Subj : Re: Your Mac
To   : MeaTLoTioN
From : Stino
Date : Thu Aug 25 2022 06:43:07

Good to see there are some Mac users in the BBS user base too.

I started using Mac in 2004 since I got a MBP 12" G4 as a work laptop from my
firm back then, because my first boss was a longtime Mac user since the first
Macintosh. The MBP run Panther on it and I also got a MS Office Packet
containing Virtual PC emulator in case of Windows needs. I liked this small
laptop very much but in 2007 my firm replaced it by a white Macbook 13" with
Intel CPU and as OS it came first with Tiger, but soon we replaced it with
Leopard and later SL. For Windows needs we got Parallels. I used it
relatively long until it was replaced in 2014 by a Dell Laptop with Windows
on it since our new Admin did not like Macs at all and want them out of the
firm.

My first own Mac I bought in 2008 a MBP 15" that still runs today but I only
use it today once in while for old Mac software. In 2010 and also in 2015 I
bought the smaller two MBA 11" as daily drivers. Finally in 2021 I bought my
actual Mac a MBA 13" with M1 processor. All of my own Macs still work fine
today even if I gave the two older 11" MBAs to family members. You can not
destroy those Macs. :) Apart from replacing the old batteries once in while
they run endless.

I later also bought an MacMini G3 from Ebay but this one I just use to run
MorphOS on it and discover is Hobby-Amiga-Like-OS.

I find it very good that there is still a commercial alternative OS out there
to the unique Windows mainstream. It keeps the SW landscape diverse with is a
good thing in my opinion.

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