How I Moved Away From The Mac After Leaving Apple

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I feel the author is mixing up a lot of stuff (between OS and manufacturer).

For example, there is no such thing as a Dell "system". I have a Dell laptop and work with Ubuntu. It came with Windows 7 installed and I changed the grub configuration to boot on Ubuntu by default and not wait.

I also feel it's like he's mixing Mac and Mac OS (i.e: The laptop with the operating system). And since Apple moved from PowerPC to Intel, he could easily have an Apple laptop running under Windows.

Also, since the software he wanted to use for real estate wasn't available for Mac OS (Not Mac the computer!), he didn't say anything about trying Boot Camp.

I feel reading through the article that the author has very little understanding of the computers he's working on and was almost living in a bubble, frankly; which doesn't surprise me at all since he described himself as being a former Apple fan, but surprises me since he had a high position in that company.

Yes, also the printing problem he mentioned too. Maybe they did not allow PostScript printing? That is all I could think of. Which is a very small number of printer types.

Also the part "... there are still things I like better on Windows. Some of these things I'll choose not to mention for fear of inciting the wrath of Mac users everywhere, since many of those people will refuse to believe anything can possibly be better in the world of Windows. " - Just tell me what you're working with. Its a little too late for that anyway. haha

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