Mac, Pc or Linux

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[anachronism]

Mac/ Linux

I'd still use a Mac, if the only one I liked wasn't almost $3000.

I can't stand the iMac's form factor and the mini (while neat is underpowered).

So I built my own PC to run Kubuntu, since I had it on my eMac and was familiar. Windows is on a partition but I don't do anything really serious on there except for watching movies sometimes and Photoshop.

[fleamailman]

linux, all that remains :o

meaning by that, that the other systems don't exist in the long run because the computer outlasts them and they become unsupported and thus unworkable, windows 3.1 until the vista of today is repeated example of this(I don't know about mac, could never afford one) so if one buys a licence for a computer for a finite term determined by microsoft one hasn't really bought anything other than a restbite form doing the eventual thing, yes, installing linux on that computer, for example who would dare run their computer on 3.1 these days, where would one get answers, etc

ah but someone might say that linux doesn't exist either because the distro might fade out in the long run, and that might be true but there always seems to be other distros that work with old computers, so between the two I would say that my first statement here is probably the truer than my latter

[Jay_Jay]

for example who would dare run their computer on 3.1 these days, where would one get answers, etc

lol you're in for a surprise...

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/windows31rocks/

There's quite a few other places online that still deal with 3.1, plus:

b]http://www.dans20thcenturyabandonware.com/index.html[/b]

Symantec supported their DOS and Windows 3.x based anti-virus software up to May 15, 2003.

Back to the main question: "Mac, Pc or Linux"? Hmmm shouldn't it have been Mac, Win or Linux? Anyway, I use Mac & Pc(Win/Linux) with a view to freeing myself from Windows totally as time goes by.

Mac & Linux do it for me, software that works rather than defective by design.

[Snowhog]

I myself, having used Windoze PCs for YEARS, covet the Mac Powerbook PC. Pricey unfortunately, which has kept me from buying one. So, I stick with PCs (laptops - haven't had a desktop in years) that are reputable (I'm running FF on a Toshiba Satellite P105-S6147) and affordable. I will spend more to get quality as apposed to less just to save $$, as I am a believer in (when possible) 'buy once.' How hasn't heard the phrase "This is an excellent [insert item] - I've owned x of them in the last y years!" Where x is disproportionate to y!!!

[mivo]

Well, today is my last day with Windows, after 15 years, and tomorrow starts the Linux era. I decided for a "jump in the cold water" approach because I believe it to be better. The time is good for it, I currently don't have any gaming addictions (on Windows) and my employer's application that I need to be able to run/support works almost flawlessly in Wine. I have wanted to do that for at least five years and even had a FreeBSD/Debian box running for some time (until the machine bit the dust). Reasons? Many. Some practical (I'm mostly a user, but also like to be able to dive into my system and take control -- I grew up with computers before they had GUIs), some philosophical. I like "community", and community-driven solutions.

Concerns? Sure, I have them. Giving up 15 years of experience with an OS family is not easily done and I worry about jobs I might have in five or ten years that might require current Windows knowledge. But Windows has always felt limiting to me (I started with an Amstrad CPC running under CP/M), the commercial aspect never sat well with me, and Microsoft's ambitions just scare me. I also worry about an exciting game coming out that I "must" play, but can't. But hey, I'm closer to 40 now than to 30, so I have a little self-discipline. ;) (And never enough time to play anyway -- way behind the console titles I want to play.) Dual-booting would be good, but like I said, I don't believe you can get experienced in something that you don't work with regularly.

So anyway, Linux is going to by my OS future for quite some time. No hard feelings towards Windows, just no longer satisfied with what it offers to me.

[cantab]

By "PC", are you trying to say Windows? Because if so, say Windows. "PC" I take to refer to the type of hardware. If you DO mean the hardware then most of your options make no sense.

Myself: Linux (solely) on PC

[driven1]

I've always used a Mac. I had a brief stint with a Toshiba running WIN 98 but dumped it when I bought my current machine, a Powerbook. I run OS X Tiger as the main OS in my house (we have three other Macs) because it is still the easiest, most polished OS out. My technically challenged wife can do web, email, photos and most anything else on a safe solid platform. Forced to use WIN XP at work, I typically do everything on the Powerbook, then transfer files to the office WIN box.

Being somewhat of a nonconformist, I decided that I liked the concept of open-source, which I first learned about from Mac users. The more I read, the more I liked so I recently installed Kubuntu on a partition of the Tibook, just as an experiment. So far, I like buntu, but things are not as simple as on OS X. Guess I have lots to learn.

A major consideration for me is the desire for an upgrade. I want a desktop machine that can work with video and do some other intensive work, but I can't afford the MacPro. I agree that the Mac Mini is too underpowered and I hate that the iMac locks you into a hardware set the way a laptop does. I'd rather be able to build my own box which means I need to run Linux. Once I've determined that I can do most everything I need with Linux on my TiBook, I'll build it. Windows isn't an option for me. For now, I have to vote Mac with a little Linux, but I hope to shift that more towards Linux in the future.

