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xyle_one:

quote:Originally posted by Linux User #5225982375:


Well I payed 80 dollars for Red Hat 7, so that isn't really it.  I know Linux isn't OS X.  There are some very good things in OS X, like quartz extreme, and I can admit it.  I just don't think OS X is *good enough* to justify it being non-Free.  Actually nothing is "that good," so let me rephrase that:  OS X is so good that I wish it were Free software.  Not so I can get it to run on my ch34p PC necessarily, but because if the graphics layer in OS X were open source it could be implemented on Linux and then it would be trivial to port OS X apps to Linux.  OS X runs all X11/Linux apps, and it would be cool if it worked the other way around.  If apple is worried about M$ taking their software or something, they could put it under the GPL, and then only free OSes could use it.  I guess nobody would use OS X if you could run Aqua on Linux though    :(  
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i would like to see aqua opened up. maybe someday  :confused:

psyjax:

quote:Originally posted by cdhgold:
I have never used a Mac but after reading more about it in these forums and being pissed off at microshit I would like to give OSX a try. i do not have funds available to buy new mac. Can anyone suggest another cheaper way to try OSX other than buying new system.

Chris
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My girlfriend spent 600 dollars on a used dual 500Mhz power Mac g4 tower. This is my fav. Apple machine, till this day it screems with speed and does everything you would need to do with a computer. If you go for a Mac I would suggest getting a similar tower. Even the 400Mhz models are excellent at running OSX, as long as you have plenty of RAM (OSX hogs it).

Trust me, once you run that baby for a week or two, it will become your main computer. OSX is fantastic in every way imaginable.

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