Huh? I haven't noticed anything particularly optimised about the two Macs (one Macbook and one Mac Mini) I have at home, that I can't get in other brands...
Cheers Ken From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 18 December 2008 5:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC? Agreed. Apple's are FAR from generic white boxes. They are HIGHLY optimized, extremely efficient architectures. On Dec 17, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: It's not whitebox, it's branded, that brand is Apple. When I purched my MBPro, I spec'ed similary equipped notebooks from HP, Dell and Lenovo. Apple was more expensive than some, less than others, and I had the option of running a true UNIX as was mentioned earlier. Apple is a Tier 1 manufacturer just as HP, Dell and Lenovo are. On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:11 PM, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: "Joseph L. Casale" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote on 12/17/2008 11:13:17 AM: > >Yes, but Apple is all about total control - if you limit the OS to > only running hardware you produce, then you absolutely know that it > is *guaranteed* to work with any hardware your customer owns, and > > you can spend your software time and resources in other directions, > rather than finding ways to make it run on any hardware ever > invented (which is part of MS's problem). > > > >That's the theory, as I see it, anyway. > This was exactly my point in the old justification towards the > expense of the platform. Sorry; I haven't been following the whole thread ... > Now its whitebox intel run-of-the mill stuff? Does this _still_ apply? It does if they say so. :-) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
