On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:10 PM, doug metzler <doug.metzler@gmail.com> wrot=
e:

> This is a classic Mac vs. PC argument :-)
>
> The arduino is the Mac of the embedded world. =A0Everything else is PC.
> If you grew up with a PC (or linux) then you laugh at the lack of
> flexibility of the system, but if you grew up with a Mac then the
> whole PC world seems arcane.

This is analogy is only correct under the widely-accepted
misconceptions about Macs.  Those of us who see Mac's primarially as a
first-class UNIX systems with first-class development tools and
libraries shudder at analogies like this.

> I grew up in the PC world, but I ended up with a Mac laptop, and now I
> find it almost impossible to use PC laptops anymore, because the Mac
> UI is so much smoother and better and more intuitive.

I grew up in a UNIX world, as as such have always found Windows to be
a cruel joke played on most computer users.

> =A0However, to get
> real work done I still trundle out the PC.

Given that many development tools are only available under Windows, I
do find myself spending far more time under Windows than I would like.

-p.

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