Re: I hate computers, episode 473

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 08:16:51 -0700
 >
 > On 8/16/17 8:14 AM, Robert wrote:
 > > (Just for the record: I am writing this on a Macbook Pro running Debian.
 > > And Noelle's Mac Mini is also running Debian.  Sadly, there's no way to
 > > replace or amend the OS on the iPad I was given.)
 > 
 > Why pay Mac prices for the hardware if you're not running Apple's software?

At first, I was running MacOSX on Noelle's computer.  But, then, as Noelle
was using it, the lack of open standards and portability of data got me
scared, and I converted everything to Linux.  (Which, essentially, was a
"restart": all the previous data had to be re-entered and so on.  Very
painful.  Well worth the pain, however.)

As I said, in the future, I will not buy Apple hardware again.

The Macbook Pro and iPad were given to me by my last workplace -- I didn't
pay for them.