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A comment on "I was stuck in a prison of Microsoft Operating Systems, and I have been released.".

Re:"I was stuck in a prison of Microsoft Operating Systems, ... by kirse on Friday November 23, 2007 @04:58PM (#83058)
"Oh and where is the tower that comes with desktops? That's right. The Mac contains the whole computer in the monitor. You mean no wires? No pop-ups? No viruses? No freezing? I am pleased to say, No Sir, none of that. Life is great!!!!"

I laughed for a couple minutes. I'm sure this guy is probably middle-aged, still doesn't really have a clue how to use a computer (depsite thinking changing a few settings in the almighty Control Panel is serious hacking) and found the retardedly simple Mac interface a breath of fresh air.

edit: I have owned both a Powerbook and currently a Dell XPS-M1330. Both had their pros/cons, but neither really stood above the other. (Note: Have not tried Leopard yet)

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Re:"I was stuck in a prison of Microsoft Operating Systems, ... by boucher on Friday November 23, 2007 @05:01PM (#83061)
"retardedly simple Mac interface"

Bold statement. But let's not start a mac/pc flame war. I think if we took a poll, you'd be surprised how many people on this board are using a mac (and would disagree).

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Re:"I was stuck in a prison of Microsoft Operating Systems, ... by jamongkad on Friday November 23, 2007 @09:52PM (#83116)
How about us Ubuntu users? don't we count for anything these days? :-)
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Re:"I was stuck in a prison of Microsoft Operating Systems, ... by myoung8 on Saturday November 24, 2007 @03:25AM (#83147)
I was curious what his background was too. Turns out he's a 31 year old Wall Street analyst. Take from that what you will.

I wouldn't call the Mac interface retardedly simple, I'd call it intelligently simple--ever heard of Fitts' Law? or done anything in HCI?

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Re:"I was stuck in a prison of Microsoft Operating Systems, ... by tlrobinson on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @11:13PM (#88563)
Ah, so you're one of those people who still thinks Macs are only for artists, your grandma, and stupid people...
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