Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 02, 2006 05:22 AM
At home, I run XP Pro on my laptop because I haven't found a Linux distro with sufficient hardware support, and it's simply easier to travel with Windows. I think we can all agree that Windows (unfort.) is much more broadly supported in terms of connecting a mobile system through various means.
I disagree. Your problem probably comes form running Ubuntu. Try Kanotix for top hardware support. As for connectivity, GNU/Linux comes with *many* more tools and capabilities than MS.
I disagree wholeheartedly when you compare a 300mhz machine to what was originally stated as new Mac boxes.
Well, what I can say?! I am truly sorry that you "disagree wholeheartedly" with something I saw with my own eyes during a LUG meeting. Now, the Apple machine was *not* a top-of-the-line Apple box, but a rather small one which, if I remember well, was sold no screen or keyboard attached. It was super silent and about the size of a small notebook. So it was definitely not the fastest Apple out there, but it was brand new (my friend said that it was Apple's latest baby). My friend and I compared the speed of Aqua versus KDE, the time it took to load Open Office, downloads and a couple of other things. Each time my 300MHz Debian-Sarge box was *much* faster.
I do not mean to say that any of the above is somehow scientific. But it simply shows that instead of spening money on a fancy looking but underperforming Mac and its associated bloatware, you could get a better solution for 200 bucks or less, or even for free if you know where to look, by installing Debian on an old machine.
Not to mention the fact that Apple product are corporate and proprietary whereas Debian is free and community based. [I know, I will get "commies and hippies" comments for saying this...]
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 02, 2006 05:22 AMI disagree. Your problem probably comes form running Ubuntu. Try Kanotix for top hardware support. As for connectivity, GNU/Linux comes with *many* more tools and capabilities than MS.
I disagree wholeheartedly when you compare a 300mhz machine to what was originally stated as new Mac boxes.
Well, what I can say?! I am truly sorry that you "disagree wholeheartedly" with something I saw with my own eyes during a LUG meeting. Now, the Apple machine was *not* a top-of-the-line Apple box, but a rather small one which, if I remember well, was sold no screen or keyboard attached. It was super silent and about the size of a small notebook. So it was definitely not the fastest Apple out there, but it was brand new (my friend said that it was Apple's latest baby). My friend and I compared the speed of Aqua versus KDE, the time it took to load Open Office, downloads and a couple of other things. Each time my 300MHz Debian-Sarge box was *much* faster.
I do not mean to say that any of the above is somehow scientific. But it simply shows that instead of spening money on a fancy looking but underperforming Mac and its associated bloatware, you could get a better solution for 200 bucks or less, or even for free if you know where to look, by installing Debian on an old machine.
Not to mention the fact that Apple product are corporate and proprietary whereas Debian is free and community based. [I know, I will get "commies and hippies" comments for saying this...]
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