The rumors were true.

CFLarsen said:
Why? Why not make it easy enough for everyone to install?
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That would just encourages *spit* users to start thinking they had some right to just use their computers, that their computer should just work... and that could lead to terrible consequences. *spit* users may start demanding other things "just work" like say TVs, washing machines and the like - where would the madness end? :D
 
Donks said:
I haven't had any problems yet.
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They are very rare. I have been using Debian since about 1997 (started with release 1.2), and I have had serious problems only a couple of times. The serious one was one clib upgrade that hoses the whole system so that I had to reinstall the system from scratch. But that happened years ago (I can't remember which version it was).
 
Darat said:
That would just encourages *spit* users to start thinking they had some right to just use their computers, that their computer should just work... and that could lead to terrible consequences. *spit* users may start demanding other things "just work" like say TVs, washing machines and the like - where would the madness end? :D
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So, back to the punch card, then? :D
 
I would consider ease of use and intuitiveness* to be logical reasons for prefering a Mac or any other tool. As an example, objectively the best knife I have in my kitchen is my 6" sabatier knife - highest quality steel, takes best edge etc. However the Richards Balance 8" blade sits most easily in my hand so that's the one I used for most jobs even when it didn't seem the most obvious choice (until the tang snapped when I dropped it!).
If someone finds a mac easier to use without thinking about how they do something instead of what they want to do then that's a logical reason to me.
Personally I've never cared for Macs. I loved the object model in OS/2's WPS so Santa's probably bringing me a double lobotomy and 12 rolls rubber wallpaper. De gustibus etc.

* AHD says "intuitiveness" is okay but it looks wrong somehow and instinctive carries baggage.
 
Wudang said:
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Personally I've never cared for Macs. I loved the object model in OS/2's WPS so Santa's probably bringing me a double lobotomy and 12 rolls rubber wallpaper. De gustibus etc.

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A fellow admirer of OS/2 - we are far and few between!
 
Darat said:
A fellow admirer of OS/2 - we are far and few between!
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I used to sport a rather natty* OS/2 Warp sweatshirt. I kept OS/2 for many years as I played Galactic Civilizations into the wee hours. Stardock's Object Desktop goes some way to adding some of the OO benefits of WPS to XP but I still find the "file types" appallingly primitive.

* for suitable value of "natty"
 
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To avoid the unspellable and unpronouncable, but compulsively apostrophisable abbreviation OS's, I propose the term OSii , (pronounced "ossyee" as the new plural for operating systems in general.
Thank you.
You may now continue with your discussion.

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Soapy Sam said:
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To avoid the unspellable and unpronouncable, but compulsively apostrophisable abbreviation OS's, I propose the term OSii , (pronounced "ossyee" as the new plural for operating systems in general.
Thank you.
You may now continue with your discussion.

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What's wrong with "OSes"? No need to latinize every plural.
 
Soapy Sam said:
[Somewhat off topic]

To avoid the unspellable and unpronouncable, but compulsively apostrophisable abbreviation OS's, I propose the term OSii , (pronounced "ossyee" as the new plural for operating systems in general.
Thank you.
You may now continue with your discussion.

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No offense to mentally disabled people, but that abbreviation is retarded.
 
richardm said:
One of my mates who claims to know about these things reckons it's been checking which architecture it runs on for ages. "But what about the applications?" "Um... emulators?". Doesn't sound like a very happy thought.
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Er, no. They're talking about recompiling the kernel AND the apps. The app-to-OS interfaces don't change, and the main new engineering effort is device drivers, as folks keep saying.

Personally, I'm hopeful that this means there will be more code-sharing and multi-development between MacOS and Linux.
 
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