On May 16, 2006, at 3:36 PM, Grant Robinson wrote:
On May 16, 2006, at 12:23 PM, Michael Moore wrote:
I'm still impressed by how polished a Unix distro OS X is. Plus, with
Parallels, you can run several OS simultaneously at the same time:
Anyone know how good native Linux support is? Does it support 3d
acceleration, wireless, and external monitor?
Since they were just released today, I doubt anyone knows.
I've always found it somewhat humorous that people buy Apple laptops
purely to run Linux. Buying an Apple machine purely to run Linux is
like buying a Maserati and putting in a home-built block V8, or
ripping out the Italian Leather seats to put in crocheted bench seats.
The only thing sillier is buying an Apple laptop to run Windows.
That's like taking your Maserati and putting in the interior of a Ford
Pinto and the engine of a Geo. :)
As fun as it would be to see this continue to digress into a "Linux
sucks, OS X rules" or "Linux rocks, OS X sucks" flamewar, the point I
was trying to make is that buying an Apple computer is usually about
the complete experience (i.e. cool hardware, cool software, each
designed for the other and working well together) as is buying a fine
and very expensive Maserati. Take out the sweet engine or the nice
interior and it's just not the same experience. Same with an Apple
computer running Linux or some other OS. You don't get native 3d
support, maybe the wireless is flaky, and perhaps you can't use all the
modes of the video card, plus other cool parts of the computer just do
nothing (sudden motion sensor, etc). Plus you don't get to use the
iLife apps that come bundled with your system. This is all fine, if
that is what you want to do. Some people like to buy things just to
take them apart. To each his own. Which is why I said that "I've
always found it somewhat humorous". And the crack at Windows, well,
that was mostly for fun. :)
Grant
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