Hello: Macs Are About to Get Interesting Again

On the future of macs, starting with all new technologies in 10.6, new GPUs that help with general purpose processing, iPhone/iPod halo effect etc. Looking forward to what the future will bring. (story)
Popular since:
2008-07-04
Category:
Technology, Apple
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Best thread:
365 diggs (thread)

Here's an excerpt of the most-dugg comment thread for 2008-07-04 :

177 diggs
JasonCox on 2008-07-04 14:02:15
Macs have been interesting since they switched to Intel and you could dual boot between two quality OS's.
  • 141 diggs
    nblsavage on 2008-07-04 14:05:34
    OS X and Linux?
    • 30 diggs
      pookkake on 2008-07-04 15:50:17
      you could do that on ppc macs too
    • 5 diggs
      solistus on 2008-07-04 20:23:24
      pookkake: yeah, but you couldn't use any x86-specific code. If you thought the lackluster commercial support for Linux is bad, wait till you try not having most of the commonly used code available thanks to your hardware platform.
    • 3 diggs
      vault on 2008-07-04 23:24:38
      Thanks for clarifying that, zulfy. We weren't sure.
    • 0 diggs
      rolf on 2008-07-05 02:40:29
      Psst, zulfy26 -- do you also go by the name "Captain Obvious"? Just want to make sure.
  • -12 diggs
    OpCzar on 2008-07-04 14:38:12
    In before MS bashing.
    • 0 diggs
      DougieD on 2008-07-04 18:52:33
      faillol!
  • 17 diggs
    Kosher1947 on 2008-07-04 14:42:59
    Oh, now you could dual boot between OSX and Linux back in the PPC days.
    • 6 diggs
      boobsbr on 2008-07-04 15:50:49
      @HolyChimp

      i don't know, maybe beucase there's a ton of stuff available for free on linux, which doesn't run on mac os x, and costs money on windows...
    • 5 diggs
      solistus on 2008-07-04 20:27:33
      HolyChimp: I call your bluff. Name mainstream manufacturers' computers with comparable specs and a substantially lower price than the MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac Pro. I'll spot you the MacBook Air, but that's about it.

      Vista costs like $400. You can almost get a Mac Mini (along with a better OS) for that. Apple has never charged more than $129 for an OS upgrade, and they don't do the bullshit multi-tiered pricing where you have to pay twice as much to get a bootable install disc to install on a freshly formatted drive or to get all the features. There's just the regular edition and a Server edition (but the regular edition can serve content just fine with Apache or whatever).
  • -7 diggs
    heanshi on 2008-07-04 16:10:44
    pain to get the driver to work tho
    • 14 diggs
      freqk on 2008-07-04 16:14:02
      No. They're included with the Leopard install DVD. Just pop that in.
    • 9 diggs
      KMartSheriff on 2008-07-04 17:38:28
      Yeah, if you're an idiot or don't know how to put a DVD into a computer.
    • 5 diggs
      shank2001 on 2008-07-04 23:21:34
      What are you talking about? I run Vista 64 as my primary OS on my Mac Pro Tower. I cannot tell you how smooth it has been, best computer I have ever owned. Never have had driver issues, or any compatiblity issues whatsoever. Plus having dual boot is great!! The more I use OS X the more I like it.
  • 4 diggs
    dashdingo on 2008-07-04 16:49:45
    Windows and Linux were possible of doing this how long ago?
    • 1 diggs
      tugger on 2008-07-04 20:11:02
      he said 2 'quality' OSs, and you only mentioned one.
  • 1 diggs
    umbrellainabin on 2008-07-04 16:52:59
    im curious which other were you thinking of?
  • 3 diggs
    5plic3r on 2008-07-04 22:01:21
    The transition from PPC to Intel was boring compared to the switch from OS 9 to OS X.
  • 0 diggs
    zephyr42 on 2008-07-04 22:38:41
    2 different flavors of linux?


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