Linked by Jon Atkinson on Tue 20th May 2003 18:14 UTC
I entered the world of Apple hardware about 3 months ago now, with a second-hand iBook2. It was a 500mHz, 256mb, ATI Rage 128 model, with a standard CD-Rom drive. I spent the first few days trying to tweak Mac OS X to my liking, then a few further weeks installing and learning to use the applications I thought I'd need. Chimera, BBEdit, the developer tools, even the Fink X server so I could use Gaim.
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Opinion 1: OS X 10.2.6 is a beast of an OS and will bring any current G3 to it's knees.
Opinion 2: Apple hardware is expensive yet also extreamly well built and designed.
Opinion 3: OS X is an extreamly capable UNIX OS that hold's it's own to any OS in existence.
Don't think for a minute that Aqua somehow negates OS X's UNIX underpinnings. Aqua is easily the most elegant, user-friendly and function GUI in the unix/Linux universe. However, if GUIs are not your forte then there is always the command line for your power-user needs.
To quote Mr. Atkinson"For now, and more importantly, for me as a power-user, OS X just isn't good enough for doing the things I need to do."
What "THINGS" exactly would he not be able to accomplish on OS X that Yellow Dog Linux(YDL) was able to do?
I agree that YDL is an excellent alternative for those without fast Apple hardware but to confuse hardware issues with OS X functionality is silly and ignorant.