I'm a Mac geek and proud of it. Why?

[sinclair_tm]

i am a mac geek and love it. how many people can say they added a shutdown keyboard shortcut to their mac plus running 6.0.5? i did (resedit was my friend, once i figured it out. just wish there was something as easy to use for os x). other things i did with that plus, well, maxed the ram so that i could create a ram disk with the system on it so that i did not have to do the disk swap. and talk about boot speed, i have never seen any computer start that fast! i also ran 9.2.2, 10.1.5 and 10.2.8 on my ppc7500, once i had 10.2, i never went back to os 9. now on my g4, the only geeky thing i have done is forced verbose at every boot, like seeing all the text better then a grey apple. i think all this unix stuff on my os x is cool, i just need to learn how to use it all.

btw-you know there are ways to kill the dock, and there are a couple apps that give you the apple menu back (fruit menu is one i think). but i just got useed to the dock, and love it now. i have managed to make it useful, and sidebars in finder windows. with the two, i have what i need. besides, the maginfacation thing the dock does is sooo cool!

[Rhisiart]

Originally Posted by nixgeek

I have to disagree with you on the Mac OS efficiency thing. We see a refinement now with OS X ...bring[ing] Unix to the masses without ever having to open a CLI.

I can see your point. Unix is a gold standard and perhaps Apple was right to exploit it for the benefit of consumers. I don't think I used the word 'efficient' wisely, as Unix is clearly efficient.

However, Classic was simpler and this suited a lot of people, most of whom were put off by Microsoft's arcane and mind-baffling operating system. With Classic one could even dare to venture under the bonnet/hood. This simplicity was lost with MacOS X.

Originally Posted by nixgeek

As for the Dock, I've gotten used to it. It's actually made it easier for me to close out of apps since I now go down there and Ctrl-Click on the icon to quit out or do other tasks. My only issue with it is that it takes up some desktop space, but that's it.

Just ignore my whinging. I just have a few gripes about the Dock. The fact that you can't lock items (that really bugs me), that it takes up desktop space, that the trash can is part of it .... ad nausea. Sorry, I am being a bit of a bore in this topic.

I now use TransparentDock to lock items but it is a little time consuming to use. It would be much simpler if any items placed in the left side of the dock remained locked in place and could only be removed with alt+shift.

[nixgeek]

Yes, Classic was simpler especially compared to what was out there at the time, but it was horrible at memory management and multitasking. As much as I love Classic for its simplicity, it really hurt the OS especially once Windows took off after Windows 95.

Mac OS X brought a lot of what the older Mac OS was missing in terms of robustness, while keeping the simplicity in place. As an old Mac OS user, I find Tiger to be as usable (if not more usable since I don't deal with window clutter anymore) as Classic ever was. And you can still get underneath and mess with the OS, except that it's in a different manner (UNIX).

[Rhisiart]

I suppose that I am just nervous about lifting the bonnet/hood.

[Have I got this right - the hood is what you lift in North America to see the engine?]

[TommyWillB]

When I'm on a PeeCee I feel like I am "working".

When I'm on a Mac I feel like I am "playing".

[irocnroll]

i'm a Mac newb & love my Ibook. I frequent this web site just maybe to gain some knowledge on the Mac.

[nixgeek]

Originally Posted by TommyWillB

When I'm on a PeeCee I feel like I am "working".

When I'm on a Mac I feel like I am "playing".

I can attest to that. Even when I'm using my work laptop that has Ubuntu on it, as much as I love it it doesn't do it for me like the Mac does. Incidentally, I use my iMac G5 for my music and it's just a joy to use. I still haven't built up the desire to actually connect the Linux PC for music use with my synths (I have LMMS installed which is a GarageBand clone for Linux...so far, it works great but the thought of having to configure MIDI on that isn't making me smile).

[powermac]

I am a Mac geek, and have been since a kid with my Apple IIg. My reasons, at first were because it was different than anything else. Most of my friends marveled at my computers, and I liked idea that I had something so advanced. For example, my Mac SE would talk, the other kids thought that was so cool.
Now I like my Mac, because it is reliable, and of course a joy to use. I get so much done on my Mac, and it never gets tiresome. The PC experience for me is out of necessity and the annoyances that go with it. The Mac is fun to use, Apple actually puts thought behind their products, and for the most part listens to their customers.
Even today, I like the idea of going to a meeting, and opening up my PB. Everyone else has drone PC laptops, ugly black plastic boxes. I open my PB up, and everyone sees the Apple logo light up, I feel like that kid again