[RealG187]

The new Macs are PC, apple is the new M$:http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13553

I would say PC with Linux
then windows, then mac

[uhriventis]

To tell you the truth, though Microsoft has a bad name I would have a PC/Linux box over a Mac/Linux box any day. I am a gamer therefore, I support MS for one thing... GAMES!

I've been on a Mac and was no more impressed then I was for PC.

[uhriventis]

And I just noticed the guys icon above me was Easy-E... Awesome.

[Antkin]

Hi

By PC do you mean Windows? I am a dual booter with Windows XP and Linux

Antkin

[lee.mcintyre]

A good way to start with my first post on here i think!

I've been using Linux for a while now (Since the release of 6.06), its kind of been a on/off love affair really! I recently (well in Nov) purchased a Dell laptop to use in work, mainly as the networked computers are nothing short of appalling! So at work i use my laptop using XP Pro, and at home i use my PC solely on Linux.

I cant say i am a massive fan of Microsoft, nor agree with their long term aims, but i have a lot of expensive creative/design software for windows OS, and moving solely over to Linux would render it mostly useless... Yes i could use Wine, but i think more learning is required first.

I have tried most distro's, and settled for Kubuntu, mainly as i prefer KDE over Gnome.

[Fintan]

......but i have a lot of expensive creative/design software for windows OS, and moving solely over to Linux would render it mostly useless... Yes i could use Wine, but i think more learning is required first.

So do I and use vmware for that. I hear virtualbox is pretty sexy as well:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Linux-Symbiosis-Not-a-Dream-Anymore-59314.shtml (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Linux-Symbiosis-Not-a-Dream-Anymore-59314.shtml)

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Unite-Windows-and-Linux-With-a-Single-Mouse-Click-78535.shtml

[Antkin]

A good way to start with my first post on here i think!

I've been using Linux for a while now (Since the release of 6.06), its kind of been a on/off love affair really! I recently (well in Nov) purchased a Dell laptop to use in work, mainly as the networked computers are nothing short of appalling! So at work i use my laptop using XP Pro, and at home i use my PC solely on Linux.

I cant say i am a massive fan of Microsoft, nor agree with their long term aims, but i have a lot of expensive creative/design software for windows OS, and moving solely over to Linux would render it mostly useless... Yes i could use Wine, but i think more learning is required first.

I have tried most distro's, and settled for Kubuntu, mainly as i prefer KDE over Gnome.




Yes I prefer KDE over Gnome, used KDE with Mandriva for 3 Years. I have Kubuntu on one computer a dual boot with windows XP
All my other computers have Ubuntu with KDE desktops, it take a download of about 150 file to do this.

Antkin

[lee.mcintyre]

Yes I prefer KDE over Gnome, used KDE with Mandriva for 3 Years. I have Kubuntu on one computer a dual boot with windows XP
All my other computers have Ubuntu with KDE desktops, it take a download of about 150 file to do this.

Antkin


I prefer to have 2 seperate computers, one with each operating system. My laptop is capable of running anything i throw at it, leaving the now outdated (by windows standards!) pc to run Linux. I found running a dual boot on the pc meant i was too tempted to boot into XP and do things i could otherwise do quite easily in 7.10... So when i got the laptop i wiped the hard drives and just installed Kubuntu. It works well for me, as i cant be bothered to get the laptop out after ive spent most the day using it, so i do everything at home on the pc.

It would be nice if you could explain one thing for me though... Why do you run Ubuntu with a KDE frontend? Would it not be easier to run Kubuntu instead? I know Gnome and KDE will run on either Linux Distro, but isnt Kubuntu geared towards KDE and have all associated KDE software with it, while Ubuntu the same with Gnome? - Im sure their is a good reason, it just seems odd...

[lee.mcintyre]

So do I and use vmware for that. I hear virtualbox is pretty sexy as well:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Linux-Symbiosis-Not-a-Dream-Anymore-59314.shtml

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Unite-Windows-and-Linux-With-a-Single-Mouse-Click-78535.shtml

Thanks for the links mate. Eventually i plan to move everything over, but for now i have the laptop to run all this software. Work wont let me use a Linux platform at work, it has to be either Windows 2000 Pro, or XP Pro... So since i mostly use it at work, and can use the laptop at home as well im not too worried right now... In time i would like to go completely linux based though... But until i can convince work of this i cant, as i rely on being able to connect my laptop to the network at work for my degree studying.

[yanom]

Edit your poll so that is says "Windows" instead of "PC". "PC" means personal computer, it is not a synonym for Windows.

[cantab]

Why do you run Ubuntu with a KDE frontend? Would it not be easier to run Kubuntu instead? I know Gnome and KDE will run on either Linux Distro, but isnt Kubuntu geared towards KDE and have all associated KDE software with it, while Ubuntu the same with Gnome? - Im sure their is a good reason, it just seems odd...


If you install KDE on Ubuntu by installing the kubuntu-desktop package, the result is in most respects identical to Kubuntu. There are a few differences, most notably the bootsplash and possibly login screen may look like Ubuntu. Also you might find that the gnome desktop starts loading KDE apps as defaults (I had that happen with xubuntu-desktop over kubuntu).