“After being spoiled in my college years (1989-1993) by a Silicon Graphics IRIS workstation, I was Mac-based (the legendary Mac Duo notebook) for about a year and then switched to Windows 3.1 in an effort to experience what most of the rest of the world was using. Let’s just pretend the next 13 years never happened. Now I’m back on the Mac,” blogs Marc Andreessen, co-author of Mosaic, the first widely-used web browser, and cofounder of Netscape.
“The most wonderful thing about the Mac in 2007 is that it has what Bill Joy refers to as the ‘it works’ feature. The second most wonderful thing about the Mac in 2007 is that it is all three of the major operating systems in one: you get the Mac user interface and applications; you get Unix underneath the covers… And by running Parallels or VMWare Fusion you also get Windows XP,” Andreessen explains.
“The third most wonderful thing about the Mac in 2007 is the amazing lineup of software — free/open source, shareware, and commercial — at one’s fingertips. The topic of my next post will be the results of my somewhat extensive recent research into an ideal Mac OS X application set for 2007,” Andreessen writes.
“The fourth most wonderful thing about the Mac in 2007 is the hardware,” Andreessen writes. “Being able to ride the commoditized Intel/PC hardware price/performance curves due to Apple’s wholesale shift over the last decade from totally proprietary hardware to industry standard hardware is producing some truly lovely machines — such as my shiny new 15-inch Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro. Heaven with cream cheese on top.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Another tech luminary makes the switch to the superior platform. Welcome back home, Marc!
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Patrice” and “Joe” for the heads up.]
Out of principal, you think he would have been avoiding Microsoft from the beginning rather than changing now….
These guys are worth 1 point of market share to Mac over a year I’d reckon.
Apple is on fire now.
“Heaven with cream cheese on top.”
Isn’t that a Vegas act?
Mmmmmm….cheese…
The Tipping Point ® is close to happening– definitely accelerating. I just got off the phone with another switcher explaining some basics. The conversation basically went like this: Oh, cool!
More switchers on the way, especially as more “trustables” take the plunge. In case anyone wasn’t sure, I’m a trustable.
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MDN “anyone, as in “…can switch.”
“switched to Windows 3.1 in an effort to experience what most of the rest of the world was using”
Well that’s a great reason! Maybe I’ll start believing in God!
The Steve Jobs and Bill Gates D5 Conference is on iTunes. Watch it if you can, it’s very interesting.
Oh ChrissyOne, do.
ChrissyOne.
“Well that’s a great reason! Maybe I’ll start believing in God!”
You crack me up!
And now I am wondering what is the ratio of christian /pc users vs christian/mac users.
I wonder if there is a similar break down along ID and Darwin?
But back OT. More people, high profile or not are seeing the light.
If quantity was the final decider then the Ford Pinto is superior to a Porsche 911
Enjoy
“experience what most of the rest of the world was using”
Most of the world lives in poverty. I can pass on an experience just because the majority is doing it.
God
I recommend “The Question of God: C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life” by Nicholi.
Amazon.com’s Link
I recommend “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason” by Sam Harris.
Amazon.com’s Link
Can you imagine 13 years of Windblows, Virus infestation and malfunction… and gotty look of the thing…. gotta cripple the evolutionary progress of the brain about 30 years backwards every week….
Yuckkkkkk!
… and don’t forget 5436 Trillon flies eat s%#it every day, yeah I can pass on that too…
For someone who comes off as somewhat intelligent. I wonder why it took Marc so long to “see the light”. Geez, after what MS did to Netscape, you’d think the light was overwhelmingly bright a long time. He ought to see an eye doctor sooner than later.
Netscape 4.7.6 on OS 9.1 – man, that browser flew!!! Nothing like it since!
Ahhh, the good-not-so-old-days.
In light of the recent MBP updates, I hope he didn’t just purchase his machine
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something that truly fails me about microsoft is rather than shoehorn the legacy that is windows into vista, why not make something new and include that legacy in a proper virtualization system.
the amount they have lost out on there is unreal, now people can run a Mac and have the windows legacy sidestepping vista completly
so much for revolutionary
I know what you mean. Just when you think you got the greatest computer Apple has ever made, they go ahead and make it even better.
I recommend:
Pascal’s Pensees,
The Critique of Practical Reason by Kant,
God and Other Minds by Plantinga,
Nausea by Sartre
Hmmm, and new Netscape beta today.
Coinkydink?
I think not.
