Comments on: Desktop Linux Summit

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Feb 2003 21:14:02 +0000

all i have to say is Blah! like what you try and try what you like …

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Feb 2003 05:21:24 +0000

When the average user starts messing with photos, videos and music the difference between 800mhz and 3GIGAHERTZ is huge. The difference is even more startling when you get into things like games or any type of 3D processing really.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Feb 2003 04:37:58 +0000

Alex: “Why spend $3000 for a Mac when you can get a faster PC for $1000?” Unfortunately, that's the way most people think. There is soooo much more to computing than processor speed. For the average user, what's the difference between 800MHz and 1.5GHz? Not much. On the interface stuff, I agree. Linux isn't ready for “prime time.” Bob: of course it goes without saying that Apple is in the business of making money – and as of right now, their money is in hardware sales. If Motorola, IBM, etc, ditch the PowerPC or fall too far behind, then you would most likely see Apple hit the software side harder.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:59:02 +0000

Mike is correct os x is not linux
os x foundation is a core operating system commonly known as Darwin Which is uniux and most importantly Mach 3.0, operating-system services based on 4.4BSD

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:11:46 +0000

And yes, to my knowledge, alex is correct.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:11:20 +0000

It is soooo common for the “certain circle” dwellers to have that defensive outside view of one with genuine interest.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:50:01 +0000

Actually, OS X is based entirely on BSD. FreeBSD to be exact, I think, but not entirely sure. Not Linux, not NextStep. Apple is in the hardware business only insofar as they would like to control the hardware that is used for their OS. This is for two reasons: First, so that they can have high margins which compute to earnings for the company. Second, so that they don't need to have the huge testing staffs that Microsoft and any PC software developer needs to have to make sure that their wares work for every possible combination of hardware that is available in the PC market.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:22:51 +0000

you say that MAC is in the harware business but really all they make themselves anymore is the case and perifables every thing else they buy from others. so really mac is more about the software now other than that there just like dell of gateway.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 21:54:49 +0000

It wouldn't surprise me if a version of OS X already exists for the PC. After all, isn't it really just the NeXT operating system that Steve Jobs was developing when he was away from Apple? I doubt he was planning only to run it on Apple hardware. Most likely the plan was to run it on x86.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 20:19:27 +0000

Ultimately, in modern computers it comes down to interface.
WinXP: modern interface, well designed, gets an A.
OS-X: modern interface, quite well designed, gets an A, maybe an A+.
Linux: has a great number of interfaces, many quite good, some suck, none of which (in my estimation) quite approaches the “easy breezy usability” of a WinXP or OS-X.
And, despite what Mike thinks, Apple is not in the business of selling hardware. They are in the business of making money. If the winds of change suddenly shift and Apple finds it's biggest revenues coming from the software area, they'll release OS-X for the PC faster than you can say “and would you like fries with that?”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 19:13:50 +0000

Heck, you can get a 1.8ghz Celeron system with 256MB of RAM from Dell for $380 (including shipping but no monitor).
A system like that is perfect for most people. All they do is browse the web and use the occasional app like Word.
Mac OS X might be nice, but it isn't sufficiently nice to warrant using it over Microsoft, unless you are one of those who dislikes Microsoft just cuz they are Microsoft.
Certainly Linux isn't for everyone. The average user wouldn't be able to get past most Linux installs let alone be able to do anything with it. Linux has a bit of a ways to go before you could compare it's user friendliness to Win XP. Which isn't to say that Linux doesn't have it's advantages, just not for the average desktop user.
If Apple does decide to port OS X to the x86 hardware, then Microsoft will probably change their tune about who is their biggest competitor on the desktop. Until that day, OS X just isn't worth any of my limited bandwidth.
Besides, I'm all about games. :) Oh and Exchange…I love Exchange. But in some circles that statement will get you committed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 19:04:38 +0000

Why spend $3000 for a Mac when you can get a faster PC for $1000?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:41:18 +0000

1) OS X isn't Linux. It's Darwin at the root, which is very much like Linux – but not Linux. 2)Notice the keywords “hit the shelves.” Obviously it's good business sense for Apple to be prepared for any eventualities in the processor arena, which is good reason to keep an x86 version on hand. It's simply not in Apple's best interest to release it. Again, I remind you that Apple is in the business of selling HARDWARE. With the exception of the Mac faithful, how many people would buy Apple's hardware if you could install OS X on some inexpensive Wal-Mart PC? You wanna use OS X? Buy a Mac. Period.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:08:09 +0000

is it os 10 base on the linux os
so you do like linux

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:01:48 +0000

1) I don't feel that you owe me anything close to an explanation.
2) There are a number of reasons why my next computer will be a mac. My main reason is most of the techtv family advocating it so strongly however I was also greatly persuaded by Leo's blog on Jan 29(?) talking about the speech he had recently given.
3) As for Linux Lindows it is just an OS not a religion let the companies battle it out amongst themselves.
4) Thank you Chris for thinking of us.