Posted by Donald McDaniel on 05/08/06 20:12

On Mon, 8 May 2006 00:51:36 -0700, Ed Mullen wrote
(in article <luednZIyMqoVZcPZnZ2dnUVZ_u-dnZ2d@comcast.com>):

> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>> In article <0001HW.C083850A0006F175F0488530@news.wildblue.net>,
>> Donald McDaniel <orthocross@invalid.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Confusing, ain't it? It almost confuses me, and I've used Windows
>>> since Windows 1.0, so I can understand why it would confuse
>>> exclusively-Mac users.
>>
>> With the Mac, it's so much simpler.
>>
>> If the OS ships with a computer, it will normally work only with that
>> model computer; one exception is that if two or more models are released
>> (or maybe announced) at the same time, that OS will install on all of
>> those models, but with no other models.
>>
>> If it comes in a box, it will install on any Mac that supports that
>> version of the OS. (This means that Tiger, for example, will run on any
>> G3 or later Macintosh that has a Firewire connector. However, there are
>> separate versions for Power PC Macs and Intel Macs--but since every
>> Intel Mac ships with Tiger, there is no need to install a retail version
>> on it. Having said that, I can envision that someone can lose or damage
>> the disks that came with the computer, and would have to replace them.
>> I believe that Apple would replace them for a fee, though.)
>>
>
> Huh? If it takes that long (and convoluted) an explanation I hardly
> think it qualifies as "much simpler." We all have our biases. Let them
> be. Enjoy what you enjoy and let others lead their lives in misguided
> happiness.
>
>

Even I would confess that the Apple OS distribution model is much simpler.

By the way, I currently have two machines:

1) an old Pentium III Wintel, on which I run XP Pro (but not for a while.
It's much too noisy and slow for me. In addition, I don't like the monitor
(display, as Mac users call them). It takes up much too much space on the
table.
2) a first-generation PowerMac G5 (1.63Ghz), on which I run OS 10.4.6, and
which has an older Apple 17" Studio Display.

In a few weeks, I will have a third box, a 17" Intel iMac (first generation),
which my brother got through his membership in the Apple Developer
Connection, along with a 20" Apple wide-screen Display (newest generation).
I plan on either using Parallel's Workstation or BootCamp on this machine, so
that I may run XP either in a virtual machine alongside OS 10.4.6 or as a
dual-boot with OS 10.4.6

Of course, I spend all my time using the PowerMac G5. Let's face it, XP runs
like a snail on the old Pentium.

I have been using OS X for over a year and a half, so I know a little (but
not much, apparently) about OS X.

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Donald L McDaniel
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