Comments on: Running Windows on a Mac still to be considered harmful http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/running-windows-on-a-mac-still-to-be-considered-harmful/ Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection. Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Reinder http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/running-windows-on-a-mac-still-to-be-considered-harmful/comment-page-1/#comment-2066 Reinder Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:07:37 +0000 http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=2552#comment-2066 <p>After the reaming Steve Jobs's creation has given me over the past 24 hours, I am ready to run back into the warm embrace of Steve B, who is comparatively tender and knows the meaning of the word "No". </p> <p>Luckily my boss owes me a laptop, and as soon as I find one that I can bear to look at, I can buy it and retire this MacBook for good, preferably with a shotgun.</p> After the reaming Steve Jobs’s creation has given me over the past 24 hours, I am ready to run back into the warm embrace of Steve B, who is comparatively tender and knows the meaning of the word “No”.

Luckily my boss owes me a laptop, and as soon as I find one that I can bear to look at, I can buy it and retire this MacBook for good, preferably with a shotgun.

]]> By: Bert Plat http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/running-windows-on-a-mac-still-to-be-considered-harmful/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 Bert Plat Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:34:31 +0000 http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=2552#comment-2058 <p>Well, I prefer Steve J over Steve B.</p> <p>Wait, what?</p> Well, I prefer Steve J over Steve B.

Wait, what?

]]> By: Reinder http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/running-windows-on-a-mac-still-to-be-considered-harmful/comment-page-1/#comment-2057 Reinder Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:15:25 +0000 http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=2552#comment-2057 <p>You make using a Mac sound soooooo kinky...</p> You make using a Mac sound soooooo kinky…

]]> By: Bert Plat http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/running-windows-on-a-mac-still-to-be-considered-harmful/comment-page-1/#comment-2056 Bert Plat Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:11:34 +0000 http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=2552#comment-2056 <p>XP is running quite happily on the Macbook hereabouts, using Fusion 3.0. But I confess the only reason I keep it on there is I still haven't thrown it off. The last vestige of Windows software that I still used to rely on -- MP3Tag -- has been replaced, a couple of weeks ago, by the multi-platform Jaikoz. </p> <p>So the only real usage of Windows in this household is Vista Media Center (but it's running on a Mac Mini, with bootcamp.</p> <p>Yee-haw!</p> <p><em>shakes off the Seattlian bare metal shackles, in favour of Cupertino's soft, felt-lined bracelets</em></p> XP is running quite happily on the Macbook hereabouts, using Fusion 3.0. But I confess the only reason I keep it on there is I still haven’t thrown it off. The last vestige of Windows software that I still used to rely on — MP3Tag — has been replaced, a couple of weeks ago, by the multi-platform Jaikoz.

So the only real usage of Windows in this household is Vista Media Center (but it’s running on a Mac Mini, with bootcamp.

Yee-haw!

shakes off the Seattlian bare metal shackles, in favour of Cupertino’s soft, felt-lined bracelets

]]> By: Reinder http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/running-windows-on-a-mac-still-to-be-considered-harmful/comment-page-1/#comment-2055 Reinder Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:47:53 +0000 http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=2552#comment-2055 <p>I've decided to give the whole concept of running Windows on a Mac up as a bad job. Also my fiancee will kill me to prevent further harm to the walls and furniture if I do.</p> I’ve decided to give the whole concept of running Windows on a Mac up as a bad job. Also my fiancee will kill me to prevent further harm to the walls and furniture if I do.

]]> By: Bert Plat http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/running-windows-on-a-mac-still-to-be-considered-harmful/comment-page-1/#comment-2054 Bert Plat Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:40:47 +0000 http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=2552#comment-2054 <p>Heh. I got rid of Parralllells a long time ago, and replaced it with Fusion. Never trust software you can't remember the name of.</p> Heh. I got rid of Parralllells a long time ago, and replaced it with Fusion. Never trust software you can’t remember the name of.

]]> By: Waffle » Blog Archive » There’s no better welcome home and no better start to the new year than a dead computer http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/running-windows-on-a-mac-still-to-be-considered-harmful/comment-page-1/#comment-2036 Waffle » Blog Archive » There’s no better welcome home and no better start to the new year than a dead computer Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:09:09 +0000 http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=2552#comment-2036 <p>[...] I left for Tennessee in mid-October, my Macbook died (it got better, especially after I gave up running Parallels on it). I just came home from Tennessee after a trip that included delays, lies about delays, the worst [...]</p> [...] I left for Tennessee in mid-October, my Macbook died (it got better, especially after I gave up running Parallels on it). I just came home from Tennessee after a trip that included delays, lies about delays, the worst [...]

]]> By: Tor Hershman http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/running-windows-on-a-mac-still-to-be-considered-harmful/comment-page-1/#comment-1970 Tor Hershman Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:09:12 +0000 http://reinderdijkhuis.com/wordpress/?p=2552#comment-1970 <p>Wow! Bloggin' since '01, too cool.</p> Wow! Bloggin’ since ’01, too cool.

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