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Posted by Tim on Tue Mar 15th at 12:30am 2005

While good for general space absorbition there have been other uses found for the Mac
some of these included, but are not limited to:
-Toilet
-Fishbowl
-Weapons of Mass Dysfunction (WMDs)
-Gift for the Pope (in which case you're going to hell)
-Nuclear Storage container
-Munitions container
-Tank "hedgehogs" (they block roads if you got enough of 'em)
-Void of Non-Hammer editing (in which case they must be cast over a fire while chanting the sacraed code of VALVe)
-And many many more...!

*NOTE: Please don't take any offense to this, this is a joke, and yes while I do hate them, I like them for the elderly, and those who are just not gifted with computers....my German grandfather got one, and he can actually use it. But when it comes to complex things, and games (smiley) leave it to the PCs, which reduce waste output by allowing you to upgrade them and other stuff....anyway feel free to add comments, or your own personal uses. (And if you've seen Futurama "I, Robot" (I think that's what it's called, you know what I mean ;-)).




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Posted by rs6 on Tue Mar 15th at 12:51am 2005

What about this new "mac"? [addsig]



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Posted by Gorbachev on Tue Mar 15th at 1:34am 2005

Hello? Boat anchor.
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Posted by French Toast on Tue Mar 15th at 2:39am 2005

Macs are t3h pwn.

BTW that link rs6 is funny. [addsig]



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Posted by omegaslayer on Tue Mar 15th at 6:03am 2005

You all laugh at MACs, but in retrospect they own PCs every day of the year. They are far more powerful (HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE POWER OF A G5?! I guess not do to your lack of inteligence in this post), their operating system is far less buggy/complex/idiotic as windows is (ask crono he will tell you). My only problem is they don't play games/run hammer. If Macs did then i switch in a heart beat

So before you go making fun of MACs just remeber: They are what make those great special effects you see in the movies, and can own any computer out there.

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Posted by Crono on Tue Mar 15th at 8:17am 2005

Macs have amazing hardware. And OSX is a solid OS, much better then Windows for sure.

Saying they don't run anything complex is bulls**t, by the way (and no I'm not offended). They're basically User friendly Unix machines with X, now explain to me how being a real root to your system is not powerful.

The program compatibility issue is actually to be pushed off on Microsoft. Everyone has everything backwards. MS is the ones who made their own standard which is worse then the international standard (this mostly goes for games and such)

DirectX is the biggest piece of s**t on Earth. And I do mean THE BIGGEST.

I just wont start. the i-series is the only one that deserves ridicule of any kind taking that the G series is fully upgradeable.

People really need to start understanding programming standards and different architectures

(Note* I heard rumors that someone got OSX running on an X86 machine, if anyone is interested )

Also, Omega, most movie effects aren't usually done on common systems that you or I could buy.
You want things to take less then 6 months to render, right? [addsig]



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Posted by Myrk- on Tue Mar 15th at 9:01am 2005

Quote from that link:

"In addition to the dMac and vMac, Jobs also announced that Apple will be releasing the biMac."

So this new mac likes it both ways then? LOL

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Posted by KingNic on Tue Mar 15th at 11:57am 2005

Ahh yes the wonderful Mac-bashing thread from people who've probably never used one before. Always seems obvious to me that gamers bash Macs to try and gain social status among other gamers because they feel it's fashionable to do so. The same applies with Microsoft bashers and a fair chunk of Linux users. The Mac bashers arguments seem to be limited to "LOLOLOL Mac0rz sux0rz LOL!", the Microsoft bashers arguments seem to be limited to "LOLOLOL MICRO$haft LOL!" and a fair few Linux users are constantly saying "LOLOLOLOL I R USIN TEH LINUX I R TEH COOOOOLL!!!", all the while making things 10x as difficult as they need to be.

I'm not saying that all the arguments are founded - Microsoft does have a problem with security, Mac has very expensive hardware and little 3D capabilities and Linux is more secure and stable than Windows out-of-the-box. Most people just jump on a bandwagon in an effort to gain online social status. Doesn't work when you sound like a moron.
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Posted by omegaslayer on Tue Mar 15th at 3:55pm 2005

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Saying they don't run anything complex is bulls**t, by the way (and no I'm not offended). They're basically User friendly Unix machines with X, now explain to me how being a real root to your system is not powerful.
DirectX is the biggest piece of s**t on Earth. And I do mean THE BIGGEST.

What I meant by not running anything complex was that coding for macs are far easier, while it will take 10 programers to get world of war craft running on a PC, it will take 2 programers to get it to work on MACs. (or about that).

But yes I do kinow the machines that render movies are not avalible to the publc, but with my friends G5, we can make movies that render much faster than a PC would.

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Posted by Leperous on Tue Mar 15th at 4:16pm 2005

Expensive pieces of crap, in my opinion. And yes I have used them. If you want to be anal about your computer, at least go for Lunix ;P



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Posted by Crono on Tue Mar 15th at 4:58pm 2005

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Saying they don't run anything complex is bulls**t, by the way (and no I'm not offended). They're basically User friendly Unix machines with X, now explain to me how being a real root to your system is not powerful.
DirectX is the biggest piece of s**t on Earth. And I do mean THE BIGGEST.

What I meant by not running anything complex was that coding for macs are far easier, while it will take 10 programers to get world of war craft running on a PC, it will take 2 programers to get it to work on MACs. (or about that).
But yes I do kinow the machines that render movies are not avalible to the publc, but with my friends G5, we can make movies that render much faster than a PC would.


