Macheads from Texas!

[G4scott]

Howdy Ya'll! Welcome to this thread! Pull up a chair!

How many of ya'll (the accent is just so funny :p ) are from Texas here? I know that a couple of newbies are. If anyone from Texas were watching TXCN on Tuesday (I think), you might have seen the feature with Janie Porche. I didn't see it, but my parents told me about it. dell may have their dude, but Apple has their gal, and she can whoop up on steven's pansy-a$$ any day...

Anyways, I hope all you newbies from Texas stick around. Maybe we can have geekfest somewhere in Texas, if we get enough of ya'll ( :D )

Come back now, ya' hear!

[scem0]

YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW............. Sorry, my texanese came out unexpectedly. I live in Austin. Austin rocks. The only bad thing about Austin is that there isnt an apple store. It is the perfect city for an apple store, with austin people being so wild and all, not to mention how many iBooks they would sell if the store was located on the drag (because of UT students). Austin rocks, Texas Rocks.

Thats all good, but I better do my HW.

[vniow]

I'm not from Texas, but I'm from the state above you. :)
(well, not at the moment, but I'm moving back there before the end of the year.:))

[G4scott]

The campus computer store at UT features Macs. There is a main Apple rep. on campus, and every semester, they train and hire new ones, just for the experience. I'm a senior in high school right now, and am planning to go to UT. I'm hoping to try out this Apple rep thing (I was told by an Apple rep at an event about this program...)

But I do agree, Austin could definitely use an Apple store.

[scem0]

Apple computers fit Austin's personality. I would visit the apple store very often... As of now, I go to compUSA to look at the computers that I can only dream of affording. I cant wait till compUSA gets the d1.25 DP. Anticipation..... :D

[sparkleytone]

i'm from texas, but i have lived in nc for about 6 years now.

i lived in san antonio for 13 years, and dallas for two.

[buffsldr]

Originally posted by sparkleytone
i'm from texas, but i have lived in nc for about 6 years now.

i lived in san antonio for 13 years, and dallas for two.

right on, i lived in northeast san antonio for about 6.5 years. i have been gone for years though

did you go to high school there?

[Funkatation]

apple is in austin.. just not as a store.... ;)

[krossfyter]

Austin is a rocking city man. I think the only apple store in Texas is near Dallas in the plano area or something... somewhere around there. Im from Texas also Ive lived for a long while near Corpus Christi now Im in Lubbock. Im hoping to eventually move to Austin or San Antonio in 2 to 3 years.
They do need at least 2 Apple stores in Texas though. Hell more than that. Texas can be a country.

[Funkatation]

apple store in houston @ galleria opening this weekend actually.

[mcrain]

I'm moving to houston soon.

[eyelikeart]

well if all goes as planned...I'll be in Austin the weekend of December 6 & 7...WebEdgeWars...he he he :D

I imagine a bunch of us will be in that area that weekend...as we're all on a contest team... ;)

[scem0]

I saw that, the apple store in houston thing, I am going to see it next time I visit my grandparents. Ive never been to an apple store.

[job]

Originally posted by Funkatation
apple store in houston @ galleria opening this weekend actually.

im going to the grand opening.. :D

[iGav]

Cowboys.......

[3rdpath]

4th generation texan on both sides of the family...though now i live in southern california.

texas is a great place...its not perfect but what place is.

what i miss about texas...

massive shake your house thunderstorms...real mexican food...incredibly friendly people...fireflies on summer nights...rafting the guadelupe river...racing on 2222...playing in great clubs like the continental club, fitzgeralds, liberty lunch, steamboat, club dada...spring break at port aransas...texas/ou weekend...piney woods of east texas...lower greenville ave...the drag...polo at willowbend...massive fields of bluebonnets...mi tiera at 4am...deep ellum...SXSW...diving jacob's well...real dr. pepper...

its been too long.

:)

[jordonringel]

Arlington Texas, its between Dallas and Fort Worth

[hesdeadjim]

I'm from Houston but i'm in school in New Orelans. Can't wait to visit home now 'cause of the new Store.

