For me, Macs were more a replacement for Linux than Windows.
Me too. That's when it became both a really pretty thing and a geek machine. Also it coincided with me having the disposable income.
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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§ ita § - Jan 22, 2010 5:32:29 am PST #12505 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph L. - Jan 22, 2010 5:58:53 am PST #12506 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Yikes.
Uh-huh. If any of TPTB at work knew anything about computers, they'd be fucking impressed with what I coax out of that thing, and the (relative) speed with which I do it.
Hence the being willing to take this old laptop to work and make it my primary computer there. (Okay, it's also a justification for buying a new Macbook for home. But still!)
javachik - Jan 22, 2010 7:53:46 am PST #12507 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Teppy wow, I am impressed! That sucker is ancient. I can tell already that it's going to be weird going back and firth between home and work pcs now; my work pc is 4 years old and it takes 2 minutes to start up and is slow as frozen molasses dealing with software.
flea - Jan 22, 2010 7:58:52 am PST #12508 of 25501
information libertarian
Yeah, mr. flea was converted to Macs because of Linux dual-boot. But, he's an engineer. And a total Mac snob, too. We have a G4 tower at home that dates back to 2002 (and has had memory upgrades), and it runs pretty good. It's gotten so it's not worth watching Youtube on it, since the videos are a little herky-jerky, but for everything else we do it's fine.
I used Macs starting with the Apple IIC in high school, and it was a bit of an adjustment when I started work in a Windows environment, but now I hardly notice the difference. Except when I want to cut and paste and use the wrong key+X combo, which is SO DEEPLY ANNOYING. (And it doesn't matter which machine I'm on, I always use the wrong one.)
Vortex - Jan 22, 2010 8:16:06 am PST #12509 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Except when I want to cut and paste and use the wrong key+X combo, which is SO DEEPLY ANNOYING. (And it doesn't matter which machine I'm on, I always use the wrong one.)
this why I won't consider a mac at home. Going back and forth to a PC at work would drive me nuts. Yes, I would eventually get (mostly) used to it, but I would go bonkers and cranky in the interim
§ ita § - Jan 22, 2010 8:20:15 am PST #12510 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have more trouble with the different PC keyboards I have to use. There's enough sensory difference between the Powerbook and the PCs that I can find the Windows key and the command key quite separately.
tommyrot - Jan 22, 2010 8:22:37 am PST #12511 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Except when I want to cut and paste and use the wrong key+X combo, which is SO DEEPLY ANNOYING. (And it doesn't matter which machine I'm on, I always use the wrong one.)
I thought this would be an issue for me, but it turned out not to be. I'm constantly switching between PCs and Macs, but my brain almost always uses the correct keys for cut, copy and paste.
omnis_audis - Jan 22, 2010 8:33:39 am PST #12512 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
So all of you self-professed "Mac snobs" who didn't even freaking use one until iPods came around, I laugh at you.Ya, I'm a late adopter of the Mac. I started out on the TRS-80 model III, where you had to write code for each pixel "let x= blah and y=blah". Then in 9th grade, I was introduced to the 128k Mac, with a mouse! And MacPaint! And never looked back. I guess that all started around 1985 or so.
Except when I want to cut and paste and use the wrong key+X combo, which is SO DEEPLY ANNOYING.Yes!
Kristen - Jan 22, 2010 8:54:14 am PST #12513 of 25501
So all of you self-professed "Mac snobs" who didn't even freaking use one until iPods came around, I laugh at you.
That's okay. I'll live.
javachik - Jan 22, 2010 10:07:31 am PST #12514 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Obviously, if you never laughed at someone for buying a Mac, then my rant doesn't apply to you.
The worst person was actually one of my favorite people--my uncle David. When I got the PowrMac I asked him to come down to SF and help me with it because "it was my first computer" and he was a coder so I knew he'd know his way around it. He told me that I "still didn't have a computer" and pretty much told me that I'd seriously wasted my money (to be fair, it was extremely expensive compared to the pcs I could've bought for what I needed).
So now, he owns nothing but Macs and extols the virtues and puts down pcs every chance he gets. Windows 7 might surprise him a little.
I give him shit for giving me shit back them, but it's mostly in jest. Mostly.
ETA: I would love to own nothing but Macs! And I am happy that Apple has done so well. I didn't mean that to get lost in the shuffle. I am just envious of those of you who can use them for work and play, because I couldn't go back and forth easily between Mac and home and pc at work.