Not only who runs one distro at a time, but who runs one OS at a time?
FWIW, my order is:
CP/M,
DOS 3.3,
Win 3.1, 3.11,
DOS 6, 6.2,
Win 95,
Slackware 3.6 (?),
Redhat 6,
Mandrake,
Win 98,
BeOS 4.5,
Win 2k,
SuSE 9.0 (?),
Win XP SP3,
MacOS X 10.4,
Ubuntu,
MacOS X 10.5,
Jolicloud (or whatever it's called),
MacOS X 10.6,
MacOS X 10.7,
MacOS X 10.8.
But I've never run a single OS or version of an OS exclusively.
So at the moment, I've got WinXP, Jolithing (on a netbook) and a mix of OS X 10.7 and 10.8. The best one ever was BeOS (at the time) and I'm planning to give Win 8 a go on a tablet (I don't like Android or iOS on iPad, although I have an iPhone), but not on the desktop.
I don't understand the comparison between this and a Mac Mini. Fair enough, they try to be small form factor computers, but the end is surely different. the Mac Mini is designed to be a small, neat, consumer electronics device. Essentially a computer that is as easy to use as a DVD player.
The Shuttle is designed to be an expandable PC that has lots of flexibilty and can be modified by changing components so that it can fit the user's needs.
If the Mini does everything you need, buy a Mini. If you need flexibilty or expandablility, buy the Shuttle.
Just because they both try to be small, it doesn't mean that they are necessarily comparable.
In my (admittedly fairly worthless) opinion, the summary was using Mac Mini as a comparison just to make the front page.
It takes time to filter down, though. I remember some years ago buying a fax machine in France. It was sold as a "telecopieur" with an associated verb 'telecopier'. It eventually died and when I replaced it I was sold "un fax" which I could use to "faxer" documents.
It's hardly surprising that these invented words don't catch on. Language will always be what people speak rather than what is strictly correct.
For an example, look at the phrase 'a fine toothcomb'. Originally, it was 'a fine-toothed comb'. Or 'brand new': originally, it was 'bran new' because items of furniture were packed in bran. Both of these phrases are common currency and yet 'incorrect'. My predicition: 'Could care less' rather than 'Couldn't'.
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Not only who runs one distro at a time, but who runs one OS at a time?
FWIW, my order is:
CP/M, DOS 3.3, Win 3.1, 3.11, DOS 6, 6.2, Win 95, Slackware 3.6 (?), Redhat 6, Mandrake, Win 98, BeOS 4.5, Win 2k, SuSE 9.0 (?), Win XP SP3, MacOS X 10.4, Ubuntu, MacOS X 10.5, Jolicloud (or whatever it's called), MacOS X 10.6, MacOS X 10.7, MacOS X 10.8.
But I've never run a single OS or version of an OS exclusively.
So at the moment, I've got WinXP, Jolithing (on a netbook) and a mix of OS X 10.7 and 10.8. The best one ever was BeOS (at the time) and I'm planning to give Win 8 a go on a tablet (I don't like Android or iOS on iPad, although I have an iPhone), but not on the desktop.
I don't understand the comparison between this and a Mac Mini. Fair enough, they try to be small form factor computers, but the end is surely different. the Mac Mini is designed to be a small, neat, consumer electronics device. Essentially a computer that is as easy to use as a DVD player.
The Shuttle is designed to be an expandable PC that has lots of flexibilty and can be modified by changing components so that it can fit the user's needs.
If the Mini does everything you need, buy a Mini. If you need flexibilty or expandablility, buy the Shuttle.
Just because they both try to be small, it doesn't mean that they are necessarily comparable.
In my (admittedly fairly worthless) opinion, the summary was using Mac Mini as a comparison just to make the front page.
It takes time to filter down, though. I remember some years ago buying a fax machine in France. It was sold as a "telecopieur" with an associated verb 'telecopier'. It eventually died and when I replaced it I was sold "un fax" which I could use to "faxer" documents.
It's hardly surprising that these invented words don't catch on. Language will always be what people speak rather than what is strictly correct.
For an example, look at the phrase 'a fine toothcomb'. Originally, it was 'a fine-toothed comb'. Or 'brand new': originally, it was 'bran new' because items of furniture were packed in bran. Both of these phrases are common currency and yet 'incorrect'. My predicition: 'Could care less' rather than 'Couldn't'.
-Josh