Comments on: I feel so dirty… http://artofgeek.com/2008/02/27/i-feel-so-dirty/ Technology from the geek perspective. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:48:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: madgunde http://artofgeek.com/2008/02/27/i-feel-so-dirty/#comment-7558 madgunde Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:19:13 +0000 http://artofgeek.com/2008/02/27/i-feel-so-dirty/#comment-7558 @pbedouk Sometimes things will go wrong with even the best technology. How much time/effort/expense you expend recovering from an issue is what sets the better technology apart from the inferior. Reinstalling OS X and all it's apps and restoring my data/preferences is so easy in Mac OS X, that I actually enjoy doing it, for instance when upgrading to a new major release of OS X or when I buy a new Mac. Time Machine is going to help make sure my data is safe too for those unexpected disasters. @pbedouk

Sometimes things will go wrong with even the best technology. How much time/effort/expense you expend recovering from an issue is what sets the better technology apart from the inferior.

Reinstalling OS X and all it’s apps and restoring my data/preferences is so easy in Mac OS X, that I actually enjoy doing it, for instance when upgrading to a new major release of OS X or when I buy a new Mac. Time Machine is going to help make sure my data is safe too for those unexpected disasters.

]]> By: pbedouk http://artofgeek.com/2008/02/27/i-feel-so-dirty/#comment-7557 pbedouk Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:47:13 +0000 http://artofgeek.com/2008/02/27/i-feel-so-dirty/#comment-7557 Well I feel clean. I switched to a Mac after an uninterrupted run of 25 years with a PC at home (not the same one!). Though recently I was doubting the wisdom of my switch, having had to reinstall Leopard from scratch and hence losing all my installed applications (though not any data). I was thinking geeze, this is why I left the PC world, and it's back! In the end the reinstallation of all those apps, though time consuming. was a trivial exercise. So perhaps it is good to be reminded from time to time why we prefer Macs. Well I feel clean.

I switched to a Mac after an uninterrupted run of 25 years with a PC at home (not the same one!).

Though recently I was doubting the wisdom of my switch, having had to reinstall Leopard from scratch and hence losing all my installed applications (though not any data). I was thinking geeze, this is why I left the PC world, and it’s back! In the end the reinstallation of all those apps, though time consuming. was a trivial exercise.

So perhaps it is good to be reminded from time to time why we prefer Macs.

]]> By: VNJ85 http://artofgeek.com/2008/02/27/i-feel-so-dirty/#comment-7546 VNJ85 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:43:05 +0000 http://artofgeek.com/2008/02/27/i-feel-so-dirty/#comment-7546 Yep, Apple users keep saying it over and over how sad PC users still use old out dated technology. Yep, Apple users keep saying it over and over how sad PC users still use old out dated technology.

]]> By: madgunde http://artofgeek.com/2008/02/27/i-feel-so-dirty/#comment-7540 madgunde Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:30:21 +0000 http://artofgeek.com/2008/02/27/i-feel-so-dirty/#comment-7540 @Jaish Chada Actually, the nightmare graphic is an album cover from the band of the same name. Album's called Genetic Disorder. Never heard it myself, just came across the image in a Google image search. @Jaish Chada
Actually, the nightmare graphic is an album cover from the band of the same name. Album’s called Genetic Disorder. Never heard it myself, just came across the image in a Google image search.

]]> By: Jaish Chada http://artofgeek.com/2008/02/27/i-feel-so-dirty/#comment-7539 Jaish Chada Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:21:28 +0000 http://artofgeek.com/2008/02/27/i-feel-so-dirty/#comment-7539 LOL! Dude. That was hilarious. I think you need to scrub yourself with lye to get rid of any PC virus you may have contracted in the process. I can't say I miss the "Bad command or filename" days, let alone the "File not found" errors. Nice graphics...from Dune? LOL! Dude. That was hilarious. I think you need to scrub yourself with lye to get rid of any PC virus you may have contracted in the process. I can’t say I miss the “Bad command or filename” days, let alone the “File not found” errors. Nice graphics…from Dune?

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