
According to this article macOS actually is Unix, but I’m certainly not in a position to make this argument either way.

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That is until my former PC notebook decided to immolate* itself. Physical build quality – I’ve admired the physical construction of Macintosh notebooks for a long time, but wasn’t quite willing to pay the premium.What really tempted me to make the switch was: Paradigm ShiftĪt some point I began to realize that while some of my beliefs were legitimate–I paid over $2000 for a rather well-spec’d factory refurbished 13.3” MacBook Pro–some were not. As it turns out, my opinions were at best a little outdated. Plus, Mac hardware is comparatively quite expensive. after stealing the idea for a GUI from Xerox many years ago? MacOS was obviously for people that couldn’t find their way around a real computer, and advanced functions like programming and CAD word were best left to IBM PCs. Even after some friends crossed over to Macintosh systems, noting how well they worked, I wrote these systems off as toys, not suitable for serious business or engineering work.Īfter all, what would I do without the various programs that I used every day? Plus, why would I support a company that locks down all their hardware and has only one mouse button.


After setting up my father’s 386 SX–complete with a “turbo” button that let it perform at 16 MHz–many years ago, I’ve stuck with IBM/Microsoft, with the exception of a few forays into Linux.
