MSN is not Mac compatible, NOT.
So, I live in Qwest land, and in Qwest land you are basically going to sign a contract, pay out the ass, pay for installation, and get a shitty ISP if you want DSL on the Macintosh. So, being the frickin’ cheap skate nerd I am, I ordered MSN for Windows with no installation fee, a free month, no contract, a USB modem/router, and no Mac compatibility. Now, this sounds stupid so far (especially considering I have 3 macs that I want to put online), but I figured, shit, it’s DSL, it’s TCP/IP, I’m cheap, I can share this through a PC and figure this out… So I dust off my last remaining PC, delete linux, find a pirated version of windows, install it, boot it up and run the MSN installer and it fails horribly. I think, hmmmm, maybe I can just plug my Airport into this USB modem that just happens to have a fucking ethernet port (liars) as well and guess what, it just fucking works. Gotta love pure standards based TCP/IP networking. Gotta hate Microsoft and there bullshit marketing of compatibility requirements to keep us Mac users feeling left out when in reality they are lying to us as usual. FUCKERS.
One down side to my new wireless DSL access is that I have to bay those bitches every month, I have been assimilated, I am now part of the problem.
On the upside, the PC is going back into the dusty old closet and the connections dont have to be shared through some shitty wintel box.
Reader interactions
One Reply to “MSN is not Mac compatible, NOT.”
Comments are closed.
Mmm… steaming hot bowl of standards.