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Re: Windows is buggy and slow lets buy a Mac
« on: March 23, 2010, 03:05:11 PM »
OK, so to sum this post up:

Quote from: skurk;549318
I started using Linux back in 1995, and kept that as my main OS until 2004 when I switched to OSX.
and then...
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... Linux just isn't ready for the desktop yet.

So, it isn't ready for the desktop now, because you had problems 6 years ago?

:confused:

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Re: Windows is buggy and slow lets buy a Mac
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2010, 11:45:34 PM »
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Read my  posts again.  The problems I just described happened about a month ago.
Weird.. Not sure how I misread that...   :confused:

Anyway, if you're installing new, you don't want "nv"..
You want to install the driver from NVidia.
(Which is what you would do with a Windows box.)
Once you do that, you get the NVidia driver; and kernel updates automatically update the NVidia driver when needed...

And judging by the comments on the Windows forums and the people I know who have tried it, you still have similar driver issues with Windows latest releases.

Mac has always had the advantage of supporting a much smaller hardware base, so driver compatibility is easier for them...

The sound issue is a pain.  Just looked it up..  I was using Gnome, so didn't come across those issues...

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Re: Windows is buggy and slow lets buy a Mac
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2010, 08:10:45 PM »
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Linux folks are constant tweakers, it's a Geeks world and most of the tweaks fall into the "Don't these people have a life" category but still they tweak.

Oh, well, as long as you aren't making insulting generalizations then, that's OK..  :(

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Amiga 500 w/ 2M CHIP and 8M FAST RAM, DCTV, AEHD floppy, and 1084S.
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