Market share: Windows vs Linux vs Mac vs ??

[Karl Larsen]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>
>>    A Mac is very expensive compared to a PC. So they sell just a few.
>
> The difference is not as extreme as it used to be if you compare 
> equivalent specifications.  But Apple doesn't like to give updates 
> away, so be prepared to buy the ilife package and perhaps OS X several 
> times during the life of the box.
>
>> My wife thinks a Mac is easier to use than Windows XP. So my next 
>> computer purchase is a Mac.
>
> Note that you'll get the unix command line goodness that linux also 
> inherits along with a desktop GUI that 'just works' - and usable 
> firewire drivers.  You may not appreciate the value of working 
> firewire support until you get your second one - then you can boot the 
> first one in 'firewire target' mode (they all do that) connect the new 
> one, and let it automatically copy over all the users, settings and 
> applications you had on the old one. Amazingly, this works even across 
> the ppc and intel processor types.
>
    This will be our first, and maybe our last since we are in our 70's 
now. I do that lately with dd. Before that cp -a and other Linux things. 
My new computer motherboard has a firwire plug and the front of the case 
has a firewire plug. No idea how to get Linux interested :-)



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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
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