digitalr0gue

f'kin awesome

You guys are rockstars

One things for sure -- I wouldn't run Leopard on anything less than a CoreDuo.

ahem... NOT

I have a P4 3.0Ghz with 512mb ram running Kalyway 10.5.3 flawlessly as a secondary system.

Defending Psystar will be Carr & Ferrell, a law firm that specializes in tech industry issues such as copyright and intellectual property law.

Link HERE

If Apple thought it could force tiny Mac cloner Psystar, which operates out of a warehouse in a generic, Miami industrial park, to fold its tent by hitting it with a ten-count, 30-page copyright lawsuit, it thought wrong. Court records show that Psystar has retained for its defense a high-profile, Silicon Valley law firm that has previously tangled with Apple -- and won. It's a sign that Psystar, despite its miniscule size, intends to see to its conclusion a case that could have a profound impact on the personal computer industry.

All I have to say is, wow... this is getting interesting...

I am not an Apple fanboy, nor am I a windows/linux/BeOS/nextSTEP/UNIX et. al. fanboy. I use several operating systems in my daily work as an IT specialist/software developer including, Mac OSX, Vista, Win XP, Server 2003, Server 2000, and linux (occasionally, although I have been a long time off and on user for the past 10-12 years since slackware 1.0 around '96-ish)

Nothing here is meant to be hostile, just my 2 cents from what I know and see, so here is my immediate response to your argument note by note:

"...but Vista has UAC!"
Linux and OS X have an equivalent. In Linux you have to go through a bunch of {censored} to do root-related tasks.

The only immediate problem I have with Vista UAC is that is constantly nags you every freaking time I execute an icon, change something, or breathe on the screen wrong. OSX semi-nags you, but is isn't QUITE as bad. Most linux distros allow you to store the credentials on a keyring server and only enter them once for s specified time period, or until logout. Pretty slick (albeit less secure than the nag method)

"...but Vista uses too much RAM!"
Leopard is a greedy little {censored} when it comes to RAM consumption too. Same goes for Linux when using things like Beryl, Compiz Fusion, and Emerald.

The whole RAM argument seems so superfluous these days with the low cost of memory chips. Most enthusiasts have 3-4gb+ anyway, with 2gb close to norm (on their main box, secondary and tertiary systems may have less, but that doesn't change my point.)

"...but Vista is incompatible with pre-XP Windows software!"
And said software can be magically installed in OS X or Linux without an emulator or virtualization program of some sort? No.

pre-XP software? Well, for starters, software companies had 1-2 years advance notice to get their collective sh*t together. As much as they bug me, can't really blame M$ for that one... Christ, how long did it take Creative Labs to get properly working X-Fi software/driver packages going for Vista 32, let alone Vista 64??? THAT was a great deal of the problem for the perceived issues with Vista when it went gold, not Vista itself so much. Granted, there WERE some issues within Vista itself, as all new releases, but 3rd party development KILLED initial Vista adoption, at least in the enterprise sector. My company won't touch Vista for at least 2 more years.

"...but Vista won't work out of the box with my hardware and I might have to search for the drivers!"
You would have to do the same with Linux. As for OS X, lol. Working out of the box on a select number of machines doesn't = compatible.

well, whoever complains about this needs to be shot on general principle. This one I agree with you completely.

"...but Vista copied OS X' Spotlight, widgets, and chess game!"
Apple introduced Spotlight two years after Gates said it would be in Vista, widgets were originally for Windows (konfabulator), and pre-95 versions of Windows had a 3D chess game similar to the one in OS X.

M$ copied Apple, Apple copied (absorbed) nextSTEP, they all copied (some argue stole) from Xerox Parc... this is another old argument... Sometimes a company does something well and others adopt it, put a twist on it, make it their own and implement a variation. It's called progress

"...but Vista's UI is too different from XP!"
And you think that you'll be familiar with OS X or Linux if you can't figure out how to get around in Vista?

yeah, I never understood that one either, lol

While I am an Apple/Linux fanboy (for OS X' GUI/software and Linux' customization), it always disturbs me when people say these things about Vista yet at the same time say that another OS (that they haven't even tried half the time) is better. Opinions?

there's my 2 cents.

dR

Are you kidding me?