[mythtv-users] OT - Mac Advocacy, was; Which SVN?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/10/2008 02:48 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Mar 10, 2008, at 9:20 AM, Matt Emmott wrote:
>   
>> Not sure what he means by "more horsepower" needed than Windows, I'm  
>> running  10.5.2 on a 1.25GHZ G4 eMac with a gig of ram and it runs  
>> just fine. The eMac is at least 4 years old. Apple only sells high  
>> end hardware because that's where the profit margins are. It has  
>> nothing to do with horsepower needed to run the OS. And for what  
>> it's worth, I'm no Mac fanboy - I'm a Windows admin.
>>     
> For me Macs got a lot more attractive when they went to Intel chips.   
> It's nice having the option of running MacOS, Linux, *or* Windows.

As I see it (ignoring all but MacOS, GNU/Linux, and Windows):
 - Intel hardware can run GNU/Linux or Windows
 - PowerPC hardware can run GNU/Linux
 - PowerPC hardware--blessed by Steve Jobs, and sold for a lot of 
money--can run MacOS or GNU/Linux
 - Intel hardware--blessed by Steve Jobs, and sold for a lot of 
money--can run MacOS, GNU/Linux, or Windows

So, you really feel it's worthwhile to pay for the /option/ of running 
MacOS even though you may choose to install GNU/Linux or Windows on that 
machine instead?

Mike