Comments on: Why Linux People Buy Macs and A Business Opportunity

By: the shoemaker

the shoemaker — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:07:13 +0000

I will rip out my spleen with a spork before I buy and Apple product. They deserve to be boycotted for the hideous nightmare known as OS X.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:14:10 +0000

on February 12th, 2008 at 10:14 am, manchine wrote:

> Owning a Mac is more about fashion and trendiness than a technological
> choice. Even the assumption that a Mac “looks better” is arguable and
> highly subjective. It’s one of the most accomplished urban myths Steve
> Jobs has managed to sell out. Actually, this guy could bottle his farts
> in design containers and i’m sure that quite many maccies would eagerly
> buy them.

You have revealed yourself as the true ignoramus you are. Good work…

By: InTheLoop

InTheLoop — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:57:06 +0000

“I think he’s referring to people running linux on apple hardware.”

Exactly. Thank you.

By: Tribe

Tribe — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:21:30 +0000

I know some of GNU/Linux users who have Apple laptops, myself included (MacBook Pro + Kubuntu) and the majority bought it because the good hardware.

By: mj

mj — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:39:54 +0000

Most of the ‘Linux Geeks’ I know tend to use Macs as laptops and rooms full of aging hardware running Linux at home. Or those who get into it as a job still use a Mac laptop but administer their racks and racks of Linux blades from it.

A Linux Laptop, designed with Apple’s Cues? Sure. That’ll sell.

By: Badr Benjelloun

Badr Benjelloun — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:57:24 +0000

could also be the fact that apple sticks to similar hardware config so there is less of a hassle with trying to dig drivers and getting things to work properly!

By: Reginald W

Reginald W — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:43:17 +0000

I’m a long time computer person who played with buying S-100 bus systems, almost bought an Exidy Sorceror, was raised on Apple product, went through the religious wars of Apple versus DOS and then Macintosh versus DOS and then Macintosh versus Windows and the rise of Linux against everyone.

I’ve used a lot of stuff out there and I’m just installing a specific POS with integrated accounting software that runs on Windows because I liked the functionality of this POS versus the other POS’s I looked at. I prefer my Macs just because they are a lot less of a pain than the few machines I do run Windows on, but either way, I choose the machine based upon the application software that will be run on it.

The OS is there to support the application and if I have a choice I can pick and choose which OS I can run it on, otherwise I pick the software and to hell with the OS, for the most part.

The problem as I see it with Linux, is that the geeks are trying to get everyone to be geeks, to play in the software, to contribute to the pool and make Linux better. The argument that you can fix it yourself is fine if you want to fix it yourself, but I’m of an age where I just want something that works and I don’t want to spend the rest of my days tinkering on the tool to make a better tool, I want to use the tool to do something.

I personally don’t have a problem getting my hands dirty doing whatever, but sometimes I don’t want to.

While Apple makes certain guidelines and “enforces” them through the HIG, Microsoft makes suggestions on interface and lets the developers do as they please. Linux on the other hand gets the developers to fight over which which way is better and you almost get armed rebellions and riots over whether this interface module is better than that module and whether this software can work with that particular interface.

Linux is way too complicated for its own good sometimes. Linux is getting better all the time, but it is still not there for the majority of people who have no interest in programming, no interest in piecing together old computer parts to create their working computer and no desire to become a backyard tech to keep their computer running.

This is personal opinion and observation on my part, not a declaration of war or a put down of anyone who thinks theirs is the only way. Pick your equipment and software and have at it.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:33:23 +0000

I think he’s referring to people running linux on apple hardware.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:31:56 +0000

Uh. There is a huge elephant in the room that you are ignoring. It is called OS X. Macs are preferred because of the OS, not just the looks.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:29:16 +0000

The hardware is indeed good, but it’s really the entire package that attracts people to the platform (the operating system, the applications that come bundled with it, and the way everything works together to create a better computing experience). Anyone who has used a Mac for any length of time will tell you there is much much more to a Mac than just the hardware.