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<blockquote data-quote="Dysfunction" data-source="post: 682748" data-attributes="member: 51052">I find all of this pretty ironic, since I work in a Unix development environment I feel that I can 'see' the insides of these things a heck of a lot more than I can with windows.&nbsp; Everything else has pretty much been mentioned, but I wanted to comment on that part.&nbsp; It's all about familiarity, and that takes time to build <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> To be honest, you can see just as much 'guts' for most of this thing than you can with windows , you'll just have to get used to the command line.&nbsp; You'll find that config files take the place of the registry (which is extremely handy actually) and that you can write shell scripts, perl scripts, python scripts, you can write in c and compile it.. all with tools that are either already installed, or are available on the install disks you got with the computer.My recommendation is to pick up OS X The Missing Manual, for starters and start playing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dysfunction, post: 682748, member: 51052"] I find all of this pretty ironic, since I work in a Unix development environment I feel that I can 'see' the insides of these things a heck of a lot more than I can with windows. Everything else has pretty much been mentioned, but I wanted to comment on that part. It's all about familiarity, and that takes time to build :) To be honest, you can see just as much 'guts' for most of this thing than you can with windows , you'll just have to get used to the command line. You'll find that config files take the place of the registry (which is extremely handy actually) and that you can write shell scripts, perl scripts, python scripts, you can write in c and compile it.. all with tools that are either already installed, or are available on the install disks you got with the computer. My recommendation is to pick up OS X The Missing Manual, for starters and start playing :) [/QUOTE]

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