[OT] YDL 4.0

[Ryan Nix]

Marcelo:

Switch to x86.  G5s suck.  They are heavy, cut your hands, and take up 
an unbelievable amount of space.  In an industry where everything is 
getting lighter and less expensive, the G5 went the other direction.  
Apple needs to spend less time on "looking cool" and making things 
functional for customers. Form follows function.

Apple would be better off if they would just release OS X for x86.

- Ryan



Marcelo Giles wrote:

> I agree with you, Walt. Same thing I always wonder at. Why spend all 
> that precious time chasing after the latest, fastest, newest, greatest 
> software/hardware. If computers were used for what they were meant to 
> be, ie tools, not just collectible items, we would be spending more 
> time doing better things, creating, improving ourselves and those we 
> care about.
> On the positive side of things, I see that many of us here in the list 
> and, thanks to Linux for PPC (distros aside), use "old" Macs, that 
> otherwise would be just expensive landfill.
> If we were doing what Apple expects from its customers, rushing to the 
> AppleStore every time they come out with new "insanely great" hardware 
> (every 6 months or so), we would be like everybody else out there in 
> the crowd.
> Fortunately, somebody has his feet on the ground!
>
> Changing topics. I was about to buy this new Dual PowerMac G5, but I 
> heard that I will have to wait till early 2005 to get "Tiger" and the 
> 30-inch flat monitor.I guess I'll have to settle for the 23-inch in 
> the meantime. But I'm planning to buy a tent to camp outside the 
> AppleStore. The moment they announce "Tiger" and the 30-inch in 
> macrumors.com, I'll be the first in the line. Oh my, I can't hardly 
> wait! :-)
>
> On Jul 13, 2004, at 2:21 PM, Walt Pawley wrote:
>
>> On 7/13/04 12:06 PM -0400, David Hacker wrote on Re: [OT] YDL 4.0
>>
>>> back to the flame war.
>>
>>
>> My flame thrower keeps running out of fuel. The high prices, you know...
>>
>>> The current Debian release was in December 2003 so it isn't that much
>>> more current than YDL 3.0.1 which was release in November 2003.
>>
>>
>> One things that's puzzled me for a LONG time is the constant scramble to
>> have everything be "current" all the time. Frankly, I much prefer to get
>> things done well and leave them alone for a long time before making
>> changes. If you have real work to get done of your own using the
>> computer(s) you're busy scrambling the OS code on, how do you get the 
>> time
>> to do it if you're constantly changing the OS and its supporting cast?
>>
>> -- 
>> Walter M. Pawley <walt@wump.org>
>
>
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