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FINAL STRAW! GOODBYE MICROSOFT, YOU BIG LOSER YOU!!! EVIDENCE INSIDE!!!
AP_YAHOO ^ | 04.25.02 | Registered

Posted on 04/25/2002 3:56:50 PM PDT by Registered






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To: Registered
Oh drat. We use Microsoft. We've been had!
61 posted on 04/25/2002 4:48:36 PM PDT by concerned about politics
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To: Unknown Freeper
I would be a mac newbie. Can one of you experts tell me what I would need to have high speed access but play outside in the yard?

Depends on what you want to do and spend. To play outside you'll need at the minimum an airport base station (you could probably get away with linksys wireless/router basestation, just haven't done it myself) and an iBook with Airport card. The iBook goes for about $1200 for a 12" screen, $1500 for a 14" screen. If you have the money, go for a Powerbook G4 with the 15.2" widescreen (it's worth it) starting from $1995.

Myself, I now have a Powerbook G4 667/512Mb RAM/30Gb HD/CDRW+DVD + Airport and love it ($2995). If you need MS Office 2000/XP compatibility, MS produces a Mac version that is file compatible and then some. I can also access my Windows boxes across the lan (wireless or wired). With a 5+ hour battery life (theoretical, haven't ever used it that long off of AC mail) it comes in a nice 5.4 pound package that includes built-in 56K modem, 10/100/1000 ethernet, 2 USB, 1 Firewire (iLink, IEEE 1392), S-Video, and XGA output.

All in all, I left Wintel for Apple about 5 months ago on a lark and haven't looked back. I can do everything I did on a Win/Linux dual boot Dell Inspiron 7500 with my Powerbook at almost half the weight and it doesn't burn my lap :)

62 posted on 04/25/2002 4:50:57 PM PDT by cidrasm
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To: Registered
I dont know if I can blame Gates. He may be smiling on the outside, but consider who he is sitting near. This guy has shaken down many a corp. Who's to say that this isnt the ultiamte shakedown?

DO you think Jesse is there because he likes MS products.

63 posted on 04/25/2002 4:53:50 PM PDT by antidemocommie
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To: Registered
Awww craaaaaaaaaaap!

I'll continue with my Wintel machine for now, but will seriously consider the move to the dark side (Apple) when it is time for this one to be replaced... unless Linux gets a bigger share of the HOME PC market in a hurry.

64 posted on 04/25/2002 4:53:55 PM PDT by SaveTheChief
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To: HAL9000
The question is - which one to buy? The new iMac, the G4, the Titanium Powerbook or the iBook?

The Titanium Powerbook.

65 posted on 04/25/2002 4:55:43 PM PDT by cidrasm
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To: antidemocommie
If Gates wasn't a sniviling leftist, he'd do what T.J. Rodgers did: tell him to get stuffed.
66 posted on 04/25/2002 4:58:58 PM PDT by B Knotts
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To: Unknown Freeper
I have been thinking about that Titanium.

I'm typing this on one, it's a great machine. Apple is reportedly upgrading the Powerbook line next week, so that might be a good time to buy.

Can one of you experts tell me what I would need to have high speed access but play outside in the yard?

A wireless card in the laptop (under $100, and the high-end Titanium comes with one preinstalled), and a wireless router ($150 or less). Basically you plug the router into your existing cable or DSL connection, configure your laptop to use DHCP, and you're set (at least, that's how mine works). You can also set up encryption if you're concerned about your neighbors intercepting your wireless transmissions.

67 posted on 04/25/2002 4:59:14 PM PDT by ThinkDifferent
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Maybe time to go to Linix?

But aren't they all some kind of anarcho-commies or something?

;-)

68 posted on 04/25/2002 4:59:46 PM PDT by StriperSniper
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To: StriperSniper
Nope. :-)
69 posted on 04/25/2002 5:02:03 PM PDT by B Knotts
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To: Registered
This is the straw that broke the camel's back . I will take the loss and dump Microsoft tomorrow . My son is a "Mac-Man" and he will have a Chessire cat grin from ear to ear . Guess Bill's not as smart as I thought he was.
70 posted on 04/25/2002 5:02:31 PM PDT by Renegade
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To: Registered
Is it an accident Bill Gates has been a very generous contributor to both Planned Parenthood and Handgun Control, Inc.? I doubt it!
71 posted on 04/25/2002 5:04:41 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: B Knotts
Bender Rules!
72 posted on 04/25/2002 5:05:11 PM PDT by StriperSniper
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To: cidrasm, Think Different
Thank you both for the advice. I will remember this when I go shopping. I just have to get up the nerve to spend the money. I will bookmark this link (wishing I could remove the pictures at the top first lol).
73 posted on 04/25/2002 5:06:07 PM PDT by Unknown Freeper
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To: JENINMO
Nearly every Mac user I know is a flaming Liberal

Hey! Careful... as a ten year veteren of the Apple Rebellion let me tell ya, there's quite a few Freepers among the crew...

We will *Not* be assimilated.

74 posted on 04/25/2002 5:07:34 PM PDT by NapaCA
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To: Registered
Is this true? If so, that's it for me. See ya Bill!
75 posted on 04/25/2002 5:16:01 PM PDT by firewalk
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To: Clive
As you get used to using Linux, you will find yourself using Windows less and less until you are effectvely using Linux as your principle operating system and using Windows rarely if at all.

And check out http://www.openoffice.org for an Office suite. (Disclaimer: haven't tried it myself yet -- need to upgrade the Linux box so I have space for it) A colleague is using it, though, and submits Word-format docs to our committee; they seem fine, though he admits the most complex stuff doesn't go.

76 posted on 04/25/2002 5:19:15 PM PDT by Eala
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To: marshmallow
After seeing those photos of Bush with that Arab sheik today, I guess we'll have to dump him in the trash too, right?

Thank you!
It's hard to believe the immaturity of some of the reactions here.
I can just see them crossing people off their ever shrinking "approved" lists in anger....and thinking anyone actually cares. LOL.

By the way..I am disgusted by Jesse Jackson, but I have to see more than a few photos with Gates before I decide to suffer with an inferior operating system.
That would be silly.

77 posted on 04/25/2002 5:19:58 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: cmsgop
Im Happpy For You.........COME TO THE MAC SIDE!

No one was a bigger supporter of Bubba and Hildebeast than Steve Jobs.

78 posted on 04/25/2002 5:21:02 PM PDT by saminfl
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To: Frances_Marion
Or Both!

My Mac G3 has Linux on the other hard drive.

79 posted on 04/25/2002 5:23:29 PM PDT by G Larry
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To: Jorge
By the way..I am disgusted by Jesse Jackson, but I have to see more than a few photos with Gates before I decide to suffer with an inferior operating system.

Inferior, my hindquarters.

Anyhow, that aside, what would it take to convince you? That he gives money to Planned Parenthood?

Or that he contributed to a group that (successfully) opposed a tax rollback?

Or that he gave money to a group that tried to register all gun owners in Washington state?

Just what would it take to convince you?

80 posted on 04/25/2002 5:31:16 PM PDT by B Knotts
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