Re: Help: Would Mac OS X is iseal than Linux on PC

[Rodrigo Cristián Domínguez Rogers <rodrigo.dominguez@vtr.net>]

On 27/03/2003 14:56, in article
uPHga.573378$Yo4.39407299@news1.calgary.shaw.ca, "Mike Pfaiffer"
<mike@digitalcivilization.ca> wrote:

> - wrote this amazing epistle:
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I need a some form of Unix.
> 
>       Always a good choice. Very mature and stable.
> 
>> I thought that if I go and get Apple Mac with OS X,
> 
>       Okay... At this point I have to let you know two of the three grou
> ps you posted to ARE NOT MAC GROUPS! They are Apple// groups. It is a m
> achine which predates and funded the Mac.
> 
>> then I have
>> everything -
> 
>       True. OS X I hear is all inclusive.
> 
>> don't have the hazzle of installing Linux on pc and looking
>> for the drivers -
> 
>       It's not as bad as that. It's a whole lot easier in fact. If your ha
> rdware is fairly mainstream and not too new or too old you won't have
> to go looking for anything. The new releases within the last couple of yea
> rs are just as easy to use as OS X.
> 
>> perhaps the price is a bit expensive but it's well
>> tested computer.
> 
>       True. IMHO, Macs have a better internal design than PCs. Some models
> don't need a fan. Less moving parts mean there is less which can go wrong.
> 
>> Any suggestion please?
> 
>       You may want to consider BSD. It is available for both Macs and PC
> s. One guy at the local user group said it would work on almost anythin
> g. The advantage with BSD is you can get it working on older machines. Inst
> ead of running a machine with System 6 you could run BSD. I'm tracking do
> wn the necessary hardware right now so I don't have it running myself. How
> ever a friend who has it running on his PPC says it works great. Since it *i
> s* BSD you can run Linux programs if you have the source and compil
> e them yourself.
> 
>> Also are the servers from Apple?
> 
>       I've seen a rack mounted unit in January. Top quality hardware. Not
> cheap.
> 
>> Tx, uws2003@att.net
> 
>                               Later
>                               Mike
> 
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