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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
I think this is a cultural clash. Let me explain.
There is a large group of people who are tool users. The artistic use you describe is purely using the computer as a tool, unchanged by the user of the tool.
There is another, smaller group out there, the tool builders (of which I am one). We use tools, and we create new ones. I specialize in logic structure creation (code), but physical creation is just as important.
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Meh, I've been coding since the early 80s as well. Lots of programmers use MacBooks (as they are arguably the best laptops out there) and lots of coders use Windows. I don't buy the "cultural clash" BS. It's just you.
I've used Windows, Linux, BSD whatever bastardized Unix SGI was running (I forget), and OS X. I switched from Linux to OS X when I got tired of the endless tweaking needed to get sound or other things to work. I have other things to do with my time.
I loathe Windows with a passion, as it is neither open nor efficient (it has wasted lots of my time over the years).
OS X is a very nice compromise, you get a system that works for things like syncing your digital cameras (Linux does this well now, but didn't always) and you have a Unix system with everything you could ever possibly want. Now I spend my programming time tweaking Macports and compiling the extra things I need, and I have a stable OS to use for my other activities. I don't have to compile kernel extensions to use a digital camera (I know you don't have to do this anymore), etc. Linux is the best for some things, but only if you want to dedicate you life to it.
Edit: IRIX! SGI used IRIX. Bleah.