MacRumors Reaches Two Million Posts

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MacRumors Forums (http://forums.macrumors.com/), the discussion section for MacRumors (http://www.macrumors.com/), MacBytes (http://www.macbytes.com/), MacPolls (http://www.macpolls.com/), DailyTunes (http://www.dailytunes.com/), and iPodGear (http://www.ipodgear.com/), has reached another milestone: two million forum posts. The two millionth post (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=2000000#post2000000) was made by member ITASOR (http://forums.macrumors.com/member.php?u=49298) at 6:27PM EST on Friday, December 23, 2005, in the Marketplace forum. Congratulations, ITASOR, and congratulations, MacRumors!

The first forum members joined in June 2000. Today, over five years later, there are over 63,000 registered members and over 168,000 forum threads. The forums cover Apple news and rumors, hardware and software, tips and help, and other topics of interest to the Macintosh community. The forums reached one million posts (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2004/08/20040823060809.shtml) in August 2004.

Site developments this year included the launch of Mac Guides (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/10/20051030152853.shtml), a Wiki-based guide to Macintosh information maintained by forum members.

MacRumors once again thanks the members who visit the MacRumors family of sites, participate in the forums, and make MacRumors the success it is.

[abrooks]

Wooooo! Well Done MR, and Merry Christmas to all :D

[Lacero]

Nice! :D (although the MR forum itself reached 1,977,294 posts)

I did my part. Onward to 1 billion! I shall help whenever and wherever I can.


Here's to the Crazy Ones http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35452 (http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/movies/think-different.mov)

[zelmo]

Nice! :D (although the MR forum itself reached 1,977,294 posts)

I did my part. Onward to 1 billion! I shall help whenever and wherever I can.


So, you've gone from severe sarcasm to simply stating the obvious, have you?;)

[Deepdale]

When will ITASOR be receiving his prize of a spanking new PowerBook for being the member who posted number 2,000,000? For the record, I would have been perfectly happy with an iBook.

[Flying Llama]

Go ITASOR and his funny grandpa! :)

[Sun Baked]

So, you've gone from severe sarcasm to simply stating the obvious, have you?;)If that happened, people would simply have stated it's probably nothing more than disappointment over the sarcastic spam monkey method not yielding the honor behind the 2 millionth post :o

[Eluon]

thanks macrumors!

[runninmac]

Woot! congrats ITASOR. I <3 Macrumors, don't know what I would do with out it...

[MacEffects]

Yah, Congrats MR!! Party time...

Best wishes and Merry Christmas Everyone!

[solvs]

I did my part.
Understatement of the year. :p

[katie ta achoo]

I <3 Macrumors, don't know what I would do with out it...

I think I know what I'd do without it...
actual schoolwork.. haha

congrats on the 2 million posts! Rock!!

[Stella]

Congrats.

[puckhead193]

wow two million posts....congrats MR

[G5Unit]

Wow. I thought we were far away from 2 million I also thought there were only like 1,970,000 or something. Dahm, I wanted to make 1 last entry for the tar' contest.

[bigandy]

i hadn't expected that so quickly...

[Clix Pix]

Fantastic! Here's to the next two million! And how kewl is it that ITASOR was the lucky poster! :)

OTB
(hoisting a Stella Artois -- thanks to "Stella," whose sig file on here I had noticed several times, The other day I picked up a six-pack to try and discovered I really like this beer. Good stuff! Sheesh -- came to MacRumors expecting to learn about the Mac and all the Apple goodies, never thought I'd pick up a good recommendation for tasty beer, too! :) Yer all-purpose forum, this is....)

[w_parietti22]

Congrads! :D

What does ITASOR get? Demi-God status?

[maya]

The prize that the winner receives is "one free song from the iTMS free weekly song collection." ;) :D

Well it works in his favour if he does not reside in the States. :D

[thejadedmonkey]

whoa...that's one hellova rumor here!

yay mac rumors!:D

[hob]

Happy crimbo to everyone!

Now, it's friday night - go outside! ;) :p

[munkle]

Congrats all round! A perfect way to end 2005 :)

[G5Unit]

Hey I got post 1998754 and post 2000331 246+331=577+577=1154+1154=2308

The 246 post was:

What about 3D programming then. Why have MAYA officials officially announced that the MAC platform is superior in every way for their product. Maya if you dont know is the leading industry 2D/3D software package. For games PCs might be better, but as Low-End workstations, the closest to UNIX are macintoshes, not PCs. All developers are saying that the Macs are faster. You are an original PC user and you switched for a reason. Listen all im saying is that if A MAC was running bloody Windows 2000, it would run 10 times faster than MAC OS X. GET YOUR DUAL G4 and mail me. Ill bet you will be satisified by the speed.

The 331 post was:

Twat.

The 577 post was:

one more thing about this, IMO, the newest imac's, aesthetically (I just remembered how to spell this word) sucks. I mean, flowers and dalmations? Give me a break? What is this a cabriolet (unfortunately I own a silver beetle, and it has a flower vase, so I should not tread in this water...)? They NEED to vamp the imacs and make them a bit more sheik, because the old imacs are getting old and boring. But, they are still one damn fine computer for the money...

--Adam

The 1157 post was:

Mac OS X is based on NeXTSTEP, the operating system developed by NeXT. When Apple acquired NeXT at the end of '97, it was to use their OS as the core of the future MacOS.

Rhapsody, an interrem between NeXTSTEP and Mac OS X basically is the latest version of NeXTSTEP, the structure is so similar. OS X is very much like NeXTSTEP in structure, but some pieces of the EOL'd Copeland OS project were brought in, with new GUI enhancements, etc.

But yes, there's no mistaking it, OS X is overall the most recent incarnation of NeXTSTEP.




blakespot

The 2308 post was:

Who really cares about a thin, thinner, thinest powerbook... The issue is performance a.k.a., function over form, not the pother way around.

Give me a thicker, faster,loaded Tibook over a "paper-thin," etc, etc... anyday!!!

What good is an apple skin without the tasty fruit inside???

priorities mates!!!!



And! I have no point.

[hob]

Hey I got post 1998754 and post 2000331 246+331=577+577=1154+1154=2308
OK, you have no point, but these numbers must be somehow significant.... :confused:

[DIXIE]

MacRumors has attained this admirable point due to the following:

1) It allows the reasonable and quite often critical assessment of the Apple products we street level people buy and use. That other major discussion site either locks or deletes the valid topics that strike too close to the corporate nerve.

2) The posters to MacRumors are essentially a very interesting, gregarious, and knowledgeable group, who want the best to be attainable.

Well Done, MacRumors!

O..o..o..o..Rah!!! :D :D :) :)

[G5Unit]

Oh crap I messed up in easy math that 1246 not 246

Hey but 1+2+4+6=13...oh crap, un lucky, hey but 3+1=4 which is good luck for me, AND! 4+3+1=8 which is double 4!

Anyways, to make this post not spam, I give my congrats to ITASOR because I don't know how to spell congradualations.

Here's an Idea! Everybody IM him right now!

[ITASOR]

Oh dear god? Me? :eek:

I saw my name in there and almost had a heart attack....holy cow...

Anyway, woohoo! Congrats to MR. Proud and honored to be here to make posts!

[G5Unit]

Oh dear god? Me? :eek:

I saw my name in there and almost had a heart attack....holy cow...

Anyway, woohoo! Congrats to MR. Proud and honored to be here to make posts!

I IM'd you!

[ITASOR]

To tell everyone the truth, I had no clue we were even anywhere near 2,000,000 posts...that's a LOT! I can't believe it...:D MacRumors is so cool...:cool:

[buryyourbrideau]

woohoo!

[maya]

OK, you have no point, but these numbers must be somehow significant.... :confused:

Great we are going down the "LOST" road again. :eek: :D

[m-dogg]

Wow, even if you subtract the 1.7 million by Lacero, that's still a lot of freakin' posts!!! Congrats ITASOR & MacRumors!!! :D

2 millllllion posts... :p

[Aarow]

Congratulations MacRumors. ITASOR, may you remember this moment for the rest of your life.

If you remember this for the rest of your life, you have a good memory. Unless your really really really really really old.

[fixyourthinking]

MacRumors has attained this admirable point due to the following:

1) It allows the reasonable and quite often critical assessment of the Apple products we street level people buy and use. That other major discussion site either locks or deletes the valid topics that strike too close to the corporate nerve.

2) The posters to MacRumors are essentially a very interesting, gregarious, and knowledgeable group, who want the best to be attainable.

Well Done, MacRumors!

O..o..o..o..Rah!!! :D :D :) :)

I'm going to agree for the most part except #1) Macrumors' MacBytes site doesn't post headlines from my website (all other mac news aggregators do)

Reason being, I am mostly critical of rumors sites and I critique a major sponsor of this site regularly ... Bill Palmer.

However, few posts of mine are deleted here ... some ... but few.

[G5Unit]

Wow, even if you subtract the 1.7 million by Lacero, that's still a lot of freakin' posts!!! Congrats ITASOR & MacRumors!!! :D

2 millllllion posts... :p

Typo there it's "billion" not "million." Geez get your facts straight.

[Peace]

Congrats ITASOR!! and Congrats to MR for the 2,000,000th post..

Here's to the 3,000,000th post sometime right before MWSF 2006! :p

[mad jew]

Nice work MacRumors. It's a good opportunity to say thanks to arn and his merry band of moderators. Y'all appreciated, yeah! :)

[MacAztec]

To tell everyone the truth, I had no clue we were even anywhere near 2,000,000 posts...that's a LOT! I can't believe it...:D MacRumors is so cool...:cool:

Don't lie...:P

You post quite a bit, i'm not surprised it was you that was number 2 million...

[Veldek]

Congrats MR! When will see the finalists of the avatar contest?

[Deepdale]

Wow, even if you subtract the 1.7 million by Lacero ...

Only 1.7? He'll certainly have to pick-up the tempo if he wants his legendary status to remain intact. It is a noteworthy accomplishment and I am glad to be a member because this a good place to share both positive and negative experiences while getting to know something about your fellow posters. Also, the moderators excel at keeping the peace. Fine job, folks.

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Congratulations to Gods, Mods and the rest!

Here's to 2 million, and the next million on the way... :)

Skål!

[Seasought]

<cheers>

Long live MacRumors! :D

[jjmaximum]

How many posts would we have if we subtracted all the ones that said:

"New Powerbooks next Tuesday"

"New G5 Powerbooks next Tuesday"

"First post - woot!"

I think we'd be just past 1 million...:rolleyes:

[Deepdale]

Let's give an honorary mention to the always popular "PowerBook vs. iBook ... can't decide which" ones.

[shyataroo]

Well this certainly is frigging awesome... lets see if we can make it to 3 million before April 1st 2006


...wait... I just noticed according to the macrumors main website we have "only" 1,978,145 posts so as a result I think we should give me the laptop or better yet give me $1800 so I can get my G5

[mjstew33]

Oh dear god? Me? :eek:

I saw my name in there and almost had a heart attack....holy cow...

Anyway, woohoo! Congrats to MR. Proud and honored to be here to make posts!Dude that's effing awesome!! I'm jealous. :o

[ITASOR]

You post quite a bit, i'm not surprised it was you that was number 2 million...

8 posts a day average? I don't think that's that much. I read way more than I post.

To whoever mentioned it: Yes, I would like to thank arn and the moderators as well for keeping the forums an enjoyable place to post! Thanks guys!

[rockthecasbah]

am i the only one who thinks it is weird that this is a page 2 rumor? i mean wouldnt a statistic be a fact and page 1 worthy? Somethings a little fishy...;) :p

[PlaceofDis]

yay!! :D

[~Shard~]

How many posts would we have if we subtracted all the ones that said:

"New Powerbooks next Tuesday"

"New G5 Powerbooks next Tuesday"

"First post - woot!"

I think we'd be just past 1 million...:rolleyes:

Yeah, I try and report as many of those as I can. :cool:

Congrats to MacRumors and everyone who makes this such a great community! :)

[pknz]

Wooooo! Yea we rock, go MR!

[ITASOR]

am i the only one who thinks it is weird that this is a page 2 rumor? i mean wouldnt a statistic be a fact and page 1 worthy? Somethings a little fishy...;) :p


Since it doesn't have anything to really do with Macs, I don't think arn wants this as the first item on the front page of MR, which receives tons of visitors trying to find Mac knowledge/rumors/info, not the MR post count. :)

[~Shard~]

Since it doesn't have anything to really do with Macs, I don't think arn wants this as the first item on the front page of MR, which receives tons of visitors trying to find Mac knowledge/rumors/info, not the MR post count. :)

Agreed - this is more of a MacRumors Community news story, not a true Mac story, hence why it is on Page 2.

[Super Dave]

am i the only one who thinks it is weird that this is a page 2 rumor? i mean wouldnt a statistic be a fact and page 1 worthy? Somethings a little fishy...;) :p

All the important people noticed. I often think that when I'm the only one. ;-)

David :cool:

[ITASOR]

Is the reason that the counter on the bottom of the homepage is off because of the forums, such as Political/Religious, that do not count towards a user's post count?

[SiliconAddict]

well at least he's got a few posts under his belt. I'm be a tad irked if someone won on his first post on the forum. OK then again it might be amusing. *shrugs* Meh. At any rate congrats.

[Doozy]

Congrats MR, and to all of the moderators who keep it a great forum. MR truly is on of the best places to learn about all thing Apple.