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To: for-q-clinton
I recently used a Mac and while it appears to have caught up to windows in regards to not crashing it is still too much of a simplified system for my taste. But the real issue I have with them now is that bang for the buck and not enough 3rd party software are on them yet.

Mac OS X is Unix. You get all the power, stability, and programmability of a Unix system. That isn't simple. It's complex. Of course most people don't have the education to use that power and complexity. But it's there under the hood for the power user. As for 3rd party software, Unix is the richest environment I know of.

141 posted on 07/20/2010 11:06:56 AM PDT by stripes1776
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To: stripes1776

With UNIX you have to compile the apps to work on your system and that’s what keeps me from jumping on Linux. It’s just too much a PITA. Windows is just too dominate to give up.

It used to be Macs had a niche market with video and photos but now windows even does it at worst on par and at best better than Mac software.


142 posted on 07/20/2010 3:10:50 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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