[clug] Re: Off topic: OS/X USB boot device for 'normal' PC'S

[Jack Kelly]

Sorry for the dupe, Alex.

Alex Satrapa wrote:
> What is it about Mac OS X that people find so attractive that they're 
> willing to suffer through dodgey hardware and software hacks to get it 
> to work on cheap hardware? Why not just implement the features they like 
> on Linux? Maybe Apple should police the software licence more 
> rigorously, so people would need to implement the desirable features on 
> Linux in order to save $100 on hardware :P

This puzzles me too, since I find using OSX about as much fun as
computing with one hand tied behind my back. (Aside: anyone else think
that OS9 looked cooler?) Making a mouse-friendly interface is well and
good, but I'd like some way to discover shortcut keys other than by
accident.

-- Jack