You're saying it as if it's a fixed number or something. Also you weren't the one who said they couldn't run anything complex
The big differences come down to hardware. Everyone's talking about "Mac" as if it's an OS in its self, when you can put anything on there you want as long as you can find a compatable version. (Low and behold there are thousands of linux distros for L68 ) You can even use X86 hardware at times, you just need some conversions. (for things like ATA you can get a conveter, not too expensive either)

If you want to bash linux, fine, you [think you] have no use for it. But, one thing it has done is become the only module OS EVER. Which I believe was Windows' goal ... but then they went "Oh wait ... I like money" at the Win95 stage.

I still don't understand how NT1.0 could cost so much to make (roughly the same amount as building a 747 Jumbo Jet, I've heard) [addsig]



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Posted by fraggard on Tue Mar 15th at 5:19pm 2005

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They are what make those great special effects you see in the movies, and can own any computer out there.


Hello?. I thought most large budget movies are rendered on Linux based render farms.

How do I say this... FANBOYISM.




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Posted by gimpinthesink on Tue Mar 15th at 5:32pm 2005

Im not a big fan of the Macs cos I can do everything I do on a mac on my pc.


I have to use them every day at college cos I'm on a Multimedia Design course which means lots of graphic design and design studios use Macs so I have to learn on them.

Most of the tutors are always bashing the pc's saying that there slow compared to the mac and that the mac dont crash (I have managed to crash about 2 or 3 of them granted its not as much as my pc would but still it crashed.)

I have noticed no difference in performance.

I do like the OSX though I find it much more likable than Windows. Thats the reason I will one day fully make the switch to linux but I'm too lasy at the min to do it now.

Oh and I forgot I dont like having no right mouse button its much easyer than having to hold ctrl and I for get that just about everything that the ctrl button is used for in windows you have to hold the apple key to do on a mac.

But dispite what I dont like about it I would still recomend getting one to anyone because it is a good machine it all depends on what you want to use it for. [addsig]



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Posted by wil5on on Wed Mar 16th at 8:27am 2005

I never used a mac (well, not for anything more than just mucking around) until the first practical class of my computer science course. I still like PCs better, but thats probably just becuase I'm used to the interface. Having no RMB irritates me, but eventually I'll get over it I guess. For most of what I'm doing (writing java and running it in terminal, and browsing the net) its almost identical to windows, except the interface is jumbled around. I still havent quite figured out the little popup thingy at the bottom of the screen, I'm slowly figuring out its also a taskbar. One thing that bothers me is that if you close a program window (but only in some programs), it doesnt actually stop the program running, you can still switch to it in the taskbar.

One thing I really hate is OSX skins on winxp. It eats resources, for an interface people like me (whove used windows most of their lives) dont find intuitive. Get a mac ya weirdos

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Posted by Crono on Wed Mar 16th at 8:44am 2005

As if displaying the current images for the windows desktop is any more effecient?

Also, the no right mouse button is easily remedied. You can get normal USB mice for Macs no problem. [addsig]



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Posted by Agent Smith on Wed Mar 16th at 12:20pm 2005

Being a graphic designer in training I use both PC and Mac machines for my work. Due to the PC's extreme popularity with ordinary users because it is cheaper, easier to get software for, and capable of do it yourself upgrades, the mac has become a "professional" tool. In graphic design it is considered the best tool for the profession, with much of the software only available for the Mac. At least it was. The PC however is starting to encroach on that area too, as much of the software that was considered specialised and for Mac's only is now also available for PC.

While I prefer PC's because the operating systems make a hell of a lot more sense to me, there is more software support, I can upgrade myself and do it cheaply, there is nothing wrong with a Mac. I think it's biggest problem has been the issue of software compatibility and also its rediculous pricing, being significantly more expensive than the equivalent PC.




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Posted by Loco on Wed Mar 16th at 3:36pm 2005

My only problem with Macs is networking. Oh. Dear. God.

At school we have all the servers running on 'nix, with almost everybody using Windows XP on their computers. And then someone brings along a Mac and says "Can you set up my internet proxy settings for me?"

15 minutes of hammering in the proxy settings and checking boxes, and there is still no network access. Tried this with several Macs - no luck. Windows XP was a doddle to set up, Firefox or IE, for proxys. Mac obviously has a vendetta against the school servers, as these machines were having none of it.
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Posted by LAzerMANiac on Thu Mar 17th at 5:27pm 2005

I realise that macs are the underdogs of today's computer world, but we gotta remember the fact that it was a macintosh system that first demonstrated the windowed display technology, and Microsoft stole it later on. I'm posting this message off a PC, but i oculd have done it with the same sped and efficiency from a Mac. However, the "screen-only" macs are hard to upgrade, imean i can't trick it out with a new processor or video card. that sucks pretty freakin' bad, especially in my DI class where we are doing 3d rendering, which a stupid iMac is definitely unfit for. Anyways, if you mean one of those horridly obsolete Macs, then i'd say the best use for it would be a HL2-style zombie squisher. those things are heavy as hell! I worked at my school library for a couple of months and i almost broke my back carrying those to the dumpster... [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Fri Mar 18th at 3:44am 2005

You mean, Xerox had the first computers to demonstrate a windowed display which was stolen by Apple/Macintosh and then stolen by Microsoft (just like the mouse) [addsig]




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