From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Hw56U-0003ui-00 for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:39:50 -0400 Received: (qmail 6296 invoked by uid 1000); 6 Jun 2007 16:39:18 -0700 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 16:39:18 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Definitely unslung Message-ID: <20070606233918.GA6260@localhost.localdomain> References: <20070605030234.GB32366@ourhouse.brannan.name> <001501c7a71e$1ba45340$0901a8c0@HANDS> <20070605031014.GA32497@ourhouse.brannan.name> <472CC8C1-1F61-4B21-9F9A-352C11B9E46D@softcon.com> <20070605234921.GC26352@gmx.net> <7795925B-859F-4021-8E1F-EC46A4B00E1D@softcon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7795925B-859F-4021-8E1F-EC46A4B00E1D@softcon.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:39:51 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I seem to recall reading or hearing somewhere that Apple is in the process of porting macos to the pc, and that should supposedly be available in 2 years. Greg On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 06:33:40PM -0500, Travis Siegel wrote: > Actually, the switch to intel wasn't all that bad of a plan. > The ppc line of processors was running out of upgradability, and the > intel still has a lot of life in them. Thus, the switch was an > attempt to remain competative in the general market. > With the added bonus that you can now run windows on your mac (if you > so choose to ruin such a good machine) > That's the draw for most, a stable os that still allows execution of > all your legacy software just in case you absolutely can't do without > it. > Personally, I have booted into xp roughly 3 times in the last year, > so for me, the xp thing was only a nice to have, but definitely not a > necessity. > > However, the conversion from ppc to intel went rather smoothly > considering it was an entire os that got ported over (I know, linux > is on several platforms and it works just fine) Well, now apple has > proved it can be done with a commercial os as well. > > > > > On Jun 5, 2007, at 6:49 PM, Alex Snow wrote: > > > Kind of lost interest when they went intel > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGZ0Wm7s9z/XlyUyARArWxAJ47XTulKuWVw84ZChQYgYmD39cOsACeNAzb tsM4LLjnzhY1jjT9+Ekr5FY= =xxJR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----