Comments on: The spirituality of Macs http://targuman.org/blog/2009/03/05/the-spirituality-of-macs/ Translating my thoughts into words. Thu, 24 May 2012 05:04:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stevie Rocco http://targuman.org/blog/2009/03/05/the-spirituality-of-macs/comment-page-1/#comment-44120 Stevie Rocco Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:50:19 +0000 http://targuman.org/blog/?p=2655#comment-44120 In light of the religious analogies flying about, I'd just like to mention that I think it's worth it to be what a friend of mine calls "platform agnostic." That is, to each task the correct tool. For some things, I prefer OS X. For others, I switch immediately to Vista. It just depends on what I'm doing. By the way, that having been said, I am currently in possession of a Mac. I use it also to run Vista. I call it a "Mac" because of its label, just as I call my home laptop a "Dell" and not a "PC." In financial terms, the use of one machine to do the tasks of two saves the University some serious money, because in the old days, they had to buy two machines for all us techie types to do testing on. That has been much simplified. Interoperability, friends. That's where it's at in my book. :) Also, if we're going to date ourselves via our hardware, my first machine was a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 1, complete with a cassette deck for loading the programs. :) I remember how excited I was when we finally got the two external 5.25" drives and I didn't have to wait for the cassettes to load anymore. Ah, those were the days... ;) In light of the religious analogies flying about, I’d just like to mention that I think it’s worth it to be what a friend of mine calls “platform agnostic.” That is, to each task the correct tool. For some things, I prefer OS X. For others, I switch immediately to Vista. It just depends on what I’m doing.

By the way, that having been said, I am currently in possession of a Mac. I use it also to run Vista. I call it a “Mac” because of its label, just as I call my home laptop a “Dell” and not a “PC.” In financial terms, the use of one machine to do the tasks of two saves the University some serious money, because in the old days, they had to buy two machines for all us techie types to do testing on. That has been much simplified. Interoperability, friends. That’s where it’s at in my book. :)

Also, if we’re going to date ourselves via our hardware, my first machine was a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 1, complete with a cassette deck for loading the programs. :) I remember how excited I was when we finally got the two external 5.25″ drives and I didn’t have to wait for the cassettes to load anymore.

Ah, those were the days… ;)

]]> By: Chris Brady http://targuman.org/blog/2009/03/05/the-spirituality-of-macs/comment-page-1/#comment-44083 Chris Brady Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:10:50 +0000 http://targuman.org/blog/?p=2655#comment-44083 And of course I had a TI 99/4A about the same time and then an Atari 520ST. And of course I had a TI 99/4A about the same time and then an Atari 520ST.

]]> By: Steve http://targuman.org/blog/2009/03/05/the-spirituality-of-macs/comment-page-1/#comment-44082 Steve Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:06:35 +0000 http://targuman.org/blog/?p=2655#comment-44082 In the interests of clarity... I started with a TI 99/4A purchased at Dover AFB in August of 1983, and kept that running until at least 1988. At that time I switched to the <b>Commodore Amiga</b> (not the C 64--never owned one of those), enjoying the benefits of the marriage of color and a Graphical (windowed) interface, before either the Mac OR a (usable) MS Windows. For a brief moment I did use the Commodore 64 that my in-laws had, to write, and print, my senior paper in the Spring of 1985. Ah the joys of .commands in word processors. In the interests of clarity…

I started with a TI 99/4A purchased at Dover AFB in August of 1983, and kept that running until at least 1988. At that time I switched to the Commodore Amiga (not the C 64–never owned one of those), enjoying the benefits of the marriage of color and a Graphical (windowed) interface, before either the Mac OR a (usable) MS Windows.

For a brief moment I did use the Commodore 64 that my in-laws had, to write, and print, my senior paper in the Spring of 1985. Ah the joys of .commands in word processors.

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