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If it could have 100% the feel and look of XP at the keyboard/mouse without the crappy running ability, I’ll switch as soon as I’m able to pony up $1000 for a computer.
And Unix, the underlying OS for OS X, isn't? Grep? Vi? Hello? Is anyone out there?
Ever try to make a Mac work with a home network? The Apple technicians will swear up and down that it's a problem with your ISP, or that you need a new router, or whatever. It can never be the Mac's fault. Oh, no.
I'll stick with the dog's breakfast OS, thank you very much. I've got two neighbors who know more about Windows than I do. Most people have never even seen a Mac. The knowledge base is important, something that everyone seems to miss when it comes to this topic.
Unless it's a Shitweasel SS.
Ha! A FICTION writer! I knew this whole post was made up.
If you’re spending more time looking at the computer than what’s ON the computer then you’re not only not being productive, you’re not even goofing off well. I like the fact that PCs are bland boxes, I don’t want to spend 1 penny on a pretty box for the computer I want all the money to go INTO it. Give me a nice bland boring box with kick ass parts and good software, “industrial design” is for ego boosting at the coffee shop I prefer to actually USE the computer.
Running a 3 yr old Macbook and a 2010 Mac Mini. Both see each other on the network perfectly. Wife runs windows 7 on a decent Toshiba. While she could connect to the internet she couldn’t share any of her folders or her printer. Bought a Time Capsule and all 3 machines share a printer and files now with no issue.
I get everything I want to do done on my Macs without ANY operating system issues. Recorded a music CD on the Macbook. This year I hope to release 2 CD’s, both recorded on the Mini. Mac’s ROCK!!!
One day, wife will come around :)
It’s simple ... he’s a homo. /sarc
I work sitting in an Aeron chair in front of a 1970s vintage Swedish desk, and I don't want to spend sixty hours a week sitting at that desk staring at something that looks like it was thrown together from the spare parts bin."
He's right that Mac has good industrial design. So does Sony. Why no love for the VAIO? A friend bought one recently, has a Blu-Ray player and a KILLER screen (I think it's the F series). I am not even a laptop fan and seeing it and using it in person made me want one more than any Mac laptop has. Could he not put Linux on it?
I read an almost verbatim argument to Strauss' in a textbook on graphic design. "We use the Mac because it is very important that an artist be surrounded by order and beauty and"...blah, blah, blah. I find that embarrassing and silly.
Commodore 64 FTW!!!
made the switch last year - managed to find an imac floor model - full warranty - 24” - $900 w/ ilife & iwork
Wow - he pays out the nose for Apple products....
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We want you. To buy a Mac.
I don’t like to trash other peoples religious beliefs, but when I can build a mac from mail order parts, upgrade where I want to upgrade, customize what I want to customize, and run 90% of the software on the market, and not violate any laws in the process, I might consider a mac. But why bother? People talk about their prius in the same fashion. But my honda is just fine.
Then again, if I had a mac, instead of upgrading, I could hAve just gone out and buy a new mac, and drop a couple thousand instead of spending a half hour dealing with those patriarchal Phillips head screws.
I have a PC and a MAC.
My MAC (mini) is my back up machine, I hardly ever use it....cause I’m so used to a PC. (I’m a part time gamer too)
Sorry.