(10-05-2019, 06:27 PM)Jags Wrote:

(10-05-2019, 06:23 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: It's okay to be an Apple user... not that there is anything wrong with that...

If I didn’t already know you drove a ford, I’d be thinking “here we go! Another SilveRAYdo” owner.  I had so much respect for you.  Now, you tell me you are an android guy.  Idk how to feel about this.

LOL.  I look at it from a different perspective than the "average person".  You have to understand computer stuff and software to "get" my point-of-view.

Windows or anything Micro$oft is the devil.

I like and use Linux on my personal computer and laptop which is largely based on Unix.  My main reason is the operating system and most of the programs are open source which means that anyone can look at the source code, modify it for their needs and/or to improve it and share it with others.  Much of this very board (as well as the majority of web sites) runs on Linux.  Unix was pretty much "the birth" of modern computer operating systems for a lot of hardware in use by every day consumers.  Your modem from your ISP?  It's running some form of Unix/Linux.  Your "smart TV"?  Unix/Linux.

Android is also based on Unix, but much of it is not open source unless the device has been jail broken.  Android is not without flaws and one of the biggest things that I don't care for is how closely tied it is to Google.  The other thing wrong with the Android devices that I have purchased is the fact that it is not easy to delete the applications that you don't want or use (my experience has been with Samsung but I imagine other manufacturers are pretty much the same).

Apple, both the desktop OS and the mobile devices are also based on Unix, but the difference is that it's completely (almost) closed source both software wise and hardware wise.  Earlier versions of the IPhone could only be charged with an Apple Iphone charger as an example (I think this may have changed).  Also the earlier versions wouldn't allow an interface with the phone from a computer without having ITunes for uploading/downloading photos, music, etc. (again this may be different now... don't know).

The bottom line is any device/OS is fine and works well (except anything Micro$oft).  Now if you sport a man-bun, wear skinny jeans and have an IPhone, well.... not that there is anything wrong with that!

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