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The last virus I ever had was around 1997. The last time I had to reboot my computer due to a system error was pre-OS X. I don't think I've ever had to install a driver for anything to be compatible since OS X...and my PowerBook looks better. Plug and play and Style, baby!
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No arguments from me. My wife's powerbook is a godsend compared to our PC (and I used to be a computer tech). But I'm now running Ubuntu Linux and frankly playing music on this box is not so simple (nor is editing images and video, btw). The point is that I should have the same ease-of-use running itunes and converting my files then on the powerbook, but I don't. I also understand that the EU is much more Linux friendly and so there's probably something more going on with that lawsuit.
If itunes won't work for me on my Linux box I should also be able to write my own program that does this better on Linux, if not for downloading, at least for playing my ACC files and converting them to MP3's, but that is also verboten. And I think this is what the lawsuit is about. I haven't seen anything in the news about the lawsuit lately, so maybe someone can enlighten me.
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Originally Posted by nightflier
No arguments from me. My wife's powerbook is a godsend compared to our PC (and I used to be a computer tech). But I'm now running Ubuntu Linux and frankly playing music on this box is not so simple (nor is editing images and video, btw). The point is that I should have the same ease-of-use running itunes and converting my files then on the powerbook, but I don't. I also understand that the EU is much more Linux friendly and so there's probably something more going on with that lawsuit.
If itunes won't work for me on my Linux box I should also be able to write my own program that does this better on Linux, if not for downloading, at least for playing my ACC files and converting them to MP3's, but that is also verboten. And I think this is what the lawsuit is about. I haven't seen anything in the news about the lawsuit lately, so maybe someone can enlighten me.
I've used Ubuntu Linux for a good year now, and I haven't had any problems/confusion running anything from any operating system. Emulation works wonders. It's just harder to use.
Linux would be the OS of choice if people were a little more into computers. It's not 'hard' to use, its just a lot more complicated then windows, and a ton more complicated then MacOS.
In my humble opinion, Macs only offer a simple solution to what linux does a lot better. Which is easy to do when you don't have a ton of hardware variation and a high paid team dedicated to making everything work for you.
If you want to know how to get iTunes running in linux I can show you.
I still stand by the opinion that no one should be required to make anything platform independant. For one thing that should be the job of the people writing the OS, youi know, run time environments for other platforms. The whole .NET thing from microsoft is kinda setting that tone, theres projects to make a .net runtime environment for linux (microsoft made it possible to do so) so anything that is made in .net should be portable to linux without actually changing anything. Mind you those projects are far from being a good solution at the moment. Just running an emulator is the easiest way to do things. I dual boot myself for games, just because my ATI card has a poor selection for linux drivers.
Macs are highway robbery, I may get one if they ever drop 40% in price.
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