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“The Apple Way is to make all of your decisions for you so that you’re not burdened by choice.”
Uh.. nope. All that has to be done if the DVD setting isn’t what you want is to go into System Preferences and CHOOSE how you want the computer to recognize audio CDs, DVDs, and BLANK media.
Sheesh.
Hoss.
I’m not an apple user so I’m asking this question out of ignorance. But I’ll ask anyway :)
If there is BSD underneath why don’t you have the power of the BSD command line interface. Why couldn’t you put the disk in, mount it, issue a dd command (or whatever).
Again, I don’t know, so just asking.
This is exactly my experience. I’ve been using Macs at work for at least 8 years. I currently have an iBook and will be provided a new one this fall.
I hate the “Apple Way.” If I try to load pictures into my iBook, iPhoto opens. I don’t want it to do that. I just want to drag photos to my folder. ~sigh~ That’s just one example. I want to do things my way.
I crossed over to Linux from XP [on my home computer] this past winter. I’m much more comfortable with Linux than my iBook (although I’m a Linux newbie). I’ll never spend a dime of my own money on a Mac.
>>OS X and Linux are essentially two extreme opposites. The Apple Way is to make all of your decisions for you so that you’re not burdened by choice. Some people enjoy that — they find simplicity in it that allows them to concentrate on other things. To me, it’s computing hell.<<
Right. Unix is powerful. What you put on top of it determines the user experience.
I totally agree. I think I would put up with that only once. If it happened again, that crashing sound you hear would be the window breaking and the computer hitting the lawn.