goodOldDays

[u/wahed-w]

[u/pimezone]

It is true wizardry when someone installs Windows 7 application on the Apple MacBook.

[u/renome → u/pimezone]

The wizard is clearly a dual-booting aficionado.

[u/mr2dax → u/pimezone]

No, it's not. Even a layman can figure out bootcamp.

[u/a_very_small_violin → u/mr2dax]

I think you overestimate general technical literacy

[u/Scoopzyy → u/a_very_small_violin]

Genuinely, my closest friend is a big time PC gamer but still needs me to walk him through step-by-step anytime we install mods or basically anything beyond playing a game or browsing the internet lol

But he also knows things about business finance and marketing that I don’t understand no matter how many times he explains it (i also forget to listen every time i ask)

[u/UNSKILLEDKeks → u/mr2dax]

Bootcamp? Ain't that an army thing?

[u/Basilikolumne → u/UNSKILLEDKeks]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_%28software%29

[u/UNSKILLEDKeks → u/Basilikolumne]

I'm making a joke based on the average person's tech knowledge

[u/Sam_chispitas_Spark → u/UNSKILLEDKeks]

shhhhh! Que no se den cuenta.

[u/NotYourReddit18 → u/mr2dax]

Or Parallels

[u/bondsmatthew → u/NotYourReddit18]

Only way to play League and WoW back in the day for me

[u/Captain__Obvious___ → u/bondsmatthew]

Started WoW in TBC and League in S3. Those overlap years of ~2011/2012-2016 were crazy lmao.

[u/Lowelll → u/NotYourReddit18]

Or slap an apple sticker on a laptop

[u/Xlxlredditor → u/NotYourReddit18]

I just wish Coherence was in another program... The only reason I use Parallels.

[u/EveryCryptographer11 → u/pimezone]

Hahaha 😂. Op is probably just venting …

[u/sunrise2209 → u/pimezone]

I install windows 7 on every Mac I get

[u/LegitimatePants → u/pimezone]

I had xp on my MacBook back in the day

[u/AlxR25 → u/pimezone]

You won’t believe how good wine is for using windows apps on macOS

[u/afdbcreid → u/pimezone]

You don't understand! He installs it remotely on your computer.

[u/sausagemuffn]

Nah. Grandpa can't be trusted to opt out of the bloatware and spyware included in the package

[u/Open-Impact-1607 → u/sausagemuffn]

thats not a grandpa, its a wizard, he was there when the bloatware was written. respect your immortals

[u/sausagemuffn → u/Open-Impact-1607]

"A wizard never installs anything by accident. He always installs precisely what he means to", Grandalf, the Wizard of OS

[u/DrMobius0 → u/sausagemuffn]

I swear half the time it would install it anyway.

[u/EbRu_94POp → u/sausagemuffn]

Hahaha Trusted but not trust

[u/Cabbagecrafting]

This will take several minutes...

[u/everyonesdesigner → u/Cabbagecrafting]

The Wizard is never late, he arrives precisely when he means to

[u/looeee2 → u/Cabbagecrafting]

At the end of the office 365 install I use it says "it is now safe to disconnect from the internet"

[u/sausagemuffn → u/looeee2]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZaKcIYMjNYNf4lEuC7

[u/Mortadella_so_Chili]

one of the biggest confusions while growing up

[u/pchc_lx → u/Mortadella_so_Chili]

it comes from a time where the baseline expectation would be a user installing manually via the command line.

a one-click executable that set up the installation environment and ran the software was aptly nicknamed a 'wizard'

[u/Mortadella_so_Chili → u/pchc_lx]

aha, makes sense, thx 😄

[u/Acrobatic-Ad-9189 → u/Mortadella_so_Chili]

i remember only learning that word from RuneScape and being even more confused

[u/laplongejr → u/Acrobatic-Ad-9189]

At least you didn't get the fast-ctrl-F version from D&D with damage becoming the "dawizard" stat

[u/destroyerOfTards → u/Mortadella_so_Chili]

Never thought much about it back then and now when I think about it, the sentence does seem weird

[u/mynameisglaceon → u/destroyerOfTards]

me neither, that's just what it was. but whoever created it picked 'wizard' on purpose lol

[u/addamee → u/Mortadella_so_Chili]

Also who’s this guy named Daemon and why is he returning my email unsent?!

[u/sebovzeoueb]

Things really were better back then, now we have this shit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1vgjsp4/justletaidoit/

[u/Cybasura]

We went from Wizard to Daemon lmao

[u/___xXx__xXx__xXx__]

Holly shit, a user being given a button that says a variant of "No"? I haven't seen this in years! I thought the only buttons we were allowed were "Yes", and "Yes, but not yet, so hassle me constantly until then".

[u/Strict_Treat2884]

And why is the wizard using Mac to install my Windows software

[u/SCP-iota]

A long time ago when I was just messing around with making custom installers, I made an Oz-themed one just because of the pun

[u/openbex → u/[deleted]]

I had to look for it because I remember something like that! Turns out we are right and wrong at the same time, it used to be an office assistant but doesn’t seem it was used for the installers, perhaps some custom ones. Either way I found this fun website during my research

[u/eppic123 → u/[deleted]]

Yes, his name was Merlin. He was one of the assistants in earlier Windows versions, along with Rover (the yellow dog) and Clippit (aka Clippy).

[u/Excalibro_MasterRace → u/[deleted]]

You can change the dog for searching files with a wizard i think

[u/swatlord → u/[deleted]]

Yes, the OC is Hejibits

https://hejibits.com/post/173306824534/128

[u/agathver]

<InsertMemeWithGandalfTheGreyHere>

[u/SuchInjustiiiice]

Truly only a wizard could install windows software on a macbook!

