These ads are amusing at first but i'm getting tired of the same old concept. Come on Apple, you can produce a BETTER CM where you don't need to bash your competitor 
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I should take a picture of my iMac to show you how much of a mess it is. I have to use a USB hub too. UGH...
What's the reason to use the ignore list?
Indeed they do. Don't know about you, but my list is getting longer by the day!
The same could be said for those that worship Apple. I love Apple products use them daily but to be blind and ignorant to the fact that Apple is just another large corp. trying to get your money is foolish.
The Mac has a disadvantage in the enterprise. But it's not for a lack of trying. The current Exchange support is excellent, but is hampered by requiring newer versions the enterprise may not be employing, or configuration requirements that IT refuses to implement.
Speaking as a web developer and Mac user that works in a Windows Server environment, I would say there are a few rough areas but in general it can work.
Unless you're a .NET shop, though, Windows is just an absolutely miserable environment for development. My day is spent hopping from one Remote Desktop session to another, typing my password over and over and over, continually landing on systems that don't have so much as a decent text editor installed. Not being able to simply SSH into something and run a simple script is something you really miss when you cross over from the UNIX world.
Speaking as a web developer and Mac user that works in a Windows Server environment, I would say there are a few rough areas but in general it can work.
Unless you're a .NET shop, though, Windows is just an absolutely miserable environment for development. My day is spent hopping from one Remote Desktop session to another, typing my password over and over and over, continually landing on systems that don't have so much as a decent text editor installed. Not being able to simply SSH into something and run a simple script is something you really miss when you cross over from the UNIX world.
Um, you do know that Snow Leopard has Exchange 2007 support built-in without the need for MS Office don't you? Windows 7 doesn't. Don't kid yourself, Windows will not be "Needed" in the future like it has been over the years.
Where did you get that flawed logic that Apple's innovation does nothing in the business world? Many corporations are quickly adopting the iPhone rather than the Blackberry. With current and future versions of Mac OS X offering Exchange 2007 support, Apple's innovations will definitely be needed in the business world as there will be a good costs savings in software and Microsoft's overpriced Office with Outlook won't be needed.
I just love the Windows fanboys that come here to waste their time.
I bet it doesn't look anything like pr5owner's desk.
That said, Apple really does need to add more USB ports to the iMac, though I managed to eliminate enough stuff to finally dump my hub. The addition of the SD slot was nice - I can now dump my card reader too (when I get a new iMac). That leaves the optical cable to my sound system, FireWire cable to my external HD, Ethernet to the router, power cable to the iMac, and a USB cable to my Brother AIO printer. And the iPhone dock cable. Still too many cables for me, but not too bad.
Still dreaming of the day of true wireless computing...
Hmm, sounds like someone hasn't heard of the new iMac with i7.
LOL!
Yet these are the people who rage against Apple customers for wasteful spending.
I'd personally prefer a nice iMac on a nice uncluttered desk than a table piled high with ghetto hardware and cables. You may prefer something else - and there's nothing wrong with that. Different strokes for different folks, savvy?
Yet here you are, fuming about the preferences of others. Odd.
Isn't it funny - when you're a Mac user with a PC gaming rig or server setup... don't you do your best to showcase the Macs and hide the hideous PCs? Mine go under desks, in cabinets, wherever they can't be seen.
I bet it doesn't look anything like pr5owner's desk.
That said, Apple really does need to add more USB ports to the iMac, though I managed to eliminate enough stuff to finally dump my hub. The addition of the SD slot was nice - I can now dump my card reader too (when I get a new iMac). That leaves the optical cable to my sound system, FireWire cable to my external HD, Ethernet to the router, power cable to the iMac, and a USB cable to my Brother AIO printer. And the iPhone dock cable. Still too many cables for me, but not too bad.
Still dreaming of the day of true wireless computing...
Yeah, because anyone said anything of the sort.
Strawman Different.
I think it's worse with all the papers and notes I have to dig out just to use the keyboard. I have a trackball too because I mouse isn't going to work with the lack of space. Then there's the flash drives, Sony MP3 player, WD Passport, and then the printer.I bet it doesn't look anything like pr5owner's desk.
That said, Apple really does need to add more USB ports to the iMac, though I managed to eliminate enough stuff to finally dump my hub. The addition of the SD slot was nice - I can now dump my card reader too (when I get a new iMac). That leaves the optical cable to my sound system, FireWire cable to my external HD, Ethernet to the router, power cable to the iMac, and a USB cable to my Brother AIO printer. And the iPhone dock cable. Still too many cables for me, but not too bad.
Scary! I have my Bluetooth and wireless turned off for a reason.
I bet it doesn't look anything like pr5owner's desk.
That said, Apple really does need to add more USB ports to the iMac, though I managed to eliminate enough stuff to finally dump my hub. The addition of the SD slot was nice - I can now dump my card reader too (when I get a new iMac). That leaves the optical cable to my sound system, FireWire cable to my external HD, Ethernet to the router, power cable to the iMac, and a USB cable to my Brother AIO printer. And the iPhone dock cable. Still too many cables for me, but not too bad.
