[Info-vax] Happy 25th birthday Macintosh !

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In article <6u61emFdre68U1 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>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.

Dick about with getting wireless ethernet working.  Then, dick about
with getting sound working.  Then download applications which require
support libraries.  There's invariably one added bit of software that
will require you to revisit one or both of the aforementioned.

FWIW, I've spent the past two weeks working to get my new ExpressCard
(Sierra Wireless AirCard 597E) working under Mac OSX and Ubuntu 8.10.
Not because there was any real problem supporting such hardware; the
issue is that there is not activation software available for the two
platforms and the support dweebs at Sprint can only mutter one word:
WEENDOZE.  If anyone is interested, drop me a line.  This new card is
blindingly fast compared to my old Curitel Comm. PC-5740 PCMCIA EVDO.


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

...and it works with the hardware out of the box.  I like Ubuntu but
it is NOT the install it and run with it OS that everyone touts it to
be.

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