Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Now I'm a believer
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> | I know I can do all that on a PC, but it's so ugly. The Mac makes it
> | all easy, with maximum integration and with a supremely elegant
> | operating system. And I've had to reboot twice in two weeks, down
> | from twice a day under Windows.
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>http://www.theage.com.au/news/perspectives/now-im-a-believer/2006/08/14/1155407745917.html
Good article. It's always interesting when people sing the praises of
Mac for HIDING all of the strength and power of *nix from casual users.
Most of us get in there and use those powerful tools anyway, but it is
always much easier for someone who has never used anything but
Microsoft to make the transition when he isn't overwhelmed with the
command line interface and 2,000 new little programs and /etc files,
most of which are being used by the cute and friendly GUI interfaces he
is familiar with, but without his knowledge.
SUSE and Linspire have taken the same approach, leaving the exploration
of the command line interface as a "utility" rather than as an
"application" in the hierarchy of the menu.
It's not unusual for Linux desktop users to only need to reboot their
machines a few times per YEAR, and only then to apply kernel upgrades
which usually include major performance, driver, and security (DDOS
immunity) upgrades.
> Why Mac OS X Is Superior to Linux and Windows
>
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> | Understand once again, Linux and OpenBSD are awesome for businesses and
> | even some home users. I use both myself daily as a matter of fact. But
> | the reality of the situation remains that I do a lot more with my day
> | than merely write articles on OS related subjects. I am also someone who
> | is deeply rooted in the user created media. And this means I need
> | an application rich OS to enable me to take this to the next level.
Sounds like religeous or philosophical issues rather than actual
experience with modern implementations. Even FreeBSD has a more
user-friendly interface these days. Most Linux distributions are also
configured to be extremely user friendly. Perhaps he was referring to
Slackware 1.1 or Red Hat 4.2.
> | [...]
> |
> | In the business world, Windows XP will likely remain dominant with
> | Linux catching up quickly.
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>
Someone really needs to look closely at what most large corporations
are buying these days. Nearly 90% of the machines being purchased by
the 5,000 largest companies are now "Linux Ready", and even most of the
"legacy" machines that have been purchased since 2003 (when XP was
released) are "Running Windows/Ready for Linux".
Many of these machines also have some form of Linux/OSS included
already. This might be cygwin (library or full application suite),
VMPlayer, Dual-Boot, or VirtualPC, and most are running at least some
OSS software such as FireFox, OpenOffice, and GAIM.
> http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2295&Itemid=449
>
> Microsoft Security website shows Apple Mac and says 'you're clean'
> Surely, much of what is said in favour of Apple Macs can be said about Linux.
And that's really the point. An ad for Mac is an ad for Linux. The
only two significant differences are that Mac has a really impressive
and ARTISTIC interface with it's "magnifying glass scrolling toolbar"
and beautiful Eye Candy, and Mac "hides" but doesn't disable, most of
the UNIX tools from the inexperienced and casual users who want to just
walk up to the Mac in a retail store, launch some of the applications
to see how they compare with Windows, and get enough of a "taste" to
decide that they would rather spend 50% more for a Mac than they would
for a "fire sale" PC (which is so heavily discounted because it
wouldn't run Linux).
The fact that in the last quarter, 12% of those purchasing PCs
purchased Macs instead of Windows machines, even though the Macs were
more expensive, speaks volumes about how users are feeling about
Windows.
Beyond that, another 30% of those machines sold during that same period
were "Sold with Windows/Ready for Linux" and were designed to run 64
bit Linux applications faster than Windows.
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