Hi Bro!
;-)
Ph
Le 11 juin 13 à 17:40, Bob Whitmire a écrit :
> I started with DOS when it was on a mini-mainframe newspaper front-
> end system, in a shielded, climate-controlled room. Two towers with
> a bus for a bridge to provide concurrent redundancy. We had a
> whopping 64K of memory and were on the cutting edge. Worked with PCs
> since DOS, through the earliest iteration of Windows, right up to XP
> Pro. Switched to Mac because I encountered one annoying issue after
> another to deal with on my PC, which I could do, but which I thought
> was a massive waste of my time and energy. When I found out Adobe
> would send me the Mac version of CS2 for $5, I switched. It cost me,
> but I switched, and the extra initial costs have more than been
> recouped by years of being in a better mood, not to mention being
> more productive.
>
> Every day, five times a day, I get down on my knees, head toward
> Cupertino, and give thanks to the god I am skeptical about that I
> had the good sense to switch to Mac. You people can through all the
> logic you want at me, but I know you're all biased because I know
> I'm biased. I've not only used both systems, but I've _used_ both
> systems, and not fucking around with anti-virus and malware crap
> alone is worth the price of admission. And the only learning curve
> that threw me was that when I first switched to Mac I tended to over
> think everything. I mean _everything_. You don't have to over think
> with a Mac. You just have to do what you want to do. Need an
> example? Here's one: Uninstall. Drag it to the trash and it's gone.
> If it happens to be an overly complicated program, you might have to
> go to the Library and get another folder or two and trash that, too.
> But I have uninstalled enough Windows programs to know what a royal
> screaming pain in the ass it is.
>
> I know others have different uses other than photography for their
> computers, but I don't--other than regular email and online browsing
> and, ah, research. Hell, I don't even do porn. I want to sit down at
> my computer, load up my images, and go to work. I don't want to be
> hectored by constant Windows messages about this, that and the
> other--and I don't want to be constantly reminded that my computer
> is at risk because I haven't updated by virus and malware "condoms"
> lately. From time to time my Mac politely notifies me that there are
> some upgrades available for my computer, and would I like to install
> them now or wait until a more convenient time? That's the way I like
> it.
>
> If this sounds like a pro-Mac screed, it is. I love my Mac, I will
> not switch back to Windows for any reason or any price. If I found I
> couldn't work with Mac anymore, I simply would drop out of the
> electronic world. Nothing, _nothing_ would send me back to that
> cyber hell we call Windows, which, after all, is nothing but an
> effing Mac ripoff in the first place. And why use an inferior ripoff
> instead of the real thing? Eh?
>
> That's my story and I'm sticking to it. If you agree, fine. If you
> don't agree, that's fine, too. But you're not getting my Mac until
> you pry it out of my cold, dead fingers.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Registered Neanderthal
>
>
> On Jun 11, 2013, at 11:09 AM, philippe.amard wrote:
>
>> Le 11 juin 13 à 16:30, SwissPace a écrit :
>>
>>> Out of curiosity has anyone switched back to using a PC after using
>>> a MAC for a while.
>>
>>
>> Not me - except for work :-(
>>
>> In addition, I shoot in P mode most of the time.
>> And will never go back to film.
>>
>> Playful Mac Philippe
>>
>> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible
>> to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exupéry in Le Petit Prince.
>> NO ARCHIVE
>
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