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   XPost: alt.os.linux.redhat   
   From: none@trollfeed.com   
      
   On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:04:33 -0600, Jøhnny Fävòrítê wrote:   
      
   > Tony Polson wrote:   
   >> Which one should I go with?  I know that Mac would cost me the most   
   >> because of the proprietary hardware, but would the benefits outweigh   
   >> the extra cost if I bought the Mac?  Is OsX as stable as Linux and   
   >> BeOS?  Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.   
   >   
   > not beos, that's for sure.  that window of opportunity has already   
   > closed.   
   >   
   > if you can stand linux, it would make an okay choice.  personally i   
   > couldn't.  way too fiddly and difficult.  every little thing required   
   > editing a config file somewhere with tortured, impossible syntax.  and   
   > all the dependency issues.  bleargh, not for me.   
      
   Well.. your creddibility just went your negative numbers...   
      
      
   >   
   > so that leaves macosx.  it's easy to set up and administrate.  and yes,   
   > it is very stable.  i've been using it since 2001, and i've had only two   
   > hard crashes in all that time, both years ago.  every once in a great   
   > while the finder will get confuzzled, but macosx restarts it, and   
   > everything is fine again.  definitely a good choice for those who cannot   
   > in good conscience use microsoft products, which should be everybody, if   
   > you ask me.   
      
   --   
   Rick   
      
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