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I was going to go into a rant here, but I don't feed trolls anymore, I'm too old for this shit. 1. Map control to caps lock, like you should be doing on any ke

I was going to go into a rant here, but I don't feed trolls anymore, I'm too old for this shit. 1. Map control to caps lock, like you should be doing on any keyboard you have. 2. Use the 'enter' or 'return' key to make paragraphs. 3. Use your left thumb for the command key. 4. Stop pretending that this is an Ubuntu box. It's a mac, treat it like one & give the mac versions of software a look first, before running back into RMS's hands. That's the rational thing to do on any platform. 5. You'll notice you'll be paying for software. You'll also notice that you're a crap-ton more productive. 6. Apple doesn't sell low-end hardware, get over it. Then again, hackers usually need more machine than the low-end crap.

rbanffy 18y ago
"Then again, hackers usually need more machine than the low-end crap." Microsoft did that. Look how well their OS runs on low-end hardware. I don't do client side programming anymore and I am _very_ happy with my Atom-based netbook for work. When I get home, I just hook it up to a giant monitor and happy I go. And, BTW, Zope and Django run acceptably on it, so, I won't be seen migrating to a backbreaker notebook anytime soon. I find OSX somewhat uncomfortable to use for me (a lot less than Windows - boy, why do people subject themselves to that?) mostly because it's Unix to a point and something completely alien beyond that. The problem for developers is the Unix half is very traditional 80's Unix and things have evolved a lot since that was cutting edge. I like my package manager to help me reassemble my box the way I want it to be and do so in servers in a repeatable way. If your hacking is only around programming and reading Office documents and you don't touch system configuration at all, the Mac can be for you. If not, I would consider a vanilla PC with Linux as the superior choice.
Jem 18y ago
> You'll also notice that you're a crap-ton more productive. It's not a given that using a Mac will make you more productive.
Tichy 18y ago
So anybody who doesn't like Macs is a troll?
minalecs 18y ago
well i wasn't trolling, just an honest opinion 1. never heard of this before. 2. sorry 3. never heard of this, i was using my pinky or ring finger to try to hit it. 4. a comparison is comparing one os to another and the software available. I said, I pay for software and so i do use mac versions first. But for the most part i use mac ports, or command line clients. A mac is unix hacker man. 5. paying for software != more productive.. for a hacker you should know this. 6. hardware is commodity. so its a comparison on os, and available software. realistically i can run linux on high end machine as well for cheaper price.

rbanffy 18y ago

"Then again, hackers usually need more machine than the low-end crap." Microsoft did that. Look how well their OS runs on low-end hardware. I don't do client side programming anymore and I am _very_ happy with my Atom-based netbook for work. When I get home, I just hook it up to a giant monitor and happy I go. And, BTW, Zope and Django run acceptably on it, so, I won't be seen migrating to a backbreaker notebook anytime soon. I find OSX somewhat uncomfortable to use for me (a lot less than Windows - boy, why do people subject themselves to that?) mostly because it's Unix to a point and something completely alien beyond that. The problem for developers is the Unix half is very traditional 80's Unix and things have evolved a lot since that was cutting edge. I like my package manager to help me reassemble my box the way I want it to be and do so in servers in a repeatable way. If your hacking is only around programming and reading Office documents and you don't touch system configuration at all, the Mac can be for you. If not, I would consider a vanilla PC with Linux as the superior choice.

Jem 18y ago

> You'll also notice that you're a crap-ton more productive. It's not a given that using a Mac will make you more productive.

Tichy 18y ago

So anybody who doesn't like Macs is a troll?

minalecs 18y ago

well i wasn't trolling, just an honest opinion 1. never heard of this before. 2. sorry 3. never heard of this, i was using my pinky or ring finger to try to hit it. 4. a comparison is comparing one os to another and the software available. I said, I pay for software and so i do use mac versions first. But for the most part i use mac ports, or command line clients. A mac is unix hacker man. 5. paying for software != more productive.. for a hacker you should know this. 6. hardware is commodity. so its a comparison on os, and available software. realistically i can run linux on high end machine as well for cheaper price.