Sunday, February 20, 2005
An Apple a Day....
Spent most of the day working on the computer. Processing fotos, and trying to find LOST fotos.
I only use a Mac laptop these days - Powerbook G4. I ran for years with Linux on a PC and loved it, but finally got a bit soft, discovered the joys of iTunes and started to want to watch DVDs and stuff like that. OK OK I know you can configure Linux to play movies, but damned if I could ever get them to work! Still, even if I never saw another movie, and never heard another CD in my life, it would have been worth it to just avoid WINDOZY!!!
As a photographer, I get the best of all worlds with the Powerbook. Raw images were nearly impossible on Linux, and that was a huge problem with my Canon digital SLR. Downloading Raw to the Mac is a doddle, and I can do it anywhere 'cos the little laptop goes everywhere with me.
I don't buy much software. So much open source stuff is available and most of it is so superior to the grossly expensive Windoze equivalents. Openoffice.org replaces Microsoft Office - and doesn't crash, The Gimp replaces Photoshop and, in my humble opinion, does just as good a job. Abiword is a fine little word processor when you want to do more simple tasks and can't be arsed opening a huge office application. The price of all these and more is perfect. FREE.
Because these are basically Linux programs originally, I can sneak my favourite little friend onto my desktop. The Linux mascot TUXEDO T. PENGUIN.
I only use a Mac laptop these days - Powerbook G4. I ran for years with Linux on a PC and loved it, but finally got a bit soft, discovered the joys of iTunes and started to want to watch DVDs and stuff like that. OK OK I know you can configure Linux to play movies, but damned if I could ever get them to work! Still, even if I never saw another movie, and never heard another CD in my life, it would have been worth it to just avoid WINDOZY!!!
As a photographer, I get the best of all worlds with the Powerbook. Raw images were nearly impossible on Linux, and that was a huge problem with my Canon digital SLR. Downloading Raw to the Mac is a doddle, and I can do it anywhere 'cos the little laptop goes everywhere with me.
I don't buy much software. So much open source stuff is available and most of it is so superior to the grossly expensive Windoze equivalents. Openoffice.org replaces Microsoft Office - and doesn't crash, The Gimp replaces Photoshop and, in my humble opinion, does just as good a job. Abiword is a fine little word processor when you want to do more simple tasks and can't be arsed opening a huge office application. The price of all these and more is perfect. FREE.
Because these are basically Linux programs originally, I can sneak my favourite little friend onto my desktop. The Linux mascot TUXEDO T. PENGUIN.
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