Comments on: MacBook Pro: Should I Just Get a Refurb? http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/11/21/macbook-pro-should-i-just-get-a-refurb/ Made with only the finest 1's and 0's Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:20:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Mill http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/11/21/macbook-pro-should-i-just-get-a-refurb/comment-page-1/#comment-5565 Bill Mill Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:09:22 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/?p=408#comment-5565 (I should state for the record that before I bought this mac, I was a Linux user for 6 years, I have written lots of open source code, and I don't use any closed software above the operating system level) (I should state for the record that before I bought this mac, I was a Linux user for 6 years, I have written lots of open source code, and I don’t use any closed software above the operating system level)

]]> By: Bill Mill http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/11/21/macbook-pro-should-i-just-get-a-refurb/comment-page-1/#comment-5564 Bill Mill Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:08:06 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/?p=408#comment-5564 My Macbook pro refurb is going on 2 years this December, it's never needed a single repair or improvement and it's nearly never been off in that entire span. I love it. I think that an important point to consider in Mac vs. Linux is that the Mac provides a unified platform, which Linux does not. You can write and release software for the mac assured that nearly everybody can use it, which is not the case for Linux. Linux requires open source so that packagers can do their magic. By which I mean to say that, if commercial software is part of "success", then it's not yet proven that *open* unix-based machines can be successful desktops. My Macbook pro refurb is going on 2 years this December, it’s never needed a single repair or improvement and it’s nearly never been off in that entire span. I love it.

I think that an important point to consider in Mac vs. Linux is that the Mac provides a unified platform, which Linux does not. You can write and release software for the mac assured that nearly everybody can use it, which is not the case for Linux. Linux requires open source so that packagers can do their magic.

By which I mean to say that, if commercial software is part of “success”, then it’s not yet proven that *open* unix-based machines can be successful desktops.

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