[Nottingham] Installfest Proposal

[Duncan John Fyfe]

On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Martin wrote:

> Duncan John Fyfe wrote:
>  >
>  > On 10 Apr 2003, Robert Postill wrote:
>  >> On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 13:02, Duncan John Fyfe wrote: Macs?  I'm
>  >> not sure what I'd say if someone brandished an iMac at me.
>  >
>  > Try: "How many hours did you have this before it was made obsolete
>  > by a cheaper model ?"
>  >
>  > or: "Only 2 days old and already unsupported by the latest OSX you
>  > say ?"
>
>
> Ooooer... Do I detect a little snobbishness from those that don't
> appreciate why Apple Macs still exist?...
>

No, just remembering some poor unfortunate souls....

( I thought Apple Macs still existed to provide Linux users with a non-x86
chipset to play with. ;) )

> Macs are specially designed and marketed __NOT__ to be upgraded, so as
> not to confuse the users or to trouble the support droids. To upgrade,
> the marketing floozies sell you an __entire__ new system. Worked well
> for IBM in decades gone past.
>

still remembering those poor unfortunate souls...

> (Macs are good for users who just want to be able to reliably __use__
> the things,

ha ha, go on pull the other one.

> and accept the restrictions and expense for the simple
> familiarity and reliable useability.)
>
> Linux is an interesting compromise between the windoze world and the mac
> world in some respects.
>
> Now then... Are there any Mac look-alike flavoured Linux distros/themes?
> Or even a wine-like interface (mine? (:-))?
>

Why ?
I'm sure you could tie just about any WM to use only one mouse button if
you really wanted to.
Maybe a range of 'apple key' stickers to cover the 'windows key' would be
usefull.

> Regards,
> Martin
>
>

Have fun,
Duncan

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