Re: [tlug] What's with this anti-Apple tirade? [was: 2014-05-10 Linux Quiz]

[David Blomberg <dblomber@example.com>]

On 2014年05月12日 12:22, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> .
>
> Minor annoyances aside, the free software movement is a good thing.  I
> just wish Stallman would spend more time improving free software and
> less time boycotting open source[1] and nagging people who think that
> judicious use of proprietary products improves their freedom of action.
Yeah I made the mistake of thinking about ESR and Stallmans views and 
reading ESRs net writings don't think too much of either of them 
afterwards, but at least Stallman contributes/has contributed some 
decent programs.
>   > Caveats:
>   >
>   > * Never buy Apple hardware unless you have to run Apple software
>   >   legally.
>
> I don't know anybody who has switched to Apple who is unhappy with it
> (except you).  Certainly most of my graduate students are happy with
> their MacBooks, although some still have Windows notebooks.
Hate to say it but my reply is due to this. My last Macbook Pro had such 
hardware (or was it software - never could get a solid answer on that 
one) problems and the customer service here in Japan was pathetic. The 
effect was a disk error would appear every other month or so, 
incidentally when pressed for an answer I was told the error was an 
informational rather than a real problem, but that didn't stop it from 
causing disk encryption issues. I am back on a Linux Desktop after 2 
years of that. If they had only fixed or replaced the laptop at some 
point I would probably still have a Mac.
It really is sad for me as I liked the OSX system but I can't see paying 
extra for a system if their answer is don't worry about it, when it is a 
baloney warning their system is giving and causing problems for disk 
encryption and backups.