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hih_tv-Greg
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Hello Mr. Buck, Apple OS-X,

Hello Mr. Buck,
Apple OS-X, isnt that now based on the Linux Kernal?

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What does "GenuineIntel x86

What does "GenuineIntel x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1" mean? Is it a Pentium 4?

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RE: Hello Mr. Buck, Apple

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Hello Mr. Buck,
Apple OS-X, isnt that now based on the Linux Kernal?

Actually it is Unix, not Linux. And yes, generally speaking it is very stable. With the new "Beta test" app for Einstein, it is also very fast.

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RE: RE: Hello Mr.

Message 13454 in response to message 13453

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Hello Mr. Buck,
Apple OS-X, isnt that now based on the Linux Kernal?

Actually it is Unix, not Linux. And yes, generally speaking it is very stable. With the new "Beta test" app for Einstein, it is also very fast.


Hello "Shaktai",
Unix...so in command line it uses all fo Unix conventions?

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RE: What does "GenuineIntel

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What does "GenuineIntel x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1" mean? Is it a Pentium 4?

No, its a Pentium III.

EDIT:

Intel has software that identifies your processor, heres a page that links to them.

The "GenuineIntel", "Family 6", "Model 8" and "Stepping 1" refer to Windows decoding the results of a CPUID instruction, to identify the processor. The manual for this is here, see page 22. It shows the values in binary, 6 is 0110, 8 is 1000.

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RE: Hello Mr. Buck, Apple

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Hello Mr. Buck,
Apple OS-X, isnt that now based on the Linux Kernal?

Unix, BSD with Darwin the Open Source portion.

One of the reasons why the Macintosh are as stable as they are. I have far fewer problems with the Mac than with Windows when used heavily.

That does not mean that it is perfect. It does get into a weird state sometimes. Just a day or so ago I was habing some odd things happening ... I had to kill some BOINC processes which screwed up all the work (it disappeared) and I had to reboot a couple times berore BOINC started working fully correctly.

But, in general, much better ...

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Hi Mr.Gribben, and Mr.

Hi Mr.Gribben, and Mr. Buck,
To start out I like to say to all who reads these posting, that doing Boinc has put in the company of some of the best people on earth...thank you all who reply to my postings.

Mr.Gribben so the "new" computer I have is a Pentium 3...well I got taken to the cleaners, LOL. Well that is o.k. it still works great. But thank you for the links they will come in helpful in the future.

Mr. Buck is all of BSD Unix?, and is it hard to config., and install on an old computer say like a 486DX2 50M/Hz?

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RE: Mr. Buck is all of BSD

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Mr. Buck is all of BSD Unix?, and is it hard to config., and install on an old computer say like a 486DX2 50M/Hz?

Beats me... When I bought the PowerMac it came installed. I have reinstalled a couple times, and just recently upgraded to Tiger. I have installed Linux a few times and did not find that it was that hard. But for one reason or another I moved back to windows. Though I have been considering standing up one system with Linux jsut so I can get used to it and BOINC.

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Hi Mr. Buck, On the Mac's the

Hi Mr. Buck,
On the Mac's the OS is a distribution of BSD and not the "Apple" system any more?

If thats the case I'll go do Mac's.

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RE: Hi Mr. Buck, On the

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Hi Mr. Buck,
On the Mac's the OS is a distribution of BSD and not the "Apple" system any more?

Bit of both.

If you do command line programming, then a Mac OS X is pure BSD.

If you control your computer with a mouse and like to drag and drop everything then Mac OS is very different from BSD.

The advantage over previous versions of Mac OS is that loads of linux stuff will work on BSD and therefore will work on a Mac.

But a copy of BSD for a PC won't get you the Apple desktop - to get those you need to pay money to Apple.

~~gravywavy

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