That's funny considering XP was widely called a "Fischer Price" OS when it first came out, due to its color schemes.
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That's funny considering XP was widely called a "Fischer Price" OS when it first came out, due to its color schemes.
that's not a silly question. there are tons of games wherein the schmucks that made them set it up in such a way that you can't play online between the mac and PC version. i was asking specifically about that game we were talking about.Originally posted by blueBomber
I guess our sides guilty of silly questions too!
Come on people, make a little back on topic please
who s interested in playing quake anyway ....
who s interested in playing quake anyway ....
Okay then,
The Dutch Consumer Organisation tested computers a few years ago and the Mac receive a terrible rapport. The machine was very slow executing the same tasks the pc's had to perform.
Turns out they tested Excel and Word using the Windows version under Virtual PC!
This year they even didn't test an iBook 'because you can't perform the same benchmark tests on pc's and mac's'. This proves that A) pc users think that an operating system is the most important thing on a computer, not the application software (which probably is true because the windows software takes some tinkering before the apps run smoothly) and B) pc users think that speed is still an issue nowadays (I never hear mac users balk about processor or bus speeds. They run the software and that's it. And who needs 1Ghz or more to run a wordprocessor or an average game? And since the console takes over the pc as main game platform, what will be the point of using a pc 5 years from now?)
Maybe you should mail these guys at www.consumentenbond.nl.
The Dutch Consumer Organisation tested computers a few years ago and the Mac receive a terrible rapport. The machine was very slow executing the same tasks the pc's had to perform.
Turns out they tested Excel and Word using the Windows version under Virtual PC!
This year they even didn't test an iBook 'because you can't perform the same benchmark tests on pc's and mac's'. This proves that A) pc users think that an operating system is the most important thing on a computer, not the application software (which probably is true because the windows software takes some tinkering before the apps run smoothly) and B) pc users think that speed is still an issue nowadays (I never hear mac users balk about processor or bus speeds. They run the software and that's it. And who needs 1Ghz or more to run a wordprocessor or an average game? And since the console takes over the pc as main game platform, what will be the point of using a pc 5 years from now?)
Maybe you should mail these guys at www.consumentenbond.nl.
well, i scoff that they used emulation to make benchmark between the two operating systems, but i am glad they didn't try to go and do a comparison of the two OSes. you can ALWAYS find fault with a benchmark between platforms. they are exactly right. the best "overall" benchmark is the one that uses an identical application, but this will only test different systems with the same platform/OS. and you can still find fault in that type of benchmark.
HAHAHA oh yeah
I personal fav thing to do is be playing a net game .. playing under my the same name I use here ( HornetOSX )
Have someone tell me " Mac's suck" then send the rest of the map round kicking the crap outta them
I have a quote bound to a key
"Game By SID... Ownage By Macintosh"
( SID is the maker of the Urban Terror Quake3 Mod)
Check it out tho It honestly beats Counter Suck..... er..... strike
The mod is Free all you need is a copy of Quake3 !
www.urbanterror.net
Also you can read the Mac Forums Moded by Yours truley here
http://forums.urbanterror.net/default.asp?action=getDiscussion&discussionID=10
I read something comparable some weeks ago on the net.
Do you know that linux is slower sharing files over the network than windows ?
( You could even read it on the m$ hp... )
well it s true. But, why haven t they used the nfs protocol for the linux test? They used smb ( with the smb version 2.6 an old one without speed improvements .. )
Who is impressed by the fact that linux is not as fast emulating a protocol, than windows, who got that one natively. ?
i dont
Horrified here!Most people have PCs because that's all they need.
The mini disk saga continues. I just met up with my new buddy and told him the good news that my computer wont take mini disks and we have to do the deal on a PC.
How so?
-Its a slot loading thing.
WOW!!!!!!! They make slot loaders for computers?? WOW!!!!!
- Well Macintosh do.
Oh, (smile completely disappears) Kinda stupid when they bought that Mac out for the internet with no floppy drive.
