Gates: XP invades the home

ZDNet News ^ | January 7, 2002 9:21 PM PT | David Becker

[Don Joe]

"You are such a retard in denial!"

Good grief, what are you, 14? Well then stop acting like you're twelve!

[Don Joe]

"I work on both Macs and PC's."

Oh really now? Tell me, I've always wanted to know -- do they make you use separate feather dusters and squeegees, or do they let you work with the same set on both type systems?

"Oh yea, and you are smelly."

Spoken like a true seat-sniffer. I guess they let you work on the chairs too?

[Don Joe]

"Yea what he said! I want to buy a plain boxy car in a neutral color like beige! I love ugly stuff! PC's are the K-cars of the computer world! ha ha ha ha ha"

Oh, don't be silly. We all know that you're Truly Sophisticated, and would only buy a car with the coolest colors. Like Bill Clinton, driven by whatever his focus group told him was the coolness du jour, you lap up whatever flattering patter the salesman dishes out, as he tells you how utterly cool you look behind the wheel of that silly-colored twitmobile built on a soapbox derby "frame".

Yup, total slavery to style over substance.

I knew the world was f'd when I discovered that boys are now buying makeup, having their hair "done", and spending hours in front of the mirror trying to get "the look", and get it "just right".

Of course, never having actually conversed with one of 'em before, it never really sank in about how tragic it all is.

Congrats on keeping the economy in tippytop shape at Fire Island.

[msgt]

Dude! Didn't know you were a freeper. Cool.

Been using XP since the 1st beta. Running on dual monitors with a Matrox G400 Dualhead card. Awesome!

Rocky

[Don Joe]

"You guys are like fathers defending their butt-ugly children and saying they are beautiful."

I'll have to defer to your expertise in that realm. But tell me, did it really help your self-esteem, or was it well-intentioned but wasted effort?

"Working in Windows is like trying to scratch your armpit with your little toe."

Again, I must defer to your expertise in such matters.

"And Don I think I said you were gay, if I recall!"

Yes, you're King of the Ad Hominems. A real master baiter.

"Anyway, I bet you all have bad breath!"

If you've got two working synapses to strike together, you'll never take the effort to find out.

[tm22721]

PCs don't belong in home entertainment systems. Try teaching your wife to play a DVD on your computer without a remote control.

BUMP

[peabers]

How old are you?

[Bush2000]

PCs don't belong in home entertainment systems. Try teaching your wife to play a DVD on your computer without a remote control.

http://www.pcremotecontrol.com/

[gorio]

small world huh? nice seeing you around g

[CheneyChick]

Macs are reasonably good machines. My issue isn't with the machines but with the comments from the self-esteem-challenged Mac users who insist that their Mac is superior to the PC. And don't pretend that they don't say this: It's rampant on all of these threads. Frankly, I'm sick of their crap -- and I'm gonna fling it right back at 'em.

Dang. I just HATE it when you make me do this:

Bush2000 Bush (and his Mac) in 2000

[Bush2000]

Dang. I just HATE it when you make me do this: Bush2000 Bush (and his Mac) in 2000

Ha! You might have to search your memory but you will recall that the Bush Sr Administration had brand new PCs installed at the White House. When Clinton came along, he threw out the brand new PCs and replaced them with Macs. I'm sure that Bush, being an efficient guy, couldn't bear the thought of spending government money to replace the crappy Macs that Clinton bought. And after all, for a guy that is rumored to suffer from dyslexia, the Mac serves the handicapped well.

[CheneyChick]

No, I don't recall that.

[The Great Satan]

You give good flame.

[TomServo]

See #81. DJ might be close, but methinks he was in a generous and magnanimous mood.