On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 01:29, Richard Lockwood <richard.lockw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Macs are consumer hardware - and it's never been suggested that > they're anything else. >
Hold on a second. I have a MacBook in front of me and within arms reach I have an Eee. Let's see: The MacBook has a screen. The Eee has a screen. The MacBook has a keyboard. The Eee has a keyboard. The MacBook has a trackpad. The Eee has a trackpad. The MacBook has USB ports. The Eee has USB ports. The MacBook has an Ethernet port. The Eee has an Ethernet port. The MacBook has a video output port. The Eee has a video output port. The MacBook has a CD and DVD drive. The EEE doesn't. It's a netbook. The MacBook has audio output ports. The Eee has audio output ports. The MacBook has a hard drive. The Eee has a hard drive. The MacBook has a removable battery. The Eee has a removable battery. The MacBook runs a POSIX-compatible FreeBSD-based operating system. The Eee runs Debian Linux. The MacBook is a consumer hardware device, but the Eee isn't. Apparently. I'm not sure how that works. There's lots wrong with Apple, but lets be clear: they make computers, not toasters. -- Tom Morris <http://tommorris.org/> - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
