Geekery

[poggs]

Since I don't have a dual layer DVD, I've copied the OSX 10.5 DVD image to an external hard drive, booted from it, and I'm now making a backup image of my internal disk to another external drive before I wipe the whole lot and put 10.5 on.

I'm really glad I think I know what I'm doing.

Comments

[fyta]

Haha, my god this sounds familiar. It's amazing how technically ingenious a lack of writeable media makes us :D For example, net booting in the absence of a CD-R can be a right ball ache but so much more geekily (shh, it's a real word) satisfying :B

Flex that geek muscle, Mr. Hicks.

[madda_gaska]

No! Stop! Install not the Mac OS! You know not what you do!

Seriously, man, just install BSD properly and leave the dumb apple shit off the poor computer...

S

[hirez]

OS X is NBG for a swerver, but it is truly The Shit on a workstation. 10.5 especially so.

[madda_gaska]

I've just been distinctly unimpressed with Apple's responses to security issues, and on having to support the bloody things (people keep buying them and wanting them to work exactly the same way with their Windows network that a Windows PC will- to put it politely it is irksome) I've also found myself less than impressed.
Especially with dealing with fileshares on Windows systems. Can't handle hidden shares because Apple can't be bothered to keep Samba up to date, and with the latest release you can only map fileshares on logon and have shortcuts to them by digging into the command line- sure, I can do that, but is it user friendly for the average no-IT-Joe who buys a Mac?

Sure, it might have some use when being used standalone for graphical (or audio?) tasks, but otherwise I think it's far more sensible to go for either Windows or one of the 'lite' flavours of Linux.

S

[hirez]

Well, yes. Apple's idea of patching is made of horrible fail (... To back out a patch, backup your data and reinstall the OS... Riiiight. ) which is one of the reasons I say 'NBG for a server'

People wanting daft things isn't really Apple's fault, but I must admit that since my work box is still on 10.4, I've not seen that problem. I also barely use the Windows servers - most of my desktop is a pile of SSH sessions into far-away unix kit. I use the thing in much the same way that I've used all my other Unix workstations, now I think about it.

Although the HP-UX box was a lot more use at drying out damp cycling kit.

[warlockuk]

OSX is the sweat from Satan's Balls. It really is a piece of crap.

Sadly, to use the iPhone SDK I have no choice but to make myself a Hackintosh out of spare shat. Effin' weak.

[passengeraction]

A Hackingtosh Dell you say? Let me know how it goes.

(And yes when power Mac users and corporate networks meet it's not pretty at all. Our infrastructure is full of compromises because a few senior people like their shiny aluminium gods)

[poggs]

No, nono! I already have a Proper Macbook Pro.