The Big Damn Nook Thread!
POSTED BY: seryn
UPDATED: Monday, February 27, 2006 19:49
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Originally posted by MysteryMan:
Seryn, again too lazy to sign in.
But what are they like generally? reliable? Idiot proof?
Mac is the operating system that Bill Gates plagarized to make windows. They are easy to use and fun. Like every computer they are prone to inevitably betray you in the form of hard disk failure and obsolesence. They are good, but they require their own software and if something goes wrong you will need to find a Macintosh expert for repairs. How ever they tend to have a fierce following, not unlike some tv series/movies I might mention. They are considered by many to be a better system though some will argue that it's apples and oranges. If in doubt buy new. Used computers come with their own obsolesence accelerator card. Unless you are lucky enough to get a used system that someone has upgraded to current standards.
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Originally posted by ScorpionRegent:
Mac is the operating system that Bill Gates plagarized to make windows.
Though Apple originally plagerised Mac OS GUI from Xerox's Star OS
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Ah, yes I found out that it's a common thing to get those pop-up things until you get your updates installed. so spent about 6-7 hours getting 38 updates last night, working on service pack 2 on dialup, hours of entertainment.
Now I just need to get a proper Anti-Virus program up and running.
Macs from what I hear are good for a lot of art type programs, but generally don't give you much ability to tinker. I took my system apart, added a dvd/cd mega burner and a big-@$$ harddrive. You can't do that with Macs. A Mac is like a tool you use until it breaks, A PC is an appliance that requires maintainence and upkeep, but can be upgraded to suit your needs. From my understanding that is, I've never used a mac so I could be off.
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Originally posted by Jadehand:
Ah, yes I found out that it's a common thing to get those pop-up things until you get your updates installed. so spent about 6-7 hours getting 38 updates last night, working on service pack 2 on dialup, hours of entertainment.
Now I just need to get a proper Anti-Virus program up and running.
Macs from what I hear are good for a lot of art type programs, but generally don't give you much ability to tinker. I took my system apart, added a dvd/cd mega burner and a big-@$$ harddrive. You can't do that with Macs. A Mac is like a tool you use until it breaks, A PC is an appliance that requires maintainence and upkeep, but can be upgraded to suit your needs. From my understanding that is, I've never used a mac so I could be off.
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"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion
Macs are very tinkerable.
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I tend to be anti-mac. As I've grown older I've become less of an extremist, so I don't hate them anymore. They have their uses. The switch to the x86 platform is good (although AMD makes the better chip (for the most part)...stupid intel). It makes the Mac more attractive. I admire some of the "philosophy" for lack of a better term surrounding Mac and it's users.
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Oh trust me, I don't tinker. I just don't have the nerve, I tried to up grade the memory (or whatever it is that makes it faster to get things off the drive) I got the casing off and worked out where it was meant to go and couldn't make it fit. Turns out I had the wrong type, it was this particular letter and my machine needed another letter or number of whatever, so I asked how I found out what I needed. I understood about the first two words of the reply. So my answers was basically, 'well f*** that. can I get a refund?'
And I thought laptops had a finite amount of tinkerability (new word!) anyway?
'sides the one I want has an 80gig(orwhatever) drive anyway. I have most of my music collection on it and several programmes, and i'm barely using about a quarter of that. Memory and processor can cope, thats about as much as this thicko needs 
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LMD:
Yep, Apple switch to the x86 CISC chips seems stupid since the IBM PowerPC 970 RISC chip (which is what the G5 is) is faster than comparable x86s. All in the instruction set ya see .
I hurt. Pain. Everywhere.
Ow.
Just started a new martial art (Shaolin Nam Yang Kung Fu) and I haven't done any training in a year, so the kind of hard constant training for an hour and a half that I've just done has knackered me, and it hurts. Alot.
Also speaking from experience I know it'll be even worse tomorrow 
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So obviously I've committed myself to training twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays...
I've litterally got bruises all over me, and despite finding it painful to move and being tired I have more energy than I know what to do with...
Anyway, time for a hot bath...
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I have a new car, and I still hurt, except my eyes, I can move them fine.
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Well, at least your eyes don't hurt.
Is it a good hurt?
You did, after all, willingly go to this martial arts class thingy and let yourself get beat up.
*hands Citizen a cup of hot tea and a straw*
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