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Last edited by Mr. Nice Guy; July 11, 2003, 13:53.HAVE A DAY.
<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 -
Apple's small market share has nothing to do with Mac OS X and everything to do with Motorola and the crappy hand they have dealt them. Because Moto cut it's R&D way back, that led to slower overpriced computers for Apple. Nowadays, Moto is looking to sell it's semiconductor business, which is the main thing that is dragging the company down right now. That's all about to change very soon. In fact, Apple's transistion to the G5 is already taking place. In the meantime, over the last few years Apple has done an outstanding job innovating Mac OS X and it's other software through the downturn (worthy of recognition in the archives of computer history)! This may not have led them to success, yet (no thanks to Moto), but it has kept them in business.Originally posted by Asher
Hmm. Why would you say they suck badly at it?
* Asher looks at marketshare figures.
One thing about Mac OS X first-party applications such as iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, and iDVD is that they all can work together to accomplish many tasks. These applications, although separate, pretty much work as one. They are all virtually integrated into each other. Try that with Windows. This is what makes Mac OS X first-party applications so great! And Apple has already been doing this for years, so I can imagine that they are already way ahead of Windows XP Media Center Edition.Maybe I shouldn't tell you that Apple isn't the only one doing that.
Don't you remember the Windows XP commercials? It's the same thing.
Not to mention MS goes a lot further with the Media Centre Edition of Windows...
Mac OS X is a very straight-forward operating system. You may say that it lacks many configuration options, Asher, but that's all for good reason. The thing is, Asher, is that many people don't want to configure their computer. For one thing, it's hard to understand for most people. And for another, it can be very time consuming, especially for creative professionals who have much more important things to do. This I believe, is the same thing that M$ has been trying to tackle for so long, and sadly have been way behind Apple in this respect since the IBM PC became popular. I can understand why techies like yourself might have a lot of fun doing some configuring! But please don't think negatively about those who are the complete opposite.
The Mac is not just a whole 'nother computer, it's a whole 'nother culture, Asher. Things are done very different on the other side of things; I guess you could say it's just another way of thinking. And perhaps this other culture just doesn't fit your lifestyle or is beyond your understanding, Asher. That's all there is to it. Just be
about it and don't judge. 
Last edited by Mr. Nice Guy; July 11, 2003, 15:33.HAVE A DAY.
<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17Comment
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<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17Comment
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i find windows a very straight-forward operating system. i also find linux a very straight-forward operating system, once you learn its ropes.
the former hides a lot of its configuration options. the latter one lays them all out in front of you.
many of us techies love computers of all colors. we're bi-digital.
why exclude yourself from half of the computing world? all of them are lovely, beautiful, and far easier to deal with than humans.B♭3Comment
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It's all a matter of preference. Personally, I am sick and tired of the Wintel world. 'Nuff said!Originally posted by Q Cubed
why exclude yourself from half of the computing world? all of them are lovely, beautiful, and far easier to deal with than humans.
HAVE A DAY.
<--- Quote by Former U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
"And there will be strange events in the skies--signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, because the stability of the very heavens will be broken up. Then everyone will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds with power and great glory. So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!" --Luke 21:25-28
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17Comment
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hm.. i'm not bisexual, but i would say then it's like swearing off boys. macs are more feminine (expensive, but prettier), so...
i still like computers of all types. server rooms are beautiful.B♭3Comment
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Originally posted by Q Cubed
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why exclude yourself from half of the computing world?
Bitter experienceOnly feebs vote.Comment
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a pity. it's like swearing off girls simply because one broke your heart.B♭3Comment
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If she'd broken your heart 3 or 4 times a day for a month I think you'd have had enough.Originally posted by Q Cubed
a pity. it's like swearing off girls simply because one broke your heart.
Only feebs vote.Comment
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This is like listening to people who say that EU has an equivalent military to the US cause they might one day buy some better crap.Originally posted by Cloud9
Apple's small market share has nothing to do with Mac OS X and everything to do with Motorola and the crappy hand they have dealt them. Because Moto cut it's R&D way back, that led to slower overpriced computers for Apple. Nowadays, Moto is looking to sell it's semiconductor business, which is the main thing that is dragging the company down right now. That's all about to change very soon. In fact, Apple's transistion to the G5 is already taking place. In the meantime, over the last few years Apple has done an outstanding job innovating Mac OS X and it's other software through the downturn (worthy of recognition in the archives of computer history)! This may not have led them to success, yet (no thanks to Moto), but it has kept them in business.
One thing about Mac OS X first-party applications such as iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, and iDVD is that they all can work together to accomplish many tasks. These applications, although separate, pretty much work as one. They are all virtually integrated into each other. Try that with Windows. This is what makes Mac OS X first-party applications so great! And Apple has already been doing this for years, so I can imagine that they are already way ahead of Windows XP Media Center Edition.
Mac OS X is a very straight-forward operating system. You may say that it lacks many configuration options, Asher, but that's all for good reason. The thing is, Asher, is that many people don't want to configure their computer. For one thing, it's hard to understand for most people. And for another, it can be very time consuming, especially for creative professionals who have much more important things to do. This I believe, is the same thing that M$ has been trying to tackle for so long, and sadly have been way behind Apple in this respect since the IBM PC became popular. I can understand why techies like yourself might have a lot of fun doing some configuring! But please don't think negatively about those who are the complete opposite.
The Mac is not just a whole 'nother computer, it's a whole 'nother culture, Asher. Things are done very different on the other side of things; I guess you could say it's just another way of thinking. And perhaps this other culture just doesn't fit your lifestyle or is beyond your understanding, Asher. That's all there is to it. Just be about it and don't judge.
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jezebel (my main wintel machine) is beautifully steady, hasn't crashed on me as long as i can remember, suffers no slow days, and purrs, always turned on, in my room.
so i can safely say that i don't quite understand why wintels break everyone else hearts so often.
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Am I the only one who found this statement ironic when it came from a MS fanboy?Originally posted by Asher
Apple drives many of their 3rd party developers away with their first-party products. It's the exact same problem Nintendo has.
* Meanwhile, MSFT destroys more third party developers byincludingintegrating more "features" into Windows.
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."Comment
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Apple does that very same thing, UR...
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Actually this was back in the days of Windows 95. I actually really liked 3.1 which I ran for years on my old 386. The people at work gave me a Wintel to write some coursebooks on and it was a nightmare. So they gave me a Powermac to replace it. I found that the OS suited me a lot better than Windows and it rarely froze (now it never does).Originally posted by Q Cubed
jezebel (my main wintel machine) is beautifully steady, hasn't crashed on me as long as i can remember, suffers no slow days, and purrs, always turned on, in my room.
so i can safely say that i don't quite understand why wintels break everyone else hearts so often.
No Macintosh has ever mangled or lost my data, cost me money or time, done strange things to the format of my documents, or caused me to wait for an hour on a helpdesk line. So why change?Only feebs vote.Comment
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besides, the risk for third party developers is greater in the mac world. since the market share is smaller, there's a smaller pool to make money from. when apple takes your product and integrates it, poof, you're out.
with windows, you at least have a fighting chance. maybe not much of one, but it's not a guaranteed kill. look at symantec and it's disk software... or roxio and nero and their cd software...B♭3Comment
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