iMac

[Mike Garfias]

On Jun 10, 2007, at 3:21 PM, Ben Francom wrote:

> I had to chime in on this one since I *used* to be an OS X user.
>
> Fine again, I would just recommend running Linux on it, not only  
> because this is a Linux list, but also because of the vendor lockin  
> that comes with OS X.  Apple is actually worse than Microsoft as  
> far as OS updates are concerned.  Try to find updates for OS  
> 10.2.8.  You can't.  You have to spend $129 for tiger/panther/puma/ 
> lynx/calico captive, etc.  If you are okay shelling this out every  
> 1-2 years, that's fine.  I opt not to.
>
> We now run debian on me old G4.
>

How about finding updates for Debian Woody (equivalent in age to OS X  
10.2)?  You can't.  Woody is no longer supported.  The furthest you  
can go back would be Sarge.

Of course this doesn't address the fact that you can easily upgrade  
your woody box to sarge and then to etch.  But to simply say that the  
reason OS X/Apple sucks is the lack of updates to obsolete revs of  
the OS is bunk, as clearly that happens in the linux world too.