Re: Linux on Mac

2008-09-22 Thread Kyle Parish
Or on any Mac for that matter. On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:29 AM, KP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All the talk about Windows' on Mac, has brought me to this question. > Can a person run Linux on an Intel Mac? > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Linux on Mac

2008-09-22 Thread KP
All the talk about Windows' on Mac, has brought me to this question. Can a person run Linux on an Intel Mac? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iM

Re: iMac purchase justifications

2008-09-22 Thread Kyle Parish
I know also that Macintosh used to be a separate company because I remember when the merger happened. I believe it was around 1980-82 that Apple bought out Macintosh, and correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Apple write Software, and Macintosh made hardware. It is still the same today, that Apple

Re: iMac purchase justifications

2008-09-22 Thread Clark Martin
Kyle Parish wrote: > Not to correct anyone or offend any Mac users, Myself being one. I > would say that Mac has disassociated it's self in the past, with the > PC world by making their hard-ware proprietary to their computers. > like the keyboard and mouse for example, which is how other computer

Re: Large iMac Purchase

2008-09-22 Thread BHealthyAgain
I guess another way of putting it would be to ask them if they would like a free computer as in buy one get one free. Buy a Mac and you can dual boot to Windows and you would spend less on a copy of Windows than you would if you had to buy a second machine to just run Windows. So I guess if y

Re: Large iMac Purchase

2008-09-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 22, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Mark W. wrote: > If they REALLY have to have Windows then fine we can accommodate > that for minimal cost (boot camp or aftermarket).Lastly it is VERY > well known that Macs are considerably less expensive to operate. This is why the Mac is making serious inroad

Re: Large iMac Purchase

2008-09-22 Thread BHealthyAgain
I remember reading a long time ago, about a school that was in NC I believe, that had the same predicament as yours. They looked at the total cost of ownership over the long term, not just short term. They discovered that the TCO or total cost of ownership was far less using Macs than it was

Re: iMac purchase justifications

2008-09-22 Thread BHealthyAgain
I've always wondered if anyone actually paid attention to what I said. Yes, Apple is a hardware company and yes, Apple is a software company at the same time because they don't outsource the writing of the OS to an outside third party, which is what all the other Windows based computer makers

Large iMac Purchase

2008-09-22 Thread Mark W.
I was just reading the iMac Purchase thread and though the membership would like to hear this.   I am a Teacher and have been doing IT work at our School for many years.I started with an LC 475 and have owned and operated just about everything Mac-Made since then. Five years ago our School Board

Re: iMac purchase justifications

2008-09-22 Thread Steve from Raleigh
>  It goes back to the time we used to call all other > computers IBM compatible. > Actually, it goes back to 1981 when IBM called their early desktop a PC, as in "IBM PC," and used what should have been, and obviously became, a generic term as a brand name. I don't know if they ever tried to tra

Re: iMac purchase justifications

2008-09-22 Thread Steve from Raleigh
> Apple is a hardware company that hppens to make the OS that is specific > to their hardware so it fits like a custom tailored suit. Microsoft, on > the other hand, makes the software that runs on everyone's hardware so > it's like buying an off the rack suit. Because that is where they make > th