Re: Status of MacOSX

[Bill Northcott]

> Why not do both? Macs will run a version of Linux natively (eg
> LinuxPPC which is a Redhat distribution). This has the advantage of
> having a working Swarm environment, better graphics speed (I
> understand). You can OSX for other stuff as needs be (eg Acrobat
> reader is not available for LinuxPPC). OSX & Linux
> should work together better than does Windows & Linux dual boot
> systems.

I think the fact that it used to work is LinuxPPC's only advantage, now 
Apple have fixed the X11 speed.
OTOH you have the usual slew of standard office and econetric stuff 
available for MacOS X.
Dual booting means stopping everything else while you do a Swarm build or 
run.
It really makes more sense to run Swarm on a cheap Linux PC and drive it 
via VNC on the Mac.  I can see no advantages for the dual boot Mac over 
that set up.

Bill Northcott

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