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Solbu pisze: +</I>>>>><i> On Friday 09 December 2011 06:45, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: +</I>>>>>><i> where said that I don't care about patents? +</I>>>>><i> You implied it. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> No, you impute it. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> I more prefer classic PC for its price than corresponding Apple hardware +</I>>>><i> that is twice more expensive. And I'm not alone, I personally know +</I>>>><i> nobody who uses a MacBook - even if "mac" is _cool_, slim number of +</I>>>><i> people buy it. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> Gee, you should get out more. I know at least four here locally, and I +</I>>><i> spend most of my time isolated on a farm. One is a cousin, another a +</I>>><i> neighbor, and the other two are longtime fiends. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> One used to be a PC guy, then Linux, and now is an Apple fan. He still +</I>>><i> likes Linux OK, but likes Apple better these days. (Shrug.) His +</I>>><i> choice. He keeps trying to get me to buy a Mac. When I plead expense, +</I>>><i> he points out that there are used/refurbished ones available, and that +</I>>><i> there's a LOT of low-cost/free Apple software around. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Aside from the above former Linux user and my brother, who uses what I +</I>>><i> set up for him, I don't know any other local Linux users personally. +</I>>><i> And quite frankly, I don't have a clue as to what most of the people I +</I>>><i> know use, or even if many use a computer at all. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> TJ +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> I see, well in my country mainly some artists (like graphic designers or +</I>><i> movie makers) use Macs - I met 3 persons (but I'm not a friend of them) +</I>><i> who had these computers, one was a designer of web sites, the second a +</I>><i> graphic designer and the third.. an eccentric. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://ranking.pl/pl/rankings/operating-systems.html">http://ranking.pl/pl/rankings/operating-systems.html</A> shows that around +</I>><i> 0,8% computers with internet access in my country run under MacOS.. and +</I>><i> this is nothing (I can simply point maybe 100 PCs with MS Windows +</I>><i> without internet access.. and I don't think that if someone has some +</I>><i> money to spend, and buys Mac hasn't access to internet). Also I don't +</I>><i> know the current situation very well nowadays on the market, but some +</I>><i> years ago there was totally no software for Macs.. and this eccentric +</I>><i> proffessor had to run everything under a virtual machine with Windows... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Well but this is a general off-topic here, my thesis is simple: usually +</I>><i> people who don't have what to do with their wallets choose Macs. +</I>><i> Probably in other countries Macs are relative cheaper and the situation +</I>><i> is much different. +</I> +You forgot the professional musician. After all, Microsoft Windows +only became interesting for them in the recent years, as most +software was MacOS only before that, or they was still on their +Atari's (both Steinberg's Cubase and Emagic (former Notator Logic) Logic +was originally only available on Atari. So to state that there was no +software for MacOS are a bit daft. + +– Olav +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006050.html">[Mageia-discuss] Why Mageia isn't a "Lion Friendly" distribution? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006041.html">[Mageia-discuss] Why Mageia isn't a "Lion Friendly" distribution? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6051">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6051">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6051">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6051">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |