On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:05 AM, ./aal wrote:
> > Which is the best flavor of ice cream? Chocolate, Vanilla, Butter > Pecan? Breyer's "Heath Bar Crunch" but that's neither here nor there...:-) Now you ARE getting into tastes, which are subjective, and away from 'best tool for the job'...it's a "I'd rather use my craftsman wrench rather than my snap-on wrench because I like the logo better." That's different from "Use the tool that is right for the job, not the tool that has the right ad campaign." As far as 'ideal Swiss Army Knife' well, imo OS X comes damned close. I can: run OSX run Windows in a VM run Windows executables via wine run Linux in a VM run Linux executables via Macports or fink All at the same time. (oh yes, while running a web server too.) That's "Champion" class swiss army knifing. Two weeks ago I was installing linux in a VM on another linux box via X-windows on my Mac, while loading a printer driver on a Windows server, through Windows running in a VM on my mac which was using my Macs optical drive for the CD. At the same time. There's a REASON MacGuyver starts with 'Mac' :-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
