Re: !
Tom Mix <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.checkmate |
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| Organization | Order of the Eternal Bait |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
In article <1s09ndq.1tua01n9j9h6iN%[email protected]>, [email protected] (Sn!pe) wrote: > Tom Mix <[email protected]> wrote: > [...] >>> > I've been exclusively Mac since I bought my first PowerBook G4 20 >>> years >>> > ago. If I want Linux (sometimes) or M$ Windows (very rarely) I can run >>> > them in a VM. I've bought into the whole Apple ecosystem now, it just >>> > works and everything talks to everything else. Mrs S uses a Mac too. >>> > >> > >> Yeah, I love them. No need for Windows or their Microsloth apps. I still >> prefer my Sun Workstation with StarOffice though. >> > > > There was a time when I loved building 'puters. I made a hobby of it, > multi-tool and screwdriver in hand, knitting together odd bits of kit > and software and wrestling with settings. > > I'm older now and wiser, I've put aside childish things and recognised > that a 'puter is a tool, a means to an end, not an end in itself. Macs > might seem expensive but they're beautifully made, last a long time, > are reliable and have good long-term support. > > Best of all, they just work. > IAWTP. Though I wish I didn't let my daughter talk me into an iPhone What a piece of shit. I am going to get a nice used phone and install linux on it. Fuck this phone. My android was better. -- Tom Mix