On 10/26/2011 6:53 AM, JohnJohnsn wrote:
On Oct 25, 6:23 pm, Alan wrote:

In ,
John wrote:

On 10/19/2011 12:21 AM, Alan Baker wrote:
...
You realize that Mac are preferred computers for doing film editing,
right?

That's pretty demanding.
...

Makes you wonder what they could do with a more powerful PC, and why
they aren't ... that is pretty demanding, seeing the logic!

Some do use PCs, John.

But there is more to overall productivity that simply reading numbers
from a benchmark.

Linux for DEVELOPMENT
Mac for ANGRY BIRDS AND iTUNES
Palm for MOBILITY
Windows for PRODUCTIVITY (with occasional hiccups)

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg


Linux is actually the system I would choose to have in the most wide
spread use in all areas of computing ... however, since it is given away
for free, fools cannot recognize the value ... hence, not a large enough
market share to interest game developers and other large market share
uses ... it is a crying shame and demonstrates the truth to the
statement, "85%+ of American are idiots."

But, dual boot to windows 7 and linux is well worth it ...

Regards,
JS

In article ,
John Smith wrote:

On 10/26/2011 6:53 AM, JohnJohnsn wrote:
On Oct 25, 6:23 pm, Alan wrote:

In ,
John wrote:

On 10/19/2011 12:21 AM, Alan Baker wrote:
...
You realize that Mac are preferred computers for doing film editing,
right?

That's pretty demanding.
...

Makes you wonder what they could do with a more powerful PC, and why
they aren't ... that is pretty demanding, seeing the logic!

Some do use PCs, John.

But there is more to overall productivity that simply reading numbers
from a benchmark.

Linux for DEVELOPMENT
Mac for ANGRY BIRDS AND iTUNES
Palm for MOBILITY
Windows for PRODUCTIVITY (with occasional hiccups)

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg


Linux is actually the system I would choose to have in the most wide
spread use in all areas of computing ... however, since it is given away
for free, fools cannot recognize the value ... hence, not a large enough
market share to interest game developers and other large market share
uses ... it is a crying shame and demonstrates the truth to the
statement, "85%+ of American are idiots."

But, dual boot to windows 7 and linux is well worth it ...

Regards,
JS

John:

Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better
support from software and hardware manufacturers.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg

Windows 8 will be in the market place in about a year from now,
according to one of my recent snail mail magazines.
cuhulin

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:40:55 -0700, Alan Baker
wrote:

Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better
support from software and hardware manufacturers.

I'm not sure about its non-Apple support being better. For instance,
I have to tell Word every time that I want my Kodak printer to print
duplex. Linux has to support all hardware and software.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

In article ,
Howard Brazee wrote:

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:40:55 -0700, Alan Baker
wrote:

Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better
support from software and hardware manufacturers.

I'm not sure about its non-Apple support being better. For instance,
I have to tell Word every time that I want my Kodak printer to print
duplex. Linux has to support all hardware and software.

Howard: pretty much any piece of Linux software can be recompiled for
Mac OS X. So if it works on Linux, you can make it work in precisely the
same way the Linux guys do: compile it and install it.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg

On 10/26/2011 1:04 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
In ,
Howard wrote:

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:40:55 -0700, Alan
wrote:

Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better
support from software and hardware manufacturers.

I'm not sure about its non-Apple support being better. For instance,
I have to tell Word every time that I want my Kodak printer to print
duplex. Linux has to support all hardware and software.

Howard: pretty much any piece of Linux software can be recompiled for
Mac OS X. So if it works on Linux, you can make it work in precisely the
same way the Linux guys do: compile it and install it.


Better yet, just dump the crap OS X OS and load up linux ... your choice
of apps and games will be MUCH LARGER! Only problem then with be the
actual MAC hardware, which you will have to deal with and upgrade, if
possible.

Regards,
JS

In article ,
John Smith wrote:

On 10/26/2011 1:04 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
In ,
Howard wrote:

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:40:55 -0700, Alan
wrote:

Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better
support from software and hardware manufacturers.

I'm not sure about its non-Apple support being better. For instance,
I have to tell Word every time that I want my Kodak printer to print
duplex. Linux has to support all hardware and software.

Howard: pretty much any piece of Linux software can be recompiled for
Mac OS X. So if it works on Linux, you can make it work in precisely the
same way the Linux guys do: compile it and install it.


Better yet, just dump the crap OS X OS and load up linux ... your choice
of apps and games will be MUCH LARGER! Only problem then with be the
actual MAC hardware, which you will have to deal with and upgrade, if
possible.

Nope. Because with Mac OS X you can run Linux apps and games, but Linux
can't run Mac OS X software.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:04:40 -0700, Alan Baker
wrote:

Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better
support from software and hardware manufacturers.

I'm not sure about its non-Apple support being better. For instance,
I have to tell Word every time that I want my Kodak printer to print
duplex. Linux has to support all hardware and software.

Howard: pretty much any piece of Linux software can be recompiled for
Mac OS X. So if it works on Linux, you can make it work in precisely the
same way the Linux guys do: compile it and install it.

I can't do it if I don't have the source code nor the compiler.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

In article ,
Howard Brazee wrote:

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:04:40 -0700, Alan Baker
wrote:

Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better
support from software and hardware manufacturers.

I'm not sure about its non-Apple support being better. For instance,
I have to tell Word every time that I want my Kodak printer to print
duplex. Linux has to support all hardware and software.

Howard: pretty much any piece of Linux software can be recompiled for
Mac OS X. So if it works on Linux, you can make it work in precisely the
same way the Linux guys do: compile it and install it.

I can't do it if I don't have the source code nor the compiler.

But that's the point, Howard:

All the thing the Linux types blather on about are the ones for which
you can get the source codes and the compilers.

:-)

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg

On 10/27/2011 4:32 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
In ,
Howard wrote:

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:04:40 -0700, Alan
wrote:

Mac OS X does pretty much everything that Linux does plus it was better
support from software and hardware manufacturers.

I'm not sure about its non-Apple support being better. For instance,
I have to tell Word every time that I want my Kodak printer to print
duplex. Linux has to support all hardware and software.

Howard: pretty much any piece of Linux software can be recompiled for
Mac OS X. So if it works on Linux, you can make it work in precisely the
same way the Linux guys do: compile it and install it.

I can't do it if I don't have the source code nor the compiler.

But that's the point, Howard:

All the thing the Linux types blather on about are the ones for which
you can get the source codes and the compilers.

:-)


Bingo! The number one reason linux is superior, anyone can write apps
for it without purchasing anything ... indeed, if linux doesn't support
your app, you can even go the OS source and make it do so.

Regards,
JS