Re: !
Lane W <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.checkmate |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Tom Mix wrote: > 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. > That's ridiculous. The Apple iPhone is such that every feature is better than that of an Android phone. Although I haven't had a chance to use a Google phone yet, so I can't clarify those details for you.