The love affair is over

[nmg]

Let me get this straight. I can't print from MacOS 10.4 to a commonplace HP non-postscript printer (in this case a LaserJet 1022) that's connected to and shared from a Windows XP box without downloading, compiling and installing a bunch of open source software from a third party.

I was under the impression that Apple computers were renowned for their ease of use.

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[nmg.livejournal.com]

The machine itself (a MacBook Pro) is great. It runs UNIX, but it has a decent UI and runs the applications I need (Illustrator, for example).

However, this sort of fiddling around with random pieces of software to fix things that by all rights should work is the reason that I finally stopped using Linux and started using Windows XP. I spent much of my PhD faffing around trying to get my Linux box working, and I don't have that sort of time now; I have to treat computers as a means to an end, and not as an end in themselves.

[jorune.livejournal.com]

I wholly agree. My parents have macs and they prefer them to pc's but given specialist interests, i.e. trading software, games and the like the mac can be a real pain to work with.

I would happily consider buying apple hardware and then running parallels or xp.