Nostalgia. Mosaic was the first browser I used on my Duo. It had an internal modem, 14,400k and that was quite fast then, sure impressed people when I plugged it in to their phone line – until they got the bill
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That is:
Pascal’s Pensees,
The Critique of Practical Reason by Kant,
God and Other Minds by Plantinga,
Nausea by Sartre
He makes it sound like Macs in 2007 are suddenly working… the “it works” thing. Macs have always just worked, Marc. Glad you could finally figure that out.
http://www.MittensRomney.com/
I recommend:
Green Eggs and Ham by Suess
Love’s Executioner by Yalom
Der Struweelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann
Miss Lonelyhearts by West
Oh, and I also recommend that people relax and save those who seek it.
Oops… Struwwelpeter
Mittens in ’08!!!
i’m in ur whitehouse,
executin’ ur govermints!!!
@ChrissyOne — Got it, read it, found it interesting, insightful and flawed (as any external critique of something inherently internal and spiritual is bound to be).
Now you read mine.
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I think this is a dupe.
Here:
http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/12785/
For a second, I thought I was on Slashdot.
Or maybe if you spot the dupes here, you’ve already wasted too muc h time here…
There’s no god, silly man. No matter how many times humans wish it so, it will not be.
-c
MW: ‘child’
I’m wrong, may He strike me de-
{psych!}
Welcome back Marc!
Interesting how God came up on this particular thread. I find the whole question interesting, and the myriad reactions to the question even more fascinating. Someone asked if there was a breakdown of how many christians are pc users vs. Mac – I don’t have any numbers, but I do know that the church I was raised in was hardcore Windows for a long time, and according to my dad it seems to be turning around at a rapid rate. I don’t know if a single denomination can indicate what’s going on in the entire christian movement, but its interesing that this particular group seems to be switching.
Let there be Macs, and let there be even more Mac users.
Isn’t Marc a sorta “has-been”? Why would his switch to OS X be newsworthy… too many years… too late…
Fact is macs have always worked. 13 years ago he had a meeting with a certian microsoft offical.
After a major blow to the head he woke up on the floor to find his Mac was gone and he had a pc on his desk with Win 3.1. He could not remember how he got the pc or figure out who broke a chair over his head.
Wierd huh?
something that truly fails me about microsoft is rather than shoehorn the legacy that is windows into vista, why not make something new and include that legacy in a proper virtualization system.
You mean like Apple did with Classic? Seems Daring Fireball was right when he said Windows was the new Classic!
Comment from: Gandalf
Nostalgia. Mosaic was the first browser I used on my Duo. It had an internal modem, 14,400k and that was quite fast then, sure impressed people when I plugged it in to their phone line –
Wow Gandalf. Where did you get your Duo? Mine had a 14.4 Kbps modem. Your 14,000k must’ve really smoked the phone line!
Comment from: frisby
“After a major blow to the head he woke up on the floor to find his Mac was gone and he had a pc on his desk with Win 3.1. He could not remember how he got the pc or figure out who broke a chair over his head.”
Can’t figure out who threw the chair? I am the king of flying chairs I am!
Matty G – That was thed original intent, to make something new that required all new software. The “rest of the world” balked and MS caved so mant times that they lot most (all) of the promised innovation.
Who cares what you believe in Chrissy 1 you terrorist lover……
Do you know what an atheistic dyslexic insomniac does?
Lays awake all night wondering if there really is a dog.
Yep, I just love those religious-lunatic terrorists. You know me.
That’s the smartest you’re going to be today, isn’t it? <sigh> Okay. G’night.
-c
“found it interesting, insightful and flawed (as any external critique of something inherently internal and spiritual is bound to be)”
I find the very concept of spirituality flawed, so it looks like we shall continue to chase one another’s tails.
ah well.
-c
just a shame that this guy who’s company was completely destroyed by Microsoft took so long to realize this.
visionary, my ass !
I recommend movies of Auchwitz and Dachau, the files in any child-welfare agency, quotes by the unlamented Jerry Falwell, Jim & Tammy Bakker’s vacation-getaway bookkeeping, Jimmy Swaggart’s manual on how to be godly, movies of little girls terrorized in Little Rock by the God-fearing, and because no one expects it, heart-warming tales of the Spanish Inquisition.
@Dawkins
I’ve read you, too. Take a chill pill next time you start to write, K?
As for the content of your post, I recommend the words of Jesus. To the extent that they don’t line up with the statements of the aforementioned I state they are off-base.
Here’s what Jesus said about religion and motivations: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and soul and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. On these two things depend all all the law and the prophets.”
If any of you have a problem with Love… I don’t know. I guess I just suggest that you look in the mirror to find the one who maybe needs to work on their issues. Love. That’s where it starts and stops. If it’s not love it’s not Christianity. Period.
But you’ll hear no more from me… Let’s talk Macs! Let’s hear it for upgrades!
