{"id":316,"date":"2006-05-24T04:44:32","date_gmt":"2006-05-24T11:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/?p=316"},"modified":"2006-05-24T04:44:32","modified_gmt":"2006-05-24T11:44:32","slug":"macs-arent-as-gay-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/macs-arent-as-gay-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Macs aren\u2019t as gay anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I remember I used to hear, and still hear from Intel PC users, the phrase:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Macs are gay<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/9\/13731331_e9bda09d00_m.jpg?w=640\" align=\"left\">And I believe this was the case before Mac announced they&#8217;d go to use Intel processors.<\/p>\n<p>More and more I see how former PC users make the shift to Mac, and more interestingly, software developers are using them too, they have proven to be a much better development environment than Windows (although serious software developers use Linux of course). As I meet hardcore opensource developers, java developers, web developers and bloggers, I see them with Mac notebooks under the arm.<\/p>\n<p>Most of them keep running Mac OSX with lots of Open Source software on it, I&#8217;m one of them. With my terminal, emacs, Firefox and all it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/?page_id=342\">developer extensions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, I can say for myself, my Mac fulfills all my needs, Mac OSX behaves like a Linux with Sound\/Video editing software, the only thing you need to overcome is dealing with the damn Apple key and having to drag windows by the title bar only.<\/p>\n<p>What are you waiting for? Your last excuse would&#8217;ve been saying &#8220;Macs are gay&#8221;<br \/>\nnow it&#8217;s not an excuse anymore, dare to try something different. If you&#8217;re a Linux user<br \/>\nthe switch will be very simple, for Windows users maybe not as much, but you won&#8217;t ever<br \/>\nwant to go back once you learn how to live without it, everything works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember I used to hear, and still hear from Intel PC users, the phrase: Macs are gay And I believe this was the case before Mac announced they&#8217;d go to use Intel processors. More and more I see how former PC users make the shift to Mac, and more interestingly, software developers are using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,33,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geeklife","category-gubatron","category-opinions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Unzf-56","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":689,"url":"https:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-frostwire-4135\/","url_meta":{"origin":316,"position":0},"title":"What&#8217;s new in FrostWire 4.13.5","author":"gubatron","date":"February 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FrostWire 4.13.5 is now available for MS Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. 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