Comments on: The great thing about Apple is that all the hardware and software are designed to work together … https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/ Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Moopheus https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527083 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:09:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527083 Yep, not allowing someone to promote a competitor’s product on their platform is exactly like totalitarian mind-control.

]]> By: itzac https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527082 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:44:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527082 Mac is Linux-like insofar as Linux is BSD-like, but quibbling over the cardinality of that likeness is so 2008.

I’ve jailbroken my iPod Touch a couple of times, and on each occasion I did exactly nothing interesting with it. I ended up restoring it because the latest firmware fixed a bug that pissed me off. I know I can jailbreak it again if I really want to, but it does everything I want it to just fine without it.

]]> By: Rob https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527081 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:14:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527081 Mach is Linux like?

]]> By: Rich Wilson https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527080 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:30:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527080 I would have snarked at calling BSD ‘linux like’ once upon a time. Now I’ll focus my inner asshole at “with it’s anti-1984 ad”

(should be its)

Ah, I feel much more superior now 🙂

]]> By: MadScientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527079 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:22:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527079 Uh oh. “… since they started to base their main operating system on a Linux-like kernel …”

BSD flame war in 3 ..

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527078 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:45:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527078 Their products are great, especially since they started to base their main operating system on a Linux-like kernel (much more reliable, powerful, etc.).

But Utopias are Utopias. This sort of story does make me want to jailbreak my iTouch. I have no idea what that would get me, but it just sounds good. Like that woman throwing the hammer through Big Brother’s head.

]]> By: gwen https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527077 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:33:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/11/30/the-great-thing-about-apple-is/#comment-527077 I love my Apple products, but they are rather overbearing about what apps they will allow. They won’t even install flash for goodness sake! But I will NOT give up my Mac or iPhone!

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