@ChrissyOne
You and I are kindred spirits, I tellyouwhat! We have similar handle’s (OK, I took yours, but for Christopher since that’s my name
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Snot, snot. Drivel, drivel. Whinny whinny whinny. Drivel drivel snot.
“And now I am wondering what is the ratio of christian /pc users vs christian/mac users.”
There are no Christian Mac users, the Apple religion doesn’t like competition.
And anyone who says they’re both a true Christian and a true Mac user is lying because they must be violating the tenants of at least one of the two religions.
For salvation go to http://www.apple.com/store and worshop the Jobs
“We believe technology is ready for primetime, and Dvorak is the man for the job,”
8^/.
“Here’s what Jesus said about religion”
“Blessed, are the cheese makers, for they shall be called children of Maude.”
@Religion:
Here here! OK, so I guess since I worship Steve, the Jobs almighty I can’t be an atheist like I thought I was. But at least I don’t believe one “guy” created the universe, what with its billions of galaxies, each having their own billions of stars and therefore likely each of the billions of galaxies having hundreds of millions – billions of solar systems, each of which might support life, meaning there are potentially billions to the billionth power (ah hell, let’s call it a googol) of possible life-supporting planets.
Yeah… sure. God. That’s cute. I suppose people making this up at a point in time because they needed something other than themselves to believe in wouldn’t be a more plausible scenario. Nooooo… of course not.
Hey, speaking of Netscape…
Netscape Navigator 9 has been released (as a beta) for Mac, Windows and Linux
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Geeee, Chrissy, which God?
When there are so many out there to choose from, it’s a tough decision!
In fact, I just discovered some Thracian Gods who are quite compelling.
http://perperikon.bg/
Netscrape? Marc WHO?
I’m all for Jesus, but tell ya what, peoples.
Religion is the root of ALL EVIL in the world today.
Think about it.
There is but one anti-dote to religion and athiesm……
Drink Camels Milk!!!
It is the panacea to all mankinds ills!!!!!!
I’m a diehard Mac user (15 years, and the rest). I’m a Catholic priest, towards the liberal (not a dirty word in UK) end of the spectrum. Windoze users want to maintain the satus quo, follow the crowd (ie the 95 %) and not think different. I’m laughing, watching the rest of the world play catch-up. I’ve converted many more people to Mac than JC – maybe I’m in the wrong job? Chatting with a friend, a Protestant Pastor ‘switcher’ who said, ‘Thanks to Apple & OSX, I save loads of time. What do I do with it? Obsessively follow blogs, especially Macdailynews…’ Here endeth the lesson…
I’m sick of all the doomsayers predicting my second coming and putting words in my mouth. I’m dead for chrissakes! Loong gone; recycled … probably in the tea you’re drinking. Aye, put on a pedestal or cross and all that, but that’s beyond my control.
MW: You shouldn’t let others do the “thinking” for you.
Let’s see…
Christian: Try to be. Not an easy choice, but worth it. (Relationship not religion)
Mac User: Again, not an easy choice but worth it. (got 18 macs, most of which are working including two full blown FCP edit bays)
Passionate about both: yep
Willing to accept and love the heathen Windoze faithless: yep
Willing to share Faith and Mac zealotry with those interested: yep
There’s alot of correlation between Christ and a Mac user.
Both set out to change the world for the better and buck the system. One took on the “religious ruling class” of the time and the other the “religious ruling OS” of the time.
Both are in a true small minority. Not all people who claim to believe in God actually pursue a relationship with Him.
Both go against the rest of the world’s flow.
Both are highly misunderstood and much maligned by “conventional wisdom” and mainstream media.
I’m a Christian (since ’76) and I use Macs (since ’84).
I’ll convert as many to both as are willing……
Thurrott just bashed Marc Anderssen for leaving Windows behind. He’s such an asshole, I am still waiting for a product that he invented.
Andreeson
One more time: Andreessen
This has been absolutely great – I love it all.
But whatever you’re persuaded toward, make sure you have your Mac with you ’cause it’ll make it a lot easier to figure it out.
Whether we’re inherently spiritual or inherently material the facts are obvious – We still have to figure it out for ourselves. Don’t take no for an answer, don’t take yes for an answer, don’t just take any answers – Figure it out for yourself.
Peace.
Wow, simple comments.
Book I recommend, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. The single most important book in my life (and yes I have read the christian bible so I have made an informed choice.)
As for Mac’s vs. Christianity. Interesting thoughts. I hadn’t considered the ramifications of the conflicts. I think they are both big enough to allow the other to fit.
Enjoy all
“I recommend “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason” by Sam Harris.”
i recommend the bible. anyone who can read THAT and believe in god is an idiot….
All good Christians should be Mac users…because only the Spawn of Satan could create something called “The Blue Screen of Death”…
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