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Originally Posted by krapnik
Why to buy such expensive crap, while I use Linux instead? But not on Tablet PC as on my laptop.
Sorry ... couldn't resist either.
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My Mac is a 'bit' expensive... fair enough. But it certainly isn't crap. Also, there is an advantage to having a unified platform... I pretty much know a Mac package will work on my Mac (if it meets the OS level requirements) rather than fighting with some Linux flavor of the day distribution and worrying about getting the correct dependencies and doing compiles etc.
I had to jump through all those hoops with my Mac to get mobiperl to run. Believe me I would have preferred a Universal Binary. I don't want to go through that for the most part.
BTW: I have nothing against Linux. My web server runs Debian and it is very stable and fast. I may yet switch my Dell laptop to Ubuntu but I haven't been able to get quicken installed on my Fusion VM yet.
So, I will restate my dig:
Get a real *nix base OS!!!
BOb
BTW: Of course you could run a Hackintosh on out of the box hardware and the "expensive" hardware isn't an issue.