NP Mac OS 10.2

Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Thu Aug 22 09:08:26 CDT 2002


Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 8/22/02 8:13:46 AM, paul.mackin at verizon.net writes:
>
> << Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Sitting here looking into the ovarian eyes of the jaguar...
> >
> > Anyone else excited about this?
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/22/technology/circuits/22STAT.html
>
> Yes, not because I've ever had a Mac but recently have been using
> FreeBSD, the operating system upon which Mac OS X is based (along with
> the addition of the Mach microkernel).
>
> FreeBSD is decended from the Berkeley branch of Unix and works on cheap
> old PCs.
>
> OS X 10.2 does sound very good but requires a more expensive computer.
>
> P.
>
> I envy your computer skills. At this point I am stuck
> in the category of "end user," also known politely as
> the perfect consumer- at least with respect to the mac.
>
> regards

A Mac with a PowerPC G4 processor and OS X 10.2 sounds right then. The
imac model perhaps. You can first use it at the "end user" level ,  and
then migrate to the expert level and end up knowing what Linux and FreeBSD
and other nonWindows' people know.


P.








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