[krossfyter]

Originally posted by 3rdpath
4th generation texan on both sides of the family...though now i live in southern california.

texas is a great place...its not perfect but what place is.

what i miss about texas...

massive shake your house thunderstorms...real mexican food...incredibly friendly people...fireflies on summer nights...rafting the guadelupe river...racing on 2222...playing in great clubs like the continental club, fitzgeralds, liberty lunch, steamboat, club dada...spring break at port aransas...texas/ou weekend...piney woods of east texas...lower greenville ave...the drag...polo at willowbend...massive fields of bluebonnets...mi tiera at 4am...deep ellum...SXSW...diving jacob's well...real dr. pepper...

its been too long.

:)



You expressed it well man. Deep ellum and SXSW are rocking. Ive been to both. Altough i've been to Deep Ellum about 6 times already. You've never had spring break at south padre island?

[scem0]

My siste is completely obsessed with SXSW, she worked there 1 time, and fell in love.

[Quark]

I can't wait till this weekend, I will be at the Grand Opening - WAHOOOO!

Take Care,
Quark

[krossfyter]

frekin a ... houston is getting an apple store. awsome. i would like to know how they choose houston and not san antonio or austin though. but tis all good. 2 apple stores in texas is cool. im bound to get to one soon. rock it.

[3rdpath]

Originally posted by krossfyter




You expressed it well man. Deep ellum and SXSW are rocking. Ive been to both. Altough i've been to Deep Ellum about 6 times already. You've never had spring break at south padre island?

though i've been to south padre many times, i haven't gone during spring break...i got hooked on port A from the first time i went...smaller crowds and a little less wild( though wild enough:D ) i used to have a loft in deep ellum-that was a blast...though it was a little hard to get used to the gunfire at nite. i haven't been to sxsw in years...i hear its huge now...very few bands ever get signed from playing there...more of an industry excuse to party. lotsa signed bands playing though...go figure. man, do i love austin..hope it hasn't grown too much.

oh, and another thing i miss in dallas....martini's at the inwood lounge.

[G4scott]

I've been to SPI on spring break. It's wild...

[Geetar]

I love Texas..........drive up there from Florida twice a year for the Vintage Guitar shows in Dallas and Arlington. Wish I lived there, but my wife won't go for it.

Any guitarists or bassists out there? Arlington's middle of next month! Y'all come on down,now, y'hear!:cool:

[job]

Originally posted by Quark
I can't wait till this weekend, I will be at the Grand Opening - WAHOOOO!

Take Care,
Quark

Yep, I can't wait. :D

I'll be there at 10 AM sharp... :)

[zarathustra]

I live on Greenville Ave. in Dallas, 10 minutes from everywhere: Deep Ellum, Downtown, Lower Geenville, you name it. The ONLY thing I wish Dallas had, was some hills and trees - mountain biking on a pancake landscape sucks donkey.

Let's have a steak at Kirby's and go for some drinks to the green room. Then listen to some local bands at the Curtain club or the Gypsy Tea Room, and you are having a good time.

[3rdpath]

Originally posted by Geetar
I love Texas..........drive up there from Florida twice a year for the Vintage Guitar shows in Dallas and Arlington. Wish I lived there, but my wife won't go for it.

Any guitarists or bassists out there? Arlington's middle of next month! Y'all come on down,now, y'hear!:cool:

oh yea, when i lived there i never missed a show...not to mention i spent a lot of time at eugene's and charlie's guitar shops. and strings west in OK when i was up that way. do you know eugene, mark or the infamous mr dukes?

used to haunt the pawn shops on lower greenville ave and on westmoreland(?)...used to find great deals on old strats, white falcons and danelectros. alas, i've sold them all now...

still hit the vintage show here in LA when i have the chance...just to look, dream and drool...:D

[diorio]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by zarathustra
[B]I live on Greenville Ave. in Dallas, 10 minutes from everywhere: Deep Ellum, Downtown, Lower Geenville, you name it. The ONLY thing I wish Dallas had, was some hills and trees - mountain biking on a pancake landscape sucks donkey.

An additional thing I wish Dallas had is a cooler climate.

[3rdpath]

Originally posted by zarathustra
I live on Greenville Ave. in Dallas, 10 minutes from everywhere: Deep Ellum, Downtown, Lower Geenville, you name it. The ONLY thing I wish Dallas had, was some hills and trees - mountain biking on a pancake landscape sucks donkey.