- Ahead of the game, dont you mean?
No, I like options. If I wanna just copy a file its like 10 seconds onto a floppy, or 2-3 minutes on a CD-RW.
Why didn't I think of the obvious instead of just going OK.
For a start with CD Session Burner and the dead slow 8x burner its 90 seconds from finding a file to sticking the open ended <b>CD-R</b> into your pocket.
Then I forgot to mention that before too long his single files have filled his poxy floppy and then what?
And I can just plug and play some crappy external floppy drive if I really want to stay "optionated".
AAARGGGGHHH.
For people who need to copy single document files, surf the internet and burn music, PC does make sense. Maybe Macs are just too comprehensive a deal for the majority?
The mini disk saga continues. I just met up with my new buddy and told him the good news that my computer wont take mini disks and we have to do the deal on a PC.
How so?
-Its a slot loading thing.
WOW!!!!!!! They make slot loaders for computers?? WOW!!!!!
- Well Macintosh do.
Oh, (smile completely disappears) Kinda stupid when they bought that Mac out for the internet with no floppy drive.
- Ahead of the game, dont you mean?
No, I like options. If I wanna just copy a file its like 10 seconds onto a floppy, or 2-3 minutes on a CD-RW.
Why didn't I think of the obvious instead of just going OK.
For a start with CD Session Burner and the dead slow 8x burner its 90 seconds from finding a file to sticking the open ended <b>CD-R</b> into your pocket.
Then I forgot to mention that before too long his single files have filled his poxy floppy and then what?
And I can just plug and play some crappy external floppy drive if I really want to stay "optionated".
AAARGGGGHHH.
For people who need to copy single document files, surf the internet and burn music, PC does make sense. Maybe Macs are just too comprehensive a deal for the majority?
i asked myself the same thing sometime backOriginally posted by billyboy
Maybe Macs are just too comprehensive a deal for the majority?
I got a new one today, the IS guy from work:
"Why'd you buy a Mac and limit yourself to such a small amount of software?"
It's as if Windows users know ALL my software needs. I simply reply,
"I need to get on the web, play music, check email. That's it."
Then they usually fire back on how I could get a Linux machine for that blah blah blah...
Don't people understand that a clunky, black, heavy, boring, cheap plasitc laptop is just no fun?
"Why'd you buy a Mac and limit yourself to such a small amount of software?"
It's as if Windows users know ALL my software needs. I simply reply,
"I need to get on the web, play music, check email. That's it."
Then they usually fire back on how I could get a Linux machine for that blah blah blah...
Don't people understand that a clunky, black, heavy, boring, cheap plasitc laptop is just no fun?
"I read somewhere that Apple was going out of business."
"Dude, every computer needs virus protection."
"Why do you use macs? There aren't any games for it."
Answer: "My computer never crashes, freezes, gets viruses, or otherwise screws up. Plus I haven't seen a pop-up in 8 months."
That usually gets them.
"Dude, every computer needs virus protection."
"Why do you use macs? There aren't any games for it."
Answer: "My computer never crashes, freezes, gets viruses, or otherwise screws up. Plus I haven't seen a pop-up in 8 months."
That usually gets them.
Next time, simply reply in the immortal words of David Pogue:
"Who cares if there are thousands of applications for the PC when the five I want most are available only on the Mac?"
PC does not equal windows.
Please understand that.
www.linux-mandrake.com
www.redhat.com
www.debian.org
www.freebsd.org
www.openbsd.org
Just as PPC does not equal mac.
www.yellowdoglinux.com
etc etc etc
My Mandrake laptop is more stable than my roommates iBook running OS X 10.2.6 (his RedHat desktop is more stable than both).
Please understand that.
www.linux-mandrake.com
www.redhat.com
www.debian.org
www.freebsd.org
www.openbsd.org
Just as PPC does not equal mac.
www.yellowdoglinux.com
etc etc etc
My Mandrake laptop is more stable than my roommates iBook running OS X 10.2.6 (his RedHat desktop is more stable than both).
