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Since I've never owned a machine that can run Windows

That _can_ (not _does_)... Wait, you're saying you've never owned a PC of the 8086 chip family? Wow, I didn't know there was anyone left in the first world who hadn't at one time or anther owned a PC. Even most dedicated Macheads I know have a marginally-useful used PC sitting around that they picked up at a flea market or garage sale for five bucks at one time or another in a moment of weakness.

So, umm. Congratulations.
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Re^2: OS issues get everybody at some point
by herveus (Prior) on May 24, 2005 at 19:12 UTC
    Howdy!

    Well, being very careful how I say this: I've never owned a PC that ran on an 8086 family chip. I've had custody of such, in my capacity as an officer in a non-profit, and my son (the black sheep, clearly) has a Windoze PC.

    The first PC I owned was an Atari 800. The next was a Fat Mac. That was followed by a Mac IIfx, a StarMax (703e Mac clone), and a 350Mhz G4 Sawtooth AGP box (still in service). Most recently, I splurged on a 15 PowerBook fully loaded.

    ...and my wife and my other son have G4 boxen of their own, and my daughter has a 703e Mac and the StarMax.

    ...so, meet another such...

    yours,
    Michael
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Re^2: OS issues get everybody at some point
by merlyn (Sage) on May 25, 2005 at 11:45 UTC
    Correct. I have never owned anything in the X86 family. Ever. Similar to the other thread, I've owned an Atari 800, then 1200XL, and a SOL-20. Then, I merely used my employer's computers until I could afford my first laptop, a Powerbook 140 (on which I wrote Learning Perl, first edition). I've gone through about 20 Mac laptops since then, and a couple of desktop machines.

    The computer that runs http://www.stonehenge.com is rented, and does in fact run with an X86 chip (an Athalon running OpenBSD). So, I'm careful to say "owned" for my claim.

    -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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