Re: Using a Mac as a daily driver.

Linux is something that you either want to use, or just want to have something to play around with. I had a Linux daily system and there were times it drove me NUTS. But, when things were working and I was having fun it was good.

That being said I understand the whole, I just want this darn thing to work mentality. Since I have to code most of my day I just want to get home and either work on fun stuff, or just use my laptop without having to tinker with stuff. That's one of the reasons we have a PS4 Pro at home. It's our media system and I've never had any problems with it at all. It's something I can just come home to and use. Which, based on a lot of what I'm seeing, it something I'll be able to do with the Mac.

Jason

On 2/25/2020 11:52 AM, Jon Paris wrote:

For me I just got tired of having to buy more and more memory to get the same performance out of my Windows box. I got tired of wasting time finding why windows updates had hosed my system. I got tired of tracking down and updating drivers.

I wanted my computer to be a tool to allow me to do my work. The mac gave me that. I am a million miles from being a Unix geek - but I do like things to work. The windows "reboot it and it will be fine" mentality was just too frustrating.

Before I switched to mac I did try using Linux (a couple of flavors) but it was even more of a toolkit than Windows and as I said I wanted a tool not a box of parts.

On Feb 25, 2020, at 12:22 PM, John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 11:10 AM Dave Parnin <dpcoke@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've never really understood the fascination with Macs. Maybe for the non-technical crowd or those who like shiny screens. Anything that I want/need to do can be done in Windows or Linux on a generic laptop that probably costs much less.

In the early days of Windows, I think it would be fair to say that
Windows was solidly in catch-up mode. So if you went with a Mac, you
were getting a more polished system for more money.

Today, the situation is more complex. Mac, Windows, and Linux have
been converging for many years; and cross-platform development is
actually pretty mature by now.

I have personally kept trying to get used to Macs over the years. From
the original box with integrated monochrome monitor to today's
Unix-based systems on Intel hardware, I just never developed a taste
for them. I realize some people, upon first encountering a Mac, have
that "ah! this is what I have been looking for!" moment.[1] I never
had that. All the Macs have been fine, as far as I'm concerned; and if
at any point in the history of the Macintosh, I were forced to use one
as my only machine, I have no doubt whatsoever that I would have
gotten used to it and been happy with it.

As it stands now, if you don't have one of those moments of epiphany
with a particular platform, then any of the three major "personal
computer" platforms is more than good enough, and I can equally
understand being devoted to any of them, or none of them.

John Y.


[1]I did have one of those moments when I encountered Python for the
first time. Within a matter of hours, I stopped using any other
programming language except where required by external factors.
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