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 > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > If this email is spam, report it here: > http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND > PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR > USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, > ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE > RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER > AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS > MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. > > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND > PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR > USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, > ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE > RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER > AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS > MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If this email is spam, report it here: > http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND > PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR > USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, > ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE > RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER > AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS > MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
