Macs

[Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)]

On Tue, September 15, 2009 16:26, Michael Haney wrote:
> Well, the Mac experience is more than the hardware.  You're missing
> the point if you look at just the hardware alone.  There is also the
> software.  Mac OS X is a fully-certified Unix operating system under
> the hood.  There are fewer security vulnerabilities, and most viruses
> and malware for the Mac exist only as extremely limited
> proof-of-concept code.  There is a lot of specialized software for the
> Mac which has few or no alternatives on Linux or Windows.  There is
> far more software for the Mac that you might imagine and its a myth
> that the Mac doesn't have any worthwhile software at all.  Not to
> mention also Macs have an EFI which has several distinct advantages
> over a traditional BIOS.  To top it off, Mac OS X just works without
> any of the usual hassles of using Windows.

If Mac OS X is a fully-certified Unix operating system, then logically
shouldn't all Mac software also be able to run on Linux? In theory?

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Amedee