Because Mac OS X fully supports the hardware it is sold for. It's not expected to support more. It's part of the Mac-way.
One of Linux x86's promises has always been to support the broad range of x86 hardware. People expect to grab any old x86 system and for Linux to work. Same goes for Windows. No one -- least of all Applet -- expects this for Mac OS X. Apple only wants Mac OS X used on their hardware. Weiqi Gao wrote: > [I'm 15 minutes into #266 and I have to pause the podcast and shoot this > email out. (If I don't and wait till the end, I would forget all about > it.)] > > Why is it that when it comes to the question of Linux's hardware > support, people always bring Windows out for comparison? While in every > other occasion, people beat Linux with Mac OS X? > > Surely Linux supports more hardwares than Mac OS X, doesn't it? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
