On 10/12/14 11:20, Huge wrote:
On 2014-12-10, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 10/12/14 10:56, Huge wrote:

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One of the reasons I bought a MacBook was that it had a Real Unix system
underneath. It appears that it is slightly less real than I thought. But
not enough to make me get rid of it. Or run something else on the rather
nice hardware.


OSX may have a stable unix keernel at its heart, but the chrome and
tailfins applied on top make it just as ghastly as Windows.

Worse in some ways. I never thought I'd say this, but Finder is worse
than Windows Explorer.

The only advantage is that the hardware is tailored to work with the
software.

And it is a bit more stable as a result of those two things.

But you pay a huge price for that.

Not if you get a good buy on eBay. To the extent that the seller expressed
disappointment with how much he got for it. Not often I get bargains, since
I usually decide ahead of time how much I'm prepared to bid, place that as
my maximum bid and let it get on with it.

No, I wouldn't buy a new one. They set off my HFM(*) Detector.

(* *HOW* ****ing much??? )


well IME an old one is obsolescent in 5 years and unsupportable in 10.

I am now typing on a ten year old computer with fully up to date software.

Some sort of dual core intel chippery at its heart.

Thank you Linux.



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