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Re: Microsoft Madness

hadar — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:52:31 -0000

Hmmm, I'm betting they told you to say you weren't a disciple, just to have more influence over me. No, I'm not paranoid! ;-)

Seriously, keep me up on your thoughts over time, as my decision isn't really imminent.

Thanks Eric!

Re: Microsoft Madness

Eric Sink — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:41:20 -0000

To be fair, I should admit that I'm just a Mac user, not a Mac disciple. I hardly ever go to the meetings and I refuse to wear the funny hat. I did go out with the group once to stand at busy intersections proselytizing, but that was just too weird.

:-)

Seriously, I'm still a Unix guy at heart. I use a Mac because it's a pretty good Unix machine with an awesome UI wrapped around it. But vmware fusion was critical. If I had to punt Windows completely, I couldn't do it. I still spend a lot of time doing C# programming in Visual Studio inside a Windows vm.

But one of my current projects is being developed in C, so I also spend a lot of time in Mac OS using emacs and a bash shell. Maybe this is just a phase I'm going through and when I get finished re-living 1991 I'll go back to Windows.

We'll see.

Re: Microsoft Madness

hadar — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:27:18 -0000

Oh no, say it ain't so Eric! While I didn't publicly trumpet you as one of the people I thought would never switch, I secretly thought of you as a brethren in the trenches given you're love of C#, etc.

I guess that all of the Eclipse and Java stuff got you twisted along the way. ;-)

Sigh, one less reason to "avoid" the Mac, though, for the moment, with reasons dwindling, I'm still avoiding... :-)

Re: Microsoft Madness

Eric Sink — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:23:59 -0000

FWIW: I switched to the Mac a couple of months ago and have been very happy with the change. I've got the MacBook Pro 15". I run vmware fusion so I can still use Windows stuff, but most of the time I just use Mac OS X.

Re: Microsoft Madness

hadar — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:13:43 -0000

It could happen, so I won't be too snide in my response. :-)

Ironically, my dad just sent me an article from today's NYT about people who criticize Apple. You fell right into my insidious trap. ;-)

Re: Microsoft Madness

bob Mooney — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:27:39 -0000

"The value proposition of generic hardware (laptops and desktops) is overwhelming vs the Mac stuff. The Mac stuff is gorgeous, and brilliantly designed. Ultimately, it’s not worth the money and locks you in. They also have enough quality problems to make me pause."

WHAT ?? At first I thought your comment was an early "April Fool" joke - but, April 1st is at least one week away... So, then I figured it out.... As you said at the end, "I will break down and buy Mac laptops" and your comments about not being "worth the money" and "quality problems" are really perceived problems - certainly not real one for almost all MAC users - that are still minor issues that you'll get over in time... I'm encouraged - we MAC guys willl be waiting for you as you approach the light at the end of the tech tunnel... bob