Doc said:
Welcome Alex!
I only wish I worked from home ...well sometimes. Getting out of the house can have it's advantages.
Yes I understand.. I have went to the trouble to build and move my office out of the house and into the a sepearate shop building.
DOC said:
I would like to try Mac OS, but not willing to pay the price. I like Linux / Unix overall and put up with windows for my work workstation. So, your a Mac guy? Do you do alot of graphic type stuff the Mac is famous for?
Hope you enjoy the forums, and post often!!
Doc
regardin the price.. well I ain't gonna touch that one. Lets just say its like tractors. Depends how much to want to pay for the fit, finish, dealer network, capabilities, and reliablity.
The reason I like Mac is because they are simply to manage and maintain for my family (immediate and extended). I don't like playing IT guy for everybody. In short, they are a pleasure to use compared to the alternatives out there. When you work in the line of work I do and have to deal with complexities of computer on a daily basis both on the engineering efforts and the computer the company gives you as a tool, it is a pleasure to use something that is amazing simple.
Oh just to give you an idea of what I do.. I am an engineer for hire for our customers which what to use our embedded real time OS. I write board support packages for our customer's prototype devices, device drivers, etc.
My first computer was PC-XT compatible with a Nec V80 CPU. When I was younger I helped with the Linux effort back when it was version in 0.98pl1.
Lost interest in it, when my career demanded more of my attention
to the engineering problem at hand and less messing around tinkering with a complex nature of a free for all OS which were constantly in flux. Here are the computers are own besides the company PC laptap.
iMac G3/600
iBook G3/700
eMac G4/1GHz
PowerMac G4/ Dual G4 450
About 4 PCs in the storage at my shop.
over the years I have help my extended family purchase the following.
4 - PowerMac G3 - B&W
1 - Mac Mini
3 - iBook G3/700s
1 - PowerBook/G3 500
am I a sick man?? oh probably. many people think so.