OSX does not do updates ? fp At 11:28 AM 6/28/2008, John Steinbruner Poked the stick with: >Gotta love OSX. I brought this thing home, plugged it and the mouse/ KB in, >fired it up, and 10 minutes later it was configured and >downloading my Email for me. :) > >"Everything just works" should be their motto... > >Just rebuilt a PC last weekend with XP SP2, including the 127 updates >and downloads, it took 4 hours. 'Course, that was with installing >SEP, MSOffice, WinRar, Acrobat Reader, and stuff like that too.. :) > >I am kinda amazed at how much I like OSX for everyday mainstream >stuff.. ;) > > > > >On Jun 28, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Ben Ruset wrote: > >>Duncan: >> >>Mac OSX is built on top of BSD. It's the closest you can get to a >>really well polished desktop *NIX experience. Ubuntu follows a close >>second. >> >>The nice thing about Mac hardware is that it's largely compatible >>with newer versions of OSX. There are people who have 10+ year old >>PowerPC mac's that have had various hardware upgrades and are still >>fast, usable machines. It's hard to say that about standard x86 >>hardware. >> >>IMHO Apple gear is worth a look. >> >>DHSinclair wrote: >>>Ben, >>>Thanks, and, mostly I follow your comments and JoeUser's to get an >>>idea of things MAC. Now that Steine seems to be dabbling, I have >>>another viewpoint. >>>Not certain that W2K is totally EOL yet; I still get WinUpdates >>>each month. Yes, I now longer have dreams of one last "SP5" for >>>Win2K. When these stop I will decide and jump. I no longer have the >>>time and/or money to try and acquire enough legit XP copies to keep >>>my stable opsnorml. I will not go warez either. Email and web- banking is >>>very much fun, but I can still go totally black >>>(offline) and have a very competent, fully electronic "typewriter" >>>in an interim. >>>Or, I will just segregate my one XP machine to full internet status >>>and figure out how to filter it from my home LAN. Right now I am >>>focused on a major upgrade to my home, so most things computer are >>>again on hold............ :) >>>BSD still seems way too much cmd-line to me. Perhaps there are now >>>solid wrappers that make it easier for a guy sans programmer >>>experience. I'll give it another look though. >>>Mostly likely, I will go MAC. I am not concerned about hdw cost. I >>>will buy as much as I can afford and then run it fully to failure. >>>I do not tinker much anymore. I accept that I do not have bleeding >>>edge anymore. I find it is not needed for my life/banking/commerce >>>needs now. Still it is nice to know what is out there 'if only.' >>>Best, >>>Duncan > > >-- >JRS [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Please remove **X** to reply... > >Facts do not cease to exist just >because they are ignored.
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