Comments for Stan's List http://stanslist.net News you need for computers that just work. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:15:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Remember Apple is a hardware company by Bob Shayler http://stanslist.net/2005/11/21/remember-apple-is-hardware-company/#comment-3 Bob Shayler Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:36:37 +0000 http://stanslist.net/2005/11/21/remember-apple-is-hardware-company/#comment-3 Well, I read all the response threads and think they miss the point of why Apple can't (rather than won't) make OS X available for PCs. The PC isn't a predictable hardware set. OS X needs a predictable hardware set. Any need to separately install 3rd party drivers to make the OS work voids the control Apple needs to make OS X so remarkable and stable. Remember extension conflicts in OS 9 and before? Apple sells cute hardware, even beautiful hardware. But the underlying message in the desire to make OS X work on PCs is that Apple does not always sell the best hardware. Maybe with Intel that will change so long as Stevie doesn't have one of his classic emotional breakdowns because some hardware source did him wrong causing him to ban it from the platform thereby shooting himself in the foot. Even of this rant, I got better things to do, like walk the dogs... -Bob- Well, I read all the response threads and think they miss the point of
why Apple can’t (rather than won’t) make OS X available for PCs. The
PC isn’t a predictable hardware set. OS X needs a predictable hardware
set. Any need to separately install 3rd party drivers to make the OS
work voids the control Apple needs to make OS X so remarkable and
stable. Remember extension conflicts in OS 9 and before?

Apple sells cute hardware, even beautiful hardware. But the underlying
message in the desire to make OS X work on PCs is that Apple does not
always sell the best hardware. Maybe with Intel that will change so
long as Stevie doesn’t have one of his classic emotional breakdowns
because some hardware source did him wrong causing him to ban it from
the platform thereby shooting himself in the foot.

Even of this rant, I got better things to do, like walk the dogs…

-Bob-

]]> Comment on 10.3.9, 10.4: Some Apple applications don’t open by Nathan Kline http://stanslist.net/2005/11/14/1039-104-some-apple-applications-dont-open/#comment-2 Nathan Kline Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:09:44 +0000 http://stanslist.net/2005/11/14/below-is-the-latest-news-from-the-official-wordpress-development/#comment-2 I have a friend who runs a recording studio and he has had problems with several digital input cards in OS X. They worked fine by themselves but if they were both plugged in (they are PCI cards), his computer would have a kernel panic. he finally had to buy new cards that had better driver support. I have a friend who runs a recording studio and he has had problems with several digital input cards in OS X. They worked fine by themselves but if they were both plugged in (they are PCI cards), his computer would have a kernel panic. he finally had to buy new cards that had better driver support.

]]>