TheRaven64's Journal: An Apple Koan

One day a disciple of another OS came to visit a Mac using Zen master.

`Why should I use a Mac?' he enquired.

Silently, the master removed a Powerbook from his case, and allowed the acolyte to marvel at the aesthetics. Not to be outdone, the acolyte produced a Sony Vaio, with similar sleek lines and metallic finish.

The master smiled gently, and opened the lid. Instantly the OS X desktop appeared. The acolyte frowned briefly, then recompiled his kernel with ACPI support, configured X, installed an Aqua theme and showed the master.

The master again smiled, a soft yet slightly condescending expression, and launched Microsoft Office X. The acolyte compiled the Wine, edited the config file then installed and ran Office. The master produced his mobile phone, and synced the built in calendar with iCal, and checked his email using his GPRS connection. The acolyte patched and recompiled his kernel to support bluetooth. Next he hacked support into Mozilla calendar. At this point, his batteries failed, but the master graciously allowed him to make use of a mains socket. Finally, he was able to show the master his phone syncing correctly.

The master nodded respectfully, and printed a copy of the discourse he had written while the acolyte had been installing and configuring his system.

At this point the acolyte was enlightened.

Point being...

[ryanr]

That the master simply spends $119 to have someone else code it up for him, while the acolyte learns along the way, possibly preparing himself to help someone else do the same? :)

Makes sense, I'm sure they Master charges a much higher hourly rate, so his time is more valuable...