[DuoList] Retro Challenge

[Samual Acorn]

[rant] 

i always saw what you call 'user friendly' to be very childish... the
'happy mac' the weird rounded corners on the edge of the display...
and the closed box way they are constructed....
macs have always felt like something v-tech or tiger electronics made
for children... something to giggle at and say 'aww how cute' (the
main reasons i will never use a mac for anything other than a toy) 
.... but then again... the same can be said about the kindergardener
fingerpaint look of windoze XP... (tho im not sure whats worse..
fingerpainted windows or a molten clear plastic mac [aqua])  -- give
me linux/x86 any day (linux looks the way the -user- wants.. not the
way the 'factory' wants)

[/rant]

PS has anyone out there given linux/m68k a try? (it boots on a duo
280c... but the kernel i used didnt support powerbook keyboards... i
havent gotten around to trying a newer kernel)


On Mar 30, 2005 6:47 AM, R. McFarlane <duolist at mcfarlanecomputing.net> wrote:
> At 10:32 AM 3/29/2005, Goodwin, Greg P., had this to say :
> 
> >OS X is the first OS to not have the happy Mac at startup.  No "Welcome to
> >Macintosh" anymore.  Well that sucks!
> 
>          That was the first thing I noticed about 10.2 (or did it change in
> 10.1)! The happy Mac was an instant "welcome" to the computer when you
> watched it boot up. Made the Mac feel more "user friendly". And I agree! It
> does suck to see it go! The new startup "logo" is too impersonal and
> "stuffy business like".
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> R. McFarlane
> 
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