On 26/10/2006, at 10:34 PM, Horst Herb wrote:
and the biggest suprise is that something
produced by Apple is actually value for money
This has been the case for several years IMHO. I have 7 or 8 macs now
and haven't regretted a single cent spent on them.
What was disappointing though was the software it came with - OS/X
is neither
chalk (Windows) nor cheese (Linux) but a rather ugly mix of the two
in too
many aspects - but luckily Ubuntu Linux installs in no time.
It's a difficult argument Horst. The default install out of the box
with huge icons etc. perhaps suffers from the Mac's simplistic
origins. I find that power users and techs do take a couple of days
on average to become Mac zealots, but they all do.
With a few customisations and free Linux style add-ons like multiple
desktops, fink, darwin ports, a better terminal, etc. I find OS/X to
be the perfect workstation - I can't really fault anything but its
licensing, which is still miles ahead of MS, and its X11
implementation, which is best avoided - unfortunately this makes the
Mac version of Open Office the worst of the bunch.
All my servers bar one are Linux, all my workstations are Macs (the
older ones are starting to be sent out to pasture as servers and then
having Linux installed) and I work mostly on Windows for clients. I
wouldn't consider buying any new workstations or notebooks that were
not Macs, seems like a waste of money now.
I don't compare it with Linux as a server - it would only be fair to
do that with OS/X server, which is much closer to BSD than the
workstation. Compared to a Linux workstation desktop like KDE or
Gnome I find OS/X not just much better integrated but faster and more
reliable. It's unusual for anything not to work, software
installation is as easy as copying files, and having a real hardware
accelerated desktop is simply a joy.
I know the licensing is a bugbear, but if you could spend a few days
with OS/X I'm sure you'd find some appreciation for it. This is not
in defense of Apple as a company - they are not a nice one, but they
do make very lovely computers and I think operating systems. Whether
you agree with this or not, one thing is for sure - Windows is
looking very, very tired and increased competition is a good thing.
cheers,
Peter.
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