On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:02:54 -0800, Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ooooo. The Cheap Bastards(tm) lose another one. > > Pretty soon you'll be buying a Mac ... ;)
It's funny you say that. I'm looking at building a cheap system for my dad. Currently, I'm looking to build a PC on the cheap, and give him Linux. (He's willing to go with me on the No More Microsoft front). But it's going to be a PITA supporting a Linux system (I'm thinking TightVNC and/or SSH). I talked to him last night and it turns out he might be getting a bit of money soon. Immediately my thoughts went to the Mac Mini. It's fairly cheap, Apple is reliable, and there'd be much less support to be doing, I'd bet. Plus, I could still set up an SSH server fairly easily I would think. I still have two reservations: 2) I loathe commercialistic consumer product tie-in (as most people do, of course). When you download QuickTime for Windows, they push iTunes, and guide you into using the iTunes enabled QuickTime. Do they do the same with Mac OS users? How commercialistic is the Mac OS? (I've heard Mandrake is similar.) And what the f*** is "iLife"??? Is it for people who don't have "realLife"? b) The last time I used the Mac OS they called it "System 7". However much less support there'd be with the Mac OS, it's likely I wouldn't know how to help with whatever little help he needed. Any thoughts, dear KPLUGer? -todd -- KPLUG-List mailing list [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
