Is it wise to buy an apple right now???

[CaptainCaveMann]

ive read rumors of apple possibly leaving the personal computer market in the future possibly within the next two years so if this happens then what about everyone whos bought an apple what about tech support or upgrades if apple gos down as far as computers go does that mean all of our expensive computers become paper weights???????? :confused: here is one of the places i read about this...http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1589170,00.asp

[edesignuk]

They will not leave the computing market. Just buy your Mac. Plain and simple.

[zelmo]

Apple is as likely to leave the computer market as BMW is to stop making cars. Order a new iBook today!

[Blue Velvet]

That article is a poorly-argued opinion piece. Not even a rumour...

Any Mac you purchase will give you years of hassle-free computing.

[earthtoandy]

thats the most ridiculous hub bub i have ever heard.

[jxyama]

read the first word of the headline: OPINION. :rolleyes:

and a poor one at that, even.

[CaptainCaveMann]

yea screw the guy who wrote that i say we all send him hatemail.. haha

[t300]

Hahahahahaha! Oh my...Thanks for the laugh this morning CaptainCaveMan. I really needed it.

Do what you want. We are not Apple. We do not work for Apple. We just buy their products. So once again, do as you please.

[CaptainCaveMann]

thankyou i will do as i please as i have always done and i wont buy a 1500 dollar paperweight so ill just see how it fans out i looooooove apple computers i really do but i might go way of the larger crowd when purchasing my next laptop compatibilty is a major factor in my decision seems pc has apple beat in that but damn apple has a great new ibook for the price i dont think u can beat what apple is offering in their new ibook for the price and i love the fact that i wouldnt have to worry about viruses so much but on the other hand i own a custom mid tower pc that id like to be able to sync with my laptop so whooooooo knows the damn ibook give u so much bang for the buck i might almost buy that and a reg laptop try them both ... so heres my 10 cents 10c and my 2cents is free...

[yellow]

That article is pure FUD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUD).

[sarae]

I feel like I've lost intelligence by even reading such junk. If you buy into an article like that, you don't deserve a mac.

[t300]

thankyou i will do as i please as i have always done and i wont buy a 1500 dollar paperweight so ill just see how it fans out i looooooove apple computers i really do but i might go way of the larger crowd when purchasing my next laptop compatibilty is a major factor in my decision seems pc has apple beat in that but damn apple has a great new ibook for the price i dont think u can beat what apple is offering in their new ibook for the price and i love the fact that i wouldnt have to worry about viruses so much but on the other hand i own a custom mid tower pc that id like to be able to sync with my laptop so whooooooo knows the damn ibook give u so much bang for the buck i might almost buy that and a reg laptop try them both ... so heres my 10 cents 10c and my 2cents is free...

Ever heard of a PERIOD?

[zelmo]

thankyou i will do as i please as i have always done and i wont buy a 1500 dollar paperweight so ill just see how it fans out i looooooove apple computers i really do but i might go way of the larger crowd when purchasing my next laptop compatibilty is a major factor in my decision seems pc has apple beat in that but damn apple has a great new ibook for the price i dont think u can beat what apple is offering in their new ibook for the price and i love the fact that i wouldnt have to worry about viruses so much but on the other hand i own a custom mid tower pc that id like to be able to sync with my laptop so whooooooo knows the damn ibook give u so much bang for the buck i might almost buy that and a reg laptop try them both ... so heres my 10 cents 10c and my 2cents is free...

Capitalization and punctuation are much appreciated. :)

[earthtoandy]

yeah apple will focus on application development for the mac while they get rid of the only piece of hardware that will run said applications. logic flowing like the mississippi

[AmigoMac]

Apple has been leaving the computer market since 20 years... get the iBook, it could be the last one :rolleyes: :eek:

[CaptainCaveMann]

i didnt know punctuation and capitalization was so important in a sentence where we use cartoon faces to express human expressions so sorry boo hoo maybe i will try harder to write each post as though it is my final draft at school except with little add in cartoons

[zelmo]

i didnt know punctuation and capitalization was so important in a sentence where we use cartoon faces to express human expressions so sorry boo hoo maybe i will try harder to write each post as though it is my final draft at school except with little add in cartoons

They are only important if you want to be courteous and enable people to comprehend what you're writing without having to re-read it a few times to make sense of it.
"Cartoon face" added to make sure you knew I was merely offering friendly criticism and not wailing on you or trying to be abusive.

Sheesh!

[yellow]

in a medium such as an internet forum where everything that people are absorbing is via the written word its just good form and practice to write english as close to normal as one is able to do it also makes it a hell of a lot easier to read and grok personally I find it to be incredibly irritating to read a post such as this and feel stupider for having wasted my time after all this isnt some aol chat room where the rules of the english language are completely suspended as the idiocy rules the roost u grok wtf omg **** lol

[CaptainCaveMann]

Ohh i see powermac. :) I will try and do more puncuation in my posts then, for you guys. I forget that when i write it i see the pauses and such but others might not. :D

[CaptainCaveMann]

Yellow i dont know what a Grok is, but you better take that back. hahah

[yellow]

Wikipedia: Grok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok)

[edesignuk]

http://upload.yo-momma.net/uploads/macros/readcomprehendpost.jpg

Just seems fitting, not aimed at anyone, but this thread makes me larf! Ridiculous question, funny responses, and to top it off grammar lectures! :eek: :p

[yellow]

and to top it off grammar lectures! :eek: :p

Heh. Nice pic. I couldn't grammar my way out of a wet paper diphthong.

