Comments on: Why I use a Mac… http://macsingularity.org/2007/01/05/why-i-use-a-mac/ IRAF and More - For Mac Using Astronomers and Astrophysicists Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:39:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Marcos http://macsingularity.org/2007/01/05/why-i-use-a-mac/#comment-1179 Marcos Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:02:57 +0000 http://macsingularity.org/2007/01/05/why-i-use-a-mac/#comment-1179 <p>Yes, if you want a free OS or one that lets you recompile the kernel (and you can recompile the xnu kernel that lies underneath OS X as Darwin is open source, I'm fairly sure.) Never-the-less, I prefer an OS where things like the mouse and sound and audio CDs just work, and the same OS can do cool UNIX-stuff as well. Dual-booting seems inelegant to me. I suppose now with Parallels you can experience both Linux and OS X at the same time. If you like that, go for it.</p> <p>As far as a "new lease on old hardware?" MacOS X 10.4 runs quite well on my 400 MHz PowerMac G4. And in fact every release of OS X has been <em>faster</em> on the same hardware, not slower. (Granted, there wasn't much place to go but up from 10.0's performance.) </p> <p>So, I still just don't see any significant advantages of Linux over OS X on a laptop for the vast majority of users. </p> Yes, if you want a free OS or one that lets you recompile the kernel (and you can recompile the xnu kernel that lies underneath OS X as Darwin is open source, I’m fairly sure.) Never-the-less, I prefer an OS where things like the mouse and sound and audio CDs just work, and the same OS can do cool UNIX-stuff as well. Dual-booting seems inelegant to me. I suppose now with Parallels you can experience both Linux and OS X at the same time. If you like that, go for it.

As far as a “new lease on old hardware?” MacOS X 10.4 runs quite well on my 400 MHz PowerMac G4. And in fact every release of OS X has been faster on the same hardware, not slower. (Granted, there wasn’t much place to go but up from 10.0’s performance.)

So, I still just don’t see any significant advantages of Linux over OS X on a laptop for the vast majority of users.

]]> By: GoBloggit http://macsingularity.org/2007/01/05/why-i-use-a-mac/#comment-1178 GoBloggit Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:52:27 +0000 http://macsingularity.org/2007/01/05/why-i-use-a-mac/#comment-1178 <p><strong>Why I use a Mac…...</strong></p> <p>Yeah, why? Your typical Mac comes with all the Unix goodies and goodness you could ever need. But there are a bunch of Linux PPC distributions that you can, if you feel the urge, install on your Apple hardware. If you’ve been alive the last coup...</p> Why I use a Mac……

Yeah, why? Your typical Mac comes with all the Unix goodies and goodness you could ever need. But there are a bunch of Linux PPC distributions that you can, if you feel the urge, install on your Apple hardware. If you’ve been alive the last coup…

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