Il Mac OS X è unico ed avvicente.
Unisce in modo unico i difetti di Windows a con quelli di Linux e, non contento, aggiunge qualcosa di speciale che fa solo lui. Il magico effetto mac!
Risultato? Non c'e' il taglia e incolla dei file. Non puoi fare copia path della cartella che stai visualizzando. Il cestino non si ricorda la data di cancellazione e la posizione originale. Non c'e' un sistema a pacchetti unico. È possibile avere tre diverse versioni di Ruby (o Python) e non saperlo (macruby, ruby su macports, ruby su fink).
Il mac aiuta ad esercitare la mente. Su linux è quasi banale usare 'ls --color', 'ls --sort=time'. Gli utenti mac hanno più memoria ed usano 'ls -G' e 'ls -t'. Sapete come risponde il mac alla frase 'ls --help'? Così:
[andreafrancia@deneb ~]$ ls --help
/bin/ls: illegal option -- -
usage: ls [-ABCFGHLOPRSTUWabcdefghiklmnopqrstuwx1] [file ...]
Sono proprio belle le utility BSD!
I_Samuel, 12:24, "But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things [i.e. backlit keys, one button mice] he has done for you."
I_Chronicles, 16:25-26, "For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods [because the subtle hardware-software equilibrium is so fragile] . For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens."
Psalms, 2:11, "Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling." [use the Mac, but be aware that you can easily break the suysstem]
Isaiah, 50:10, "Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light [this refers to the already mentioned backlit keyboard], trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God."
I just love Mac bashing! My son, who's an IT professional, ex linux fan, eventually saw light and converted to the Mac. He did a lot of evangelising at a time when I was about to buy a new computer, and he almost convinced me of the perfection of the thing. Then I discovered that he actually fears his Mac and rejects any software/hardware that might alter or even jeopardise the purity of the System.
I am against all types of worship: I prefer to be in control myself. I do not let others decide that GMOs are good (or bad) for me, and I hate sects!
The Macmania is no exception.