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

[jedi]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 03:26:51PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 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?

   Sure. More options are good. We're AltOS people here afterall.

   OTOH, I am sure that those of us here (like me) who have bought Mac
hardware would not have done so if it didn't make sense from a cost
perspective. I don't see the minis as something that implies "paying 
for the option" of running MacOS. 

   The MacPros are another matter though...

   Minis aren't "sold for a lot of money". They are price competetive
with similarly equipped low profile systems. It's a mind warping reality
but it's true.

   A cheap ugly single core bargain bin Compaq while certainly quiet 
enough, doesn't come with a DVI or svideo port and won't fit into my 
the A/V credenza that the TV sits on.