Yeah, have owned macs for almost a decade. Also administer Windows and  
Linux PCs (primarily Fedora and centos).  That being said, I'm a big  
unix geek, and besides from windows, I like Unix, and MacOS *is* UNIX;  
it has been certified...

http://www.opengroup.org/comm/press/19-2-nov07.htm

I almost always have a bash prompt open due to such.

However I use a Mac.  So I must be illiterate.

Sorry to waste your time.


On Dec 16, 2008, at 5:09 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote:

> Heh,
> My buddy dragged me to the local Best Buy last week to look for a  
> laptop (he’s a Dentists) and he bought a 2200.00 Mac that was only  
> as good as generic POS for half the cost.
> I was disgusted J
>
> I guess if your computer literate, you can see the insanity in this.  
> Anyone here running a Mac? What’s the availability of software like  
> for it? Is it anywhere near like that of Fedora or Ubuntu?
>
> jlc
>
> From: Steve Ens [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:50 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC?
>
> Joe, tell us how you really feel! LOL
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[email protected] 
> > wrote:
> Don't even get me started…
>
> Long ago, Mac controlled _everything_ related to a mac. Hardware was  
> high quality and OS was their own. I heard they just worked…
>
>
>
> Now, it's a cheap intel whitebox in a fancy case with a free  
> opensource OS that has a generous license that lets you do WTF you  
> want and they charge the hell out of it?
>
> Marketing at its best. You want a Windows Alternative? Get a laptop  
> with 10x the power for the half the cost, dl Ubuntu or some other  
> cutting edge distro (that's stable) and give her…
>
>
>
> Such a rip off…
>
>
>
> jlc
>
>
>
> From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:50 PM
>
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC?
>
>
> Puke?... hmm.. I kinda like the hardware.  Their macbooks sure look  
> a whole lot better then a clunky PC notebook that has silly stickers  
> everywhere like its some kind of Nascar, vents on the bottom that  
> get blocked if you plop it on a couch (macs are on the rear),  
> keyboards sure arent as nice, well, just overall just not as elegant.
>
>
>
> Anyway not too long ago somebody told me about these guys if you  
> want to make a hackintosh, don't know if that helps out in a VM  
> though.
>
>
>
> http://www.efi-x.com/index.php?language=english
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Phillip Partipilo
>
> Parametric Solutions Inc.
>
> Jupiter, Florida
>
> (561) 747-6107
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
> From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:57 PM
>
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC?
> Don't they use TPM crap to make sure it only runs on Authentic  
> [puke] hardware?
> Someone got it running on Xen, so I am sure it's doable J
>
>
>
> jlc
>
>
>
> From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:55 PM
>
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC?
>
>
> I have been doing some searching and it seems that Leopard is not  
> really in the cards yet.  If anyone has a link on how to set  
> something like this up I would really appreciate it.
>
> TIA,
>
> Eric
>
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