OT - Care to share your opinion?

[Cian Duffy]

Hold on now, this "Apples stay functional longer" thing just is not true

My 1997 Powermac is useless. Totally and utterly useless. Can't be
upgraded beyond 1 PCI card (has a 10Mbit NIC in it), and the only OS
it runs well is BeOS

My 1997 Thinkpad is running XP. Its had a lot of RAM added, but it
runs it well. It can do stuff the Powermac can only dream of, like
playing videos, running a modern OS (BeOS on PPC is a good 6 years out
of sync with x86)...
 
The Powermac was more expensive

A very similar situation applies to my 1995 Powerbook and my 1995
Siemens laptop.

Apple gear does not have a longer functional life.

Cian

On 04/05/05, Norberto Quintanar <nquintanar at yahoo.com> wrote:
> You asked, I only gave an opinion.
> 
> Plus, the apple will last 10 years if you hide it and no one knows
> you have it.  The x86 laptop will really only be useful as a decoy
> for class.  IF everyone THINKS all you have is a cheap x86 laptop, no
> one will break into your apartment and steal your Apple.
> 
> --- Matthew Page <MPage at ciri.com> wrote:
> 
> > Why would I want a low budget x86 laptop if I have a fast apple?
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: yellowdog-general-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> > > [mailto:yellowdog-general-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com]
> > On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Norberto Quintanar
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 1:41 PM
> > > To: Yellow Dog Linux General Discussion List
> > > Subject: Re: OT - Care to share your opinion?
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Matthew Page <MPage at ciri.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > This is not flame-bait.
> > > >
> > > > I am soon going to be going to graduate school to get myself a
> > > > little
> > > > more edumacated.  I plan on following a parallel
> > programming/data
> > > > visualization track.  (Just as background information for my
> > > > question.)
> > > >
> > > > The question:
> > > > I plan on running Linux on a laptop, so my question to you is
> > > > this...
> > > > Is there a compelling reason to buy a Powerbook and put Linux
> > on it
> > > > instead of ordering a fat-bob x86 laptop and putting Linux on
> > it?
> > > >
> > > > I have about $3000 in the budget and the laptop should be able
> > to
> > > > last
> > > > me through a PHD without having to be replaced.  (If
> > possible...
> > > > I'm
> > > > not talking about theft here...)
> > > >
> > > > Any opinions are welcome!
> > > >
> > > > - Matt
> > >
> > > Shoot, for 3K you can get a smoking apple laptop with "Hello
> > Kitty
> > > OS" and a low budget x86 laptop, have money to spare and install
> > > WHATEVER you want.  Even "the distro that shall not be named."
> > >
> > >
> > > shhh... it's Ubuntu
> > >
> > >
> > >
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