Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a good point - the fact Mac runs UNIX. UNIX is noted for requiring less overhead to run and is very stable. The "cron" utility, yes UNIX has a "cron" too, polls the system on a regular basis to determine if anything system related needs doing and executes the activity. This is one of the reasons why you don't need to reboot UNIX when installing most software or making system changes. Well, that's what I remember from AT&T UNIX System V anyway. I believe you have to reboot PC's in order to load things into the registry, etc. If you Mac folks think that you've had the last word in physical computer component design, (after all, Mac's are pretty) you should've seen the AT&T 7300 UNIX PC circa 1984. It was real "ET go home"! It was the first windows type interface too. Rob -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+54moggie=embarqmail.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+54moggie=embarqmail.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Kushner Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:00 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Mac vs PC OSX runs UNIX in the background which makes it very stable. Less than 1% of the time I have to switch browsers from Safari to Explorer when a site crashes which may be due to site's server & not the Mac. Otherwise, no worries. Dennis On Oct 17, 2007, at 1:30 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > It is this awesome stability, not speed or pretty icons, that have > converted me to Apple. > > Nathan _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information