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[jason]

Linux > you all

amen

dual boot linux + windows and your set =)


as far as people being creative using mac's:

3 type's of people use a mac:
1. musicians
2. artists
3. unemployed/loser's (see previous)

i think macs are waaaaay too confined compared to pc's and wtf... how much money do you need to waste for 'proprietary' hardware.

again... linux>all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fbk52Mk1w

thats the old compiz - the new shibs thats gettin worked on for kde 4 makes that look like windows 3.1

and linux is free - and unless your loggin in as root - it doesnt get much more secure than linux =)

[jcaron9gt4]

^^ haha dude, do some research before you talk. Artists, musicians, and unemployed losers? Just to let you know, all or most of the upcoming professions in anything technical are using macs. Maybe the unemployed loser users are the ones who can buy a desktop for 299. There might be a reason why macs are a little pricier. Try using one first

[purplegt4]

To me anything state of the art is awesome. I work in a media lab -> animation, video editing, graphic design. Most of the computers are upwards of $13,000. So whether it's mac / pc they still get the job done.

[Celiracer18]

Ive never liked macs. id say that about 40% of the times ive used them, they've either locked up or crashed. For me its PC all the way. whether it be Linux or Windows both work fine for what i use. And for those that say multimedia programs work better on macs, i have NEVER had any problems with photoshop and any other programs that most go to a mac to use.

[GriffGirl]

as far as people being creative using mac's:

3 type's of people use a mac:
1. musicians
2. artists
3. unemployed/loser's (see previous)

That's just plain rude and borders on offensive. Why do you have to make it a personal attack like that?

And what "proprietary" hardware are you talking about? You wanna talk about proprietary hardware, look at all the hardware out there that ISN'T Mac compatible. Other than Apple TV (which I think like NO ONE owns anyway), I can't think of any Mac hardware that's not cross-platform compatible. Maybe RAM, that's about it.

[thespacepanda]

Linux > you all

amen

dual boot linux + windows and your set =)


as far as people being creative using mac's:

3 type's of people use a mac:
1. musicians
2. artists
3. unemployed/loser's (see previous)

i think macs are waaaaay too confined compared to pc's and wtf... how much money do you need to waste for 'proprietary' hardware.

again... linux>all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fbk52Mk1w

thats the old compiz - the new shibs thats gettin worked on for kde 4 makes that look like windows 3.1

and linux is free - and unless your loggin in as root - it doesnt get much more secure than linux =)

[Havok1997GT]

Uh - my HP Media Center m7160n just did the same thing. The DVD drives won't register and the icons for the shortcuts have ?'s on them now.

If you can get it online, see if you can DL a new driver for the DVD drive, probably from the Microsoft site since the driver pertains to the OS. However, could be the HP site since the drive itself is supplied (but likely not made by) HP. You should be able to enter your computer's model number and find out which DVD was supplied with it.

As for your shortcuts having ?s, it's because the OS isn't recognizing the filepath to the program their shortcutting to. You should be able to double-click the shortcut icon and relink it to the program. Otherwise you'll have to create new shortcuts and get rid of the bad aliases.

When I said earlier I had heard/experienced only bad things w/HPs, it was specifically w/their laptops. I have no experience whatsoever w/their towers. I don't even know if they still make towers.

Incidently Havok, apples go just fine with pancakes, haven't you ever had apples and cinnamon pancakes? They're tasty! Probably more of an IHOP special than a Denny's specialty though.

yah, but something about the apple juice and pancakes dont mix to me.

maybe a better example would be orange juice and chocolate. You cant tell me thats not nasty

[jcaron9gt4]

lamb and tuna fish?

[Akimbo]

Oooh noez stealin mah magahurtz.

I find it hilarious people seem to have all these virus, trojan, malware, spyware and backdoor programs on their computers. I am an extremely confidant PC user and probably put mine to work more than a lot of people here, save a few. I'm an active torrent user, and have over a terabyte of music CD's, movies, PC games, programs....lots of stuff. I use many Peer2Peer programs. But if you were to scan my computer right now it'd be clean as a whistle.

I suppose I just find it funny that people still worry about phishing and 'computers crashing.'

Eh, sorry. Rambling elitism.

[Celiracer18]

meh torrents

usenet FTW

i do however use torrents if theres something very rare that i need. (
yet then you need to hope theres a seeder

This post has been edited by Celiracer18: Feb 14, 2008 - 2:09 PM

[scothaniel]

amen

dual boot linux + windows and your set =)

Or better yet - run xen, vmware, or parallels and have any os you want - all running concurrently.

[jason]

Linux > you all

amen

dual boot linux + windows and your set =)


as far as people being creative using mac's:

3 type's of people use a mac:
1. musicians
2. artists
3. unemployed/loser's (see previous)

i think macs are waaaaay too confined compared to pc's and wtf... how much money do you need to waste for 'proprietary' hardware.

again... linux>all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fbk52Mk1w

thats the old compiz - the new shibs thats gettin worked on for kde 4 makes that look like windows 3.1

and linux is free - and unless your loggin in as root - it doesnt get much more secure than linux =)

lol at least someone got it

its an os, choose what you want! btw i didnt originally say the unemployed thing, i just thought it was hilarious.

macs are ok in their place for what you do. as with a fast car, it depends on how much $$ you dump into it to be successful. with enough cash you can have a computer that does pretty much anything, pc's just get there ALOT quicker and easier and inexpensive compared to mac's

as for linux, i use it cuz its a hell of alot faster than any worth while osx or windows on my laptop, and to game i just use wine and i can do anything.

im not up to date on my macs, i have the new leopard and its nice n all, but its just a watered down version of vista in my opinion. its flashy n all, but doesnt posess any real 'computing' capabilities (your still stuck with the confines of a mac instead of the freedom windows & linux gives you) so i dont use it other than to steal the genie lamp minimize effect to use in linux

entry level vs. entry level machines i think macs come across as more polished than most pc's

however, any kind of technical enthusiast would choose a pc since you can just do sooo much more to/with it