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"Mark Borgerson" wrote in message
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lid says...
"Larry" wrote in message
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Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

I think you have that backward. You select the application (software)
and then install the system that runs it.



Sorry. That's what I meant. You don't buy the computer that doesn't
run
what you want. But, alas, millions of Apple owners do.....



Name a program that doesn't work on an Apple.

Pretty much anything that requires a hardware paralell port.
For some applications, a USB-connected parallel port won't work.
The applications that I have that require a parallel port
are generally programming and debugging systems for
microcomputers.

Mark Borgerson



Well, ok. But how many end-users really need any of what you're talking
about... very, very few. I work with several different systems/OS. There are
always hardware issues, but few software issues between MacOS and Windows.

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On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:56:00 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

I think you have that backward. You select the application (software)
and then install the system that runs it.



Sorry. That's what I meant. You don't buy the computer that doesn't run
what you want. But, alas, millions of Apple owners do.....


Ah, but the cachet of NOT using MS.

Funny. Back in the days when MS was known for making the Z-80 card so
you could plug one in and run CP/M software they were good guys. We
ran the whole company on Apple ]['s and Z-80 cards at one time.

Now that they are a real success they are "bad guys".
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

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On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:14:42 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:40:18 +0700, Bruce In Bangkok wrote:



Eureka! works

Great! Now find yourself an English-Thai dictionary, and have at it. I
don't use Fedora, but it has a similar program to apt-get. It's called
yum. The process will be quite similar, but I don't have the specifics
on that.

Good luck!

I know how to use yum and get-apt. what I didn't know was the secret
name of the dictionary utility.
:-)

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

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On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:14:51 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Larry" wrote in message
.. .
Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

I think you have that backward. You select the application (software)
and then install the system that runs it.



Sorry. That's what I meant. You don't buy the computer that doesn't run
what you want. But, alas, millions of Apple owners do.....



Name a program that doesn't work on an Apple.

CMAP ECM.
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

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On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:14:19 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:
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I just downloaded a free app that works like a level. I get the NY Times
pushed to the phone every hour. I can also use it like a touch screen for my
computer instead of the mouse. Sure... lots of "cuteness" but some of it is
very cool tool.

The push stuff is nice. I wish I could get that here.

Cuteness or cool depends on the user I think.
I seldom text but in Singapore you see kids hanging on a strap in the
subway, talking with their friends and typing text messages with their
thumb faster then I can type with both hands.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

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"Capt. JG" wrote in
easolutions:

Name a program that doesn't work on an Apple.



Maemo Mapper
Xournal
55,800 Palm programs
millions of Linux programs
millions of Windows programs.

Don't tell me about Wine. It's **** compared to XP running on a really
fast Windows box.

Owning an Apple has always been like owning a bike with training wheels you
can't take off.

Visit any software store and count the Apple programs in the back corner of
the Windows Store. Wonder why the whole store isn't full of Apple programs
with a tiny section in the back of Windows programs.

Visit tucows.com, download.com and compare the shareware available.

You'd have to be completely blind and crazy NOT to see the difference.....

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Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

Name a program that doesn't work on an Apple.

CMAP ECM.
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)



The Cap'N nav software....just to be on topic...(c;]

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Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

Funny. Back in the days when MS was known for making the Z-80 card so
you could plug one in and run CP/M software they were good guys. We
ran the whole company on Apple ]['s and Z-80 cards at one time.



In the days before the PC/DOS, I used to sell Ohio Scientific computers.
Our business model had 6502, Z80 and 6800 processors you could select to
run all the software currently available on whatever OS you liked. CP/M
ran great.

It was also the first commercial microcomputer with a real hard drive, a
74MB, 14" platter monster from the minicomputers of the day. 74MB was an
unheardof landscape of real fast storage. Our OS was called OS-65U and ran
an extended BASIC on the 6502 processor, the best of the three.

Then IBM decided none of the rest of us needed to be in business and that
was pretty much the end of it.....

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On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:21:15 +0000, Larry wrote:

"Capt. JG" wrote in
reasolutions:

Name a program that doesn't work on an Apple.



Maemo Mapper
Xournal
55,800 Palm programs
millions of Linux programs
millions of Windows programs.

Don't tell me about Wine. It's **** compared to XP running on a really
fast Windows box.

Owning an Apple has always been like owning a bike with training wheels you
can't take off.

Visit any software store and count the Apple programs in the back corner of
the Windows Store. Wonder why the whole store isn't full of Apple programs
with a tiny section in the back of Windows programs.

Visit tucows.com, download.com and compare the shareware available.

You'd have to be completely blind and crazy NOT to see the difference.....

I think there is something called Boot Camp that allows Apple PCs to
run Windows apps. Think Apple also went from Motorola to Intel chips.
Not clear on it, since I have always used MS/Intel, and never cared.
No sense fighting about it or telling people what to use.
If it suits them, fine. If it doesn't, they can change.
Apple salesmen won't agree, however.

--Vic

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On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:58:04 -0600, Vic Smith wrote:


I think there is something called Boot Camp that allows Apple PCs to run
Windows apps.

It's my understanding that Boot Camp allows Apple PCs to run the Windows
OS, and along with it, Windows apps. Apples, at least some of them, are
now Intel based, but, apparently, run a different BIOS that Windows
doesn't support. Boot Camp just allows you to dual boot. There is also
Parallels, which will run Windows inside a virtual machine, so you can
run the Mac OS and Windows at the same time.