Comments on: Life With A Mac http://www.johntopley.com/2007/10/04/life-with-a-mac/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:25:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: John Topley http://www.johntopley.com/2007/10/04/life-with-a-mac/#comment-9578 John Topley Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:36:05 +0000 http://www.johntopley.com/2007/10/04/life-with-a-mac/#comment-9578 Naturally I'm pleased to hear that it's worked out for you John and that you're enjoying your Mac as much as I am! I would have hated to have spent all that time going on about it to you only for you to have been disappointed. One of the problems with getting a Mac is that when you finally do come to realise how much better it is than the Windows you've been used to, you naturally want those around you to experience the same thing. You've had a kind of revelation and now you want to set your friends free too. Which is why I think people talk about smug Apple users and deliberately rebel against that, which is something I almost admire were it not for the fact that they're patently kidding themselves by thinking that their £299 Dell running Windows Vista is in any way comparable to say, an Apple MacBook. It is a form of zealotry really, but you know what - you and I have both discovered that they <em>really</em> are better! Incidentally, have I mentioned to you how great Ruby on Rails is...? ;-) Naturally I’m pleased to hear that it’s worked out for you John and that you’re enjoying your Mac as much as I am! I would have hated to have spent all that time going on about it to you only for you to have been disappointed.

One of the problems with getting a Mac is that when you finally do come to realise how much better it is than the Windows you’ve been used to, you naturally want those around you to experience the same thing. You’ve had a kind of revelation and now you want to set your friends free too. Which is why I think people talk about smug Apple users and deliberately rebel against that, which is something I almost admire were it not for the fact that they’re patently kidding themselves by thinking that their £299 Dell running Windows Vista is in any way comparable to say, an Apple MacBook. It is a form of zealotry really, but you know what - you and I have both discovered that they really are better!

Incidentally, have I mentioned to you how great Ruby on Rails is…? ;-)

]]> By: John Conners http://www.johntopley.com/2007/10/04/life-with-a-mac/#comment-9579 John Conners Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:17:42 +0000 http://www.johntopley.com/2007/10/04/life-with-a-mac/#comment-9579 Well I understand your frustration all too well now! And I'm telling you, I'll have a look at Ruby on Rails when I get a chance... ;-) Well I understand your frustration all too well now! And I’m telling you, I’ll have a look at Ruby on Rails when I get a chance… ;-)

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]]> By: WD http://www.johntopley.com/2007/10/04/life-with-a-mac/#comment-9632 WD Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:10:41 +0000 http://www.johntopley.com/2007/10/04/life-with-a-mac/#comment-9632 First off nice article. If you have not tried Quicksilver yet give it a try and you'll wonder how you ever used a Mac without it. It also free. http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/ Here's a link to the talk the creator of Quicksilver gave at Google. It show some of the things Quicksilver can do. http://lifehacker.com/software/top/get-to-know-quicksilver-from-its-maker-296990.php First off nice article.

If you have not tried Quicksilver yet give it a try and you’ll wonder how you ever used a Mac without it. It also free.

http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/

Here’s a link to the talk the creator of Quicksilver gave at Google. It show some of the things Quicksilver can do.

http://lifehacker.com/software/top/get-to-know-quicksilver-from-its-maker-296990.php

]]> By: John Topley http://www.johntopley.com/2007/10/04/life-with-a-mac/#comment-9763 John Topley Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:32:48 +0000 http://www.johntopley.com/2007/10/04/life-with-a-mac/#comment-9763 Don't worry WD, I've been extolling to John the virtues of Quicksilver too! Don’t worry WD, I’ve been extolling to John the virtues of Quicksilver too!

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