On Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 10:28 AM, A.Tuazon wrote:
> on 4/21/02 3:37 AM, Gregg Eshelman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How easy would it be to port OS X to the PC? Yes I know that it's Unix
> and
> Linux has been ported to a plethora of systems, but since OS X takes
> advantage of altivec, would this be a problem? Now, OS X does work very
> well on a G3 without altivec, so maybe I just answered my own question.
> Anyway, very interesting plea -- even if it is OT. Maybe Apple can
> start
> with porting OS X to the vintage macs? Now that would be something
> else!
> However, running OS X on my Iisi @ 20mhz might be a tad on the slow side
> (unless there's a way around this!) I'm using it right now on my B&W
> G3 and
> it's a beauty.
>
> What would the ramifications (pros and cons) be for Apple and M$ if OS
> X was
> ported? Only a couple of years ago Linux was touted to be the next big
> OS
> that would take a run at dethroning winbloze, but that fizzled out due
> to
> failed promises on the Linux side to make it user friendly (too many
> conflicts with several printers, burners, digital cameras, etc. --
> basically
> hardly any support from 3rd party people and too confusing for the
> average
> user). And what about BeOS?
>
> Just adding my 2 cents.
I hate to be a bore but this is really rather OT for this list. I would
normally be happy to discuss the merits of OS X but it's not exactly
very relevant to 68k Macs guys so pursue it off list if at all.
Thread: OT - Re: Apple and Polaroid.
Closed 21st April
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