Before OS X you could not have given me one. Now that they ahave
grown up I would like to have one myself. Someone send me the money.
My feelings exactly. Now that it's UNIX, I'd like to have one too.
That was the first reason why I started to consider Mac. After using
xWindows and Unix in Sun and Wax work stations in 1987-1989 I was
never very impressed by MS Windows. It is nice to have Unix again,
although I really don't need the old unix commands, like ls -a and
biff, any more...
DagT
Right. Because the Mac, being the Mac, buries the command structure
the user shouldn't have to get involved with on an every day basis.
They DO provide for opening a command line, just like Sun OS did, so
that you MAY use UNIX commands if you want to, but most of it is GUI
interface (IOW not text) as always.
I used a Sun workstation for a while (maybe 1990?) while doing CAD
work. Nice, but the Mac is far less complicated for the operator.
Deep down the Mac is pretty powerful, as an interface, and it's easy
to understand (intuitive) and use.
I also got a Mac after MacOS became Unix (I also have a Linux box - no
MS software allowed in my home.) A quite liked Macs before that, too,
but using the them did feel a bit like wearing a straitjacket at times.
But now I always pull out the command line if I feel restricted by the
GUI...
BTW, I used SGI workstations a lot 5-10 years ago, and they were rather
like the Mac is today back then (only a lot more expensive...) Also a
bit like the Suns etc, but SGI had their own desktop that was easier to
use (IMO); possibly just as easy as MacOS and quite definitely a lot
better than MS Windows at the time...
- Toralf
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