Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs

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On 2016-10-20, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2016-10-20 15:58, Electric Comet wrote:
>> On 20 Oct 2016 16:42:55 GMT
>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Needless to say, the employees at IBM got it right. And with 73% of
>>> them saying they want their next computer to be a Mac, the success
>>> will only increase with time.
>>
>> seems the linux users at ibm of which there are a lot are letting
>> the sheeps go over whatever cliff they want to
>>
>> of course redhat will run fine on the macs
>
> If one has a Mac and needs Linux (or Windows for that matter), one is 
> best to install a virtualizer (Fusion, Parallels) and load whatever 
> other OS's that way.

Yup, and most Mac users *don't* need Linux since most popular *nix
software compiles and runs just fine in macOS natively without any need
for a virtual machine. : )

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Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than  PCs Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2016-10-20 12:58 -0700
  Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than  PCs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 20:11 +0000
  Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-20 16:13 -0400
    Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 20:14 +0000
      Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-20 16:18 -0400
        Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 20:28 +0000
          Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-20 16:39 -0400
        Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs cb <cb@aol.com> - 2016-10-22 03:59 +0200
          Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-21 22:07 -0400
            Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs cb <cb@aol.com> - 2016-10-22 04:14 +0200
          Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-21 22:10 -0400
    Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-21 08:58 +0000
      Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-21 20:34 -0500
        Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-22 01:45 +0000
          Re: [OT] Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are less expensive than PCs "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-22 17:15 -0500

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