Reply #59: Don't hate Apple, just don't want one, except for a new iPod [View All]

[krispos42]

Mine's a battered, tattered Nano with a missing lock switch. :-)


But I've been using a PC for nearly a couple of decades now and don't feel like going back 18 years to re-learn Macs from scratch. At least with a PC I know what I'm doing, and where to poke around in Windows when I need to.

I generally don't like my machines doing too much for me directly. For example, I hate automatic HVAC controls in cars. I'll control my environment manually, thank you very much. And if I need to add a hard drive or disc drive, I can just crack open the case and stick it in there.

When using Windows, I turned set my PC so that I can see file extensions, hidden, and system files for the same reason. I don't need that important shit hidden.

And my experience with computers is that when it's trying to figure out what I want done, it gets it wrong. So I've stopped asking, and I kill the dialogue boxes that pop up and harass me because they're useless for me as well.

:shrug:

YMMV