![]() ![]() Apple hardware is good, but if i can serve more clients on a PII 400mhz with 128mb of ram, i’ll stick to linux. You don’t need a freaking gui to administer a server. Server wise, we deployed it to test it out and it isn’t that great. I see no lag and i think OS x is fine for the person who wishes not to hassle with anything. but a few days ago i was blessed with a powerbook g4 867mhz 640mb and 60gb hd with an airport extreme card. I run os X and gentoo linux because the os X speed is relatively slow. I am comparing it to a 1.8ghz 1gb of ram computer and a duron 1ghz ( which is like a celeron from AMD). I have 640mb of ram and I can sense how slow it is. I am a *not so proud owner* of a g3 600 mhz ibook. There is a purpose for those old PCs: BSD! I plan to keep one system running -stable NetBSD, and one running -current. I just never need Windows, except at work. One is running NetBSD, and I plan to wipe the other two. Having said all that, I still have three PCs around the house that rarely get booted. The ONLY thing I could do on WinXP and not on the Mac is do quick-switches for who is logged in, but that will change with Panther. Well, I bought a PB12 back in February for myself. How we went from computer repairs on a weekly basis, to a system that I never even need to log into anymore. (Security fixes are necessary for every platform…) My wife is now preaching about the Mac to our friends. I went from a Windows re-install every month, to running a stable OS that only reboots when Apple issues a critical security fix. I changed my wife/childrens’ computer from WinXP Home to Mac over one year ago. I have used x86 class machines since my 8088 PCjr (10 y/o). She’s been running it for about 8 months now and I haven’t been contacted once to do troubleshooting or tech support…which was pretty much a monthly occurance when she was using Windows. I highly recommend an Apple Macintosh to anyone who needs to get a replacement PC for their parents. Now she doesn’t have to worry about the latest Microsoft worm being spammed to her and then auto-executed from the preview pane, because Apple Mail can’t execute scripts. She’s got an eMac 700MHz with 384MB RAM, which replaced a Win95 machine that was completely devastated by an Outlook Express virus. We were talking about Windows and how Blaster had blasted some of the departments where she works, and she said, “I don’t mind using Windows at work because we have tech guys walking around patching and fixing it all the time, but at home I can’t afford to have a technician come out and fix it.” My mother said something to me the other day about her Macintosh that I thought sounded like a commercial for Apple, but it rings true. I spend most of my time trying to find out what the heck the reason why anyone would want to buy a Windows computer, when it simply just cant do everything my MAC CAN! =) Thanks Apple, never thought I would have ever owned one of your computers - I was wrong. Sure - Virtual PC has its share of problems (VERY few) BUT SO DOES THE OPERATING SYSTEM THAT ITS RUNNING! Virtual PC will let me surf the internet with any application, no matter what it is. (and CHEAPER) Also, if I absolutly see something I cant do for the mac, I pop open the trusty Virtual PC and start Windows and then the application. Microsoft Office for the Mac seems to me a bit better than its partner for Windows based machines. Everyone I talk to try and tell me stuf like ‘eww, that thing is ugly’ Eh, look whos talking =) then the next step if that doesnt work is ‘There is NO applications on the mac!’ Wrong again. I am so happy that I just sold all of my x86 hardware to friends - I simply just dont need it any longer. ![]() As of about 3 months ago, I too switched to the Mac. It seems like alot of new reviews of the Mac OS X has come oute recently. ![]()
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