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06/03/11 18:56
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 		 #182470 - why buy a mac
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Andy Neil said:
people buy macs because they are cool - not for technical reasons.


I buy Macs because they are technically cool.

Seriously, though, I greatly prefer OS X to Windows, an opinion which has been reinforced this week which was spent configuring a new Win7-64 machine. Jeez, just trying to figure out whether I am logged into the domain or just onto the computer is difficult. Where are the usual configuration things? Why is it so goddamn complicated to do anything?

People seem to think that OS X hides everything from the users, and to some extent that's true, but at least things are hidden in a reasonable way. Windows seems to think that obscurity is the way to go for anything. I swear to $DIETY that I wasted an hour trying to figure out WTF a "foreign disk" might be. See, I made the mistake of taking a hard disk out of an older machine (not even the OS disk, just a data disk) and putting into the new machine, setting the magic BIOS bit (why does BIOS still exist?) and then wondering why it didn't show up in Windows. Phooey.

-=a

List of 27 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
For all the smug Mac users ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Macs of old            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: trusting everything that looks slick and well-produced            01/01/70 00:00      
   invulnerability?            01/01/70 00:00      
      21st Century?            01/01/70 00:00      
         No. 20th Century            01/01/70 00:00      
            I can't agree - there were no real work done last cent.ury            01/01/70 00:00      
               Missed the point!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  No - not missing the point. Internet years are deceiving            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Yes, you are missing the point            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Jokes must avoid becomming disinformation            01/01/70 00:00      
   fake AV software            01/01/70 00:00      
      Jobs will tell us that it is the wrong way to use a Mac            01/01/70 00:00      
      level of computer literacy            01/01/70 00:00      
         why buy a mac            01/01/70 00:00      
            ecological disaster?            01/01/70 00:00      
               Flashy look is what drives us            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I have to agree ... it's all appearance over substance            01/01/70 00:00      
                  web ads and content            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Try Lynx for text web browsing            01/01/70 00:00      
               Green PC            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Lucky we don't have more fires            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Water cooling            01/01/70 00:00      
               my, often stated, point            01/01/70 00:00      
         Why peoplw buy Macs            01/01/70 00:00      
            Not technical exellence - just question of time scales            01/01/70 00:00      
   ATTENTION HACKERS!!!            01/01/70 00:00      

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