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Why Doesn’t Anyone Give a Crap About Freedom Zero?

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Why Doesn’t Anyone Give a Crap About Freedom Zero?

I never quite made the transition from the Apple II series to the Mac. Instead, I migrated from my Apple II to a PC. I always thought the PC ecosystem, although deeply flawed, was more naturally analogous to the eclectic third party hardware and software hacker ecosystem that grew up

By Jeff Atwood ·
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Speeding Up Your PC’s Boot Time

I frequently hear apocryphal stories about Macs booting much faster than Windows boxes. There’s a great set of Mac boot time benchmarks on the Silver Mac site that provide solid empirical data to back up those claims: Intel iMacG5 iMacG5 iMacMac Mini10.4.410.4.410.4.510.4.

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Because They All Suck

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Because They All Suck

The release of Windows Vista has caused an unfortunate resurgence in that eternal flame of computer religious wars, Mac vs. PC. Everywhere I go, somebody’s explaining in impassioned tones why their pet platform is better than yours. It’s all so tedious. Personally, I had my fill of Mac

By Jeff Atwood ·
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