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- 2002.05.22

About three times a year, Mac fans begin to anticipate the latestrelease from Cupertino. Speculation regarding the next Apple releasefloods across the Internet with speed and energy rarely equaled.

It is a tribute to Apple design sensibilities and Apple fans thatthis phenomena occurs. I know of no rumor sites for Compaq, Gateway,Dell, or HP. Few message boards discuss the latest Wintel hardware indepth. Only Apple builds computers which capture the imagination ofusers.

This month is no different. With the World Wide Developersconference over the last year, the Macintosh user base has made a slowbut amazing change in overall makeup. At this time in 2000, theMacintosh audience was dominated by those who simply needed to 'getthings done.' They cared little about the inner workings of the OS;they simply wanted to be able to sit down at a computer and perform thetask at hand. Apple was putting out some wonderful systems, as always,and continuing to dominate in the education and creativecommunities.

A funny thing happened on the way to 12 o'clock hour for OS X.The Macintosh faithful, ever the standard bearers for simple GUIcomputing, have become command line power users. I am amazed by howmany of my friends in the Macintosh community have found that thecommand line is nothing to be feared. Not only have they learnedterminal commands to better understand OS X, they have had enoughinterest piqued to install Linux distributions as alternate OSes.

I have always considered myself a power user, capable of handlingmost any task or trial thrown at me by Windows and the Classic Mac OS.I could work the Windows command line as needed and still remember thegreat pains it took to get DOS games to run back in the day.

With my transition to OS X, a whole new world opened up to me. Isuddenly had the computer equivalent to a tutor, giving me access to asmuch of the command line as I wanted. I suddenly found myselfinterested in running FTP commands without a GUI, trying SSH, andsetting up sendmail. The wonderful thing was that I did not haveto learn the command line, but I could do so at my leisurewithout fear of making a total mess of things. OS X helped melearn a few pieces at a time, without requiring the total immersion ofUnix or Linux.

My traditional Macintosh friends are suddenly using the keyboard asoften as they used the mouse. And then, something even more interestingoccurred. A new group of users appeared on the horizon. Apple found alarge group of extreme power users who spent the last years usingnothing but command line and gave them something they never had - theability to buy Unix-based product at the local mall. This group couldnow depend on Apple support and enjoy Apple style while still gettingthe job done on the command line. I know of a handful of my Unix-basedcomrades who are suddenly sporting iBooks, PowerBooks, and soon Xserve machines. They love the superiorcraftsmanship coupled with the newfound Unix core.

The strangest aspect of the change in audience is how well thesegroups seem to integrate. Attend your local user group meeting, and youwill see users from the most varied of computer background discussingtheir love of the OS. Teachers ask questions about Apache with Unixpower users, graphic artists discuss the benefits of moving swap filesto improve performance, and business users discuss the use of OS Xon corporate networks.

Never before has such as disparate group of computer users cometogether. Apple seems to have found the holy grail in computing, an OSthat appeals to the entire spectrum of computer users.

The transition that allows the new users was not without itscasualties among the older Mac fan base. Many prefer Classic and feelmuch of the charm of the old OS has been lost. High system requirementsfor OS X have kept others from taking the plunge. Additionally,many users - no longer scared of command line - have moved to Linux andits promise of open source and free applications. This loss is natural,as change this drastic rarely pleases everyone.

The key to Apple's success is in growing the user base. For the lastdecade, Apple has sold new systems to existing users, never reallygrowing the core audience. With the transition to OS X, Apple haswelcomed the addition of Unix fans and new developers to the fold.

Assuming Apple maintains its strength in education and creativemarkets, the ability to add users from previously unreachable sectorswill only help grow the important user base. This will strengthen thedeveloper community and insure strength in our beloved company. Ironicthat all of these changes come from the addition of something Appleonce vilified, the command line.

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If you troubleshoot Macs on a regular basis, sooner or later, you’re going to need an old Mac OS X install CD or DVD. Only the truly organized will be able to locate that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard DVD they last used two moves ago. For those of you looking to find a way to replace your old Mac OS X install discs, we’d like to offer the following suggestions.

eBay

You’ll find it all on eBay, albeit not at the best possible prices. Like any commodity that’s not being produced anymore, original Mac OS X installation CDs and DVDs are being kept, hoarded, and sold at impressive profits. Remember when Apple routinely insisted that $129 was a reasonable amount to jump from Mac OS X 10.3 to 10.4? Well, the person who kept their boxed installation disc would like to see their money back—and it’s going to come out of your pocket.

Still, eBay is the place where the selection is the most optimal, the price competition remains fierce, and odds are you can find exactly what you need and have it on your doorstep in a few days’ time. Check that the seller has a reputation around or close to 100 percent before you order what you need.

Craigslist

If it’s for sale and local, you’ll find it on Craigslist. Log in, check the local computer equipment listings and you should be able to find what you need, or at least someone who has a good lead on the Mac OS X CD or DVD that you suddenly found yourself needing for a project.

Unlike eBay, there’s a little wiggle room for negotiation once you’ve contacted the seller via phone or email, so use this to your advantage and with any luck, they’ll come to you with the product.

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Like anything else with Craigslist, be on the lookout for scams, deals that seem too good to be true, and the like. Contact the seller, see how you get along and with any luck, you can have the install disc you need by the end of the day.

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You’ll have to dig around and pen them into your calendar, but you’ll find what you need here plus Mac-based advice and camaraderie to boot. Growing up in the 1990s, Macintosh User Group techie yard sales were among the greatest things on Earth and allowed you to find almost any piece of hardware or software that you might need. This tradition continues and Apple still keeps a list of physical Macintosh User Groups as well as online-only Apple User Groups, so see what’s near you.

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Once your older Mac OS X CD or DVD is in your hand, set aside some time with Disk Utility and some blank CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, or, in the case of the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating systems, dual layer DVD-Rs. These are your property now, they’re yours to back up and there’s always the chance that someone will be happy to buy your original disc somewhere down the road.

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