Frank Cannon wrote:
"Oh Christ. Not another cultist. You guys are worse than the Moonies."
Heh.
You're gol-dang right I am, Frank. No denying it, you nailed me cold.
If not having to tear my hair at all kinds of updates, virus threats, and numerous other disturbances makes me a cultist, well, so be it.
The times I've tried to fool with Windows left me somethin' akin to to the times that leftists-communists try to fool with logic and reality -- that is to say, bewildered and confused.
I actually started with an Apple //c in 1986. That was "pre-Mac", a command-line prompt, I could get a couple of things to run. When it was time to "move up" (soon after), I bought a Macintosh SE -- $2,200 in 1987! So yep, I joined the cult (though it wasn't called one at the time). There would be no "Windows" until some years after.
It's kinda funny -- if you had said "computers" to me in 1985, I would have replied "what the heck would I need one of them for?". And yet here I am now, retired, and tinkering and using the Mac is my main pastime. If there are any other "briefers" out there with Macs, and you're having problems, I'm the guy to ask for help. ;)
One thing most non-Mac folks don't know about Mac OS X is that at its core, its foundation is UNIX with a "new cover" on top. Back in the late 90's when the -original- Mac OS was showing its age, Apple was trying to construct an entirely new OS (named "Copland"). That effort failed, badly. So... as an alternative... they bought Job's "NeXT" company, and the NeXTStep OS along with it (which was also UNIX-based, I think). From that evolved the earliest versions of OS X.
Lately, you'll find many Mac folks grumbling about the state of the mother company.
Apple makes the lion's share of their profits these days from "iOS" (iPhones and related stuff), NOT from the "Mac OS". if anything, they've been neglecting it, both on the software and hardware side. They haven't updated their Mac Mini since 2014, no substantial update for the Mac Pro since 2013. Apple only derives about 14% of its revenue from the Mac product line these days, it's become their forgotten child. And it shows.
So... I'm wondering if the time could come when I have to move beyond the Mac OS, to something else. I've even downloaded and tried a few Linux distributions. Seems like work.
But Windows... cue up Charlie Brown.... "arrrgggghhhhhhH!"
So, pour another one and raise your glass, Frank -- to Fishrrman, the Mac cultist!
(BTW, that's a great image -- saved it to my archives!)