This one I heard last week:
'What is so great about Apple? You can't replace the videocard, add pci-boards like firewire and, oh, the software doesn't allow you to tinker with the setting of the hardware.'
I just looked at the guy and said:'You're honestly telling me that not only you bought a pc that needed upgrading, needed Apple's standard stuff as extra, but you also had to spent time setting it up so it ran well?'
His response: 'No, what I'm saying is that I CAN upgrade, I CAN add stuff and I CAN tinker if I want to.'
I told him I had a PowerMac G3 sitting somewhere in the house. It is a 350 Mhz, but it still runs OSX, Final Cut etc. It's from 1999. What can his machine from 1999 still handle?
No reply.
Then I told him that I don't NEED to upgrade, don't NEED to add stuff and don't NEED to keep fooling around with settings. The machine holds it's own because Apple developes not only the hardware, but also the operating software.
He shrugged and went home. A few hours later I visited him. He was working on his pc. The first 10 minutes he was clicking through the famous 'yes', 'no', cancel'-screens. I just smiled and went home again. Ran some apps. Much more fun.....
'What is so great about Apple? You can't replace the videocard, add pci-boards like firewire and, oh, the software doesn't allow you to tinker with the setting of the hardware.'
I just looked at the guy and said:'You're honestly telling me that not only you bought a pc that needed upgrading, needed Apple's standard stuff as extra, but you also had to spent time setting it up so it ran well?'
His response: 'No, what I'm saying is that I CAN upgrade, I CAN add stuff and I CAN tinker if I want to.'
I told him I had a PowerMac G3 sitting somewhere in the house. It is a 350 Mhz, but it still runs OSX, Final Cut etc. It's from 1999. What can his machine from 1999 still handle?
No reply.
Then I told him that I don't NEED to upgrade, don't NEED to add stuff and don't NEED to keep fooling around with settings. The machine holds it's own because Apple developes not only the hardware, but also the operating software.
He shrugged and went home. A few hours later I visited him. He was working on his pc. The first 10 minutes he was clicking through the famous 'yes', 'no', cancel'-screens. I just smiled and went home again. Ran some apps. Much more fun.....
Well, really, PPC does mean Mac, but it does not mean MacOS. (Yes, I believe that there are some PPC computers out there that aren't Macs, but they are, by far, a minority in the field.)
I'd be curious as to the question of stabiliity. What does he have installed on his iBook? I've found that OS X is equally stable, in general, as Linux (which is why I like Linux better than Windows). But I must also say that my experience with YellowDog Linux, specifically, was less stellar.
On Topic:
A friend saw the dock (with magnification) and exclaimed "Wow! Why doesn't my computer have that?!"
To which his wife said "Because our computer isn't a Mac."
My brother in-law bought a Hewlett Packard in like 96 or 97.. something like that. Where is it now? Well, it "kinda" runs, and my sister in-law uses it. Freezes all the time and sounds like it's going to explode when you open Word.
So he bought another HP, like in 2000 maybe. Where is that now? It's in my 4 year old nephews room, relegated to playing Candyland and Bob the Builder games. That thing howls and screams when you just double click on My Computer.
So after having all these computer choke, freeze, lock up, blue screen, die, and everythign else, what computer did he buy next?
Another HP.
I think they paid like $2000 for it. And now after seeing our sweet iBook which cost LESS than his shiny new HP, he's regretting it.
I'm amazed at the life span Macs.
"mac suck!!!" - friend
"why? have you every used one?" - me
"yeah when i was in elementary school" - friend
"so you say macs suck but have have not used on in like 10 years or more?" - me
after that there was no point in continueing the conversation
"why? have you every used one?" - me
"yeah when i was in elementary school" - friend
"so you say macs suck but have have not used on in like 10 years or more?" - me
after that there was no point in continueing the conversation
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