JP Vossen on 23 Jul 2009 15:20:21 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] New Macbooks


> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:17:10 -0400
> From: "Alan D. Salewski" <salewski@worldnet.att.net>
> 
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 04:03:23PM -0400, JP Vossen spake thus:
>> And personally, I just don't "get" the Mac interface.  For me, it's not 
>> easier and it doesn't Just Work.  Ubuntu makes sense to me.  Mac just 
>> doesn't.
> 
> Hear, hear! I guess some of us are just babyeaters[0].
> [0] http://linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2006/06/01/switching-back.html

Yes!!!  That nailed it!

All the points about apps, finding, installing and uninstalling, and:
"The real issue is I feel, well, hampered every time I try to do serious 
work on Mac OS X. [...] For whatever reason, it just doesn't fit the way 
I work."

Yup.  Sure is pretty hardware though...

Later,
JP
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