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List:       computerguys-l
Subject:    Re: OT WARNING!!!! - Tom is right
From:       Charles Ballinger <cballinger () MAC ! COM>
Date:       2007-09-26 20:23:02
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On Sep 26, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> I think too many list members have switched to OS X. Now they don't
> have
> any computer problems to gripe about. The rest of you need to get
> to work
> -- install Vista or some other harebrained piece of software so we
> can
> ponder the consequences.


Tom is correct by my experience.

I was deep into developing apps on OS/2 for years. Unix before that.
When IBM quieted OS/2 a friend suggested I follow the world and
install NT4. I did and computer work immediately ceased being a focus
in my life. Email was about it for a long time.

Sometime in mid 2000, with much angst, I bought my first Mac.. the
redesigned white dual-USB iBook, a 500 MHz G3 that is still going
strong. I bought it for the new OSX knowing it had *nix in there
somewhere. I'd long ago lost most of my *nix skills but was looking
forward to having a 'real' OS again. Also knowing several mac users
who always seemed quite content helped me take the leap even though I
was warned by several Windows people that I'd never be able to
exchange a file with them again and was paying more only to be
constantly plagued by pox.

Moving ahead seven years... I'm working from our household's third
Mac, a MacBook Pro, and I haven't looked back nor missed a thing
(except for a nifty grocery list app I liked back when: www.tali.com/
slm/)

Interesting things have also happened while drinking Apple's KoolAid.
When I sit down and open my computer my focus is on my work. To me,
my computer 'disappears'. I don't know if this is a unique
experience, but I remember that futzing with computer things was a
big part of my work. Not that it wasn't enjoyable at the time, but
now I enjoy futz directly with my work. Put another way, my work gets
most of the mind-share now. The biggest bonus is that I much prefer
what I do now over the computer focused stuff I did before.

Other things came up when my computer, or the OS etc, left the
forefront.  This isn't all Mac exclusive or dependent I think. But
for me, it did. And I'm glad.

... back to 'work'.

Charles


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