This was fun! I especially enjoyed the parts about LEDs on PC cases, BMW cars, and Mac OS 9 vs Windows 98.
And with that he suddenly signed off in a cowardly fashion.
AIM IM with fanboysarelame.Dan Palka: why do you devote yourself to this anyway
5:14 PM
fanboysarelame: because you mac people are irritating in your smug "holier than thou" attitudes. They need to be knocked back down to reality.
Dan Palka: i see...
Dan Palka: that sounds like a worthy life devotion
Dan Palka: maybe someone's just jealous
fanboysarelame: thanks for proving my point about the smugness.
fanboysarelame: not jealous at all, no reason to be.
Dan Palka: but if we're so smug, and smug for (apparently) no reason
Dan Palka: why are you concerned about what we think
Dan Palka: what difference is it to you
Dan Palka: you don't have to talk to us
fanboysarelame: i didnt say there was no reason
Dan Palka: so we do have a reason to be smug then?
Dan Palka: well thank you for admitting that
fanboysarelame: i dont really care what you think, but i am going to make it fair.
Dan Palka: whats not fair
Dan Palka: Apple has a single digit percentage of the market share
fanboysarelame: and that's what makes you think your different?
fanboysarelame: nothing but sheep
Dan Palka: i didnt say anything about being different
Dan Palka: but lets back up to your not fair statement
Dan Palka: what exactly is not fair
fanboysarelame: buying a white computer that costs a lot more, just to be seen and think you're in some kind of club?
fanboysarelame: the only people who even care are other mac users.
Dan Palka: well... i have a lot of beige macs too
fanboysarelame: im sure you do
Dan Palka: no, its not really about that
Dan Palka: PC users like to pretend that is the only reason
Dan Palka: although yes, things that look nice are generally nice to have
fanboysarelame: same concept as these dopes who put neon lights on their cars....attention whores.
Dan Palka: i dont actually own any white macs though
Dan Palka: no, not really
Dan Palka: that would be the PC people who put blue LEDs all over their clear ugly cases
Dan Palka: that expose the inside of their systems where even more lights can be found
fanboysarelame: i own both a pc and an ibook, so i really dont care about os's and all that bull.
Dan Palka: you havent really made a sensible statement yet
fanboysarelame: true, but the LED thing proves you can mod it, as long as you dont overdo it, and the majority do it without being tacky.
fanboysarelame: typical macrumors response
Dan Palka: no, everyone does it and is super tacky
Dan Palka: so you're saying that a sedated, elegant, non-flashy looking mac is tacky
Dan Palka: i dont see how a plain white or plain aluminum, or (now) plain black enclosure is flashy
fanboysarelame: ok, if you say so.
Dan Palka: and an LED covered monstrosity isn't
fanboysarelame: i didnt say that
Dan Palka: yes you did
fanboysarelame: i said it's a very boring computer...wow, a one piece computer that cant be user upgraded...computers for dummies.
Dan Palka: ok
Dan Palka: well, forgetting about the Mac Pro
Dan Palka: if you want a computer you can upgrade, yes you uprobably shouldnt buy a consumer mac
fanboysarelame: i never said it was flashy, i said its white for a reason, and thats to be seen by other nerds.
fanboysarelame: the mac pro is out of 95% of the publics budget.
Dan Palka: yeah and
Dan Palka: so you're saying you're mad that Apple doesn't build the exact machine for the exact price you want?
Dan Palka: nobody is forcing you to buy a Mac
Dan Palka: you are free to buy whatever you want
Dan Palka: There are many other choices from fine competitors like Dell and Gateway that would fit your needs better.
Dan Palka: I guess you're probably mad that BMW doesn't build a 5 series in your price range.
Dan Palka: Or that first class British Airways tickets aren't more affordable.
fanboysarelame: I never said i was mad, i said i didnt care because it's not that hard to custom build a computer
Dan Palka: Well if you don't care, then why do you IM everybody at MR.
Dan Palka: And if you don't care, why did you even throw in that "non user upgradable" comment to begin with?
fanboysarelame: but if you want to pay a lot of extra $$ to have some company underpower one for you, good for oyu.
Dan Palka: I don't know, I think most of Apple's offerings are very powerful.
fanboysarelame: not everyone buys premade computers
Dan Palka: Especially given their size/weight, etc...
fanboysarelame: i have zero interest in bmw, so your analogy does not apply.
Dan Palka: Well, that's a shame.
Dan Palka: BMW's are very nice.
fanboysarelame: i wont be going to britain, again, does not apply.
fanboysarelame: im sure they are, but i need the attention
Dan Palka: You need attention?
fanboysarelame: of course you think apples are, your very biases
fanboysarelame: biased
fanboysarelame: err, you
Dan Palka: Well, of course I am. Apple has never let me down.
Dan Palka: Well, while some BMW buyers may buy BMWs for attention, they really are better cars than most.
fanboysarelame: uh huh, heat problems, warping, bad screens, dont really hear about that on other brands toomuch
fanboysarelame: not according to the last survey i saw.
Dan Palka: Well, of course you're going to see a lot of problems on a forum that is largely meant for Mac help and discussion.
Dan Palka: Nobody posts about how awesome their computer works.
Dan Palka: About how it works exactly as expected.
Dan Palka: That's ridiculous to base your impressions of Mac hardware on what online forums say.
Dan Palka: and blogs... etc
fanboysarelame: oh sure they do, a quick scan of that board will show the people bragging about how great their macs work, then within a few months, it's "i have a problem"
fanboysarelame: i dont read blogs
fanboysarelame: i read forums because thats where the true users are, and base it on my own experiences as well.
Dan Palka: Also, it's fair to give Apple a benefit of the doubt... after all they just switch to an entirely new architechture after 12 years of PowerPC
Dan Palka: No, that's just where nerdy users who use forums are.
fanboysarelame: theyve tested internally for years
Dan Palka: suddenly 30 years of Apple's excellent products are irrelevant because a handful more people than usual have problems with MacBook pros
Dan Palka: that isn't very fair
Dan Palka: yeah they tested OS X running on intel systems
fanboysarelame: excellent? ever use the piece of **** known as OS9?
Dan Palka: i guarantee they haven't been building identical intel versions of powerbooks for years
Dan Palka: Yes... it was much better than Windows 98.
fanboysarelame: ah no it wasnt
fanboysarelame: again, the bias
Dan Palka: Sure it was
Dan Palka: i bet you never even touched oS 9
fanboysarelame: yeah, i never dealt with os9 and that hockey puck mouse on an orange imac
fanboysarelame: and that ****ing hideous blue striped background
fanboysarelame has gone offline.
And with that he suddenly signed off in a cowardly fashion.