[OT] YDL 4.0

[Norberto Quintanar]

Ryan,
OSX for x86 = FreeBSD
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/unix/

--- Ryan Nix <> wrote:
> 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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