“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.]
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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