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From: snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe)
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Subject: Re: Finding the One
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 01:17:19 +0100
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Sn00p <snooporg.99@geemail.invalid> wrote:

> Sn!pe wrote:
> > s|b <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
> >> On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:17:02 +0100, Sn!pe wrote:
> >>
> >>> Note that the OP is a Mac user  (yay!)
> >>
> >> Doesn't mean he can't run software for Windows.
> > 
> > Why on Earth would a Mac user want to run 'Doze progs?
> 
> Sn!pe must be living in a different world to Apple itself.
> Here is what Apple says:
> 
> <https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/bootcamp-assistant/welcome/mac>
> QUOTE:
> 
>     Use Windows apps on your Mac
> 
>     Is your favorite MMORPG available only for
>     Windows? Do you have all your financial data
>     in a Windows-only accounting app? Need to
>     test webpages in Windows? No problem - just
>     install Windows on your Intel-based Mac with
>     Boot Camp.

But, but, it would make me feel dirty.  Of course Macs can multiboot
with Boot Camp but then I might as well have a 'Doze machine.  Ditto
with Linux.  On occasion I've run VMs in macOS for both 'Doze and
several flavours of Linux, just for special purposes such as the rare
occasions when suitable Mac software isn't available (mostly ham radio
stuff to drive my RF dongle).  

This isn't my first rodeo, y'know.  My antipathy towards 'Doze stems
from my early experience of running all versions from Win 3.0 to NT 4.0
(and PC DOS before that) before I escaped the Evil Empire and went to
Mandrake, my first Linux. Mandrake was fine but then I discovered 
mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) and I've never looked back since.  

I reiterate:  putting 'Doze apps on my nice shiny Mac would soil it.
Why would I want to do that?  Macs and their peripherals in the macOS
environment "just work".  It's a joy to be able to use my 'puter as the
helpful tool that it's supposed to be without having to get out the
metaphorical spanners and screwdrivers to whip it into shape.

Colour me fanboi, oh yes indeed.  I'm a fanboi who is proudly content 
to be just that.

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