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Originally Posted by Firippu
OSX is made idiot proof so people ... Without screwing up windows and linux so much in the past I would never have learned the computers skills that I have now
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I'm not going to bash on Windows or Linux users because everyone has their own workflow and experience they're comfortable with. I'm done with them though. I've paid my dues, suffered and toiled through their UIs, and earned the right to use my "idiot-proof", Unix-based operating system. I've never looked back. When I have to use other operating systems, it's like stepping back in time. The roads aren't paved, cars don't have seat belts, and the doctor has a bag of leeches.
I was a Microsoft fanboy for a long time, but when I got an MBP my attitude shifted dramatically. I realized something. I wasn't FIGHTING my computer all the time. Everything just worked.
I no longer want to spend 10 hours on Newegg finding some crazy set of parts that might work together, then spending an afternoon assembling them. I don't want to fight with drivers. I don't want to reformat because my computer came with a hundred thousand adware programs installed. When something breaks, I want to throw it out or have someone fix it for me. I don't want to overclock (i.e. painting racing stripes on the case). I don't want to get blue screens for months until I realize my BIOS has RAM at the wrong voltage, through no fault of my own.
I consider my time and stress-reduced living more valuable than the diminished educational returns and added monetary cost.
If someone has a problem with OS X, I couldn't give less of a shit (hint: Hawk). It's nice and cozy here for 99% of what I do, and I can still use other operating systems fluently when I need to (i.e. test SourceMod stuff).
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