From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 1 12:33:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81C5637B417 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:33:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #2) id 16gtiV-0001i7-00 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 01 Mar 2002 20:33:23 +0000 Received: from angel.raggedclown.net (angel.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.7]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [buffy]) with ESMTP id CF27213040 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 21:33:22 +0100 (CET) Received: by angel.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [angel], from userid 1005) id 7B573225C1; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 21:33:19 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 21:33:19 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OS-X question(WAS:GUI question.) Message-ID: <20020301203319.GA17617@raggedclown.net> References: <200203010532.AAA17582@alpha.vaxxine.com> <200203012019.PAA14268@uce55.uchaswv.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200203012019.PAA14268@uce55.uchaswv.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 03:15:52PM -0500, Nathan Mace wrote: > > I try to keep my life as Microsoft-free as possible. On servers, > > I prefer to use FreeBSD (on x86 hardware), OpenBSD (on most > > everything else, other than SPARC64), and Solaris (on SPARC64). For > > firewalls, I much prefer OpenBSD on pretty much whatever. On > > desktops, I prefer Macintosh. > > for years i swore i'd never own a Mac, but since Os-X came out, i've been > wanting a mac more and more. can anyone tell me how OS-X is from a unix type > mindset? i know that somethings will be different, such as directories and > naming conventions. thats to be expected. but how well is it as a unix > desktop? although i havn't used it, i think it would be great. unified > widgets, great look and feel, in most cases commerical quality apps, as well > as OSS apps. any downsides that i should be aware of before buying one? and > would you recommend a low end powermac or or high end imac? i'm not into > graphic's related work, i imagine that since i currently use freebsd as my > desktop that i won't be doing anything resource intensive except compiling > various OSS pieces of software. > > also, whats your take on the higher pricing of the hardware? i know it costs > more, but i've been told that it last longer. as in a 5 year old mac is > still usable with current apps, where as a 5 year old PC is pretty slow using > the same current apps. does anyone know if this is true? > > and lastly, can you recommend OS-X to a unix desktop user? opensource > licensing issues aside. > If I had the money I would buy one. Apple technology was from day 1 superior to Intel based systems. It is my view, (am I allowed to say this), if it hadn't been for the greed and plain eccentricity of the founders of Apple most of us would have Apples on our desktops, not Intel/AMD based PC's. They have come so near the edge with their pricing I can hardly believe thay have never fell off. They have survived I believe largely because of this noose they have around Microsoft's neck concerning desktop applications for Apples. As for questions about MacosX, I hear good things, but the person I know who is most keen on them is a freelance Graphics Designer with a 24" Flat Screen and a network of Apples and God knows what that makes me think I chose the wrong career. His system probably cost what I earn in a year. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message