Marc Heusser wrote:
In article ,
Wayne.B wrote:

I still think that at least for now, PC is still the machine of
commerce. I don't know of anyone who runs internet business
applications and/or networking on MAC.

Probably more than half of the high traffic websites run their Apache as
their webserver. And use ipfw as their firewall.
You get both on every single Mac OS X installation, for free.
Mac Servers are cheaper than Dell's.
Mac Servers are most likely the easiest to administer Unix servers.

Macs have been turned into UNIX systems running a form of BSD.

No wonder, Apple has increased its market share.
Just because everyone does it, does not necessarily mean it is a better
solution.

Because they got rid of that bomb of an OS called MacOS.

Do the comparison, have a look at the software and use it. If after that
you come to the conclusion that a PC under Windows is the better
solution, then by all means go that route. If not, you may find a better
way to do things with Mac OS X. You might be pleasently surprised.

How about comparing a PC runnings Linux vs. a Mac running "MacOS".

HTH

Marc

In article ,
BAR wrote:

How about comparing a PC runnings Linux vs. a Mac running "MacOS".

Fine - Mac OS X needs less configuration and has a better UI.
Isn't it Linus Torvalds who said that this is what Linux should have
become?
Linux is fine and free and has all the horsepower. There are just too
many variants.
And Mac OS X has many layers above the Unix kernel that make it do all
sorts of things that Linux will not do or not as elegantly. Although eg
Ubuntu will do for end users. Mac OS X has a very well designed user
interface, something not easily copied.

As long as one actually tests different solutions that's fine with me -
there are different tastes.

HTH

Marc

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