Comments on: It’s Fun to Play With Stuff (or Why I’m Glad I Switched to the Mac) http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/ and broken promises Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:50:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: wyane http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-1373 wyane Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:53:06 +0000 http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-1373 Yeah , I agree. For work , I probably said Windows. In the back of DOS age, I had have many version of autoexe.bat and config.sys for various purpose also. But for playing purpose, I would prefer linux system, coz you can modify the system by yourself. Yeah , I agree. For work , I probably said Windows. In the back of DOS age, I had have many version of autoexe.bat and config.sys for various purpose also.
But for playing purpose, I would prefer linux system, coz you can modify the system by yourself.

]]> By: The Nested Float » On Computers and the Spirit of Play http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-509 The Nested Float » On Computers and the Spirit of Play Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:40:09 +0000 http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-509 [...] Ben Sargent on computers and play: [...] [...] Ben Sargent on computers and play: [...]

]]> By: petieg http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-454 petieg Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:02:23 +0000 http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-454 Tried CoRD -- don't particularly like it. Prefer Tsclientx for a packaged solution. Once you have rdesktop scripts converted to apps w/ Applets for rdesktop it's much better. Thanx for the add'l input though maybe i'll give it another go-around. Tried CoRD — don’t particularly like it. Prefer Tsclientx for a packaged solution. Once you have rdesktop scripts converted to apps w/ Applets for rdesktop it’s much better. Thanx for the add’l input though maybe i’ll give it another go-around.

]]> By: Mike http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-450 Mike Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:09:16 +0000 http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-450 Well said. Petieg -- re. rdesktop via X11 -- if you haven't tried CoRD yet, you gotta. http://cord.sourceforge.net/ The new RDC beta from Microsoft isn't bad, but CoRD has improved my sysadmin life dramatically. Well said.

Petieg — re. rdesktop via X11 — if you haven’t tried CoRD yet, you gotta. http://cord.sourceforge.net/

The new RDC beta from Microsoft isn’t bad, but CoRD has improved my sysadmin life dramatically.

]]> By: petieg http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-435 petieg Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:11:20 +0000 http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-435 I could not agree with you (all) more! I switched to Mac shortly after their Intel switch came about -- I was fed up w/ having to spend 20 minutes just trying to attach to SSID tmobile in NYC every time i woke up my thinkpad. I began researching the new MacBookPro's -- and figured I would dive in with an old 800mhz white ibook -- and i was sold. I forget the discussion group that pushed me over the edge -- but the essence is "if you don't think you can do what you do on a PC with a Mac you're wrong, just try it". Albeit, different I have found myself to be sold hook, line and sinker. I'm an IT tech and use (client's) Windows all day long and Vista was a no sell -- a Mac was such a breath of fresh air and still allowed me to "play" as you say -- while still allowing me to do work and get more work done. I don't play games I play as you do, install things, get them to work (gcaldaemon?), rdesktop via X11 (screw MS's rdp client), etc... I live by what new comes down the pipe on Macupdate and scour the blogs out there for as much Mac news as I can get -- i never thought i become one but i am now officially a fanboy. i'm even going to the apple store on Fri to get Leopard (not wait on line ahead of time, just go before 10PM). It's wonderful to enjoy a computer as much as i do a Mac... AND i feel as though I learn something new everyday on it!! I could not agree with you (all) more! I switched to Mac shortly after their Intel switch came about — I was fed up w/ having to spend 20 minutes just trying to attach to SSID tmobile in NYC every time i woke up my thinkpad. I began researching the new MacBookPro’s — and figured I would dive in with an old 800mhz white ibook — and i was sold. I forget the discussion group that pushed me over the edge — but the essence is “if you don’t think you can do what you do on a PC with a Mac you’re wrong, just try it”. Albeit, different I have found myself to be sold hook, line and sinker. I’m an IT tech and use (client’s) Windows all day long and Vista was a no sell — a Mac was such a breath of fresh air and still allowed me to “play” as you say — while still allowing me to do work and get more work done. I don’t play games I play as you do, install things, get them to work (gcaldaemon?), rdesktop via X11 (screw MS’s rdp client), etc… I live by what new comes down the pipe on Macupdate and scour the blogs out there for as much Mac news as I can get — i never thought i become one but i am now officially a fanboy. i’m even going to the apple store on Fri to get Leopard (not wait on line ahead of time, just go before 10PM). It’s wonderful to enjoy a computer as much as i do a Mac… AND i feel as though I learn something new everyday on it!!

]]> By: Craig http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-430 Craig Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:06:43 +0000 http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-430 A pipe for GUIs! What a wonderful way to describe Quicksilver. Maybe that will help me grok it a bit more. A pipe for GUIs! What a wonderful way to describe Quicksilver. Maybe that will help me grok it a bit more.

]]> By: jimbo http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-427 jimbo Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:37:50 +0000 http://www.brokendigits.com/2007/10/23/its-fun-to-play-with-stuff-or-why-im-glad-i-switched-to-the-mac/#comment-427 Agree. And what I love about OS X as opposed to, say, Linux, is that I can choose when want to play and when I just want to work: that is, when I just want to get something done, it Just Works, without me having to mess around in the command line or look up man pages. But the command is always there if I want it, with access to cool Unix tools, Fink, etc. Linux, on the other hand, has gotten to the point where it just drives me mad - yesterday I spent about 2 hours getting a USB harddrive to work on a Linux box I'm setting up as a backup server in anticipation of Time Machine. I mean, WTF? 2 Hours to connect a USB drive, in 2007? Agree. And what I love about OS X as opposed to, say, Linux, is that I can choose when want to play and when I just want to work: that is, when I just want to get something done, it Just Works, without me having to mess around in the command line or look up man pages. But the command is always there if I want it, with access to cool Unix tools, Fink, etc.

Linux, on the other hand, has gotten to the point where it just drives me mad - yesterday I spent about 2 hours getting a USB harddrive to work on a Linux box I’m setting up as a backup server in anticipation of Time Machine. I mean, WTF? 2 Hours to connect a USB drive, in 2007?

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