Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 01:58:56 -0400 From: Erik Rothwell <erothwell@callgtn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OS's and proper computers Message-ID: <3AE90AA0.1868DBBA@callgtn.com> References: <NEBBLEMLMLOBKEKOJLBHCECBCAAA.pbiessener@hirshfields.com> <029601c0cdda$5b52c6d0$0400a8c0@oracle>
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Doug Young wrote: > > If you took the trouble to read the thread properly you'd discover that > I was not the originator .... in fact I believe it was one of the experts, > & furthermore this IS still a FreeBSD list as far as I'm aware so AppleMac > fanciers should reasonably expect to cop some flak Well... I don't see anything improper with Apple hardware. Apple's hardware is generally very high quality, stable, reliable, hassle free stuff... just because it's a closed platform doesn't mean it's not "good." Au contraire, IBM PC-compatible hardware (the whole x86 platform) is largely an endeavour in allowing end-users to hook up crap hardware together, which is what Windows is a good OS to use for that sort of thing... it loves to run crap (viz., cheap) hardware. Which is why I use FreeBSD.. FreeBSD excels with *good* hardware on the x86 platform (and on Alpha, I suppose, but I have no experience there.) -- it croaks as far as supporting every $10 USB device or whatnot. Erik. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "C Peter Biessener" <pbiessener@hirshfields.com> > To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; "Doug Young" > <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 6:03 AM > Subject: OS's and proper computers > > > > As someone around here said recently, FreeBSD users prefer "proper" > > > computers ie NOT AppleMacs :) Seriously though I was certainly aware of > > the > > > OpenBSD support, but thats not a relevant issue for me ... & many > > > "serious" users are probably in the same boat for that matter. > > > > I choose to take issue with that statement. IMO, a Macintosh IS the only > > "proper" computer - but I won't get into that debate here. Please DO NOT > > flame Macintoshes in the future, it doesn't belong here! As far as the > > IBM-compatible platform goes, FreeBSD does seem to be the way to go for an > > OS. Our FreeBSD machines are the only IBM-compatible machines which do > not > > require any support (after we set them up properly in our developmetn > lab). > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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