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Pedro_The_Swift
7th April 2007, 06:34 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw-BGBdB2Qk

incisor
7th April 2007, 07:52 AM
like the defender rollover....

p38arover
7th April 2007, 08:02 AM
Pretty much my experience on a Mac :D

Ron

Bushie
7th April 2007, 10:23 AM
Mac/PC
Engel/Waeco
Toyota/Land Rover
Hella/Lightforce


I say each to their own



Martyn

Bytemrk
7th April 2007, 11:33 AM
Of the 3-400 desktops I support... I have 12 Macs - in a small graphics studio..

Every now and again I know how this guy feels..... but most of the time I get to ignore them and pretend they are not there...:angel:


.... so I guess they can't be as bad as this guy makes out....I spend a minute amount of support time on ours..:p

Mark

Captain_Rightfoot
7th April 2007, 02:28 PM
.... so I guess they can't be as bad as this guy makes out....I spend a minute amount of support time on ours..:p

Mark

The QLD police had a lot of macs. Apparently when they went to pc's their support time when up dramatically.

The video is a cac. It's the one I sent to all my friends when I made the switch :)

Quiggers
9th April 2007, 07:45 PM
Obviously a pc dude - just hasn't got it, Macs are for happy people, and he is obvioulsy not one:D :D :D

It will be a cold day in hell before a pc running vista gets a run here:twisted:

GQ

Brett67
9th April 2007, 08:58 PM
We have macs at home and I do not know anything about how they work.
We used to have Pc's and I knew all sorts of things about how they worked. Like how how to boot from the floppy drive, how to format hard drives, how to re-install software and operating systems, how to deal with hardware conflicts and viruses...... Because I knew so much about how to fix a Pc, we changed to Mac.

abaddonxi
9th April 2007, 09:25 PM
As Dan says -
Knowledge is weakness. (http://www.dansdata.com/gz068.htm)

Cheers
Simon

Captain_Rightfoot
9th April 2007, 09:37 PM
As Dan says -
Knowledge is weakness. (http://www.dansdata.com/gz068.htm)

Cheers
Simon

You think like a pc user. It doesn't have to be hard. :)

abaddonxi
9th April 2007, 09:55 PM
You think like a pc user. It doesn't have to be hard. :)

Hmm, I've had Macs and I've had PCs. If I had any money and wanted a new computer I might buy a mac laptop and use it as a PC.

Macs are a dictatorship.

PCs are a democracy.

btw, in sheer numbers I think I own more Macs than PCs this week after divesting myself of twenty four PCs last week.

Cheers
Simon.

Captain_Rightfoot
9th April 2007, 11:49 PM
Hmm, I've had Macs and I've had PCs. If I had any money and wanted a new computer I might buy a mac laptop and use it as a PC.

Macs are a dictatorship.

PCs are a democracy.

btw, in sheer numbers I think I own more Macs than PCs this week after divesting myself of twenty four PCs last week.

Cheers
Simon.

Huh? PC's running windows are the biggest technology dictatorship ever! PC's running linux are a democracy. I would also say that the OS X with it's UNIX roots is a far more open environment than MS ever will be. :)

I apologise if I'm starting to blither but I'm waiting for a SAN administrator to get her storage up so I can start my 4 terrabytes worth of Oracle databases and go to bed :eek: :eek: :mad: :mad:

abaddonxi
10th April 2007, 12:05 AM
Huh? PC's running windows are the biggest technology dictatorship ever! PC's running linux are a democracy. I would also say that the OS X with it's UNIX roots is a far more open environment than MS ever will be. :)

I apologise if I'm starting to blither but I'm waiting for a SAN administrator to get her storage up so I can start my 4 terrabytes worth of Oracle databases and go to bed :eek: :eek: :mad: :mad:


You don't have to run MS software on a PC = choice
Up until Macs went to Intel processors you had to run Mac OS. When Mac changes their OS or their hardware platform you have to go out and buy everything from scratch. How many times has Apple done this?

If you want to buy hardware you have to buy Mac hardware or a small selection of third party hardware all at inflated prices. If anything goes wrong with your mac you get that smug little bomb and a number that should mean something, but when you go looking for it you can't find a thing and even if you can you're locked out of fixing the damn thing without going to a specialist approved repairer who'll charge you an arm and a leg.

And how much to Apple charge you for a your version of Linux?

Somehow it doesn't sit right with me that they take open source software and charge you for it. Oh, and how many times has everyone paid for OSX?

Apple makes great quality hardware, and the desktop file system is miles ahead of PCs. The rest of it is pirates in suits with a great marketing team.

Don't start me on the smug Mac ads.:D

Cheers
Simon

Quiggers
10th April 2007, 08:59 AM
Funny how the world of home (and most business) computers was created by three blokes working together, before they went their separate ways. Steve Jobs, Apple; Bill Gates, Microsoft; and Steve Wosniak, whats he up to these days?

The guy who apparently created 'word' (for Microsoft) is currently a space tourist, $25 mill for 12 days in space, bargain!

GQ

Captain_Rightfoot
10th April 2007, 12:02 PM
Funny how the world of home (and most business) computers was created by three blokes working together, before they went their separate ways. Steve Jobs, Apple; Bill Gates, Microsoft; and Steve Wosniak, whats he up to these days?

The guy who apparently created 'word' (for Microsoft) is currently a space tourist, $25 mill for 12 days in space, bargain!

GQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak

:)

I still have my working Apple IIe tucked up downstairs :)

camel_landy
19th April 2007, 04:58 AM
Me... I love both.

