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   Alan to Joel W. Crump   
   Re: Sorry, Mac Fans: Linux Is Actually t   
   24 Aug 25 14:31:36   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-08-24 13:42, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 8/24/2025 2:38 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>> 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?   
   >   
   >   
   > Windows is just WYSIWYG, Mac is quirky.  Linux requires comprehension,   
   > which I have, but I'm not disliking using Windows again, for now.  I   
   > haven't made my decision about replacing it with Linux on this mini PC.   
   >   
      
   Unresponsive.   
      
   In what way is Windows any more WYSIWYG than macOS?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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