Comments | shawan_7: I. Hate. Apple.

shawan_7

I. Hate. Apple.

Dec 27, 2008 10:03

Christmas was unusually sucky but enough about that. Let me sum it up: Boxes matter ( Read more... )

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Well, I kinna disagree ... fandance December 27 2008, 18:33:46 UTC

I don't quite hate Apple, but I am frustrated ( ... )

Re: Well, I kinna disagree ... boogiebabe_smap December 28 2008, 07:21:32 UTC

Sheesh! Luckily Doug is an expert at all things networky and he helped me make the transition to Mac and then helped me make the transition to wireless. (My MacBook has had no problem finding and joining wireless networks.) Somethings on the Macbook are intuitive and many more are NOT. I blame it on the fact that Apple went from the original Mac operating system that they stole from Xerox (efficient, user-friendly, good help) to UNIX (which I've always found powerful, but cryptic and user-hostile). While in so doing, the Mac lost several of the applications that I had always found most useful (like draw/paint), and the new applications (iDVD, iMovie) are not intuitive. (They had even Doug pulling his hair out.)

But my experience with Vista was hell even with the assistance of a Windows/network expert (shawna_7's brother). Mind you, it might not be that bad if I give that machine one more try, but I haven't.

Re: Well, I kinna disagree ... fandance December 28 2008, 15:42:23 UTC

[btw, kinna here means "cannot" ... as I, well, I cannot disagree]

Good to know that Doug might be able to help me out. Always good to have friends when life is being difficult. Thanks

boogiebabe_smap December 28 2008, 07:22:39 UTC

So very sorry to hear that your Christmas did not go well. We'll talk when I get home.

They all steal your chickens maggieno December 30 2008, 23:19:06 UTC

Or some such computer equivalent ( ... )