<font size="2"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Ihave owned a couple apples not too long ago.<br></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Amedee Van Gasse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amedee-ubuntu@amedee.be">amedee-ubuntu@amedee.be</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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> Talked to my son in usa to day.<br>
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> He said, that the main reason apple is so popular in USA is:<br>
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> 1. The hardware is very stable and has a very good quality without hardly<br>
> any problems.<br></div></blockquote><div><br> That doesn't sound quite right to me. Whether I was in OS X or trying to put linux on it, I always managed to screw it up. That said, I always push computers to their limits. I am very mean to computers :)<br>
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> 2. The Graphic is nice to look at.<br>
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> 3. Ease of use.<br>
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> 4. Very few viruses.<br></div></blockquote><div><br>This is both what attracted me to sample Apple's OS, and why I moved away from it., I could save 1/2 to 2/3 of my money and have more ability to change whatever I want without any headaches.<br>
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> So my conclusion is that linux is as good as apple except for the<br>
> hardware, which are all kinds of mixed brands and qualities.<br></div></blockquote><div><br>I have managed to get plenty of new technologies built into the macbook (keyboard light and some gestures) to work decently on Ubuntu (not quite as well as OS X mind you) in the short time I managed to get Ubuntu to work. <br>
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> My laptop (not apple) has been to be repaired twice.<br></div></blockquote><div><br>In how much time? the Apple laptops I had needed to be repaired twice in a year. First time a fan controller caused the fan to go crazy, second time, runaway logs filled up the system broke the wifi and significantly reduced the overall performance permenantly. (how? I don't know) routinely deleting logs helped but a huge pain.<br>
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> My son has had two laptops (not apple) discarded, and he i now using a<br>
> netbook, which is hardly usable, everything is too small.<br>
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> So what is needed for the linux community is a very stable and good<br>
> quality hardware which works together.<br></div></blockquote><div><br>I have a 15 inch laptop about 5 years old now running on Ubuntu which is running very smoothly apart from some blocks that burned out on the hard drive. The Apple lasted about a year and a half before I got so frustrated with the thing that I scrapped OS X and attempt linux- CD drive was failing, could barely go in live mode with a healthy cd the first time, second time it would fail before even seeking devices. I could have made it live just a little whle longer but I was already disgusted with it and left it to collect some dust.<br>
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> Sorry if this is a little off topic, but it is an important subject.<br>
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> Please DO NOT make this a flame war, but think about it.<br>
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> I really want to make linux the BEST :-)<br>
</div></blockquote><div><br>At this point I think it already is, I can throw as many nukes on it as I please without feeling limited and without much damage. Then of course there is the basics :) <br><br>Macs are nice for the computer illiterate escpecially in the User Interface, but IMHO they are more like Sony laptops with their own crippled version of linux (oops did I say that? :),that is of course if your idea of "fun" is thrashing code or GUI commands to fix your own problems or fixing problems for free rather than go spending a hundred dollars (or whatever currency) on Tech Support.<br>
<br>I apologize if this sounds too much like flame(bait or war). I just wanted to put in my 2 cents in the matter as i have some strong feelings about both Microsoft and Apple in this matter. No offense is intended, take it or leave it.<br>
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