[OT] YDL 4.0

[J.T.Blaylock]

You're entitled to your opinion Ryan, but you know this will be the 
start of a VERY long discussion, right?

J.T.
On Jul 13, 2004, at 12:24 PM, 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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