On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> On 5/9/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >> >ow that Macs are Unix boxes running on Intel hardware there isn't >> >enough to distinguish them from PCs to make them worth spending the >> >extra money on in my opinion, >> >> I agree. Except for one small thing....the OS. >> >> ;-) Asbestos suit on - nya nya nya nay nyaaaaaa. >> > > the OS is Unix. Do you mean the window manager?
That's something of a Myth. OS X is not actually Unix. It's a Mach Microkernel running a BSD userspace alongside a separate but integrated Carbon/Cocoa GUI userspace. It gives most of the advantages of Unix along with nearly full BSD compatibility while actually running a modern, well designed GUI environment completely unrelated to the disaster that is X. You could actually rip out the BSD portion and have an almost fully functional OS left which wasn't in any way Unix related (there is some cross-reliance between the Carbon/Cocoa userspace and the BSD userspace for services, especially printing or networking which come from the BSD side and configuration management which is Cocoa) -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
