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shuuhen · 10-13-2008, 01:15 AM

Macs are the easiest overall IMO. Mac OS X is a very stable operating system. Since it is a Unix-like OS, it can do almost anything Linux or any of the many other Unix-like operating systems can do.

Linux generally requires more knowledge than Mac OS X or Windows, but a few of the "easy" distributions try to narrow that gap. Definitely not as easy to fix as Mac OS X is most of the time. One upside of Linux is the main limits to what you can do are knowledge and hardware.

There are tons of others, but they'd be a little harder to handle than Linux. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, etc. They all have highlights, but more for people that already know their way around Unix-like operating systems and have specific reasons for not going with Linux or Mac.

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shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 988 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	Re: windos xp pc alternative Macs are the easiest overall IMO. Mac OS X is a very stable operating system. Since it is a Unix-like OS, it can do almost anything Linux or any of the many other Unix-like operating systems can do. Linux generally requires more knowledge than Mac OS X or Windows, but a few of the "easy" distributions try to narrow that gap. Definitely not as easy to fix as Mac OS X is most of the time. One upside of Linux is the main limits to what you can do are knowledge and hardware. There are tons of others, but they'd be a little harder to handle than Linux. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, etc. They all have highlights, but more for people that already know their way around Unix-like operating systems and have specific reasons for not going with Linux or Mac. __________________ Has it been a few days since I replied to your thread? Don't panic! I'm a busy college student and may forget a post if I'm extra busy (or it might just take me a while to be able to do a decent reply). If you still need help and are awaiting my reply after a few days, PM me about it. When posting what errors you get, please give the full message. It makes helping you much easier.