> Lydia Dustbin
blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Is a problem, isn;t it? They are lovely machines but have the owner in a
>> strangle-hold, somewhat. I much prefer a pile of pick-and-mix all wired
>> together and arguing madly, but it was the way I was brunged up.
Yeah! I know bits. But I wos taught on Intel/Windows bits. The same
bits are there in my Mac, but I wosn't taught how they got there, so I
don't know how to get back to them.
>> We are dying out, you know. Those of us that started off with a computer in
>> a plastic - and sometimes, a plywood - case and having to expand by way of a
>> soldering iron and a prayer.
>> Prob mentioned it before but I once fixed a broken board connection with a
>> bit of silver paper and spit.
>> .
>> You can't not do that no more... Sigh...
>
> Sure you can, Lyd; ...
Erm ... not so sure ... on my iMac I can't get to the broken board
connections without taking it much farther apart than the manufacturers
intend and the warranties allow. OTOH, I have had my laptop down to
bits ...
> ... I can run Linux apps on MAC OS X.* To do that you
> have to get your hands dirty just like someone in thrall to Big Bad
> Bastard Baron Bill or an acolyte of Linus Thorvalds, ...
I haven't yet investigated the *nix that runs under Mac OS Leopard. For
a nerd like me it's like having a secret stash of chocolate. But I'm
still working my way through the outer layers of Mac OS X chocolate ...
:-p
> The BIG thing about OS X is that you don't have to fanny about with:-
>
> anti-virus;
Don't get complacent. I am an old enough geek to remember when the
newly-hatched PC users were patting themselves on the back because all
the mischief was aimed at the Apple users. And since Vista is the OS Of
Doom, then Apple's market-share will soon attract the wanna-be-hackers.
> anti-spyware;
> anti-activex-out-of-control;
> anti-system-crash-because-Micro$loth-just-got-it-wrong-again.
BSOD. GSOD. No difference. (G=gray)
I get a GSOD on my Mac at least as often as I got a BSOD on my PC
(running XP).
Plus ca change (sorry, CAB to look up the fancy markings)
> *If I really wanted to I could run 'Doze apps too, but why sully a
> lovely machine?
I run Parallels because:
(1) to connect to work requires one from a shortlist of anti-virus stuff
... for the Mac that's only expen$ive stuff. Ferget it!!!
(2) Spider Solitaire (free) for the Mac is slow and lame compared to
Spider Solitaire (free) for the PC
(3) I'm still thrashing about for a good non-stupidly-costly workflow
for my photography on the Mac ... so I fall back to my PC stuff
Odd
