Comments on: I hate when computers go poof http://www.ingoal.info/archives/2008/07/18/i-hate-when-computers-go-poof/ ...or bloggin' the day away! Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ingoal http://www.ingoal.info/archives/2008/07/18/i-hate-when-computers-go-poof/comment-page-1/#comment-11072 Ingoal Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:58:59 +0000 http://www.ingoal.info/?p=454#comment-11072 Ooops, totally missed your comment...well, not really, I'm a full time Windows user and while I enjoy using linux every now and then (Virtual Machine), it will never be my main OS as there are just too many tools that aren't available for it (and I don't see the point in running an emulator - why use a different OS if the most apps are made for another OS in the first place...)... As for Mac OS...I never tried that so far, I just don't see the point in shelling out major bucks for a system (that is not all that different from my current one (e.g. modern dual core processor, the whole other she-bang and a 24" monitor)), just because they decided a long time ago that their ( "best OS around" ) will only work on their machines...newsflash for them: yeah, it might be the "best OS around", but it's easier to develop an OS that runs on a handfull of different configuration than it is to write one that runs on basically ALL configurations...just think about it...comparing apples and oranges (pun intended) ;)<!-- X-spaminator-strike: whitelist, -3 --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: IP check --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: email check --><!-- X-spaminator-strike: empty field - author url, 1 --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: author url --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: comment body --><!-- X-spaminator-strike: url dashes, 3 --> Ooops, totally missed your comment…well, not really, I’m a full time Windows user and while I enjoy using linux every now and then (Virtual Machine), it will never be my main OS as there are just too many tools that aren’t available for it (and I don’t see the point in running an emulator – why use a different OS if the most apps are made for another OS in the first place…)…

As for Mac OS…I never tried that so far, I just don’t see the point in shelling out major bucks for a system (that is not all that different from my current one (e.g. modern dual core processor, the whole other she-bang and a 24″ monitor)), just because they decided a long time ago that their ( “best OS around” ) will only work on their machines…newsflash for them: yeah, it might be the “best OS around”, but it’s easier to develop an OS that runs on a handfull of different configuration than it is to write one that runs on basically ALL configurations…just think about it…comparing apples and oranges (pun intended) ;)

]]> By: SaigonNezumi (Kevin) http://www.ingoal.info/archives/2008/07/18/i-hate-when-computers-go-poof/comment-page-1/#comment-11034 SaigonNezumi (Kevin) Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:30:06 +0000 http://www.ingoal.info/?p=454#comment-11034 We have all been there. This week it took me nearly 4 days to realize that the dead battery in my 6 month motherboard was bad. I was so frustrated when I had to reinstall Grub on every morning boot up. Now things run fine. Not a full time Mac or Linux user?<!-- X-spaminator-passed: IP check --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: email check --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: author check --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: author url --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: comment body --> We have all been there. This week it took me nearly 4 days to realize that the dead battery in my 6 month motherboard was bad. I was so frustrated when I had to reinstall Grub on every morning boot up.

Now things run fine.

Not a full time Mac or Linux user?

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