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  Why Install Linux on Your Mac?
Subject:   article does not answer the question
Date:   2004-12-01 14:26:22
From:   kwidholm
the question the article asked was not "why run linux," but "why run linux on Mac hardware?" There is not a single statement in this article that would encourage users to run linux specifically on Mac hardware. If anything, the lack of ports and hardware support for Mac hardware vis a vis PC hardware would be a disincentive.


In short, this is an article about why you might want to run Linux, but it completely omits the question of why you'd want to run Linux on a Mac.


If I wanted to tweak Linux, I'd put it on a $200 PC laptop rather than my iBook.
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  • Giles Turnbull photo article does not answer the question
    2004-12-01 15:09:26  Giles Turnbull | O'Reilly AuthorO'Reilly Blogger [Reply | View]

    I'd echo nathanh's response. All the people I spoke to about it said that they simply preferred Apple hardware, and found it to be of better quality. I should have made that clearer in the article, though, so thanks for pointing it out.
  • article does not answer the question
    2004-12-01 14:48:16  nathanh [Reply | View]

    <BLOCKQUOTE>
    In short, this is an article about why you might want to run Linux, but it completely omits the question of why you'd want to run Linux on a Mac.
    If I wanted to tweak Linux, I'd put it on a $200 PC laptop rather than my iBook.
    </BLOCKQUOTE>

    I can answer that. Apple hardware is awesome. It looks sexy. It's fully featured. It's a good price. I'm talking about the laptops, of course. PC laptops are ugly plasticky junk. Often with sticky out knobs and levers that snap off. Also the price was a pleasant surprise because I had expected the Apple hardware to cost more. But I compared Sony, Toshiba, IBM and Apple and Apple was significantly cheaper (~15%) for equivalent spec'ed hardware.

    If I was to purchase a desktop I would buy an Apple again because my experience with LinuxPPC on this PowerBook has been so positive. The new G5 looks brilliant. I could happily stick that in my lounge without feeling that I had compromised the feng shui. I've yet to find a PC that didn't look like an ugly beige box, or a beige box with fins and flashing lights. Yuk!

    Basically I'm willing to spend a little more for quality hardware. $200 PC? Why would I want to save a few $100s to get an inferior product? I would rather have the Apple hardware, thank you.