The setting. A quiet, snowy Saturday night at the Prineas house. John and Sarah sitting on the couch; the kids in bed. Lemon zinger tea has been served
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Tell him to get a new Intel mac, which will literally run Windows. (And yes, most important Windows programs have Mac counterparts.) Macs have the advantage of being easy to upgrade, virus-resistant, and freakin' never going obsolite--I gave my 1999 Blue and White G3 Tower to a PC-using friend this Summer, and she expresses her love for it pretty much every time we correspons. A 1999 computer. That's just not possible with PCs.
Even my computer science professor is on record as liking Macs better. Also, Macs have a sense of the design aesthetic. And it's no secret that a lot of Windows operating-system advancements ape Mac advancements.
Mac programs take less space and run more smoothly because the way they nteract with the operating system is simpler. Also, you never have to defrag Macs--ever.
Also, Macs you can set up as PHP/MySQL web servers in about 10 minutes. When I tried on a Windows computer it took about four hours and I broke Apache several times because you literally have to go speilunking in httpd.conf. (Literal in the you-have-to-manually-mess-with-the-config-file department, not the speilunking department.)
Artists also use macs because mac is industry standard for graphic design. Because it Works Better.
I highly recommend dragging him along the next time you go to the Apple Store. (Make it for something really inconsequential, so he's not all balking about being "stuck there" -- I do recommend getting a keyboard condom keyboard protector, a thin filmy piece of see-through plastic which helps when you're typing fast, makes the fingers a little stickier to the otherwise slippy metal keys. Non-Mac folks seem to be able to handle "let's just stop by" if they believe you'll be in & out.
Then, chat up a salesperson about your quick-purchase and do it while standing RIGHT NEXT to the dual-boot intel Mac with add-on 17x11 rotating flat screen. If that doesn't make the 8-yr-old in him come out and drool all over the keyboard with the ultimate geekiness obsession with Teh Pretty, ain't nothing will and you can hang it up as a lost cause. If you see him fiddling with the rotating screen and playing with the system, just casually drift away.
But do keep an eye on the time. Last time I let my [censored]-age SO revert to his inner 8-yr old, we were there for almost an hour. Then I saw the price tag of what he thought he might like to get, "y'know, someday, maybe," and just about had apoplexy. So, hrm, consider yourself warned... heh.
Even my computer science professor is on record as liking Macs better. Also, Macs have a sense of the design aesthetic. And it's no secret that a lot of Windows operating-system advancements ape Mac advancements.
Mac programs take less space and run more smoothly because the way they nteract with the operating system is simpler. Also, you never have to defrag Macs--ever.
Also, Macs you can set up as PHP/MySQL web servers in about 10 minutes. When I tried on a Windows computer it took about four hours and I broke Apache several times because you literally have to go speilunking in httpd.conf. (Literal in the you-have-to-manually-mess-with-the-config-file department, not the speilunking department.)
Artists also use macs because mac is industry standard for graphic design. Because it Works Better.
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Okay, I'm really going to work on him now.
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Then, chat up a salesperson about your quick-purchase and do it while standing RIGHT NEXT to the dual-boot intel Mac with add-on 17x11 rotating flat screen. If that doesn't make the 8-yr-old in him come out and drool all over the keyboard with the ultimate geekiness obsession with Teh Pretty, ain't nothing will and you can hang it up as a lost cause. If you see him fiddling with the rotating screen and playing with the system, just casually drift away.
But do keep an eye on the time. Last time I let my [censored]-age SO revert to his inner 8-yr old, we were there for almost an hour. Then I saw the price tag of what he thought he might like to get, "y'know, someday, maybe," and just about had apoplexy. So, hrm, consider yourself warned... heh.
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