Comments on: Apple shares due to tumble

By: Lord T

Lord T — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:58:09 +0000

Ivan,

I’m impressed. It’s been so long since I looked at it that I had forgotten how versatile it was.

By: ivan

ivan — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:44:55 +0000

Lord T,

You might be surprised at what we can run on OS/2. We have Open Office 311, Firefox 354 plus a beta of the latest. I can play DVDs without problems and we have quite a range of *nix software ported. There is also a beta version of flash 10 in the pipeline – though I can play all the youtube clips I want with the version I have. Windows games are a little bit of a problem bit I’m not into that so it doesn’t worry me. So I would say yes it does run modern software.

It also runs on modern hardware – I have a couple of AMD X2 based machines and am looking at getting one of the quad core processors when I can afford it from my very reduced pension – thanks Gordon.

By: Lord T

Lord T — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:47:13 +0000

Ivan,

Advertising is king in America. Bill Hicks, used to suggest they killed themselves and had a section of his act about them. He is missed.

You must be happy with your programs being from the early 90s or does it run any modern software?

By: ivan

ivan — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:46:20 +0000

I have thought about this for some time and conclude it must be an American thing – they seem to be obsessed with advertising. I can see that type of intrusiveness driving people away – not something Apple could stand.

Having tried most of the operating systems available, in virtual machines on my OS/2, I’ll stick with OS/2 thank you. It may no longer be supported by IBM but they did a very good job on it in the first place and I’ve never found another OS with the active desktop we have.

By: Lord T

Lord T — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:18:45 +0000

I don’t see the Google OS being that different from the MS one although I would envisage it would be much faster and a lot smaller.

Every now and again I try Linux again to see how it is coming on. It’s coming around to that time.

By: Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:15:18 +0000

I meant the Ubuntu Linux update swapped my quotation mark and email (at) symbols on my keyboard, but your comment form didn’t seem to like them so cut them out

By: Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:11:59 +0000

I’m interested in this new Google OS that’s on the way, essentially an OS in a web browser I believ, especially since nowadays I do almost all my work in “The Cloud”, letting remote servers store my work (although I do of course have back-ups on my USB stick collection, etc). Re Mac v Windows, I’ve been both in my day, but was exclusively Windows for a years because the PCs running it are better value, all things considered, end of story. I got an Ubuntu Linux netbook a few months ago though, and it is OK, although it does have some little niggles (like the update that swapped my and characters on the keyboard My son, currently in his masters year as a physics student, says it has to be Linux for him because he just can’t run his crucial programs in anything else. So I gues it’s “horses for courses” and at least we have a choice

By: Lord T

Lord T — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:48:52 +0000

James,

It will go in the Mac OS first because it will be free. Other OS suppliers will have to pay and you can be sure it won’t go in Linux. That leaves Windows and if people want to pay MS to install it they will pay the patent to Apple.

Fingers crossed nobody wants it and it’ll only be Mac users that get it.

Then try turning it off.

By: jameshigham

jameshigham — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:12:13 +0000

Won’t be long before you are watching an advert before the video you have downloaded

Happens now but good old Apple let’s you switch it off. Many reasons to prefer Macs, Lord T.