[zelmo]

Ohh i see powermac. :) I will try and do more puncuation in my posts then, for you guys. I forget that when i write it i see the pauses and such but others might not. :D

Thank you. I'm old, so sometimes you gotta spell things out for me..."What....does....a....yellow....light....mean?" :D

[zelmo]

Wikipedia: Grok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok)

One of my favorite books, that one. Makes me want to read it again.

[DEXTERITY]

caveman had either one of three things

1)too much too drink
2) too much sugar
3) too many drugs (coke, speed, something).... :eek:

[Blue Velvet]

caveman had either one of three things

1)too much too drink
2) too much sugar
3) too many drugs (coke, speed, something).... :eek:


...or maybe all three!

Yeah! Rip it up, baby!

[CaptainCaveMann]

:eek: Ok,if any of you remember the cartoon ((CaptainCaveMann)), you know that he can be a pretty mean dude with a lot of prehistoric weapons so why is everyone picking on me i saw this article and was curious what others thought of it..haha har har

[chanoc]

Buy a Mac of your choice, have fun! Yes you can network the tower and an ibook.

[Mechcozmo]

:eek: Ok,if any of you remember the cartoon ((CaptainCaveMann)), you know that he can be a pretty mean dude with a lot of prehistoric weapons so why is everyone picking on me i saw this article and was curious what others thought of it..haha har har


And if you ever played Mechwarrior you would know that you drive giant fighting robots that could stomp on humvees...prehistoric people are just things that get the shocks messed up. ;)

And no, Apple will never go away until they die. Remember the original iMac? Apple was pretty much dead...but now, a few short years later, Apple is doing better than it ever has before!

[MacNeXT]

Ohh i see powermac. :) I will try and do more puncuation in my posts then, for you guys. I forget that when i write it i see the pauses and such but others might not. :D

Sensible reply. Really, omitting punctuation really makes your text unreadable and what is your goal in writing anything (including posting on forums)? Right, you want people to read it. So don't make it hard on people to do so!

I discovered the relevance of grammar when I started out learning it. I discovered that when I read something with erroneous grammar it has the effect of distracting you from the actual content. Therefore I try to be correct when I write.

I'm near perfect when it comes to native language (Dutch) but I also realize my english could be better. That's part of the reason I'm active on a forum like this: learning to express myself in English.

I hope you take the comments in this thread to heart. It will only do you good.

[CaptainCaveMann]

Thank you so much Mr.Hoadly(1st grade teacher 1988, Lafyette Elementary san diego,ca) :rolleyes: for teaching me about MY NATIVE tounge Mr.Dutchman seriously what was a lame post hahahaha

[MacNeXT]

Ohh i see powermac. :) I will try and do more puncuation in my posts then, for you guys. I forget that when i write it i see the pauses and such but others might not. :D

Sensible reply. Really, omitting punctuation really makes your text unreadable and what is your goal in writing anything (including posting on forums)? Right, you want people to read it. So don't make it hard on people to do so!

I discovered the relevance of grammar when I started out learning it. I discovered that when I read something with erroneous grammar it has the effect of distracting you from the actual content. Therefore I try to be correct when I write.

I'm near perfect when it comes to native language (Dutch) but I also realize my english could be better. That's part of the reason I'm active on a forum like this: learning to express myself in English.

I hope you take the comments in this thread to heart. It will only do you good.

[KingSleaze]

ive read rumors of apple possibly leaving the personal computer market in the future possibly within the next two years so if this happens then what about everyone whos bought an apple what about tech support or upgrades if apple gos down as far as computers go does that mean all of our expensive computers become paper weights???????? :confused: here is one of the places i read about this...http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1589170,00.asp

"Opinion" piece by Rob Enderle, he of noted fame (by the fine journalists at 'As the Apple Turns') as being rabidly anti-Apple, generally on crack and wrong (Enderle - Apple to migrate Mac to x86 architecture by end of 2003). If Enderle wrote it, do the opposite, you'll be very happy.

[CaptainCaveMann]

And if you ever played Mechwarrior you would know that you drive giant fighting robots that could stomp on humvees...prehistoric people are just things that get the shocks messed up. ;)

And no, Apple will never go away until they die. Remember the original iMac? Apple was pretty much dead...but now, a few short years later, Apple is doing better than it ever has before!((CaptainCaveMann)) has a serious case of prehistoric crabs and is very agitated he will hurt you :mad: :D lol

[Mechcozmo]

((CaptainCaveMann)) has a serious case of prehistoric crabs and is very agitated he will hurt you :mad: :D lol

Player CaptainCaveMann has been vaporized by Mechcozmo's Long-Range-Missiles/Laser Cannon Volley!

Note: Mechcozmo's Mechwarrior is driven by a PowerBook G5! (The cooling systems to support that thing...)

[CaptainCaveMann]

Damnd technology, damnd it!! Also, i am not a "player" i just crush a lot :::comic book store owner voice on the simpsons::: just seemed to fit ;)

[yellow]

Thank you so much Mr.Hoadly(1st grade teacher 1988, Lafyette Elementary san diego,ca) :rolleyes: for teaching me about MY NATIVE tounge Mr.Dutchman seriously what was a lame post hahahaha

Frankly, MacNeXT's ESL is light years ahead of your "NATIVE" tongue. I didn't find it to be lame at all. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread..

[CaptainCaveMann]

"This concludes our broadcast day" -Chip Douglas as The Cable Guy