atcomsystems.ca/forum Forums Computers & Programming Computers, Software, Accessories Finally bought a MAC!

cool a war... I'm of the opinion that whatever works for you - use it. If it isn't working look for something new. I support all three platforms[*nix, Mac, and Windows], as well as a few odd hardware platforms as well. I've avoided supporting Vista as of yet mainly because it breaks the VPN setup my customer needs.

I started on Commodores (loved them, but....) then went to DOS. From there to Windows 3.1 and then to OS/2. 3.1 ran better on OS/2 then it did by itself.

Along the way I messed around with Xenix and SCO Unix (that's what ran our ACDs). I liked it and for a while thought that it might be the future, but it was not ready for the desktop.

When IBM dropped OS/2 I went to Windows. 95 was better then 3.11, but it was no bargain. 98 was a little better and XP was better than that.

Vista sucks. It's a hog and brings nothing to the table.

My XP machine at home has been crashing and it was time for something new. Vista was not going to be it and going back (or "upgrading" as some say) to XP seemed stupid.

I looked at what I did everyday on the computer, researched the MAC and bought it.

The learning curve is not bad.

It is FAST and elegant.

Perhaps a lot of the speed is the lack of anti-virus, anti-spyware etc. Maybe that will come to the Mac someday.

For now I'm just really enjoying computing as I haven't enjoyed it in a long time.


Sam

love me macbook

Well the need for AV on the mac is now being claimed at recommended if you are operating in a mixed mac/win environment....not because you can be infected, but because a file someone mails you could be infected and you could pass it along to a third party who then gets infected. I think this is still a stretch myself, and just a way for the AV companies to sell product.

Or it could be like this note I saw back in the early 90's....

********* ALERT ********** ALERT *********

*! ! ! ! ! This is a Unix Virus ! ! ! ! !*

* Please randomly delete some files and, *

* then mail this to all of your friends. *

********* ALERT ********** ALERT *********
(Of course it looks better in a fixed width font like Terminal/Courier)
:bang:

So you liked playing with Unix? Did you know that your Mac has a Terminal app? The path is Hard Disk > Applications > Utilities. Double-click on the Terminal applet to access Unix.

The Unix in OS X is called Darwin, but it's similar to Linux or FreeBSD. There's a whole bunch of stuff about it on Apple\'s developer site .

I tried some of the old commands I remembered on Terminal. Some worked, some didn't.

I take it back, Unix IS ready for prime time - but only with the Mac software running on top.


Sam