me to do stuff. I also read a lot of other biographies about other famous and/or successful people. I think I have the right to know what successful people are like. But that's me.
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I'll bite. If the Mac Mini is a crossover machine for first time Mac Users switching from PC windows or PC Linux. Then it makes sense that people will post how to install Linux on a Mac Mini. Is there a big different between a Mac Linux install and a PC Linux install. I think so, especially if you want to dual boot. Is there a big difference between a Mac Mini Linux install and an eMac install. Probably not. But if the question is does it warrant it's own article. I say why not. I tried installing linux on my Lime Green iMac way back when. A step by step how to would've been quite helpful. I might never have given up.
The guilty are not declared innocent. The guilty are declared not guilty nothing more nothing less. Even if Microsoft did not have a current Monopoly, Sherman act has offenses for attempted Monopolization. I am not a lawyer but I play one on Slashdot.
Elijah Wood: You mean you have to use your hands. That's for little kids.
Nobody seems to remember personal computers used to come with their own OSes, Apple, IBM, Tandy, Atari, Commodore all had their own OSes. Phone makers have four platforms for smartphones, they have Windows, Symbian and Linux or some sort of homebrewed stuff. As soon as there is a killer app for one of the platforms, then a lot of phone makers will go to that platform. Playing music, and buying WMA files from MS may be it for a lot of people. Because MS is the only company so far that makes DRM music for sale and a Mobile OS, Bill Gates may be right.
There is a bunch of people that subscribe to XM and Sirius and that costs more. Yahoo doesn't even need to launch a satelite, and people pay hundreds of dollars for Sat radio equipment. So with less start up costs, and lower monthly charges. I can see yahoo making some money.
What does that have to do with anything. You can't buy Linux Brand computers. You can however buy Macintosh Brand computers.
Most people leave their cell phones on all day to receive calls. Some leave their cell phones on 24 x 7. If you count leaving on your cell phone as consituting use, then I think cell phone beats any other electronic device in terms of use.
I have, I have a 12in iBook, and my sister has a D700. The D700 is much faster than the ibook, and screen has more resolution, and came with more ram, 2nd mouse button and a DVD burner for about the same price. The iBook on the other hand seems better built than the Dell and came with OSX, and much better battery life. No matter what anyone tells you, iBook is not usable with 256 mb of ram. In terms of number of features, the Dell wins hands down, but in terms of joy of computing. I like the iBook more.
My Seagate drives were dying at an alarming rate. Like one every two months. I switched to WD raptors 10k drives and had no problems since.
Yeah but there already bunch of Fords running about. You can sell these new televisions as Lincolns and Mercurys at a premium. Because the TV tech is patented, they may get away with charging high prices, at least for a while.
Autism is a generic name for a bunch of mental disabilities. All aspergers have autism. But just because you are shy and can't make small talk doesn;t mean you are autistic.
hunting of animals used to consist of trying them first of crimes. Nowadays, animals have no due process rights. Its shoot first and ask questions later.
Also it's generally not libel/slander at least in the United States if what you say you believe is true. So if someone told me that Bill Gates eats babies. It's not really lying if I believe her. Also if you attached alledged baby eater that also may be okay. Also if Bill Gates does in fact, eat babies then that's okay too as truth is an absolute defense.
However according to Gamespot Microsoft chairman Bill Gates accidentally confirmed that Microsoft's next-generation console was coming this year So it was confirmed by Microsoft sort of. Also wouldn't it say so and so says this if it was user submitted. In this submission there is none of that. Which means that Zonk submitted it and posted because Zonk thought it was interesting.
So all of you are wrong. Stop your whining.
Yes, but if Bob sells the OEM version, Bob is responsible for any problems his users have with Windows. That's why OEM is cheaper. When you buy a Dell, you call up Dell with your Windows problems rather than MS.
Mac Mini's are 500 bucks. Most expensive iPods are 450. People do spend 450 bucks to manage their music. Think of Mac Minis as gigantic iPods and they don't seem that expensive.
Nowadays, Macs are made subcontracted to Taiwanese computer manufacturers. I read that the iBook is made by Asus. Mini is probably made by Asus or some other Taiwanese manufacturer. The first Powerbooks were made or designed by Sony I believe. So I think alot of it has to do with perception. The quality between a well made PC and a mac is neglible. But since there are so many crap pcs out there. Macs have gotten the reputation as being more reliable.
I think there is some Macmagic. I have had PCs and Macs. And to this day I have not sold a Mac yet. I have on the other hand sold, given my pcs away. Something about them you just want to keep. Doesn't make any sense. I think the reason why Macs might last a little longer than Pcs is that Macs come with better power supply on average than the average PC.
Also, like the parent said, because Macs cost more, you tend to take care of it better than a PC.
yeah, I loved it when my mac would spit its disk out. Although, that's one the reasons why Mac floppy drives cost 100 bucks plus whatever the price of paperclips was, whereas a pc one would cost 10 negating the use of paperclips until the Zip drive became popular. The Mac was truly ahead of its time.
Although, the name may be generic like Windows, unless there is a court ruling. MS can enjoin anyone from using the mark Windows. Because losing a case like Lindows would mean that there could be Red Hat Windows, or whatever, MS decided to settle and pay the Lindows people to change their name to Linspire. For example, Kleenex may be a generic name to some people but because there is no court case, the Kleenex people will not sue in court because if they lose then they lose trade mark protection.
You should also point out that McIntosh, the maker of high end stereo equipment sued Apple over the name Macintosh, but settled out of court. I think what most people are missing is that there are differences between tradename and trademark. To have trade mark protection you need to use it on goods in commerce. Unless tiger direct can show that they have an OS called Tiger they cannot get protection. Tiger Direct is a store, Tiger is an OS, or a suite of programs. Last time I checked Tiger Direct doesn't make software with the name Tiger in it.
Anyone that can cast Affleck as AssMan is alright with me.
If you buy a $60,000 car and want some dubs, you will pay extra, but not everyone want's dubs. But if you are buying a $60,000 car you can either order it as an option or you can buy them from tirerack and do it yourself.
With tiger's core tech, everyday GUI tasks can be offloaded to the GPU if it's better than a Nvidia 5200. So you will see results even if you don't do gaming on a mac.
I read a Bill Gates biography. It had a lot of shady things done by Bill, stealing computer time, porn among other things. But because Bill Gates didn't say anything people don't remember those things. Even though there was a fictional movie where Bill Gates like character tries to take over the world. Not that many people consider Bill Gates to be evil. Most non nerdies consider him a philanthropist. Are you saying then that biographies should not be published or are you saying that biographies should be published but only leaving the good parts in. I read Bill Gates biography and it inspired me to do stuff. I also read a lot of other biographies about other famous and/or successful people. I think I have the right to know what successful people are like. But that's me.