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The budget stuff is great, it's kind of funny just to see how bad apples older earbuds are. Some really great stuff can be had for under $100.
I guess it depends on your likes and hobbies. This forum and several other Apple devoted forums are available. Apple operates a discussion forum of their own which you can join for free. All you need to join is your Apple ID and Password.
As far as tech stuff, this is really the best Apple board. iMore is too much of a fansite to take seriously (always justifying Apple's mistakes).
I don't know if you like hometheater or not, but avsforum.com is pretty large and there are some really technical threads, but they deal with hometheater. Speaker setup, calibration, home design, and the like. They do have a HTPC section with some Mac users.
As far as tech goes, this is my main one. I visit iMore for some of the articles, but like @AustinIllini mentioned, it can be over the top with justification and comments.
As far as tech goes, this is my main one. I visit iMore for some of the articles, but like @AustinIllini mentioned, it can be over the top with justification and comments.
Not really forums, but they have comments, mainly Android Police (probably not the right place for Apple fans, but as far as Android news they're the best) and YouTube.
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I don't really post on any other tech fora. I do post regularly on vinylengine, though--it's a good resource for audiophiles 
This is the first forum I ever joined; and, I joined because I had just switched to Apple and had bought myself a new 15" MBP and had some questions I wished to have answered; then, I stayed.
While I am on Twitter and LinkedIn - the latter is solely for professional reasons, and I hardly ever post there, while the former is mainly for keeping abreast of news.
But, other forums, and social media platforms? No.
For a variety of reasons.
While I am on Twitter and LinkedIn - the latter is solely for professional reasons, and I hardly ever post there, while the former is mainly for keeping abreast of news.
But, other forums, and social media platforms? No.
For a variety of reasons.
Used to post more. I do post on another forum. I used to post on several sites but lost interest in the subject matter. I forget why I joined this forum, but I believe it was a software issue. I didn't post much for the next six years before slowly becoming a poster. I ended up posting often in the espresso thread where I "met" ScepticalScribe. After a short while, the forum felt quite homely.
Just here. I also partake in the real world so find to much of an online presence can be counter productive.
scubaboard.com
filemakertoday.com
Don't post a lot in any forum, but they are good places to start when I need to do some research.
For instance, I'm in the market for a new set of fins...
filemakertoday.com
Don't post a lot in any forum, but they are good places to start when I need to do some research.
For instance, I'm in the market for a new set of fins...
My first forum was in early 2011, back when Quark Inc. had the second incarnation of their forums on their actual website (quark.com).
At the time I was solely working in QuarkXPress and the idea of a forum appealed to me. I'd been using BBS systems since 1985 but never joined an actual internet forum until this.
Those forums underwent several changes between then and now but by 2009 I started branching out because I had questions about other things.
Coming to MacRumors was because I was in a rut between the Quark forums and sprintusers.com. This place allowed me to converse with others about one of my favorite topics - PowerPC Macs.
I used to spend some time in the Apple forms, but unless you have a certain post count over there they don't consider you to know anything and are quite rude about it. The Adobe forums are a cesspool as well so I don't really go there.
I've no objection to being online in more forums I just find it hard to find ones where the give and take benefits everyone involved.
Well, candidly, I never expected to stay as long as I have done here, or to end up playing an active role in this forum.
I am a member of a LOT of forums, all with the same name, but visit very few regularly. My daily rounds are: corner-carvers.com, diymobileaudio.com, caraudiojunkies, avsforum, and miata.net.
Yeah, that's definitely true. Over the years I've joined and participated in many, including here under a different account many moons ago that I long since abandoned or deleted. For me Twitter came along and forums just don't have the same appeal they used to.
Saying that though, here I am, so obviously I don't think they're quite dead yet.
linuxquestions, archbbs, macrumors, ar15.com, bladeforums, jeepforum, bikeforms, the paceline.
I'm a member of more but I'm the most active in those
I'm a member of more but I'm the most active in those