The Best Thing

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1. The best thing about tigers is that they're not leopards.
2. The best thing about Intel Macs is that you get more thermal grease than you pay for.
3. The best thing about OS X 10.4 Tiger was the KPI and the screen remnants.
4. The best thing about OS X 10.5 Leopard was the new file obliteration technology.
5. The best thing about OS X 10.5 Leopard was the most recent massive data loss scandal.
6. The best thing about the iPhone is that everything runs as root.
7. The best thing about OS X 10.5 Leopard is classes.nib, info.nib, and code signing.
8. The best thing about the iPhone is that Steve Jobs lets 3rd party developers earn money too.
9. The best thing about Cupertino is how well trained the software engineers are.
10. The best thing about Apple is their enthusiasm for the spirit of open source.
11. The best thing about Apple stores are the Apple geniuses.
12. The best thing about the Mac community people is how outgoing they are.
13. The best thing about Jonathan Wight is that he's still online.
14. The best thing about Scott Anguish is that he's taking writing lessons.
15. The best thing about Brent Simmons is he only released one program.
16. The best thing about John Gruber is that he's given up pretending he knows anything about computers.
17. The best thing about John Gruber's CV is his extensive expertise in Quark Xpress.
18. The best thing about John Gruber's CV is his one and only piece of software, a script file.
19. The best thing about Cabel Sassie is he doesn't expect to be petted 24/7.
20. The best thing about Jeffrey Barbozo is he knows he's stupid.
21. The best thing about Steve Jobs is he used to work for NeXT.
22. The best thing about Transmit is it doesn't hose a server every day.
23. The best thing about Apple's Finder is it's better than TextEdit at system management.
24. The best thing about Arno is he's no longer with Apple.
25. The best thing about .DS_Store is it no longer creates security vulnerabilities and leads to hacked networks.
26. The best thing about .DS_Store is no one can see it or prove it ever existed.
27. The best thing about Ilgaz Öcal is he knows people laugh at him but he doesn't mind.
28. The best thing about Gmail is people with some really cool domains have Gmail accounts.
29. The best thing about Darwin is that it's better than FreeBSD.
30. The best thing about HFS is that it's the best file system ever made Macs are cool.
31. The best thing about HFS is that it has creator codes, file types, Finder info, and resource forks.
32. The best thing about HFS is its compatibility with other major file systems.
33. The best thing about HFS is you never need to use DiskWarrior.
34. The best thing about Apple's replacement file ops is you don't get asked too many questions.
35. The best thing about Apple file systems is you can finally overwrite your entire home directory with a TextEdit file.
36. The best thing about Apple developer support is they really listen.
37. The best thing about Apple bug processing is things really improve.
38. The best thing about Steve Jobs is he hates sycophants.
39. The best thing about Walt Mossberg is he thinks no Apple apps can maximise to the entire screen.
40. The best thing about Charlie Miller is he's just the best hacker around.
41. The best thing about Daniel Dilger is his medical bills don't go to taxpayers.
42. The best thing about Mustard Boy is he spends more time on the head today.
43. The best thing about Cocoa is it's almost as good as OpenStep.
44. The best thing about Leopard is you can almost use it professionally.
45. The best thing about the iPod shuffle is it's not really like a box of chocolates.
46. The best thing about AppleScript is you still can't do sudo.
47. The best thing about Oompa Loopa is the MacForums twits peed all over themselves.
48. The best thing about Opener was that it was fixed almost overnight.
49. The best thing about Apple WWDCs is that everybody gets laid.
50. The best thing about Brian Krebs is when he saw a MacBook get hacked he said so.
51. The best thing about Steve Jobs is he never takes 'no' for an answer.
52. The best thing about Mac OS X is it's sweeping the nation.
53. The best thing about Mac OS X is it's become an industry standard.
54. The best thing about Mac OS X is the great number of professional 3rd party developers.
55. The best thing about Mac OS X is it's almost a professional operating system.
56. The best thing about the Apple firewall is you can't mistakenly close all ports.
57. The best thing about Apple file system drivers is they sleep a lot.
58. The best thing about Apple engineers is they really know what they're doing.
59. The best thing about Apple engineers is they're not overpaid.
60. The best thing about Apple's use of open source is you can always compare with the real versions.
61. The best thing about Apple's UI is that it never lets a read-only file stop you.
62. The best thing about Objective-C is that it wasn't invented by Apple.
63. The best thing about ZFS is that it wasn't invented by Apple.
64. The best thing about Unix is that it wasn't invented by Apple.
65. The best thing about Cocoa is that it wasn't invented by Apple.
66. The best thing about the Internet is that it wasn't invented by Apple.
67. The best thing about Apple application icons is that they're so big and lickable.
68. The best thing about the dock on Leopard is that it's three dimensional when on the bottom of the screen.
69. The best thing about AppleTalk is that it's not used extensively in the Internet infrastructure.
70. The best thing about Steve Jobs is he never cheats his friends. Not even Steve Wozniak or the SEC.
71. The best thing about Steve Jobs is he finally gave in and wrote the foreword to Steve Wozniak's book.
72. The best thing about Steve Jobs is he surrounds himself with charismatic critical thinkers who can replace him.
73. The best thing about OS X is Dashboard. The latest technology at your fingertips.
74. The best thing about OS X is Spotlight. Never lose a file again.
75. The best thing about OS X is Exposé. Never get confused again.
76. The best thing about Apple engineers is their eagerness to collaborate with the programming community.
77. The best thing about the original Macintosh is that thank heavens it's obsolete.
78. The best thing about the original Macintosh developers is that they absolutely loved Pascal.
79. The best thing about Macintosh APIs was that they were streamlined for optimal use.
80. The best thing about the original Macintosh developers was how they really understood object orientation.
81. The best thing about the original Macintosh developers is how they never wax nostalgic.
82. The best thing about the original Macintosh was how it put a dent in the Universe™.
83. The best thing about Apple was how they generously welcomed IBM to their own turf.
84. The best thing about the Apple-NeXT transition was how 3rd party developers weren't betrayed.
85. The best thing about Apple Mail is how it mostly doesn't lose files.
86. The best thing about Apple Mail is how it mostly deletes messages when you tell it to.
87. The best thing about Safari is that it doesn't hose user drives so much anymore.
88. The best thing about WebKit is how the code changes each day to fix the crashes from the day before.
89. The best thing about Cocoa is that there are so many fine schools around the world.
90. The best thing about OS X is Boot Camp so you can still run Windows outside a sandbox.
91. The best thing about Bertie is he's almost 20% human.
92. The best thing about Jon and Avie is they knew how to make a profound statement without saying a word.
93. The best thing about the world of Apple is there are so many cool Mac sites.
94. The best thing about iTunes is that it's still not a 500 MB download.
95. The best thing about Steve Jobs is he admits he was wrong about the PowerPC.
96. The best thing about Apple's transition to Intel was how well it was planned and how it went without a hitch.
97. The best thing about the iPhone 3G was how Apple were ready for the release.
98. The best thing about iTools is how it never cost anybody any money just like Steve promised.
99. The best thing about MobileMe is it costs only $99 per year.
100. The best thing about Macs is that they're cool.