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> "Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults;" Terminal.app ? > "[Macs are] computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper compu

> "Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults;" Terminal.app ? > "[Macs are] computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work;" But don't Macs have a larger share of the 'technically-minded-user' / 'geek' (whatever) market than Wintel ? Also, I feel more patronised by the kind of messages Windows puts up on the screen than by the ones OS X gives you. > "Why has this rubbish aspirational ornament only got one mouse button?" I type this on a Mac equipped with a multi-button + scroll wheel mouse (no driver installation required).

pooka 18y ago
a. you sound like a pc. b. charlie brooker, go google him.
- silencio 18y ago
  I half want to upvote you and half want to downvote you..so instead I'm going to comment: google him indeed. I just spent a few minutes reading/watching some of his stuff and it's more amusing than this "I hate Macs" one, which I thought wasn't that great, whatever his overall point was. Maybe it's just bias on my part for probably having greater technological knowledge than him, but the same would probably apply to most of us here.
  - rocha 18y ago
    I feel the same. He is a well known British comedian, but probably unknown in the US. This article (which is not his best) is no more than one of his satirical rants. Some people here are taking it way too seriously :)
njharman 18y ago
>> "[Macs are] computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work;" > But don't Macs have a larger share of the 'technically-minded-user' / 'geek' (whatever) market than Wintel ? There's widely used OS's besides what Apple and Windows have, ya know? Just because Wintel sucks doesn't mean apple also sucks. btw Wintel is for " ignorant button mashers too dumb/lazy/uninterested to learn how proper computers work;
iuguy 18y ago
>> "Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults;" >Terminal.app ? You sir are a sadist or a satirist. Terminal.app is awful!
- MrRage 18y ago
  Out of curiosity, what replacement to Terminal.app would you recommend? Bonus points if it doesn't involve running X11.
  - Psyonic 18y ago
    iTerm? Works great for me.
  - tesseract 18y ago
    I do use terminal.app for work. But http://riffraff.livejournal.com/356503.html http://riffraff.livejournal.com/356503.html is better for play. :)
- pivo 18y ago
  Have you tried Terminal.app recently? It used to be awful, but current versions (Leopard) are great for me. I stopped using xterm completely and haven't had any issues.
HansF 18y ago
"But don't Macs have a larger share of the 'technically-minded-user' / 'geek' (whatever) market than Wintel?" Not in my experience... do you have the data to back that statement up?
- kylec 18y ago
  I'm pretty sure that here on Hacker News there's a pretty even split between Linux and OSX. There's even a pg essay on this phenomenon written a few years back that I'd link for you if I weren't on an iPod touch. Edit: this should be it: http://www.paulgraham.com/mac.html http://www.paulgraham.com/mac.html
jgranby 18y ago
Apple doesn't even make a single-button mouse any more. The only mouse they make is the Mighty Mouse (which is in my opinion garbage, but that's beside the point).

pooka 18y ago

a. you sound like a pc. b. charlie brooker, go google him.

silencio 18y ago
I half want to upvote you and half want to downvote you..so instead I'm going to comment: google him indeed. I just spent a few minutes reading/watching some of his stuff and it's more amusing than this "I hate Macs" one, which I thought wasn't that great, whatever his overall point was. Maybe it's just bias on my part for probably having greater technological knowledge than him, but the same would probably apply to most of us here.
- rocha 18y ago
  I feel the same. He is a well known British comedian, but probably unknown in the US. This article (which is not his best) is no more than one of his satirical rants. Some people here are taking it way too seriously :)

njharman 18y ago

>> "[Macs are] computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work;" > But don't Macs have a larger share of the 'technically-minded-user' / 'geek' (whatever) market than Wintel ? There's widely used OS's besides what Apple and Windows have, ya know? Just because Wintel sucks doesn't mean apple also sucks. btw Wintel is for " ignorant button mashers too dumb/lazy/uninterested to learn how proper computers work;

iuguy 18y ago

>> "Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults;" >Terminal.app ? You sir are a sadist or a satirist. Terminal.app is awful!

MrRage 18y ago
Out of curiosity, what replacement to Terminal.app would you recommend? Bonus points if it doesn't involve running X11.
- Psyonic 18y ago
  iTerm? Works great for me.
- tesseract 18y ago
  I do use terminal.app for work. But http://riffraff.livejournal.com/356503.html http://riffraff.livejournal.com/356503.html is better for play. :)
pivo 18y ago
Have you tried Terminal.app recently? It used to be awful, but current versions (Leopard) are great for me. I stopped using xterm completely and haven't had any issues.

HansF 18y ago

"But don't Macs have a larger share of the 'technically-minded-user' / 'geek' (whatever) market than Wintel?" Not in my experience... do you have the data to back that statement up?

kylec 18y ago
I'm pretty sure that here on Hacker News there's a pretty even split between Linux and OSX. There's even a pg essay on this phenomenon written a few years back that I'd link for you if I weren't on an iPod touch. Edit: this should be it: http://www.paulgraham.com/mac.html http://www.paulgraham.com/mac.html

jgranby 18y ago

Apple doesn't even make a single-button mouse any more. The only mouse they make is the Mighty Mouse (which is in my opinion garbage, but that's beside the point).