On Oct 11, 2011, at 10:05 AM, michael perelman wrote: > The problem with the Mac's closed system is that I cannot use if for > some of the most important software I need.
Besides for what you were replied already, that has nothing to do with the "closed" nature (?) of Mac machines but with the fact that software makers don't feel like porting their code to the Mac or don't feel like releasing their code as free software so that other people can port the code. In other words Macs have nothing to do with your problems and Macs can be a solution to them in a way. A considerable number of Windows on Mac users can testify that Windows is _way more stable_ when running on Macs (either as dual-boot or in a virtual machine) than when running on generic machines. But instead of using Macs, you could just as well use a Linux machine with a virtualization solution into which you'd run an instance of Windows. That would be equally if not more stable than on a Mac. Jean-Christophe _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
