The Linux Actions guys tell their entire saga of disaffection from Mac users. (They were mac developers and had taken over the administration of a mac community web site). Checkout One Laptop Per Child project laptop.org
----- Original Message ---- From: MrMike6by9 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 7:30:00 AM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] The Worst Thing about Macs The author of the piece said it right for me as well. My computing days go back to CP/M and UNIX BSD via a dumb terminal. I resisted buying a Mac for the same basic reason cited, the machine users tended to be the sort I didn't want to associate with. Constantly denigrating the choices of others with terms like PeeCee Weenie and more. I did eventually buy a MBP about 18 months ago and use it daily but I don't worship any computer or OS. On another topic. Not buying an iPod is NOT sad. My 4G is 2 years old next month. It has been treated very well, never dropped, etc. However, it has started playing 10 seconds of sounds and skipping to the next track or freezing tighter than a drum. I've read postings in several forums from users of the non-iPhone units are seeing similar weirdness. My 2 year old iRiver unit gets much more use and still runs like a champ. I'm not looking forward to spending $300 every 2 years just because it is made by Apple. -- 'Cosmic giggle' - "a randomly roving zone of synchronicity and statistical anomaly. Should you be caught up in it, it will turn reality on its head. It is objective and subjective, simultaneously 'really there' and yet somehow is sustained by imagination and expectation ...." - Terence McKenna ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
