Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:09:22 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <8ssmec1o3btcuo4c57q7qtfjtlsr6ojqt6@4ax.com> <140420171535216230%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:411438 sci.physics:630590 alt.privacy.anon-server:59171 comp.sys.mac.system:105491 alt.comp.os.windows-10:40830 alt.cellular-phone-tech:1543 On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:28:34 +0100, Snit wrote: > On 4/25/17, 10:12 AM, in article op.yy9gqcn4js98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson > Sword" wrote: > >>>>> For me -- and most people -- what matters is how well you can get tasks >>>>> done. On Linux there are few tasks which the GENERAL user would do which >>>>> are >>>>> handled better. >>>>> >>>>> For user who spend most of their time on the command line Linux is second >>>>> to >>>>> none. And, of course, you cannot beat the price. >>>> >>>> Yes you can. MacOS installs for free on a hackintosh (PC built of hardware >>>> the MacOS can handle). And Windows up to version 7 has pirate free >>>> versions. >>>> 8 aswell I think, although I've never tried it. >>> >>> OK, you can fiddle and tinker and hope that you can get an illegal solution >>> to work... and wonder what update will kill it. Or you can just install >>> Linux. >>> >>> I think in those cases Linux tends to be the better choice. But if you >>> disagree so be it. >> >> There's no fiddling and tinkering involved. Basically you just make sure you >> use the same motherboard etc that Apple have used in one of their machines. > > If only it were that easy. It is, I've done it several times. -- A man comes out of a shopping mall to find that the side of his parked car is rammed in. Seeing a note under the windshield, he read it. On the paper is written: "As I'm writing this, about a dozen people are watching me. They think I'm giving you my name, phone number, and insurance company. But I'm not."