Are you a Mac person OR a Pc person?
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al":3gmq9gnl said:al":3gmq9gnl said:I only use a Mac when I'm hanging around the local park gates of an evening.
No not really, I've got a duffle coat!
al.
Are you saying that Mac people are perv's who hang round the park
My lawyers will be touch 
sylus
Old School Grand Master
being like many I was brainwashed by microsoft the first time on a mac confused me to the point of almost giving up on it
I did find loading microsoft office for mac a huge help though and largely since then as I play around with the mac and read a bit more then it works as I need it
took some time though
I did find loading microsoft office for mac a huge help though and largely since then as I play around with the mac and read a bit more then it works as I need it
took some time though
djoptix
Senior Retro Guru
That whole report is skewed by the massive numbers of morons who consider themselves one or the other, but aren't really... but are still more than willing to have an opinion on the opposite camp.
I am a Mac person myself (first computer - SE!!!) but ffs...
LOL MORONS
That is all
I am a Mac person myself (first computer - SE!!!) but ffs...
hunch report":tje3popr said:
LOL MORONS
That is all
I use Windows at work, Mac with OS X as a workstation in home and hardened for security Linux SE (Security Enchanced) on my laptop for internet banking and shopping. I'm not a mac fanboy but it has a fast and solid rock system
like Linux.
like Linux.
Neil G
Old School Grand Master
How many people actually use macs for what they're good for (design).
IMO most people still make up stuff about viruses etc with the real reason being that they look good next to that £500 coffee pot#
I'm sure there are lots more mac users these days...that'll be the slick advertising then!
IMO most people still make up stuff about viruses etc with the real reason being that they look good next to that £500 coffee pot
#I'm sure there are lots more mac users these days...that'll be the slick advertising then!
Over the years, I've worked with and regularly used countless OSs, been a systems programmer working with several OSs, and worked with countless different architectures. From HUGE computers, to small things.
These days, I'd say I'm most familiar (from a day-to-day and GUI perspective) with Windows, but equally at home with command-line Unix (/Unices).
I've never really bought into the polarisation that some seem to cling to. If I look back at the years, happily spent on big Unix systems, even that is predated by the years I spent happily working with even bigger mainframes.
For all the times I've seen people boasting about Macs "just working" and "don't have to worry about virusesssesssess", I'm reminded of times when I've had to fight integrating Macs and other Unices with other networks / directories / OSs, and vice versa. There's rarely a moral or technical highground in this, just shades of preferences - and in some cases, fashion, image, and bandwagon.
These days, I'd say I'm most familiar (from a day-to-day and GUI perspective) with Windows, but equally at home with command-line Unix (/Unices).
I've never really bought into the polarisation that some seem to cling to. If I look back at the years, happily spent on big Unix systems, even that is predated by the years I spent happily working with even bigger mainframes.
For all the times I've seen people boasting about Macs "just working" and "don't have to worry about virusesssesssess", I'm reminded of times when I've had to fight integrating Macs and other Unices with other networks / directories / OSs, and vice versa. There's rarely a moral or technical highground in this, just shades of preferences - and in some cases, fashion, image, and bandwagon.
In 2004, my Windows PC was the victim of a phishing attack. While browsing the web, Internet Explorer was re-directed to some random site which then opened dozens of windows on my screen. While I was trying to close them all, the Windows dial-up program was being re-programmed to call an 0900 number.... silently.
I only pieced together what had happened when my phone bill for that month (which should have been around £15-£20) came in at £90. I suppose I should have been grateful that it wasn't a hell of a lot more.
The PC had also been getting slower and slower over the months (as Windows machines do), so I decided that I'd backup my work, format the HDD and re-install Windows (as Windows users do). At the end of the process, the Windows installer said that it couldn't detect my external modem. I directed it to my serial port (COM1). Then it said that it couldn't detect my serial port.
I'd seen enough. I got in the car, drove to the Apple dealer and bought a Mac.
In almost 7 years of Mac ownership, I haven't even had 5% of the trouble that I'd had during the preceding 12 years of Windows PC ownership.
So it wasn't Apple's slick advertising that convinced me to buy a Mac -- it was Microsoft's s**t operating system.
I only pieced together what had happened when my phone bill for that month (which should have been around £15-£20) came in at £90. I suppose I should have been grateful that it wasn't a hell of a lot more.
The PC had also been getting slower and slower over the months (as Windows machines do), so I decided that I'd backup my work, format the HDD and re-install Windows (as Windows users do). At the end of the process, the Windows installer said that it couldn't detect my external modem. I directed it to my serial port (COM1). Then it said that it couldn't detect my serial port.
I'd seen enough. I got in the car, drove to the Apple dealer and bought a Mac.
In almost 7 years of Mac ownership, I haven't even had 5% of the trouble that I'd had during the preceding 12 years of Windows PC ownership.
So it wasn't Apple's slick advertising that convinced me to buy a Mac -- it was Microsoft's s**t operating system.
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