Re: Re: [OT] Mac Vs Window (was [OT] 'kin Windows!)

[Juan <jvankausa@xxxxxxxxx>]

What are the steps to install OS X in a PC.  I have a MacBook and a
HP=20=20
desktop, would like the HP to run OS instead Vista :-)

Juan
www.jajudevelopment.com


On Jul 9, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Andy Powell <ukha@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> I run OS X on an Acer Aspire 3690 - that's a Celeron M!! It's also a
> sub =C2=A3300 machine.  Everything bar the card reader and camera work
> perfectly (both use some weird chipset that's only supported under
> winders). I used to dual boot Linux/OSX but have moved to just OS X.
> I've been doing this for a long time and it's my 'everyday' machine
> not just some thing I play with every now and then.
>
> I'll admit, once we've got the new house I *will* be getting a real
> macbook.
>
> There are some annoyances though. The target market doesn't really
> seem to be techies and often it can be frustrating trying to find the
> real detail of what's going on.  One of the things I still haven't
> found is a keyboard shortcut for things like OK and Cancel buttons,
> you can't use the arrow keys to select the 'active' button and then
> hit return - There probably is some short cut, but I haven't found it
> and it hasn't been that intuitive.
>
> The additional applications, (other than iphoto, mail and ical), don't
> really interest me. I don't see them as extra value - I don't
use=20=20
> them.
>
> The trouble is Apple suck you in slowly then one day you find you're
> locked in to their way of doing things. It's a slippery slope - iPhone
> and macbook are just the start...
>
>
> Andy
>
>
>
>
> On 6 Jul 2009, at 21:52, Paul Bendall wrote:
>
>> Okay but what does that have to do with the OS? Your list is
>> applications.
>>
>> Before I get flamed in return I have spent the last ten years or
so
>> in IT. I started off with working with Macs and PCs, overall the
>> Macs were better. You could link a Macbook to a Mac and see data
>> without any effort, you could hold the shift and boot without
>> extensions, you could boot from the OS CD to resolve problems.
>> However, downside was memory managment was awful, you had to find
a
>> specific CD for both the OS and hardware for it to work.
>>
>> I'd go back to an Apple today but I am forced to buy over-priced
>> hardware. I can't virtualise the OS to try before I buy. The
>> experience with the my iPod Touch 1st Generation being
"forced" to
>> use iTunes and only allowed to use software Apple agree with is
>> incredibly draconian in my view.
>>
>> Windows biggest success is also its biggest failure, the shear
>> diversity of the the applications and hardware is both both a
>> benefit and failure.
>>
>> To me no-one OS ticks all the boxes and I guess that is why we
argue
>> over which we consider better than the other. I run mainly Windows
>> OS but that is my job, I have Linux distros installed on VMWare so
I
>> can play and try them out as well as a NAS. I'd run MacOS but
Apple
>> have decided I am not allowed.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Jamie Bennett <jamie.bennett@...>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 6 Jul 2009, at 19:28, Paul Bendall wrote:
>>>> Apple has it relatively easy they control the hardware and
boy do
>>>> you pay for it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> For me that is a misconception that a lot share. Lets get this
>>> straight up front, I'm a Linux guy (as can be seen from my
website
>>> and
>>> own company - http://www.linuxuk.org) and I'm pretty
technical=20=20
>>> (I'm a
>>> Senior Software Developer) but I got a Mac a few months back
and it
>>> has been the best purchase I ever made.
>>>
>>> I went for the new 24" iMac (got it on day of release)
and I love=20=20
>>> it.
>>> Yes it cost around =C2=A31200 but for that I not only got a
24" all i=20
>>> n one
>>> computer with a reasonable spec, I also got a lot of top
quality
>>> software in the form of iLife among other things. Yes its not
cheap
>>> but you do get what you pay for in my experience.
>>>
>>> I have five computers around the house, two desktops, one
with=20=20
>>> Linux,
>>> one with Vista, a Viglen MPC-L server running Linux, a
laptop=20=20
>>> running
>>> Linux and an iMac. The Mac is by far the nicest to use, the
easiest
>>> to
>>> use and the one that I couldn't do without. Everything from
using
>>> iMovie for my home video editing, Kinemac for animating, XCode
for
>>> development, iCal and Mail and everything in between has 'just
>>> worked'. I would gladly pay the bit extra for the time and
effort it
>>> has saved me (and this comes from the former lead developer on
a=20=20
>>> tool
>>> to build whole Linux distributions using just XML profiles so
I'm=20=20
>>> not
>>> adverse to a bit of effort- http://www.linuxfromscratch.org).
>>>
>>> So would I buy anything other than a Mac for my main machine
again,
>>> NO!
>>>
>>> (let the flaming begin).
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Jamie.
>>> --
>>> http://www.linuxuk.org
>>>
>>
>>
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