XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-08-24 11:26, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 8/24/2025 2:17 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2025-08-24 11:01, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>> On 8/24/2025 12:47 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-08-24 02:32, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:52:22 -0400, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> But no, buying a fucking Mac is not the answer.  It's too expensive.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> And lacking in expandability and versatility. All Apple’s machines are   
   >>>>> basically just glorified laptops now.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> And the OS may have licensed the “Unix” trademark, but it doesn’t   
   >>>>> work the   
   >>>>> way people expect traditional “Unix” systems to work.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Ask one of the original Bell Labs crew, Ken “Mr Unix” Thompson: he   
   has   
   >>>>> given up on Apple and switched to Linux.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Sorry, Linux fans:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Pretty much everyone disagrees with you.   
   >>>   
   >>> But they are Windows users, more often than not, so ...   
   >>   
   >> Pretty much all the people who leave Windows...   
   >>   
   >> ...get Macs.   
   >   
   >   
   > The Mac I bought to try out ended up getting completely wiped and   
   > Windows 7 put on it, though I did try using Boot Camp, but was   
   > unsatisfied with that setup.  I actually liked Snow Leopard when I first   
   > got it, tried numerous Apple-native apps, tried out its Unix components,   
   > thought it was cool, but it wore off.  I'm just not wired for Apple.   
   In what way?   
      
   More specifically, if you're "not wired for Apple", because you replaced   
   it with Windows, what makes you more "wired" for that?   
      
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