[SPARCbook] sparcbook

[Aaron Sonntag]

Chris,

this is interesting... i had always wondered how "BSD" OSX was.  Do you
have any links to sites that cover how one would go about using a MAC
for unix work?  i currently use windows2000 with securecrt as my
terminal machine.  i own a sparcbook3xp for fun and so i can have a
sparc system at home.

--aaron=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher J. Heric [mailto:chris at pubwire.com]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:43 AM
To: sparcbook at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] sparcbook


I must say... that in addition to Linux, I am extremely satisfied with
the
latest 10.1 version of Mac OS X, running on a 500 Mhz powerbook Pismo.
It is extremely nimble at FTP, Apache, and numerous other BSD compiled
apps.
It can run circles around a sparc ultra.
I mean my SparcBook 3GX is cool, because it runs Solaris and all... but
once
I got a compiler on my OS X powerbook, it became a very usable UNIX
machine.
Not only that.. it has a 30 gig drive and 1 gig of RAM that it sees all
of
with no problems.

I thought I was going to be dissapointed with the Powerbook compared to
my
SparcBook....  (as far as construction quality, performance etc.) but I
find
that it is pretty well-built as well. Plus... I even have 100Mbit
ethernet,
USB, and IEE 1394 compatible devices working under a BSD kernel.

Just a thought... I had been considering a serious UNIX laptop
investment...
but I think that I will go with the PowerBook as my main terminal
window. I
even have the 802.11b wireless card installed, and it works like a
charm...
7-8 hours of continuous battery power, wireless.

I had no idea how cool Mac OS X was. The PowerBook was under $2,000.00.

I sill love my venerable 3GX... and maybe if I get the RAM ugraded past
32
MB... it will perform better... But everything is so expensive for it..
that
I might just have to make the move...

My 2=A2... and it's NOT in the FAQ. (grin)
Chris Heric

MICHAEL M DELANEY wrote:

> Terry,
> do you mean for laptops that can run unix, or sparcs specificly?  You
can
> run Solaris, Linux, or *BSD on most newer pc laptops, and the newest
mac
> laptops might be worth looking at as well.  If you want a laptop
version
> of a real computer, there are not that many choices.  As far as I
know,
> naturetech and Tadpole make sparcs, and Tadpole also makes pa-risc and
> made alphas a long time ago.
> Mike

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