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Married to Microsoft as mistress Mac pleas from a new Mac user
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<blockquote data-quote="walkerj" data-source="post: 684350" data-attributes="member: 9385"><p>Oh Christ, do I even want to get involved with something of this nature?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's okay. We can't all be technical type people. I'm pretty sure I know nothing about inserting an IV into a patient. We all have our specialties.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'll be blunt. Your spouse is ignorant and/or biased. Macs do Microsoft (OS and applications) these days despite what PC biased folks might think.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He probably didn't, and can't. From the bias I'm getting from your initial post I'm thinking he's trying to mess with you. Computers are tools and nothing more. Yes, we tend to really like our Macs because they are pretty and function well, but they are still tools. They also don't fall victim to the usual Windows shenanigans that virus/keyloggers/trojans etc. fall to. How much does he know about UNIX? You are running a full POSIX compliant UNIX on that thing. Might not mean that much to you, but it sounds like it doesn't mean that much to him either. Oh, and don't open any attachments you might receive from him and your trojan problem isn't a problem anymore. In fact, you might want to think about just deleting any email you get from him altogether. After all, you live together, right? Email is pretty unnecessary. At least it is in my household. I sure as heck wouldn't threaten my wife with a trojan, and I'm pretty tech savvy.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's where I would do the easiest thing: Run Windows on your Mac. Software that only runs on Windows? Well, Windows runs on Mac these days, either with a virtual machine product like Parallels or VMware. Might want to inform your spouse of this fact. I run Windows on my Mac to transfer audio from my wife's audio recorder (which only has Windows software) to my Macbook. Same would probably work with your 'scope. In fact I have a Meade 60mm telescope with software that runs on Windows; I might test out if it can control it as well. Perhaps I can report back.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This one I'll leave to others to answer.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, I've run into plenty of Windows bigots. The things to remember are:</p><p></p><p>Computers are tools. Not a way of life.</p><p></p><p>Your spouse's business dealings with Microsoft aren't going to affect either the business dealings or the health of Microsoft as a company by you using a Mac. Microsoft will do that themselves with a little help from Apple.</p><p></p><p>Macs run Windows. They don't like to, but they can.</p><p></p><p>You like your Mac? Does it do things for you in an enjoyable way? Then that's what you want in a computer. I had a flight instructor a long time ago tell me "You must fly the airplane, and not let it fly you." Same with computers. I want my computer to do things for me, and it needs to obediently do things as I need. Not you doing things obediently as it needs.</p><p></p><p>Windows tends to go to the latter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walkerj, post: 684350, member: 9385"] Oh Christ, do I even want to get involved with something of this nature? That's okay. We can't all be technical type people. I'm pretty sure I know nothing about inserting an IV into a patient. We all have our specialties. I'll be blunt. Your spouse is ignorant and/or biased. Macs do Microsoft (OS and applications) these days despite what PC biased folks might think. He probably didn't, and can't. From the bias I'm getting from your initial post I'm thinking he's trying to mess with you. Computers are tools and nothing more. Yes, we tend to really like our Macs because they are pretty and function well, but they are still tools. They also don't fall victim to the usual Windows shenanigans that virus/keyloggers/trojans etc. fall to. How much does he know about UNIX? You are running a full POSIX compliant UNIX on that thing. Might not mean that much to you, but it sounds like it doesn't mean that much to him either. Oh, and don't open any attachments you might receive from him and your trojan problem isn't a problem anymore. In fact, you might want to think about just deleting any email you get from him altogether. After all, you live together, right? Email is pretty unnecessary. At least it is in my household. I sure as heck wouldn't threaten my wife with a trojan, and I'm pretty tech savvy. Here's where I would do the easiest thing: Run Windows on your Mac. Software that only runs on Windows? Well, Windows runs on Mac these days, either with a virtual machine product like Parallels or VMware. Might want to inform your spouse of this fact. I run Windows on my Mac to transfer audio from my wife's audio recorder (which only has Windows software) to my Macbook. Same would probably work with your 'scope. In fact I have a Meade 60mm telescope with software that runs on Windows; I might test out if it can control it as well. Perhaps I can report back. This one I'll leave to others to answer. At any rate, I've run into plenty of Windows bigots. The things to remember are: Computers are tools. Not a way of life. Your spouse's business dealings with Microsoft aren't going to affect either the business dealings or the health of Microsoft as a company by you using a Mac. Microsoft will do that themselves with a little help from Apple. Macs run Windows. They don't like to, but they can. You like your Mac? Does it do things for you in an enjoyable way? Then that's what you want in a computer. I had a flight instructor a long time ago tell me "You must fly the airplane, and not let it fly you." Same with computers. I want my computer to do things for me, and it needs to obediently do things as I need. Not you doing things obediently as it needs. Windows tends to go to the latter. [/QUOTE]
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