Re: FN-FORUM: Mac vs Linux advice?

date posted 12th January 2005 21:25

On 11 Jan 2005 19:38:41 -0000, George Hazlewood - Layer1
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> Realistically though an Apple means expensive hardware (but well built)
> and a funky looking interface (which I find sometimes slows things up).

Apple has always favoured interface and compatibility (within its own
world, that is to say) over speed. Back in the mid/late 80's, someone
hacked the Finder down and added a CLI (command line interface). It
was passed around in the BBS community. It screamed with performance -
completely thrashed the PC/MS-DOS systems of that era - but it was no
longer a Mac!
>
> Personally I went for a 15" 1.5ghz and didn't get extra RAM (only 512mb)
> which was a mistake (as I now have to buy two 512mb sticks as it's only
> got two slots and they're both filled with 256mb sticks - doh).

There must be the equivalent of several landfills filled with the
memory turfed out of Apple products over the past 21 years. Too may
times have I seen orphaned RAM not find its 2nd life in another
machine.

> I was going to sign off "I love my powerbook" :)
>
Oh go on ... ;-)
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