Let's have a steak at Kirby's and go for some drinks to the green room. Then listen to some local bands at the Curtain club or the Gypsy Tea Room, and you are having a good time.

you don't by chance live in the village do you? that was such a wild place when i lived in dallas. the country club was always great during the summer splash parties. i spent a lot of time at the san fransisco rose...mark probably still tends bar there.:D and terelli's, GBG's, blue goose...theres such a great live music scene in dallas. if you ever get the chance to see bugs henderson or rocky athas( two amazing and relatively unknown guitarists) go see em. they, along with stevie ray vaughn, put dallas on the map.

re: mountain biking...DORBA had a trail out at lake grapevine that was some pretty decent single track...lotsa trees, challenging drops and you could swim to cool off at the turnaround point. theres also a park in arlington thats pretty good-can't remember its name. the guys at wheels in motion(if thats still there) had the info on all the locations...and so soes DORBA. but yea, for the most part dallas is one flat landscape. the sad reality is you gotta split texas to do some serious biking. my fav is the north shore of tahoe...tough, beautiful...and i'd rather take a fall there than moab....:eek:

[3G4N]

another Austinite.

Austin sucks.
Overrated. Overcrowded.
Go away. ; )

[zarathustra]

Originally posted by 3rdpath

re: mountain biking...DORBA had a trail out at lake grapevine that was some pretty decent single track...lotsa trees, challenging drops and you could swim to cool off at the turnaround point. theres also a park in arlington thats pretty good-can't remember its name. the guys at wheels in motion(if thats still there) had the info on all the locations...and so soes DORBA. but yea, for the most part dallas is one flat landscape. the sad reality is you gotta split texas to do some serious biking. my fav is the north shore of tahoe...tough, beautiful...and i'd rather take a fall there than moab....:eek:

Yes, I have visited most bike tracks and there are some all right ones, but I used to mountain bike a lot of downhill when away from Dallas. Anywho, I like Dallas and pitty the fool who thinks otherwise.:D

[scem0]

Originally posted by G4scott
I've been to SPI on spring break. It's wild...
you got that right.

[scem0]

Originally posted by 3G4N
another Austinite.

Austin sucks.
Overrated. Overcrowded.
Go away. ; )

WHAT?!?!?!? Austin rocks. Not every city is the live music capitol of the world. Austinites like to say that :D. There is so much to do in Austin, and it isnt that overcrowded. Even if it was extremely crowded, New York is extremely crowded and it is freakin' awesome! I love NY, but I couldn't live there for more then 2 years. NY is too crowded, Austin isn't. Austin doesnt suck :D.

[job]

heh

im postin this from a 800 tibook.

the new store is packed. lines are out the door. :D

yeah, i just bought icewind dale. my dad says he bought something, but wont tell me what... :D

having fun in houston... :)

[G4scott]

Originally posted by zarathustra


Yes, I have visited most bike tracks and there are some all right ones, but I used to mountain bike a lot of downhill when away from Dallas. Anywho, I like Dallas and pitty the fool who thinks otherwise.:D

Anyone here ever raced or gone to Warda? I'd go to that race every hear for the last 3 or so years with my boy scout troop. We had a scoutmaster who raced, and the troop helped out with parking, and different stuff.

My physics teacher is also #1 in Texas for his age group. His name is Mike Padgett... I don't know if many mountain bikers here from Texas that race are as old as him (I'd be surprised if there was someone here from Texas who was over 40, and enjoys mountain bike racing :p )

Hey hitman, sounds cool! When you find out what your dad bought, tell us! (if you want to :p :D :cool: )

[krossfyter]

so where are the texas mac heads planning a meeting at? and when?

[zarathustra]

Originally posted by krossfyter
so where are the texas mac heads planning a meeting at? and when?

We already might have run into each other at one time or another at an Apple event/store - and not even know that we post to MR.

I'll start wearing a nametag at the Apple store when I'm there: "Hello My Name Is Zarathustra - you might remember me from such terrific posts on Macrumors as «How do you shave?» and «Macheads from Texas!»"

See you soon!