[gui-talk] An accesible terminal at long last

[Dane Trethowan]

Yes it can but its certainly not recommended and you cannot install  
the standard edition of Leopard onto a PC, it has to be hacked and  
cracked but I have seen it done yes.
The person I know who did it experienced a whole heap of problems, one  
of the nice things about Mac systems is that all the hardware you use  
just works straight out of the box, plug it in and there you go and  
that's because the Apple engineers know exactly what they're writing  
hardware drivers for but in the PC world things are drastically  
different as there are hundreds upon thousands of devices out there  
which have drivers of their own and this is where Leopard for the PC  
can stumble to a halt as it may not recognise many hardware devices on  
a standard PC.
The other problem encountered is that Leopard for the PC cannot be  
updated because of the hacks and cracks that were applied, this  
changes the software code significantly so updates cannot be applied.
Now just changing subject if I may and this would seem an appropriate  
time to do so, some list members have written to me asking me what  
sort of Mac machines are available. Well they fall into 4 categories,  
the Mac Mini, the Imac, the Macbook and Macbook Pro and the Mac pro.  
The Mac Mini is the cheapest of the range, its about the size of a  
dual-CD case and is available in a variety of configurations, I'd  
probably recommend this one for people just starting out and who don't  
want to put a lot of money into their new computer, its small but yet  
powerful.
The Imac is the "all-in-one" desktop machine, I have one in front of  
me here and it looks exactly like a flat panel LCD  display but behind  
the display is a fully-fled computer and a whole heap of built-in  
features like Wi-Fi compatibility, blue tooth connectivity, infra red  
connectivity etc., I won't list all the things this unit has because  
it will probably complicate the message a bit.
The Macbook and Macbook Pro category are Notebook computers, I have a  
Macbook, the second from the bottom and its the best notebook I've  
ever used both with Leopard and Fusion running a virtual Windows  
machine. The Macbook Pro has slightly higher performance specs but for  
those using speech I don't think you're going to get much more out of  
a Macbook Pro than you would a Macbook.
The Mac Pro is (if you like) a "PC look-a-like" in that it comes in a  
tower case and this machine is the most powerful in Apples range  
boasting 4 dual-processor chips (8 processors in all) and storage  
capacity of up to 12 terabytes so if you're planning to set up a TV  
station or you want to take a trip to Mars next year then this device  
will help you accomplish all these tasks <smile> but I envy anyone who  
has one of these machines very much so and may you enjoy it.
As a final note, all the Mac line now feature Intel Cor Duo chips and  
all will run Windows in a variety of ways from the Bootcamp method  
which Apple supply to using Windows as a virtual machine with third  
party applications such as Fusion, Parallels etc.
For pricing details on the various Mac models available then go and  
visit http://www.apple.com or suffix this address with the particular  
model you're interested in, for example http://www.apple.com/imac/  
will take you directly to the Imac computer pages.

On 08/12/2007, at 4:30 AM, James Shaker wrote:

> I understand that leopard can be installed on a PC..Have you done  
> that?  If
> so, how did it work?
>
> Jim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtdane at iprimus.com.au>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 1:00 AM
> Subject: [gui-talk] An accesible terminal at long last
>
>
>> Ok, well another thing which I'm extremely happy about under Leopard
>> is how accessible the terminal now seems to be. The terminal is found
>> in the Utilities folder under the Applications folder and this  
>> utility
>> allows you access to the "BSD" curnal of Leopard.
>> BSD is a form of LINUX, yes Leopard is based on LINUX but its  
>> cleverly
>> hidden through the Leopard Graphical User Interface. Having the
>> terminal accessible like this has made me more interested in "BSD"
>> than I ever have been, just like the old DOS command-line days when
>> writing batch files was a bundle of joy <smile>. BSD doesn't call  
>> them
>> batch files any more, they're called scripts and they're more  
>> powerful
>> than the humble batch file under MS DOS ever was.
>> So we have the best of two worlds with Leopard, an  intuitive and yet
>> powerful graphical user interface and the power and flexibility of  
>> the
>> terminal and BSD.
>>
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