Still dreaming of the day of true wireless computing...
What's the reason to use the ignore list?
To improve the signal to noise around here, which has seriously degraded over recent months (big Win7 astroturf push?).
Yeah, because anyone said anything of the sort.
Strawman Different.
That right there is the part I don't get. Why do they feel the need to spend their time telling me my choice of computer is wrong?
I choose to pay the "Apple Tax" because I prefer to use a Mac. End of. Nothing the trolls say is going to make me change that decision.
Whatever you say comrade.
You're right of course - there's no troll infestation here whatsoever.
The question is, what are Windows trolls doing camping an Apple fansite?
"Apple Tax" doesn't mean a whole lot when the whole concept is nullified because people are buying Macs in a recession. Some tax.
Yeah there is one but it's the one that's endlessly bent on finding the Microsoft plant, stock holder, or sympathizer among their fellow Mac users.You're right of course - there's no troll infestation here whatsoever.
I don't use my ignore list though.
I saw these a few days ago. All three of them were great!
I like how they pushed "the number 1 in customer satisfaction" angle.
I like how they pushed "the number 1 in customer satisfaction" angle.
HAHAHA OH WOW. He calls a gaming rig ghetto hardware
. I'm not a gamer myself but someone who is a real PC gamers (as much as I hate admitting this [since I hate the elitist attitude of PC gamers regarding game consoles]) actually know what they are doing when it comes to hardware. We are talking about the best setups money can give you. The best GPUs, run them in crossfire or SLI, the best CPUs, the best RAM, water cooling systems, etc. The thing about building your own computer is that you can actually get the best of the best. If you are so anal about cables, that can be perfectly fixed by you. Hell, some people even get OCD over cable management, they do whatever they can to hide the cables in in their cases.All this for what, a few more FPS on Crysis!? Lol that's right. But hey, all this actually drives innovation in some markets (compare the processing power of GPUs 10 years ago to what is now possible with a ATI HD 5880). And it goes on and on... I'm not anybody to tell people what should they be doing with their money.
The argument that people don't like Apple because they can't afford it or they are cheap is hilarious and just proves how close minded some people truly are, and no, I'm not talking about you Laguna.
I have nothing against Apple, or nothing in particular pro MS. You can call me a MS troll or a paid astrosurfer (btw, I never even heard of that term before coming in here), whatever. What I do hate, is people talking about things they have no idea about (pretty much the old and tiring "hurr durr windows sucks go apple" type of mentality).
Didin't they just do this in a recent SL update?
I though the recent SL update fixed this issue. I could be mistaken though.
I though the recent SL update fixed this issue. I could be mistaken though.
These Mac ads aren't so much pro-Mac as they are anti-Windows. In the political spectrum they'd be those dreaded negative ads that people say they hate. But if negative ads didn't work, they wouldn't be aired.
The computer doesn't need to advertised in the Mac ads, the best ads for Macs are the users and the store. The ads only need to put the idea of a Mac in someone's head so maybe they'll ask one of their Mac owning friends the next time they reach Windows frustration saturation.
As a former Windows user I can see where the ads are coming from. They give Windows users, your everyday type, not your power users, that "hey, that happens to me" vibe. It wasn't ads that drove me to a Mac it was Windows frustration (followed quickly by linux confusion) and the new Win7 could be the hottest thing on the market and a phenomenally better OS but in the past 5 years I've spent more time helping Windows users with my quickly fading knowledge of Windows machines than I have on Macs. Has Windows stopped randomly losing files yet? I had to replace a wireless file in Vista because it suddenly couldn't be found. I purposely try not to keep abreast of Windows so when people ask I can say, "Did you try reboot? Didn't work? Ok, format/reinstall or get a Mac." I've found that always fixes Windows problems.
The computer doesn't need to advertised in the Mac ads, the best ads for Macs are the users and the store. The ads only need to put the idea of a Mac in someone's head so maybe they'll ask one of their Mac owning friends the next time they reach Windows frustration saturation.
As a former Windows user I can see where the ads are coming from. They give Windows users, your everyday type, not your power users, that "hey, that happens to me" vibe. It wasn't ads that drove me to a Mac it was Windows frustration (followed quickly by linux confusion) and the new Win7 could be the hottest thing on the market and a phenomenally better OS but in the past 5 years I've spent more time helping Windows users with my quickly fading knowledge of Windows machines than I have on Macs. Has Windows stopped randomly losing files yet? I had to replace a wireless file in Vista because it suddenly couldn't be found. I purposely try not to keep abreast of Windows so when people ask I can say, "Did you try reboot? Didn't work? Ok, format/reinstall or get a Mac." I've found that always fixes Windows problems.
I'll agree. But it's something we have to get used to unless they change it again in 2010 (or whenever the new release comes out).
That's the joke.Who needs to "find" them when they're right here yelling in your face?