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The pic on top...what is that, a lamp??
That's what happens when you let hippies design a computer. GET A LIFE!!!
I rate you a -4!!
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#3 is sexy though. I'd hit it.
The two iMacs are in an especially provocative pose.
Yeah, but I bet they spread their cases for anybody. Sluts (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Sad/8.gif)
tenkani wrote:
[div style="font-style: italic;"]Yeah, but I bet they spread their cases for anybody. Sluts (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Sad/8.gif) [/div]
Let's not even get into a discussion of how the Mac's network adapter is shipped in "promiscuous" mode by default.
I miss the funky imac. The new ones just don't cut it for me. I liked how you could move the monitor around.
I used to be a die-hard Mac person, but one gets so much more computer for the money with a PC. I could give a toss about how it looks as long as I can run more than one program at once and have stuff on the web appear the same day I click on it.
But them Macs sure are purty...
well now you can get intel in macs so that solves your problem.
Future Canadian wrote:
I used to be a die-hard Mac person, but one gets so much more computer for the money with a PC. I could give a toss about how it looks as long as I can run more than one program at once and have stuff on the web appear the same day I click on it.
But them Macs sure are purty...
[span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"] Um....?[/span][br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"] [br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"] [span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"] Ummmmm...........???[/span][br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"] [br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"] [span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"] At the moment I'm running five programs, three of which are both memory and processor intensive, and I'm still getting expected rates of return on the broadband connection, all on a five year-old Mac laptop.[/span][br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"] [br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"] [span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"] When was the last time you used a Mac?[/span] (//richedit/smileys/Other/15.gif)
My last Mac was a Powerbook which I'll admit was a bit behind the curve for power and memory (the story of my computer-having life).
I'm really just comparing our computer with my Mother-in-Law's. She bought this computer I'm on, decided she was not made for PCs and sold us this one, then bought a brand-new reeeally fancy looking new Mac for much more than she paid for this. But it is slow as mollasses in January on the 'net. I'm not sure of the stats on her machine but we both have the same DSL connection.
I bow before your awesome computing power Sir Trollio.
Well speak of the devil Trollio, you've already posted a picture of our old gal.
[span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"]The Powerbook 100 was a hell of a machine for its time[/span][span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"]. [/span][span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127);"]Which was about 12 years ago.[/span]
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Unfortunaely we bought ours used about 9 years ago. Dude was probably selling it to buy what we should've bought instead.
Future Canadian wrote:
I bow before your awesome computing power Sir Trollio.
No, no, no need for that. (//richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
There's loads of horror stories to go round, no matter what platform you use. And anything can go wrong on any machine. If I bought a new machine tomorrow, I would actually not buy one of the new Intel Macs, but one of the still current ones. They need some post-production work and at least one more release before they become the inevitable choice for Mac users. There's also something -- though I forget it now -- about backward compatability for some programs. Mac does stupid things like this sometimes, when they just don't need to, and people end up having to upgrade every piece of software they own.
Mac is where I'm comfortable, and I've only been disappointed once.
Yep. It was that Powerbook 180c that after about six months became slower than a sloth if you tried to do anything more complicated than e-mail on it.
Future Canadian wrote:
Unfortunaely we bought ours used about 9 years ago. Dude was probably selling it to buy what we should've bought instead.
Ouch. I failed to mention that Apple had to replace the motherboard twice on that thing because of a modem issue. Needless to say that was before the concept of "plug and play" peripherals became a reality instead of a wish. I'm no Mac salesperson, but if the money is there and the application you need fits (I'm about 90% multimedia/web/ graphics/DTP), I'd say try again at some point.
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Yep. It was that Powerbook 180c that after about six months became slower than a sloth if you tried to do anything more complicated than e-mail on it.
LOL! Too true! And we thought we were so pimp because we had a laptop. It kinda put me off studying/practicing computer graphics because it couldn't handle anything worthwhile in Photoshop.
Macs have a great reputation among designers for sure. It probably helps that they operate much more intuitively for us spacey-artist types. I'm longing for the days of "just tell me where to click" Macs now that I'm having to really roll up my sleves and figure out all this computer black magic for real.
And they sure are purty...
And now even better since they've put the whole thing into a toaster!
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As a graphic designer, and as someone who's used both Macs and PCs, I prefer the PC. Using a Mac for graphics work used to be a necessary evil. Now you can do anything on a PC you could do on a Mac, and it will probably end up costing you a lot less. And if you're like me, and enjoy building and upgrading your own systems, the choice is obvious.
My only major gripe is that Microsoft needs a strong competitor, because their products are often the suck but finding a viable alternative is tough.
tenkani wrote: [div style="font-style: italic;"]My only major gripe is that Microsoft needs a strong competitor, because their products are often the suck but finding a viable alternative is tough.[/div]
[a href="vny!://www.ubuntu.com/"]Unbuntu[/a] (free) is gearing up to be a legitimate competitor. Stick [a href="vny!://www.openoffice.org/"]OpenOffice[/a] on it (free) and 98% of the population would be able to do everything they need to on a PC.
Cool! I need to try that.
There are actually plenty of non-Microsoft options, but I'm almost maxed out on my hard drives-I never thought I'd fill 200GB of storage :0
I need to score another data drive and then bite the freaking bullet. Of course, it's not like I pay for Microsoft products...
tenkani wrote: [div style="font-style: italic;"]There are actually plenty of non-Microsoft options, but I'm almost maxed out on my hard drives-I never thought I'd fill 200GB of storage :0[/div]
Try the [a href="vny!s://shipit.ubuntu.com/"]Unbuntu Live CD[/a], you can boot and run Unbuntu from the CD and it won't make any changes to your hard drive. It's specifically designed to let people try it out safely. It boots faster from the CD on my machine than Win XP does from the hard drive. And they'll even mail it to you for free: [a href="vny!s://shipit.ubuntu.com/"]vny!s://shipit.ubuntu.com/[/a]
I need to score another data drive and then bite the freaking bullet. Of course, it's not like I pay for Microsoft products...
Who does? I know MCSEs who won't buy it.
ROFL ROFL
SMASH CAPITALISM!!!!
But please let me keep all my toys (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Teasing/5.gif)
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Here's the link. It's in Russian but you can see more pics of this ^^^^
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