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in absolute, with an one iMac 20' -1100€-, i buy 3x Desktop PC -300€- ... with the same power on CPU, hard-drive and RAM/Graphic Card.
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20 FEET PANEL!? i think 1100EUR is cheap for that
You have to remember to add a 20" panel, and again, same size and all... Also, remember that the iMac is actually laptop hardware, so you should compare to that, not a desktop. I agree that a Mac is very expensive, but people forget that they can't just compare the speeds/memory sizes of the hardware, but you have to add the size of the hardware to the mix, materials for it (Glass screen, aluminum body... all that), which does cost a whole lot of dollars... Still expensive, but i don't know anyone who remembers to put it into the equation...
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Anyway -- so far, the results suggest that the OS bias is about the same as the general bias here -- we have more technical people here than in society at large, higher income, and more people working in graphics and film. And I suspect that people with unusual (i.e. "not just a PC or two") stuff are more likely to post.
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I don't need another UPS to start feeping at me during the next power outage this winter. I set it up and put it into service faster than I've ever put any physical PC into service -- and it was my first try with EC2. I can manage it from my iPhone -- even upgrade it. I can access it from anywhere -- I don't have to make a hole in my home firewall -- and don't have to deal with the dynamic IP I get with my cable service. I get more uptime. If I need more storage, I can just configure it. Backups are trivial, if I back up to the cloud. (I may want to reverse my usual practice, and back up FROM the cloud to local storage as a second backup type. I don't do single backup types anymore).
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Actually, I doubt this is true.
I think the converse is more likely to be true -- perhaps most people who build their own computers run Linux. Saves buying a retail copy of Windows, and Apple won't let you. But I think most people running Linux run them on stock hardware -- often older left-over hardware. But also high-end brand-new server hardware. Or in virtual machines, as in my case, so you can have your cake and eat it, too. (BTW, my EC2 instance is running Fedora 8 -- I checked the console log from my iPhone).
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budsiskos, most people build their own computers
Apart from my parents and my sisters, everyone i know have build their own (Well, my friends, not family...) And, you still mentioned 2 platforms that Linux runs on... You should have chosen OS's if you want to differentiate from Linux... (And, i think you by PC, meant Windows users anyway ) BSD is also a separate OS. SkyOS is also a separate OS... No matter how you look at it, you can't compare software to hardware... Again, a PC can run Mac OS X, Linux, Windows, all sorts of odd software, and so can the Macintosh. So, do you want to know what hardware people run on, or what software they run on it? If it's hardware, you could ask "PC - Preassembled, PC - Assembled, Mac, or Other" (What about people on ARM or SPARC? :P), if it's software, it would be "Windows, Mac OS, Linux based, BSD based, Other"... currently, you're comparing Apple to oranges (Couldn't help it ). Quote:
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And, since i run a RAID with server-class HDD's, i don't do backups (Well, i didn't do it before either... Real men don't backup! I just remember the binary data, and then use a butterfly to magnetize the disk again (Like this: http://xkcd.com/378/ :P) Also, i think i remember you signature from somewhere...
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It's a bit narrow, though, as you point out, BSD, or IRIX, etc. are not Linux.
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Exactly, that's what i thought he meant (Windows=PC, Mac=Mac OS, Linux=... Linux :P), and that's why i corrected him... I use PC's daily, but i wouldn't touch Windows...
Anyway, i think you all get my point
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Apple all the way!
1.) Cube (the one i use daily) 2.) dual proccessor tower (wife's) 3.) Powerbook G4 12.1" (wife's) 4.) Macbook intel dual-core (mine) two iphones three ipods retired to storage: Apple II+ Mac Classic Also in storage: Coleco Adam
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