Re: Will 2011 signal a Mac vi
  By: Sean Dennis to TOM WALKER on Sun Jan 02 2011 04:20 pm

 > OS X is based off of FreeBSD using the Mach kernel (yeah, UNIX :).  The prob
 > I have is that you could get the same stability with more software available
 > for you by simply running a PC with FreeBSD.  Hey, it's their money, they ca
 > spend it how they want. :)

At my current gig, the technology group replaced their Lenovo Thinkpads running
Windows XP with a lot of corporate crap bundled in. Their story was that
they needed a UNIX-like environment to support the production site. Instead of
throwing Ubuntu on their Thinkpads, their boss bought them MacBook Pros. 

I'd prefer a Lenovo running Ubuntu, myself. I could never get the hang of
Macbook keyboards. I've been typing on IBM Model M desktop keyboards and
Thinkpad laptop keyboards for too long.


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