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   From: BD@hotmail.co.uk   
      
   On 19/11/2025 20:31, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:24:08 +0000, David B. wrote:   
   >   
   >> I didn't start with a Mac until 2009. I bought a 24 inch model and   
   >> remember being really pissed off when, just a few weeks later, a 27   
   >> inch version was launched!   
   >   
   > I first encountered an Apple Mac in 1984. I remember I used MacPaint   
   > to do a diagram or two for my Master’s thesis. Later I spent a bit   
   > over a decade doing user support and (when I could find the time and   
   > opportunity) programming work as the resident Mac fanatic.   
   >   
   > Then when NeXT acquired Apple, and the old “classic” MacOS went off   
   > into the sunset and they started moving towards being more   
   > “Unix-like”, I figured why waste my time on half measures, I would go   
   > where all the real “Unix” action was -- Linux.   
      
      
   Thank you so much for explaining. 🙂   
      
   I'll do my best to remember that you   
   are a fellow with much computing experience.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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