There are plenty of freeware programs available for the mac. After all, it is built on top of unix.Arcane WIzard wrote:split plz
Come back when you want to change any configuration option that's anywhere in a GUI, without having to do more than click an icon or run a fully automated script (script = easy peasy) that can not only implement the changes but also respond dynamically to other changes in settings from any source.There's no annoying registry that programs scramble however they want.
Want your system to switch it's audio configuration from desktop speakers to headphone when you start a game or teamspeak? Just add the needed registry settings to their start up!
If the programs you install are messing up your registry then yes, you should stay with a Mac.
Most of the programs I use are freeware (ftp client, blender, dvd ripping, etc.).
When I was talking about the registry, I meant file associations. One of the biggest problems I had with my old PC was programs going in and changing file associations, such as Komodo, which would automatically edit HTML files (when I went to change it, there was no html extension under the filetypes!). That's a pretty minor and specific complaint, however.
I do, however take offense to your comment about the GUI. You just made up some crap about me that you don't even know is true. Like most people in the world, I use a GUI (this is the "Share your desktop" thread, isn't it?). Does that mean I don't know how to use a command line or understand anything below the graphical level? NO.
Sorry if I seem a little hot-headed, but that assumption pissed me off.