Stuck at the airport

[milanbenes]

thanks Team,

I downloaded the codecs for WMP and then watched Spy Game.

Finally got home at 02:30

Milan.

[SupremeSpod]

thanks Team,

I downloaded the codecs for WMP and then watched Spy Game.

Finally got home at 02:30

Milan.

Which timezone?

[milanbenes]

CET

Milan.

[Ignis Fatuus]

Pah. I can afford a Mac, but I want something better.

Me too. Do you know of something better?

[ThomasSoerensen]

This looks better than a Mac

[Ignis Fatuus]

This looks better than a Mac

Funny. Actually I'm serious. Mac not perfect, Apple a distasteful company, but Mac+OSX better than other computers I've used. Would love to find better still.

[Cliphead]

Funny. Actually I'm serious. Mac not perfect, Apple a distasteful company, but Mac+OSX better than other computers I've used. Would love to find better still.

Take any suitable hardware and install Linux. Big improvement.

[SupremeSpod]

Take any suitable hardware and install Linux. Big improvement.

There is the crux of the matter.

Apple stuff "Just works"...

Spod - In "Buying an i7 iMac" mode!

[Ignis Fatuus]

Take any suitable hardware and install Linux. Big improvement.

I've tried it. I really wanted to like it. But there were too many little things that just didn't work out of the box. I absolutely despise using an advertising tag line, but (IME) the Mac does "just work". I can't remember anything that didn't work first time on it.

Example: external DVD player: on my Windows Thinkpad, it played DVDs but had no sound. On the Mac it just worked. On Ubuntu it didn't even recognise it was attached until I "mounted" it.

OK I can "mount" it. On Windows I can download the audio codec and it works. But I don't want to have to do some extra work with every little thing I do.

And don't get me started on scanners

[Sysman]

OK I can "mount" it. On Windows I can download the audio codec and it works. But I don't want to have to do some extra work with every little thing I do.

That is the crux of the matter. MS seems to think we enjoy installing software. I have only done one "wipe and reinstall from scratch" in the eight and a half years I have owned Macs, and I only did that because I wanted to, not because it was necessary. (I will note that I got a surprising amount of disk space back, presumably down to clutter left behind from software I had tried but never ended up using.)

And don't get me started on scanners

Or USB sticks. I am really not interested in seeing an announcement that a driver has been installed and I can now use a USB stick. On a Mac it simply appears and I can use it straight away.