Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

[Vaj]

On Oct 14, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Rick Archer wrote: on 10/14/06 11:36 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 14, 2006, at 12:33 PM, Vaj wrote: That's what some pundits are predicting because many people will have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay close to 300 bucks and many are just tired of the Spyware issues and so on which will surely follow Vista. It's said to be a fairly different UI that many hardcore Wintel people may not tolerate. Also people's experience with iTunes and the iPod will help them also understand that they can easily do just about anything (DVD creation, websites, etc.) with similar ease, all with Apple software that comes on all Macs nowadays. See: http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/c0611/44c11/44c11.asp&guid=8CF5E5CB35CB42E1857F6F42970E2A2C<http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/c0611/44c11/44c11.asp&guid=8CF5E5CB35CB42E1857F6F42970E2A2C> http://flaslumn.notlong.com Interesting article for me, as I’m considering owing only a PC after 21 years of Mac ownership. I’ve owned both for several years, and I switch back and forth all day long with a KVM switch. But I need a PC because so many SEO software packages run only on the PC, and there are few if any things I do on the Mac which I couldn’t do as well on the PC. An Intel-based Mac would be cool, and I could switch back and forth with that, either by rebooting, with Boot Camp, or without rebooting, with Parallels, but why bother? I could get a lot of PC for the same $$ or less. I have a friend who works at Microsoft who can get me Vista, Office, etc. cheap. I’m open to arguments against this decision. Actually the level of processing power on a Mac compared to say a Dell or other top PC will be the same or cheaper on the Mac. The price argument--along with the "no software on the Mac"--are all out the window (no pun intended), as numerous articles you can find will tell you. What many don't realize is that the BSD-flavor of UNIX that all the Macs run on these days, also runs literally thousands of open source apps that Linux users talk so much about. In fact all recent Mac's also include compilers, which when connected to an internet connection, can download source code, compile and include dependencies, etc. for ready to run apps. It really is amazing what they've been able to do. And also as WINE on the Mac improves (or maybe is included eventually by Apple) this will not only allow you to run Wintel apps, but you will be able to run them without the cursed Windows operating system. Of course if tons of people go over to Apple, hackers will just eventually start writing malware for that platform as well. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___