computers

So today, marks a very interesting day in the Fogarty Household, my mother got her first personal computer, her own laptop - no longer using the 'family' desktop. And what brings this to be such a monumental occasion, is that she now has a mac. To state it blatantly, i hate macs, i could go onto explain why I hate macs, and they are no better than Windows, but that isn't this thread. Even though i hate macs, i enjoy the fact that she got a fairly good computer, for 100 bucks.

Which, brings me to what i've been thinking about today... My brother, self-proclaimed mac-man of this family, was put up against our uncle, who is a real "mac-man" if he's ever seen one, and made my brother look like a child with his lack of knowledge... Which makes me wonder, how many people who use macs, are just 'posers' ? Tonight, when helping our mother set up this computer, she was prompted to create a password, and he said it wasn't required and I said, "Is its not the root password?" to his reply, saying that "root" is not a 'mac thing.' now, you don't have to speak Python to know that 'root' is not-not a mac thing. 'root' is a 'computer' thing. He's had his mac for, 3 or so years now, and he has no idea what a "root user" is. Or what a "root password" is. I know, that macs are the cool computers to have, all the fkkers at starbucks have them, and all the rich fkkers user them. But, do any mac users actually know how to use computers?

Take mac vs. linux into thought: they are fairly the same thing, 2 second glances at both computers, an average person wouldn't see the difference... But the fact-of-the-matter is, macs OS X is just, 'dumbed down' linux... they've removed the freedom to use a computer. It's common knowledge, that you can't do anything to a mac, but what i can do - it does it well. But linux, does "it" well, and it's customizable. take your command bar at the top of the screen for one - you on a mac, are stuck with it... getting rid if it, you'd not be able to do anything... I however, can delete that bar, move the bar - HIDE the bar, and even remake the bar when i delete it.

I'll admit, linux is not beginner friendly, new users to linux will be fucked trying to install something, or figure out why in the heck they aren't root (if using ubuntu)
SO I'm curious... to see what mac users think about linux, i'd like to see some die hard mac users, who have never heard the word "linux" before, try it out... I'd like to see what they think. If you ask me, i think most people use macs, because they're easy. Which is true, and which is why i am glad my mom has one. She'll never get past using it for the internet, storing photos... maybe chatting some friends up... But I on the other hand, will be stealing stuff, running programs, and getting the most out of a computer. I recommend mac to her, but for anyone who wants more than an "on - off switch" of a computer, to get linux.


Final thought, look at what NASA uses on their computers, and I'll tell you it's not Microsoft, and i'll tell you it's not mac ;)
Oh God... could you imagine NASA getting the blue screen of death during a mission to mars? O_O that would suck...