What the...

I say, "What the..." for several reasons. One of them being is that my laptop (the "Centrino") is in the shop, and has been since over a week and a half now almost. The reason why it is in the shop, I kept that damn thing clean on a daily basis, if not, every other day -- and the tab key broke. So I put it in the shop for repair, no way I was going to walk around or use it looking like it was hit by a car bomb; or it looking ghetto.

The second thing is, I finally got Mac OS X 10.4 (upgraded to Mac OS X 10.4.9) and the thought of it taking up a trillion gigabytes is insane. OK, it don't take up that much, but seeing Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X 10.2, then Mac OS X 10.4 (10.4 is insane in space usage) to be honest. I am going out to get a brand new 200-300 GB hard drive, but I do not know if I am putting the 160 from my AMD Duron on this system and the 200-300 on the Duron, or the 200-300 on this. I do not know, the "stability, security, and reliability" of Mac, I probably should place the bigger on the Mac, if I do use it as a "file share" or something like I do the other system.

Another thing today, I got tired of squinting at a 14-15" monitor with Mac, and it is not just Mac, it is also Linux and FreeBSD (which I know Mac is based off, the BSD part,) and the GUI is not all that bad, but the text part is horrid in the GUI portion. Windows is better viewable, but hell, Apple was fast to attack Windows Vista; HELLO Apple, you do the same crap as Windows Vista does. (to a degree).

OK, here are a few things I am going to bitch about Mac (Apple, Inc.) and Windows (Microsoft Corporation.)

1. When installing a program under Microsoft Windows Vista, you are prompted and asked for administration access to continue. Apple was fast to complain and attack this, when in fact that Mac OS X does the very same thing -- sometimes even more.
   
   * This is a security feature, and for our protection; stop bashing Microsoft when you are making yourselves look as stupid.
   
   
2. The Mac OS is supposed to be based off BSD, which it is, but why was /usr/ports taken away from the platform? This is one of the greatest features of BSD; sure there is the DarwinPorts and Fink, but those two programs are in my opinion, not as good.
   
   * Example: There is no (as far as I am aware of,) "make search name=[string]" without the brackets. Fink don't have it, never tried DarwinPorts yet. Plus, I am very limited on space with Mac OS X 10.4, unlike Mac OS X 10.2 where I would of have had 5 GB space just on this drive, when I only have maybe 4-5% of that space left. Yeah, I am watching what I do till I get off my rear and go out and buy that 200-300 GB HD and reinstall the Mac OS X 10.4 system, and install the updates again. Otherwise, Mac OS X 10.4 has been a great install, and I must say it is better than 10.2 if you can run it.
   
   
3. Mac OS X 10.2 and Mac OS X 10.4 are NOT better looking than Windows XP or Vista; I agree with this completely. If you want "eye candy" Mac OS X does not offer much of it. Stability is a different story, but Windows Vista does ask your permission before doing a lot. (Mac OS X does too,) and even if you do allow it under Windows Vista, Vista tends to prevent it in several ways.
   
   
4. A PowerPC G3 350 MHz with 448 MB RAM (PC-133) with Mac OS X 10.2/10.2.8 can be as slow as Windows XP on a Pentium II 500. I will not go in to details on this, but it does seem to be that way very easily -- could it be that the "PowerPC" is a stronger system by hardware? (like I said, I won't get in to details.) HOWEVER. I must ask, why the hell do Mac users say, a "Mac is a MAC, a PC is a "PC", yet, where the hell did PowerPC come from? .... I guess that is a problem or a issue -- Apple, time to execute a patch. ;)
   
   
5. Microsoft is always claiming "bugs, problems, glitches" and sometimes "issues" or "problems." Apple is hardly ever uses those terms, but commonly uses "issues" and "problems". Now that I think about it, the few times I did see comments by Steve Jobs, I never heard or seen him go, "Oops. Sometimes that happens." remember "Windows 95, with Bill Gates"? Can't say anything more here, but that was funny with Bill Gates.

I really should have left the house by now, and been installing my brand new hard drive, but I am not sure what system I want to install it under. I know there are several out there that will or are saying, "INSTALL THE 160 and the 200-300 in to the MAC and blow the PC up!", I will do that some day, maybe, but not any time soon.

I do in fact have a few PC boxes I could blow up, but I won't do it, due to legal issues with the law enforcement in my township. And I do not want to take any chances, and I don't want to ask them if it is OK, because if someone whines in the neighborhood, I don't want to go to jail/prison for fun.

I was going to say, "does anyone have anything to donate" as far as computers goes; I could always use computer parts. But, I don't want to get greedy. There are others who can use it a lot more than I can. There are some parts I could use, but there is a site I am a member of, you're more than welcome to check out (http://www.freecycle.org/) and it is a large group.

There are several cities and states covered by http://www.freecycle.org/ but if not, you can request to become a leader; if I remember right. It's been a while because it's been quite in my area. I've been meaning to put some stuff on it (around the Upper Darby/Philadelphia, PA,) area, but I've been too busy with other things.

There is one thing I must ask about the Mac vs. PC argument real fast; why does it seem that Windows updates faster than Mac? Apple has the software already compiled (as far as I know,) and they know what system you're running, so they know what to send you -- same with Windows. Hmm... UNIX/Linux is supposed to have better TCP/IP connections, as well as TCP/UDP, etc., anyway, up to a lot of you to think and research. ( I know the answer, sort of, but something for you to mess with. )

I am guessing, as much as I am loving Mac, I am hating it the same (same with Windows). I do not really care, because both systems are great; one better then the other for several things, as the other is for the other. Mac IS NOT BETTER then Windows, and Windows is NOT BETTER then Mac.

I am going to take a small break, and publish something later on, I need to start getting ready to get the hard drive for the Mac or PC and swap the PC's drive into this one (probably going to give the Mac a gift, and install the new one in it.) But I don't know yet. In fact, I am going to call the store and see what they'd recommend. (few people I know say, "new one in the Mac, you already setup the 160, and unless you want downtime, don't swap them.") so go figure.

There should be a update or a new message in a bit today. Take it easy everyone, and do not be afraid to write/reply/comment or whatever.