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It seems notable that trying to run a modern computer without Google is about as quixotic as was trying to run a '90s-era computer without Microsoft.
by mkozlows 12y ago
It seems notable that trying to run a modern computer without Google is about as quixotic as was trying to run a '90s-era computer without Microsoft.
- psbp 12y agoApple seems to have done fine in both examples.
- zak_mc_kracken 12y agoApple almost went bankrupt and had to be rescued by Microsoft during that period.
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- zurn 12y agoPCs were for boring suit types in the 90s. Windows 3.1, ugh. Lots of people ran Amigas or Macs at home and RISC workstations at university or work. Then Linux happened and you could run something nice even on a PC. It involved tinkering but advancing by leaps and bounds, certainly not quixotic.
- joenathan 12y agoYou forgot to turn off your hipster vision.
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- zak_mc_kracken 12y agoRunning something nice on Linux is still challenging today, in 2014. It was no picnic in the 90's. Credentials: I was running Linux before Linux was cool, it was called Minix.