Subject: Re: Intel Mini?
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/03/2006 19:14:57
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On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 04:11:10PM -0700, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> On Oct 3, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
> >I really can't see why anyone would want Mac hardware that's
> >not significantly different than stuff that's often cheaper, and
> >better supported by NetBSD.
> Uh, because you can run Mac OS on it?
>=20
> Honestly, I think a great solution for NetBSD on Intel-based Macs is =20
> to use Parallels Desktop.

See also, "shiny design".

Maybe not for a server, but certainly for a laptop, this really is a
modern computer purchasing metric. (I write, typing on a regular old
Powerbook G4, where Mac OS X is Just Fine, thanks.)

--=20
gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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