Originally Posted by Recurring Villain
And the only argument Danny has is 'OMG BLUESCREENS EVERWHAR WINDOES SUX' and ignores entirely that Windows isn't the only OS available for PCs.
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1) That is not my only argument.
2) I do not ignore that fact -- actually, I embrace it as one of the last best hopes for the PC.
Originally Posted by Recurring Villain
The ability to upgrade you computer is important.
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Not as much as it's cracked up to be. Macs from as long ago as six or seven years will run Leopard just fine, and every report I've heard says that the OS is faster and more responsive on their systems than Tiger was. Try saying that about Vista.
Originally Posted by Recurring Villain
I guess it really depends on how much you value 2 things; Money and Freedom. If you have an unlimited fountain of money (like, say, your parents, eh Superkid?) then the fact of Mac's exorbitant pricing is a non-issue. Freedom is another issue, if you don't mind being shoehorned into buying a new screen, case, motherboard and power supply just to upgrade your hardware to something slightly less obsolete, then I guess that's a nonissue, too. But, some of us don't have parents who just go out and buy us expensive shit on a whim and some of us value what freedom we still have, and so these issue are very real.
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In response to the price issue, RV, you might be interested to know that I spent an hour or so the other day pricing how much it would cost if I were to buy separate components of equal value to the ones that Apple ships in their Macs. The components I selected (which, by the way, were the lowest-priced components that I could find while still being of equal value) ended up totaling within $100 of the price of an equally equipped Mac. Maybe they used to be overpriced, but I would say they're a lot closer to fair pricing now.
In response to the freedom issue, again, as I said above, there's less of a need to upgrade your hardware in the first place. Mac OS X is much better about backwards compatibility, even two or three OS versions ago. My iMac now runs Panther (10.3) and there has not been a single program I've wanted to run on it that has not been able to run just fine (and performed well too). A nine-year-old computer is still usable here... something almost no PC user can say. Also, you include screen in there, but only three of the currently available five Mac models ship with screens built-in.
Originally Posted by Recurring Villain
You don't see me mentioning how great PC's are in every thread, do you?
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Haha, this one's easy -- that's because they suck!
Originally Posted by Recurring Villain
Danny just can't help either making remarks about Windows
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Because it sucks.
Originally Posted by Recurring Villain
or slobbering all over threads with his Apple bullshit.
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"Slobbering" and "bullshit" indeed...
Originally Posted by Recurring Villain
If that isn't brainwashing, I don't know what is.
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Oh, I think I'm finally starting to get it. RV defines "bullshit" as "making a superior product and then demonstrating its benefits to uneducated people who are unable to cope with their own shortcomings as a result." Man, RV, that would have been a lot easier if you'd made that clear earlier.
Originally Posted by Recurring Villain
Ooh, network engineer. That's a funny way to put "works for his dad".
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Actually I am a certified network engineer, with basic certification and training in Microsoft, Novell, Citrix, and Cisco, as well as a pretty extensive background in Unix and Linux. I work full time for a legitimate corporation. You can downplay it all you like, but the fact of the matter is I
am a network engineer, and likely have more computer experience under my belt from the last seven years than you've accumulated in your entire life.