Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Why do I need to run Linux again? Seriously Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:55:23 -0700 Lines: 55 Message-ID: References: <41c0852c-6e86-4c75-9c44-a6eb58187df5@w7g2000pre.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net PjOVsv4SNh/4QzX0aasGwgTUSWnMFVJs1KJCF9u8HDMP5AB+GL Cancel-Lock: sha1:eLnaM6CFiwA7GPCpxNlJezAv+k0= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.28.0.101117 Thread-Topic: Why do I need to run Linux again? Seriously Thread-Index: Acv8A0HY/pxdjDxaQEOPj/PZJGvVRg== Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.advocacy:16029 comp.os.linux.setup:286 The Natural Philosopher stated in post iobdud$sb5$1@news.albasani.net on 4/15/11 11:45 PM: > Snit wrote: >> The Natural Philosopher stated in post iob1ou$msr$1@news.albasani.net on >> 4/15/11 8:17 PM: >> >>>>>> What do you think might break? >>>>>> >>>>> Any one of the terrible things I bodged to get it working in the first >>>>> place. Salvaged from the wreckage of another mac whose disk had partly >>>>> died..the only repository of programs for which the installation disks >>>>> have long vanished. >>>>> . >>>> One: with few exceptions, Mac programs can just be dragged to a disk to >>>> "install" them. Super easy to back them up... easier than on Windows or >>>> Linux (though with repositories you can re-install Windows programs pretty >>>> easily). >>>> >>>> Two: the fact you cannot name a single thing that might break is curious. >>> well it broke the font management last time I did anything and it took >>> me nearly 8 hours of net research to find someone who actually seemed to >>> know the file layouts and where corruption might have happened. >> >> Broke the font management? What happened? No response. Interesting. >>> I simply don't have the time for two weeks of my wife shrieking that >>> some legacy program she cant do without no longer works, or the money to >>> replace the $6000 of software that's on that machine. >> >> Again: what programs? No response. Interesting. >>> Owning a MAC is like owning a Jaguar. As long as money is no object, >>> you and the mac dealer will get on just fine..but there are no low cost >>> options ..;-) >> >> No doubt that you cannot get a new Mac as cheaply as you can get a new >> Windows machine. As for the rest of your comments, to vague to really be >> that meaningful. >> >> Chances are you can upgrade just fine if you wanted to. >> > its the 1% chance that it wont.. Well, make a backup first. If the system is important, presumably you already have one... right? -- [INSERT .SIG HERE]