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On 2 January 2013 08:36, bad apple <ifindthatinteresting@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (But saying that, you should still totally buy one - I had a Retina > MacBook recently and as much as I dislike OS X, the hardware was just I wouldn't run OSX of course. I'm not a fool. ;) > Technical merits in Win8/2012? There are a *lot*. Just off the top of my > head: SMB 3.0, multipath concurrent SMB shares (which can be used as > targets for the hyper-V role), hyper-V is now a fully functional Why use SMB over httpd sharing? > hypervisor, online de-dupe, AD cloning, WSUS overhaul, hugely improved > system management tools, powershell 3, native iSCSI targets, storage > spaces (backed by a new ZFS-like filesystem, as filesystems seem to I'll be surprised if it can outperform ext4. > tickle your fancy), native ISO mounts, etc, etc. Seriously, there are so Wow, native ISO mounts. :) > I'll say it before, and I'll say it again: only idiots wave the flag for > a particular OS - we call them fanboys, and it's purposefully > derogatory. That includes linux fanboys, who are amongst the most > obnoxious of them all. Well I like to think on this forum we strive for freedom. Of course I study and use proprietary software from time to time to see what they get upto, though I use of free software base for all my work and data (the important stuff). So I don't think there is any point supporting Windows users or this "right tool for the job" argument. For me it's about forging and making it work on a free software alternative. Kind regards, -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq