Nice tacit point

"Like what? It didn't crash." SO true! ;-) Of course, if they know you well and no one else is around....... a lot of #@$%$### and flaming occurs! ;-)

I've had three Macs between 1999 and 2007, and while I like Mac OS X more than Windows, I learned my lesson and I'm not going to spend more money on those overpriced machines. Some of them are a gigantic rip-off, like this iMac that my girlfriend's mother bought, a 27 inch that surely looks gorgeous, but when I opened System Profiler it told me that it was a Core 2 Duo. While it is a 3.06 Ghz it is still a dual core processor, and that to me is just a rip-off in a $1700 machine. With that amount of money I can put together my own super kickass PC.

When I asked her what was the reason for getting a Mac instead of a PC she told me that old misconception, that "Macs are better for graphics". Big load of crap. Unfortunately her PC was a Dell, which to me are a piece of junk, and I talk from experience.

The only reason I would find to buy a Mac (and a Pro, not those ridiculous iMacs), would be for the Final Cut Studio suite, but after having three Macs with their share of problems that I never had with my own assembled PC, and the arrogance of Apple and their reps, I'm happy to stay in the PC world.

Mac is just a machine... albeit a rather overpriced one. Some say not since it includes all the software ... which is true to a certain extent... but then the software is only a savings if you plan on using it, and some of the stuff found on mac is pretty trashy.

At any rate it's just a machine. What drives me nuts about the mac world are all the nuts and radicals it seems to collect. It's not good enough THEY think these machines are Gods....they have to try and convince YOU of it with all this total rubbish about no crashing, freezing, viruses, and other such absolute nonsense. I just want to throw up every time one of them opens their mouth and talks.

I was recently at the RV park at Sam's Town in Vegas, and I met an older couple next to me that had an iMac, very shiny and slick looking.

When I offered them an SD card full of pictures I took from Mon Valley, they felt embarrassed and said "we don't know how to do that".

So I loaned them my netbook set up so they just had to use the left/right arrows.

Bud...lol! My favourite explanation for buying a $2500 powerbook: "Windows is too complicated. I just use it for email anyway."

My own experience with Mac is horrid. The only times (twice) I've actually lost money on a project were using ProTools. It was an utter nightmare. The engineer who owned the studio kept reassuring me that everything was fine. Aside from constant crashing and hardware integration problems causing endless slowdowns, I finally had to give up on the set up. Instead, I grabbed my laptop and started doing assembly edits with Cakewalk (just good old cakewalk at the time).

When clients insist on ProTools or Final Cut, I just redirect them elsewhere. Maybe I'm not cool enough, or maybe I'm not rich enough, but I'm definitely not dumb enough to subject myself to that nonsense again.

(as the saying goes, Apple is a vertically integrated marketing company - they're good at it, but their shareholders are getting rich selling music players and phones, not computers).

we have both here, but the mac's are gathering dust.

my wife gave up with her mac after seeing 'filmstrip' view in windows. there is absolutely NOTHING like it on the mac (ie. by default).

Wow. Whether you enjoy macs or not...that was hilarious! Thanks.

I think I have that when it was originally dispersed in it's .mov format. :D

I started my morning off by reading this thread and I smiled all the way through. I can relate and agree with everything that has been said so far. My prefrence is for custom built PCs, the freedom of having choices.

Chad

Speaking of having choices, the Motorola Droid cell phone which runs v2.1 of Google's Android operating system just romps all over an iPhone. They sold more Android phones in the first quarter than iPhones so I think people may have finally wised-up.

"Motorola Droid cell phone which runs v2.1 of Google's Android operating system" the new v2.2 is truly a speed demon! Will be release in June, so plan to update your os v2.1. V2.2 has a lot going for it over v2.1...... and there is no question it just crushes the iPhone series.

Yes, I'm all excited about Android v2.2. Android v2.1 is already acceptably quick but I've seen tests of v2.2 where an increase in speed of over 450% was observed. I can't wait... :)

I saw a commercial for iPad, and they showed a 90 YO granny typing away, with no prior computer training.

That iPad is incredible!

NOTE: This is a spin on the old joke of marketing a pen that writes in 100 languages.

NOTE: This is a spin on the old joke of marketing a pen that writes in 100 languages.

...kind of like the old guy who still couldn't read no matter how strong the reading glasses. Not a cure for illiteracy I suppose. ;-)

I have a closet full of camcorders, digicams, and old cell phones. I'm hoping if a burglar ever breaks in, they'll open that closet first.

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Nothing useful was ever done with the machine and we gave it to Goodwill a few years later

stick a label on the door - 'equipment storage' to make sure they look there first!

I sent this to to two Mac friends of mine (I know, I have to get new friends !!) and got the following replies.

#1. Let me see... that is 1 mac joke to 100000000000000 pc jokes.
Rock on Bill Gates!!!

#2. Probably running a Microsoft application . . .

Mike

then again, to upgrade the latest OS is mac is only $20. I know they make their money on hardware, but there is no excuse to charge $200 for windows 7. I have three computers that I would need to upgrade but I can't spend $600 upgrading. No Multiple license deals or family offers. Full price for all. I don't like Macs but I think MS needs to think about a better pricing scale.

Dave T2

why does MS need to change their pricing scale? If I want to run Vegas 9 I can use the same OS that I did for Vegas 3. Can FCP 7 run on the OS that FCP 3? NO! You're required to buy not only a new OS but 100% new hardware!

I'd say Ms has the best pricing structure: if you don't want to upgrade, you don't need to. i've spent ~$400 on MS OS's since DOS (98, 2k & XP). I didn't even need to change hardware between 2k & XP. Can't say the same for mac's big os changes.

Someone actually defending MS pricing. I am surprised :).

I know that Macs do require hardware updates more than PCs. But I do need to update some of my PC hardware if I want to run Windows 7. What happened to the scanner and printer I used with Windows 98? Had to dump them, no drivers. I've got video capture cards that don't work with XP. Of course, many times this is the decision of the peripheral manufacturer, not necesarily MS. But it seems that my video card that works in XP should work in 7, but it doesn't. the main thing that bugs me is no multiple licensing for family use. Even with the Home version, you are talking $300.

Just curious though, have you tried to run Vegas 9 on Windows 98? Just wondering if it would indeed work.

No surprise about 2k and xp hardware though. XP used many of the same drivers as 2k. In fact, Pinnacle did not update many of their drivers for 2k, but when XP came along, their cards would work with 2k and XP.

Just playing devil's advocate here, but I think their pricing could be better. It 's not like they don't have a monopoly.

Dave T2