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

[Mike Pfaiffer <mike@digitalcivilization.ca>]

- 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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