As a day job, I make lots of money by making Windows work properly... but OS of choice for me at home is OS X. :cool:

Infact, these days, the cheapest way to get a Dual Core Intel laptop for XP or Vista is to buy a Mac... You'd also get a decen OS thrown in. :D


You don't have to run MS software on a PC = choice
Up until Macs went to Intel processors you had to run Mac OS. When Mac changes their OS or their hardware platform you have to go out and buy everything from scratch. How many times has Apple done this?

What? You mean like the change from DOS to Windows or WFW to Win95 or NT4 to XP... Then there's not forgetting the change from ISA, EISA, PCI, etc... :angel:

At least with a Mac, they're usually still usable when over 3yrs old. ;)


If you want to buy hardware you have to buy Mac hardware or a small selection of third party hardware all at inflated prices.

Depends what you want... You still pay through the nose for high performance graphics cards, HDD, etc... for PCs.



If anything goes wrong with your mac you get that smug little bomb and a number that should mean something, but when you go looking for it you can't find a thing and even if you can you're locked out of fixing the damn thing without going to a specialist approved repairer who'll charge you an arm and a leg.

Jeez... You haven't used a Mac for a while.


And how much to Apple charge you for a your version of Linux?

Errr... Nothing actually. It came with the 'pooter. Much like there are OEM version of Windows. Oh... and it's BSD (Darwin Project).


Somehow it doesn't sit right with me that they take open source software and charge you for it. Oh, and how many times has everyone paid for OSX?

Apple are not charging you for the open source software... What Apple are charging you for is the 'Finder' / User interface. It's like installing Linux and then buying yourself a decent filemanager... As the saying goes, "You get what you pay for".

M

Quiggers
19th April 2007, 08:09 AM
This OSX Mac just hums along running OSX asa primary and I still occasionally use OS9 for a few apps. which is also onboard, never a prob.

The Windows XP laptop has the other users in this house often cussin' 'n' swearin'...... and now they want to dump it and get a Mac laptop.

Hmmmm

GQ

abaddonxi
19th April 2007, 08:19 AM
Did I write all that?:angel:

Oooh it must have been one or two many drinks.

Cheers
Simon

Pedro_The_Swift
19th April 2007, 08:49 AM
Did I write all that?:angel:

Oooh it must have been one or two many drinks.

Cheers
Simon

:D:D:D

and no spelling errors!!!

Captain_Rightfoot
19th April 2007, 11:05 AM
Did I write all that?:angel:

Oooh it must have been one or two many drinks.

Cheers
Simon
LOL. PC Heathen !! :D :D

Rovernaut
21st April 2007, 08:54 AM
.

As a day job, I make lots of money by making Windows work properly... :cool:
What windows doesn't work properly, and you have to pay someone to get it working properly...... that's capitalism :)Ms designs something, sells it, then trains people to go out and fix something that should never have been broke before hand. LOL

camel_landy
22nd April 2007, 07:52 AM
What windows doesn't work properly, and you have to pay someone to get it working properly...... that's capitalism :)Ms designs something, sells it, then trains people to go out and fix something that should never have been broke before hand. LOL

I know, it's great isn't it... :D

That's why I have Macs at home. ;)

M

Captain_Rightfoot
22nd April 2007, 08:16 AM
I know, it's great isn't it... :D

That's why I have Macs at home. ;)

M

I reckon XP was funamentally unsuitable for the purpose for which was sold. If you installed it and then jumped on the net you were a gonner :eek: Instead you had to install firewalls..virus checkers.. anti-spyware etc to stand a chance. Even then you weren't entirely safe.

My mac out of the box. Default config.. nothing extra installed. After 18 months of cable connectivity... not a issue :)

p38arover
22nd April 2007, 08:32 AM
See also: http://tv.truenuff.com/mac

Ron

camel_landy
22nd April 2007, 09:41 AM
My mac out of the box. Default config.. nothing extra installed. After 18 months of cable connectivity... not a issue :)

Same here... 3x Macs (oldest 6yrs old).

M

Quiggers
23rd April 2007, 10:06 PM
My Macs work without effort, but the lone Wintel PC in this house is a constant source of angst...

I'd like to like it but.....................


frankly, windows XP is just like an old 'three on the tree'

OSX works like a good auto, just like the box in my Landy....

GQ

raceer
2nd June 2007, 07:48 AM
My mac out of the box. Default config.. nothing extra installed. After 18 months of cable connectivity... not a issue :)
unix backround so jumped to a mac as soon as osx was out...was a good move..apart from a couple of disk crashes over the years, not a problem. Have 'converted' rather a lot of mates to use a mac and now dont get any 'support' calls from the converted....except on what new mac to buy :-)

running a mini in a rangie for almost 2 years with NO issues, reboots etc...try that on a pc:twisted: The first 14months or so was a ppc, the last 7 or so have been an intel mini.

As other users have stated, they just work out of the box which leaves more time for play ;)

Rovernaut
2nd June 2007, 10:16 AM
Everyone remember in the movie Midnight Express where all the Microsoft PC dudes were walking the wheel.

And the Mac guy asks " why are we all walking in this direction?"
The reply was " be cause we are bad machines"

Then the Mac guys replies : I'm not a bad machine " and walks the opposite direction. The Microsoft PC guys get in a flurry and try to persuade him to walk in their direction:twisted:

And of course the Linux guys just stood on the side line and shook their heads and said " if they only know":angel: