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

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/10/2008 04:19 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Mar 10, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>   
>> 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?
>>     
> Depends on the application, really.
>
> - For laptops it's hard to beat OS X.  Linux laptop support has always  
> been kind of iffy.  In ten years of using Linux on laptops I've never  
> gotten suspend/resume to work reliably, for example, and never gotten  
> hibernate to work at all.  Often you have to do hackish things with  
> NDISWrapper to get wireless to work.  In general it's just a bad  
> scene.  OS X on a MacBook just works because the machine and the OS  
> were designed for each other.
>   

Yeah.  I wasn't really thinking of laptops, and--at the laptop price 
premium that exists even on Wintel laptops--the difference there is 
small or non-existent.  So, I see your point (though, with sufficient 
hammering, I've always been able to fit a quite-useful, fully functional 
GNU/Linux on my laptops--but doing so does require a lot of research 
before purchasing, which is good because it helps keep me from upgrading 
a laptop that I don't absolutely /have/ to replace :).

> - For desktop machines, no, it doesn't make sense to me.
>
> - For small form factor machines, it's hard to build a PC that's as  
> compact and quiet as a Mac Mini without spending more than a Mini costs.

And I always forget that some people actually care enough about 
small/pretty/quiet machines to pay extra (as there's also a price 
premium on small/pretty/quiet).  I guess my lack of artistic sense and 
my cheapness have biased my view of the world.

Mike