[Info-vax] Happy 25th birthday Macintosh !

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <b645284e-f1f6-443b-b02d-d5b2ddaef880 at z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
	"johnhreinhardt at yahoo.com" <johnhreinhardt at yahoo.com> writes:
> On Jan 26, 9:18 am, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>> In article <mailman.3.1232924503.16357.info-vax_rbnsn.... at rbnsn.com>,
>>         bradhamilton <bradhamil... at comcast.net> writes:
>> > Apple's done a pretty good job of bringing U*NIX to the desktop/laptop,
>> > in a way that's accessible to the average Joe.  To my mind, *that's*
>> > something to write home about.
>>
>> How many years after Linux had already done it?  
>>
> That's impossible to say since Linux still hasn't managed that yet.
> Maybe another 5 years?  Ubuntu is getting close, I suppose, but it's
> still not there yet.  Whereas OS X has been doing it since 2001.

What?
Stick in Live CD.
Boot.
Select Install off the first menu you see.
Wait.
Reboot from hard disk.

The only thing that makes a Mac easier is it usually comes already
installed.  But then, you certainly pay for it!!

bill

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