[Tfug] The Joy of OSX, and the friction coefficient of goose droppings.

[erich]

I'm afraid I'm missing something,
                        As soon as you say "Mac" that's a proprietary 
operating system. Is this
a non-proprietary clone a "bootleg"? Is there something else we can call 
it to distinguish
it from a registered trademark?

                                                                                                                      
Erich


Bowie J. Poag wrote:
>
> Disclaimer: I'm not a latte'-sipping emo hipster who parks his ass at 
> Starbucks and cleans his black-rimmed glasses with his own tears.  
> However....
>
> I now own a Mac.
>
> I am a Mac user.
>
> Technically speaking.
>
> I've been building an OSx86 Hackintosh over the past week or so, 
> working off of a new Compaq Presario C700 laptop. I am now in the 
> posession of a 3GB dual-core Compaqintosh running Mac OS X 10.5.5. 
> Everything about it works.. Sound, network, trackpad, video 
> accelleration, wifi...It's identical in function and performance to 
> the real thing at a fraction of the cost.
>
> And I'm in love with it. Absolutely in love with it.
>
> This is the way Unix should be. Fast, consistent, streamlined, 
> efficient, fluid and elegant on the surface, and cold, brutal, and 
> frighteningly user-hostile under the hood. The hood isn't bolted shut, 
> either. The whole package is slicker than goose shit. My apologies if 
> you didn't grow up in the midwest, but, trust me -- goose shit is 
> pretty slick. Those damn geese are everywhere up there. You gotta 
> watch where you walk.
>
> I'm happy to leave desktop Linux in the ditch at this point, where 
> Vista can keep it company. Linux is unbeatable in the server arena, 
> but I think too many missed opportunities have gone by for Linux on 
> the desktop to gain any real traction.
>
> Too much shit on the hill courtesy of the geese in Cupertino. :)
>
> Cheers,
> Bowie
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