[wellylug] Mac

E.Chalaron e.chalaron at xtra.co.nz
Fri Sep 29 07:33:51 NZST 2006


Hi
 
> I have a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.4 (Tiger).

I am more thinking about a Desktop actually. but I guess it wont change much.
Now... What is the minimum RAM you need to run like a 2GB RAM PC ?
Do tehy compare directly ?
 
> You get a bash shell.  You don't get focus-follows-mouse (it's a bit
> awkward with a universal menu bar) or multiple desktops (although you
> can get an extension to do that). 

> You get X11, but X11 apps look and
> feel different from Mac native, so many people prefer not to use them.
>  It's quite different from a system-administration point of view, but
> I'm not really qualified to comment more.

Likely to get lost ? :-) gee I dont really need that, though it would be a single user networked/firewire machine..
Thanks
E




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