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View Poll Results: Is Apple a friend or foe to open-source/Linux?
Friend 14 34.15%
Foe 7 17.07%
Some other relationship 9 21.95%
Bystander (no impact) 11 26.83%
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Old 05-05-2004, 12:11 AM   #31
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how can u compare a fruit to a software ???
heh just joking.

Apple is a competitor against linux !
thats why the are trying to lure *nix users to mac
 
Old 05-09-2004, 08:08 PM   #32
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IMO, no. Apple's targeting Windows users because they have a reason to switch .
 
Old 05-09-2004, 11:31 PM   #33
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IMO, no. Apple's targeting Windows users because they have a reason to switch .
I deliberately waited before posting anything on this as I am a Mac user that made just that switch. Using both Mac and Linux off of doz, I agree with apache363
 
Old 05-10-2004, 10:00 AM   #34
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What version of Windows did you use before?
Is there anything you miss?

I assume you prefer OS X and Linux to Windows.
 
Old 05-10-2004, 12:43 PM   #35
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What version of Windows did you use before?
Is there anything you miss?
I assume you prefer OS X and Linux to Windows.
It was win ME, and yeah I far prefer OS X/Linux Red Hat There is nothing I miss at all, well except the challenge of IRC script kiddies, but that got old...
 
Old 05-10-2004, 02:45 PM   #36
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Which does Windows software run best on: Wine and VMWare on Linux or Virtual PC on Mac?
 
Old 05-10-2004, 06:28 PM   #37
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I think it would be about the same... but this is from what I hear cause I have tried neither having decided to be totally M$ free (yea dad! no more M$ text files! I can't read them!) But either case needs the most speed enhancing hardware -- especially VPC on Mac
 
Old 05-10-2004, 08:31 PM   #38
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Which does Windows software run best on: Wine and VMWare on Linux or Virtual PC on Mac?
Don't know. The only Windows app I miss is Shareaza, which has the fastest BitTorrent times of them all (had one sustained at 2.4Mbits/sec!!!!!!! The Mepis 10 cd when it first came out - had it in 20 minutes! Burned and ready to go on the other machine). Its programmed in MSs proprietary MFC and the GUI is integrated with the client, so there's little chance it'll be workable under Wine soon. everything else I use works better than that other stuff.

Never tried a new Apple. OS8.6 seemed okay on my mom's powermac, but I didn't play long. if anyone wants to send me a free G5, I won't likely refuse.
 
Old 05-11-2004, 01:07 AM   #39
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It depends on what app u want to run !
 
Old 05-11-2004, 08:14 PM   #40
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I'm sorry for confusing you all. By my Windows-emulation software question, I meant IN GENERAL, OVERALL, etc.
 
Old 05-12-2004, 01:33 AM   #41
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use all of them, wine for office at native speeds, WineX for games, vmware/win4lin for some apps that dont run in wine
 
Old 05-12-2004, 06:30 AM   #42
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What major apps don't tend run well in Wine/WineX?
 
Old 05-12-2004, 04:09 PM   #43
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Apple is friend till , the water is on its Home !
Kartik
 
Old 05-12-2004, 04:55 PM   #44
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What major apps don't tend run well in Wine/WineX?
Mplayer probably won't


sorry, you didn't specify Windows apps and I couldn't resist!
 
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I intensely dislike WMP. What about iTunes?
 
  


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