Comments on: Hi, I too am a Mac! http://www.roytanck.com/2008/12/27/hi-i-too-am-a-mac/ Fascinated by new technology Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Faisal.K http://www.roytanck.com/2008/12/27/hi-i-too-am-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-34752 Faisal.K Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:35:20 +0000 http://www.roytanck.com/?p=855#comment-34752 hahahha a friend just showed me this ap yesterday lots of shakin required though :P im sticking to windows....mac is umm unconquerable to me hahahha a friend just showed me this ap yesterday lots of shakin required though :P

im sticking to windows….mac is umm unconquerable to me

]]> By: Roy http://www.roytanck.com/2008/12/27/hi-i-too-am-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-34365 Roy Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:02:14 +0000 http://www.roytanck.com/?p=855#comment-34365 @YaWie: I'm not quite sure what a Mac-complex is, but I know I do like the way monkeys look :) @YaWie: I’m not quite sure what a Mac-complex is, but I know I do like the way monkeys look :)

]]> By: angger http://www.roytanck.com/2008/12/27/hi-i-too-am-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-34287 angger Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:12:13 +0000 http://www.roytanck.com/?p=855#comment-34287 Hahahah! Hilarious. Even though it hurt my pride, I must admit that it is indeed a very creative way to use iPhone. Hahahah! Hilarious.
Even though it hurt my pride, I must admit that it is indeed a very creative way to use iPhone.

]]> By: YaWie http://www.roytanck.com/2008/12/27/hi-i-too-am-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-34081 YaWie Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:48:21 +0000 http://www.roytanck.com/?p=855#comment-34081 The thing with style is, is that you either have it or you don't. Just buying an iPhone or iPod (both of these devices are bought by many people who don't own a Mac) doesn't make you stylish per se. It's like the Dutch saying: al draagt een aap een gouden ring, het is en blijft een lelijk ding. Maybe people who like to watch and shake boobs around on their iPhone are in fact Windows-users with a Mac-complex? Wouldn't surprise me! :-) The thing with style is, is that you either have it or you don’t. Just buying an iPhone or iPod (both of these devices are bought by many people who don’t own a Mac) doesn’t make you stylish per se. It’s like the Dutch saying: al draagt een aap een gouden ring, het is en blijft een lelijk ding. Maybe people who like to watch and shake boobs around on their iPhone are in fact Windows-users with a Mac-complex? Wouldn’t surprise me! :-)

]]> By: James http://www.roytanck.com/2008/12/27/hi-i-too-am-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-34034 James Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:46:38 +0000 http://www.roytanck.com/?p=855#comment-34034 I used to think that way about Mac users as well, and I guess still do. I ended up joining them though after a summer developing on a G5 though. Strictly performance for cost, Macs are outdone by PC. The value as I see it lies in OS X though. It's a very concise operating system, everything from the brevity of popup messages (and lack thereof) to the elimination superfluous OK buttons. There's also the lower level elegance not found in other *nix systems, like how everything is configured via XML files (unlike linux's clusterfuck of syntaxes) and how launchd replaces both cron and BSD-style startup scripts (and launchd daemons are just XML files as well). Most apps judiciously consolidate resources, iChat, Mail and iCal for example share a system-wide contacts database (Addressbook), while Keychain stores passwords for websites, SSH accounts, PGP keys and other secure data sources. Time Machine makes backups trivial. I could replicate most of this functionality in Windows with a hodgepodge of 3rd party apps, and deal with the manual updating and reinstalling that come with every disk wipe, but what if I don't want to? I'd really just like a computer that I can use without tending to. I used to think that way about Mac users as well, and I guess still do. I ended up joining them though after a summer developing on a G5 though. Strictly performance for cost, Macs are outdone by PC. The value as I see it lies in OS X though. It’s a very concise operating system, everything from the brevity of popup messages (and lack thereof) to the elimination superfluous OK buttons. There’s also the lower level elegance not found in other *nix systems, like how everything is configured via XML files (unlike linux’s clusterfuck of syntaxes) and how launchd replaces both cron and BSD-style startup scripts (and launchd daemons are just XML files as well). Most apps judiciously consolidate resources, iChat, Mail and iCal for example share a system-wide contacts database (Addressbook), while Keychain stores passwords for websites, SSH accounts, PGP keys and other secure data sources. Time Machine makes backups trivial. I could replicate most of this functionality in Windows with a hodgepodge of 3rd party apps, and deal with the manual updating and reinstalling that come with every disk wipe, but what if I don’t want to? I’d really just like a computer that I can use without tending to.

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