11 Aug
2007
11 Aug
'07
10:29 a.m.
At 11:37 AM 8/11/2007, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
I think the statement is legitimate. Mac OS X is the
Unixy thing with the
largest installed user base. I would imagine, though I have no figures,
that they are at the top or near the top of the desktop Unix market simply
because of the number of OS X capable Macs out there.
Yes, it's been a wonderful attraction and introduction for
many folks who were previously tied to Windows or more true
Unixes whose parent companies have faded, or Linux users who
wanted more mainline software options. Every few months
I'm stunned to hear about another old die-hard partisan
friend who's switched to Mac.
With VMware options for simultaneously running other contemporary
OSes, it's amazing. This is very, very nice technology for the
classic computer emulation community, too. I look forward to
its future. Booting up old OSes and CC emulators could become
quite drag-and-drop.
The only hard part is the price tag. The tricked-out Mac Pro
on my wish list is about $6000 *before* adding the Adobe and Apple
software suites I desire.
- John