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This is why we Engineers always start grinning and smothering laughter when some macophile newbie asks when the five-figure (and up) high-end software we rely upon will be ported to the mac OS. As well ask when a version will be started upon to run on a PS2. *snicker*<>

Oh? I guess scientist, engineers, and programers will never be using the toy Apple Mac computers, will they, Utilizer? According to you the Mac's just aren't up to it. . . They ain't capable. After all. It ain't rocket science. . . Right?

NASA Engineers and Space Scientists on the morning of Curiosity's landing on Mars.

Hey! Utilizer, what ARE all those notebooks those engineers and scientists are using at NASA's AMES SPACE CENTER? I guess they couldn't be MacBook Pros. Nah.

You said they aren't capable!

Your are aware that Apple Mac OSX is certified POSIX compatible, TradeMarked UNIX, are you not? Further, you should be aware that several PC Magazines have rated the best WINDOWS PC notebook is an Apple MacBook Pro. . . Oh, you aren't. That's even running in a sandbox inside OSX. . . . And are you aware there are people happily running CATIA on Apple Macs? Older versions run in UNIX. So much for your snickering.

Hey! Utilizer, what ARE all those notebooks those engineers and scientists are using at NASA's AMES SPACE CENTER? I guess they couldn't be MacBook Pros. Nah.

Why you are right! And the DVD player with the A/V input cord which can display the same image as the ones you posted is now proven to be just a powerful as any mac!

When you can show examples of a mac, xbox, ps2, or an atari 2600 crunching through the compilation of a new kernel, or the muscle behind the programs I use to design products instead of merely reflecting text and an image, then they will indeed have grown up.

Until then, post all the pretty pictures you wish.

When you place an ad in Engineering Digest challenging the other companies to come up with a faster or at least semi-equivalent program to run on your graphics boxen to churn through real-world computations, then will I accept that at least a part of the graphics processor is valuable in designing the components I work with on a daily basis.

Until then, I look forward to your next posting of the newest "Field of Daisies", no doubt.

Oh, oh, oh- *gasp*

I finally stopped laughing enough to respond to that post! *wipes tears from eyes*

Those are TERMINALs, mate. In other words, they are graphics-accentuated DISPLAYS. Oh, you macophiles are just too self-important for words! *snicker*

I have a 486-DX4-120 that can handle 63 of those displays at one time -although, I must admit not with the REALLY pretty fonts that your fellow adherants seem to prefer, and could do quite a few more if I felt it necessary.

However, very well. I suppose that in your mind the posting of some terminals being accessed by macbooks makes you somehow "cool" to others, so enjoy. *grin*

When I start to feel the need for faster speeds than Pentium -66 speeds for raw processing power, I suppose I might begin to look at your terminal (x-windows, of a sort) boxen for some useage. Until then, the pretty fonts and the nice backgrounds will look quite lovely when I bring someone by to play...