Date: 19 Apr 2003 14:50:12 GMT From: davehinznopsamcop.net Subject: Re: A Macintosh Computers and A Saab?
Someone who looks an awful lot like Xenna <xennarnopsamo.com> wrote: > davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: >> I find it astonishing that you are grouping Mac OS in with Windows rather >> than with Linux. OS-X and Linux are functionally interchangable at >> so many levels, while OS-X and Windows have nearly nothing in common. > I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm pretty sure most Mac users were > already advocating Macs before OSX came out (and they probably put down > Linux users at the same time). Pre-OSX Macs had even less in common with > Linux/Unix than Windows PC's. They didn't even have commandline interfaces. Could be; in my case I paid Mac no attention at all until it _got_ Unix. At that point, the easy GUI for the wife and kid, plus the robust OS for me, made it an ideal option. That and the 'Doze BSOD was well past annoying. > Apparently Mac users don't really care what they use unless it has the > shiny Mac logo on it... Apparent to whom, based on which incomplete observations on your part? > Yes, I like Macs a lot more than I used to since they have OSX, but I > still hate the subculture of cool-for-cool-sake followers around them. People who don't understand Saabs and why they have such an intense following probably feel the same way about Saab.
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