Bill Atkins wrote:

>Curt Hibbs has a good point, and I think he was completely
>professional about it.  David's post _was_ pretty arrogant.  I
>personally don't like OS X.  I don't like the idea of having to run my
>OS only on proprietary hardware.  Nor do I like the Apple (and Gems)
>method of giving applications separate directories.  And to be honest,
>I'm not all that impressed with OS X's interface, as crazy as that
>might sound.  I'm not going to "get over it" and switch. I've used OS
>X computers and they're not for me.  I'm sure others have had similar
>experiences.  And I'm sure others have used OS X and loved it.  Good
>for them.
>  
>
Amen!  My neighbor bought a fancy Powerbook running OS X.  I have to go 
over to his house every other weekend to help him figure out how to do 
something.  Every time I sit down in front of his laptop to do 
something, I'm struck by how much I DO NOT like OS X.  As Bill said, if 
you prefer OS X, good for you.  Just don't try to shove your particular 
dogmatic beliefs down my throat by telling me I am a sub-par programmer 
because I don't share your views.

>The fact is, you pick the environment you're most productive in and
>you leave it at that.  Curt Hibbs and I (and whoever else) have a
>right to be bothered by the article.  Paul Graham says a lot of
>things; his opinion about what "the best hackers" use isn't really a
>solid reason for me to consider shelling out a few thousand dollars
>for what, to me, is not an ideal system.  David's post suggested that
>everyone not using a Mac is being intentionally stubborn or stupid -
>that they were too dumb to see that they should be moving to the Mac.
>Curt Hibbs had a right to be frustrated, and I'm glad he brought it
>up.
>  
>
My neighbor paid over $2,500 for his Powerbook.  I paid $1,300 for my 
similarly equipped Emachines laptop.  I guess this is one instance where 
it pays to be stupid.  :-)

Jamey Cribbs

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