[plug] SME PC hardware linux supplier?

[Brock Woolf]

On 09/11/2004, at 9:11 PM, skribe wrote:
> Is there a logical reason why any sane person would choose to do this? 
>  What I
> mean by that is fork out the fat wad of cash for Apple's hardware and 
> then
> ditch its OS to run linux.  I mean, I like linux but it's not really 
> worth
> buying hardware at double the price unless you're a serious gearhead - 
> and we
> all know that serious gearheads are on the wrong side of the sanity 
> line (and
> more power to them).  I guess what I'm asking is there any benefit, 
> other
> than bragging rights and a warm feeling of satisfaction, from running 
> linux
> on Apple hardware?

You have it all wrong Skribe,
It is an old myth that Apple's hardware it twice as expensive as 
Windows hardware.
It used to be true say, 4 years ago but not today.
And you can't compare a 1.2GHz Apple to a 1.2GHz Intel PC.
My Apple iBook 1.2GHZ with 512 RAM preforms comparatively to
a AMD 2.5GHZ desktop PC.

But if you have never used an Apple, then it would be hard to judge for 
yourself.
But don't take my word for it, check out the net.
But please, do yourself a favour. Take a good, fair look at PPC because 
you may find
that you don't like it, but don't get stuck on this "I only know this, 
and what I already know
is better than what I don't know mentality".

- Brock