On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 11:13 AM, David Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote:
> I agree - they are all good for different needs. I just don't > personally have any needs that Mac OS X fills. I can accomplish a lot > more on a Windows box. ditto. OS X is just a glitch in the matrix. > > > The few small things that are done better on Mac than on Linux, I just > don't have a need for. Maybe some day, I'll have different hobbies and > different style of work, or whatever, and the Mac will be "Teh Cats > Meow" for what I'm trying to do, but at this point it's kind of a toy or > novelty at best. > > For my style of work, the Mac system is too dumbed-down, and makes it > incredibly hard to do things efficiently. There are so many things that > cannot be done via the command line. Basically the entire Finder and > U/I stuff is some proprietary system. I just can't accept that for > something that I rely on. (Yes, Windows has the same issue, but it is > easier to get around it and exploit it IMHO) > > Again, just my opinion, others may make their livelihood only by using > Mac OSX, and they just have different tasks or enjoy doing them > different ways than I do. > > > > Roger E. Rustad, Jr. wrote: > > Dante Lanznaster wrote: > > > >> well I'd pay 3 times for a windows machine instead of getting anywhere > >> near an apple. Heck, I'd still use windows ME instead of an apple. > >> > >> there is no comparison. > >> > > > > Lemme guess, Dante, You'd also rather push a Chevy than drive a Ford (or > > was it vise versa?). > > > > Am I the only one here who still uses all four -- NT, OS X, UNIX, Linux > > -- for different purposes/environments? > > > > I find them all good in various niches and, frankly, that's why I have > > at least one of each for work and/or testing. > > > > But hey, if your only tool is a hammer, every problem is a nail....right? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
