From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 12:47:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 414D31065681 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:47:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: from mx1.identry.com (on.identry.com [66.111.0.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4FC38FC2C for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:47:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: (qmail 81248 invoked by uid 89); 8 Aug 2008 12:47:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.110?) (jalmberg@75.127.142.66) by mx1.identry.com with ESMTPA; 8 Aug 2008 12:47:52 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: <20080808061934.GC57877@thought.org> References: <20080807224226.GA45445@thought.org> <367CE1DD-F026-407C-819F-4A190B7F6716@mac.com> <20080808061934.GC57877@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <3800467F-66CE-446B-B322-1310769B2DA6@identry.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Marketcircle-Dmi-Agent: <3800467F-66CE-446B-B322-1310769B2DA6@identry.com> From: John Almberg Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:47:50 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Subject: Re: [OT] Re: apple mac laptop. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:47:54 -0000 >> (And yes, while one can run FreeBSD just fine on a Macbook, Sahil is >> right that the question is off-topic for these lists. :-) > > > Well, considering that they asked us (and NetBSD) for clues when > they were porting OSX, it didn't seem like my post was *that* > far Off! maybe a tiny bit. > > Anyway, thanks to everybody who replied onlist and off. > > gary > I don't think it's far OT, either, since IMHO, Mac desktops and FreeBSD servers are the perfect, practical combination for many organizations, including my own. -- John