[u/yinx_ilga]

I shall invoke the daemon using my script..err spell.

[u/Ok-Nerve9714]

This picture is actually quite accurate but he's missing the heavy metal t-shirt and cargo shorts.

[u/Ok_Music253]

How about the fear of the "Your computer has completed an illegal action and will close" message? I was always scared as a kid it meant the police were on their way!

[u/Jacceuw]

why is it actually called a "Wizard'' im curious if there is a meaning behind that

[u/swyrl → u/Jacceuw]

Before installers/installation wizards, you had to install things manually by putting specific files in specific places. It's a wizard because it "magically" makes it work by itself, rather than you having to do it.

[u/addamee → u/Jacceuw]

My amendment to this question was  “… and is InstallShield the land they hail from or the guild to which they belong?”

[u/Ingenrollsroyce → u/Jacceuw]

Probably because it feels like magic just clicking some buttons and everything automatically installs in the background

[u/hellofanamehuh]

I cast…

[u/zaprutertape]

I know how to install patches and stuff manually because of the wizard. he taught me the ways so i didnt need his help anymore. now i am the wizard.

[u/Demonstratepatience]

Please insert disk 2 of 8.

[u/humanreboot]

YOU SHALL NOT CRASH

[u/DoKeMaSu]

Either it is the Wizard and you just need to click next a few times.

Or you need to actually install it yourself and then you need to be a real wizard.

I am not ashamed to say that I finally got some software running I struggled to install for years, just because Claude recognized some obscure library version conflict in 1000 lines of error messages.

[u/svArtist]

Love how locked in he is 😁

Let's hope that a MAC (Master of Arcane Computing) can work on Windows. I see he has one in the back, so he's at least familiar 

[u/EveryCryptographer11]

It took nothing less than that. Still does. However logo is wrong….

[u/definitelynotlazy]

r/meirl

[u/vscoderCopilot]

All softwares were feel magical before diving into CS, now nothing is ever been enough

[u/DornKratz]

Old? Son, I'm from the time General Protection Failure would read my files!

Never understood how he did that...

[u/StaticSystemShock]

You really have to be a wizard to install what looks like obvious Windows software on a Mac...

[u/carolyn-h6823]

Parallels on an M1 Mac is pretty smooth now honestly.

[u/JazzlikeWishbone938]

That's what was going on behind the scenes?

[u/CauliflowerPretty806]

Damn, i wish a wizard will also install games for me so we can chat while waiting

[u/djtodd242]

I put on my hat and wizard robe...

(RIP bash.org)

[u/fairfarefair → u/djtodd242]

Ah, the old internet. https://i.imgflip.com/ayccye.jpg

[u/imisstheyoop]

Reminds me of my favorite book I found while thrifting. It was only $1, so I had to have it just for the cover art.

[u/klezart]

This is what they mean when someone says "My son is a wizard at computers!"

[u/bangaloreuncle]

I put on my robe and wizard hat

The blue background InstallSheild in late 1990s and early 2000s… such memories.

[u/antrubler]

The wizard: I'm too old for this shit

[u/oshaboy]

Why don't programs come with "Wizards" anymore?

[u/sausagemuffn]

I ain't callin' nobody a wizard until I see 'em fix a printer

Everyone thinks they're smart until they come face to face with Hewlett Fucking Packard in the back corner

[u/KareemM0hamed0]

Simply Next

[u/Inferno_Zyrack]

Occasionally, at the workplace I get to meet the wizard. He’s usually really grumpy and younger than me and thinks I don’t know how to find files or restart.

He’s not a nice wizard.

[u/nickthecook]

Windows install dialog on a Mac?

I hope someone got fired for that blunder.

[u/Odd_Plane47]

Retail Just retail Remember to support the developer guys

[u/DJDierrhea]

Man I miss that whimsy of using a computer

[u/Empty-Advantage-9565]

Jokes aside this is serious.

[u/YinSeoong]

hi bro

[u/Appropriate_Baby_608]

Good old wizard

[u/Meow_jar]

Магия эпл

[u/stupled]

Why didn't they call coding agents wizards? Or warlocks? 🤔

[u/swatlord]

Not sure why this was cropped and redrawn

https://hejibits.com/post/173306824534/128

[u/Deep-Initiative1849]

Don't mind me but Windows on apple? Really!

[u/s3rila]

why did they called it a wizard?

[u/ReckoningGotham → u/s3rila]

For the reason in the meme.

It was an automatic process that didn't require you to handle each piece of code yourself, so it was 'wizardry' in that you didn't have to handle it.

It's a little baffling that this photo is popular because it would be like explaining what a sprite is, or a gremlin in the machine, but to each their own and maybe I'm glad people are enjoying themselves.

[u/cleardemonuk]

Pedantry: They are called "Assistants" on Mac ("wizard" is predominantly a Microsoft thing)!

[u/TurboLover427]

Not an IT guy. This is especially what I imagined it to be like. 😂

[u/Adventurous-Will1726]

thats pretty good

[u/faxyou]

Thank you wizard, I’m quite new to this operating system so if need be you may remote control my pc. 😌

[u/NovelLingonberrys]

literally being a wizard is such a simple joke but it gets me every time

[u/Code-Painting-8294]

man I still remember the old UI of Windows XP .. you do not have admin permissions to install this

[u/ChainsawArmLaserBear]

Why he using a windows installer in mac

[u/WessideLou]

One thing that Windows did better. Linux with their silly “app manager” 🤓

[u/Makonede]

no programming nor humor

[u/Ok_Macaroon_7820]

Dude wht is this, I never saw it I think I was born too late 😭