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1st Time Mac Owner...Shunned
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<blockquote data-quote="cazabam" data-source="post: 322357" data-attributes="member: 17895"><p>It is both amusing and dismaying to see otherwise normal people react to things they only have a tenuous grasp on. For instance, I am a Windows developer by trade, but I run no Windows machines at home. In fact, I've been a die hard Linux and *BSD convert for many years. When it came to discussing my new laptop with a colleague, the discourse went something like this:</p><p></p><p>me: "Well, I've run one unix laptop or another for years but I still find that for a full time 'just works no tinkering' machine I need something more user friendly"</p><p>him: "You're running XP or something?"</p><p>me: "No, I wanted something unix based so I got a Mac"</p><p></p><p>It should be fairly clear that I primarily looked toward the Mac as a 'user friendly *nix machine'. That's why his response took me by surprise:</p><p></p><p>him: "Oh, your a Mac-head. Well, I don't want one and I won't buy one whatever you say so don't even try to start selling me one ..."</p><p></p><p>and off he went.</p><p></p><p>Oh well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cazabam, post: 322357, member: 17895"] It is both amusing and dismaying to see otherwise normal people react to things they only have a tenuous grasp on. For instance, I am a Windows developer by trade, but I run no Windows machines at home. In fact, I've been a die hard Linux and *BSD convert for many years. When it came to discussing my new laptop with a colleague, the discourse went something like this: me: "Well, I've run one unix laptop or another for years but I still find that for a full time 'just works no tinkering' machine I need something more user friendly" him: "You're running XP or something?" me: "No, I wanted something unix based so I got a Mac" It should be fairly clear that I primarily looked toward the Mac as a 'user friendly *nix machine'. That's why his response took me by surprise: him: "Oh, your a Mac-head. Well, I don't want one and I won't buy one whatever you say so don't even try to start selling me one ..." and off he went. Oh well. [/QUOTE]
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