BSD User's Review Of OS X

Lally Singh writes: "Getting bored with the latest distribution? Or getting tired of searching for drivers for your 8 bit soundblaster (in)compatible? Then listen to one BSD user's opinion of Mac OS X. And stop complaining about the hardware. Give a Powermac or one of the portables a chance before knocking on it."

Re:Whats wrong with a mac

[FyRE666]

I would buy one at that price - the 9600 i have is going on 4 years old and still shits on my PII 866 with 512k of ram for photoshop work - the OS is not as bad as you may believe and is worth a look

I wasn't aware that you could buy P2s that ran at 866mhz - is that an overclocked 233? You might also find the PC will work somewhat better if equipped with more than the 1/2 meg of RAM you currently have installed. What is it running? DOS?

Re:Ignorance is bliss

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple and Dell are both fucking you, it's just that Dell is fucking you hard and Apple is fucking you silly.

Hardware

[Phroggy]

And stop complaining about the hardware. Give a Powermac or one of the portables a chance before knocking on it.

Does this mean knocking on the iMacs without first giving them a chance is perfectly acceptible? ;-)

Re:my girlfriend

[l3377r0lld00d]

You're a geek! Shut the eff up and be happy you even have a woman in the first place!

huh?

[Ogerman]

Getting bored with the latest distribution? Uhh.. No. But the latest Debian Testing is absolutely excellent I might add.

Or getting tired of searching for drivers for your 8 bit soundblaster (in)compatible? Umm.. They exist, but why would I use an 8-bit SoundBlaster?

You'd think Linux and FreeBSD sucked or something. Why should one have any interest whatsoever in a proprietary operating system running on overpriced hardware? Sorry, but proprietary is going the way of the dinosaur. Survival of the fittest. Adapt or die.

OSX=Mac+MSOffice+apache+bash... scary

[JM]

I am a long-time Linux Fanatic, and this OSX thing is getting scary and interesting at the same time.

Imagine this scenario:

Mom: I want to have a computer to use the internet, and have Office so I can work at home once in a while.

Son: No problem, I'll get you a nice Athlon and install Linux and StarOffice

Mom: But I need the *real* Office, because the export filters sometimes mess my documents

Son: OK then, I'll install VMWare! You know, Linux is really stable compared to Windows...

Mom: I wasn't talking about 'Doze... I read ./ too, you know ;-) I want OSX. You know it runs Apache and MySQL too? You can even compile bash if you want.

Son: Sorry Mom, but give me *one* good reason why OSX is better and I'll shut up (Buwha ha ha!)

Mom: It has the real QuickTime with the *Sorenson* codec, and you've spent 2 years trying to make it work under Linux.

Son: DOH!

some advise

[6EQUJ5]

"...my girlfriend and I decided to look for alternative mobile computing solutions."

Don't say that you have a girlfriend on slashdot. You lose a lot of credibility around here.