Journal johndiii's Journal: Apple Cutting Into MS Sales? 8
ZDNet has an interesting take on lower than expected client revenue for Microsoft. Given the expected EOL for Windows XP, I don't find it very surprising that a noticeable fraction of people are considering going to a Mac rather than a Windows box with Vista. I need to replace my main computer at home before too long (it's a little over six years old and was not bleeding edge at the time), and (for the first time) I am seriously considering a Mac - either a MacBook (which would also replace a five-year-old laptop), or maybe a mini. The drives in my current box could easily be converted to externals, and I don't do much gaming any more.
I've been using Windows, and developing for it, since 1988 - so this is a significant change. But I like what I've seen from Apple, while Microsoft seems to be getting more and more clueless.
(And why isn't there a good generic icon for "Apple"?)
A thought for you... (Score:2)
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I went to install Linux on another box that I had laying around, but it wouldn't boot with just a USB keyboard. I gave away all of the ones that I had with PS/2 connectors.
ps2 FTW (Score:1)
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At the risk of sounding like a fanboi. Tried Ubuntu already? I installed Ubuntu 8.4 being completely drunk on my laptop yesterday. Except clicking next, I had to do nothing. (Okay, that's a lie: I did a custom partition, but you don't need to)
Everything seems to work out of the box. Sure, I haven't tested MP3 playback yet or DVD playback, but at least for MP3, I know it's two clicks away when you simply try to run an MP3 file.
My parents have a Ubuntu 7.10 machine and they're happy with it. I gave a
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Love the sig! :-D
Oh, and I was drunk, but the install was planned. Ubuntu 7.10 was on that machine, but it's mostly a testing platform and can be pretty much formatted whenever I want. It was polluted with 725 different trials of different software. I wanted to start from a clean slate and there was no important data on it. At least, until the day I take the time to sift though all my data and use said laptop as my "workstation".
I know what you mean (Score:1)
However:
1) I still currently feed myself by developing for Windows.
2) I'm at an all-Windows shop.
3) Some of our stuff is "C/C++" but a goodly amount of it is in C#.
4) I reckon I'm going to need to learn that (C#) someday Real Soon Now, for this job and the future.
5) My current (devil) PC, a 666 MHz P3, dates back to 1999 [wikipedia.org].
So my next compute