Re: !

yoyleguy <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sn!pe <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I've been exclusively Mac since I bought my first PowerBook G4
> > 20 years ago.
> >
>
> Neat! What caused you to choose it though? Don't get me wrong, it does
> sound nice, but it definitely wasn't *the* only option on the market.
>

When I escaped the Evil Empire I went to Mandrake Linux first and I was
quite content with that for a couple of years.  Then I needed a new box,
a pal recommended Mac because it was inherently more secure and I was
hooked.  I've been on Mac OS X since Panther and never looked back.

> 
> > If I want Linux (sometimes) or M$ Windows (very rarely) I can
> > run them in a VM.
> >
>
> Why ever want Window$ though? It's an inferior OS to any other ones,
> and even MacOS would seem pretty nice to that. At least, if you're using
> Window$ 8+.
>

Certainly 'Doze is inferior but if the app you need only comes in 'Doze
flavour, you have to use it.  Ditto for Linux.

> 
> > I've bought into the whole Apple ecosystem now, it just works
> > and everything talks to everything else.  Mrs S uses a Mac too.
> >
>
> Makes sense, that's what an ecosystem is usually meant to do.
> Who is Mrs S though?
>

Mrs. Sn!pe, obvs.

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