Re: !

Sn!pe wrote:
> 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.
> 

he must have thought the planet mars.