Macintrash

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

Macintrash
 /mak'in.trash`/, n.

   The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn't appreciate
   being kept away from the real computer by the interface. The term
   {maggotbox} has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle
   area of North Carolina. Compare {Macintoy}. See also {beige toaster},
   {WIMP environment}, {point-and-drool interface}, {drool-proof paper},
   {user-friendly}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Macintrash

   /mak'in-trash"/ The Apple {Macintosh}, as described by a
   hacker who doesn"t appreciate being kept away from the *real
   computer* by the interface.  The term {maggotbox} has been
   reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North
   Carolina.  Compare {Macintoy}.

   See also {beige toaster}, {WIMP environment}, {point-and-drool
   interface}, {drool-proof paper}, {user-friendly}.

   (1995-05-02)

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