{"id":2217,"date":"2009-08-22T16:45:30","date_gmt":"2009-08-22T20:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2009-08-22T16:45:30","modified_gmt":"2009-08-22T20:45:30","slug":"intuitive-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2009\/08\/22\/intuitive-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Intuitive"},"content":{"rendered":"

I grew up on Windows, but it was the rocky Windows 98 era when I discovered Linux. Both operating systems have come very<\/em> far since then, but the discovery of an alternative at a young age left me with a sense of empowerment. Daily blue screens meant that I had the freedom to use Linux, even if connecting to the Internet required editing some configuration files with this wacky vim<\/tt> thing. I eventually ended up with a college-issued laptop with XP, and a $9 Vista disk. (Student discount, not seedy black market.)<\/p>\n

When I started a job doing Rails coding, though, I was issued a Mac. It took only a couple days to adjust to its differences: for the most part, it was just another UNIX system, so the “hard part” (setting up ssh keys, NFS mounts, etc.) took about 5 minutes. So I find myself pretty well-versed in the three major OSs, maintaining racks of Linux machines while coding on a Macintosh laptop, but having used Linux and most every flavor of Windows extensively.<\/p>\n

But here’s why my next purchase will probably be a ludicrously-overpriced Mac: things just work<\/em>. With the air conditioner running and another fan helping to steer the air conditioner to me, I have the speakers on my laptop cranked just to hear background music. I queued up a Youtube video, put headphones in my ears, and then plugged them into the laptop. I suddenly panicked, realizing that I was about to blow my eardrums out. But before I could lower the volume, I realized that I wasn’t<\/em> about to blow my eardrums out. The Mac keeps a separate volume control for the headphones, which was still set from the last time I listened to headphones. This in and of itself isn’t a reason to buy a Mac, but I have a lot of these experiences, and it makes using a computer such a more pleasurable experience.<\/p>\n

I do have some pet peeves. This hardware won’t see more than 2GB of RAM, and I’m furious about the restriction. The machine will take<\/em> two 2GB DIMMs, but it won’t boot if there’s more than 2GB installed. That seems more like a deliberate limitation than a design handicap. The newer machines seem to have internal batteries, which makes user service hard. I want to encrypt the filesystem for security reasons, but the Mac doesn’t support that. But the benefits far outweigh the cons.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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