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Sinewave:
quote:Originally posted by hook:
macs are like toys

they're good for making videos and watching them and making web pages and graphics

but they don't have much balls

They are good for making videos but they don't have much balls? Ahha that is a contradiction in itself.

CommonSense:
We're starting to see the beginning of what I feared when I started this site:  The emergence of all this stupid, bullshit infighting that occurs in the anti-M$ community.  Non-Wintel users are already a pretty small group as it is, and it's moronic for us to start bickering amongst ourselves like this.

Nowadays, all the significant non-M$ operating systems are UNIX-based anyway, so there's far less difference among them than there used to be.  But we'll still get schmucks like this "hook" clown exhaling the residual crack smoke forced down his lungs by his peers and other evil influences . . .

Was I just naive and stupid to think that maybe we could get some remotely intelligent discussion going on in these forums?    :confused:

amorya:
quote:Originally posted by The Webmaster:
We're starting to see the beginning of what I feared when I started this site:  The emergence of all this stupid, bullshit infighting that occurs in the anti-M$ community.  Non-Wintel users are already a pretty small group as it is, and it's moronic for us to start bickering amongst ourselves like this.

Nowadays, all the significant non-M$ operating systems are UNIX-based anyway, so there's far less difference among them than there used to be.  But we'll still get schmucks like this "hook" clown exhaling the residual crack smoke forced down his lungs by his peers and other evil influences . . .

Was I just naive and stupid to think that maybe we could get some remotely intelligent discussion going on in these forums?     :confused:

Quite possibly.... with a site named like this, you want serious discussion?

There will always be a rift between Mac users and the rest... many people dislike what the Mac stands for, yet still hate Wintel with a vengance. And all us Mac users typically will defend our platform to the death  


Amorya

bcortens:
And what is it that mac's stand for that ppl hate so much???

jtpenrod:
"And what is it that mac's stand for that ppl hate so much?"
         - Ben

Back in the late '70s, before there was a M$, there was Apple Computer. They did a great job portraying themselves as the champions of freedom and openness, as opposed to big, bad ol' IBM. And yet, it was all a sham. Microsoft wanted a monopoly over the personal computer, and desktop software; Apple wanted it all: an absolute monopoly over, not just the software, but also the hardware. The first Macs were locked up so tightly that you couldn't even see what was "under the hood" unless you had a special tool (available only from Apple) to open the cabinet. Techies "in the know" back then liked this no more than today's techies like M$ and its control-freak mentality. Indeed, the first Macs were referred to as: "The Biege Toaster", "The Mackintoy", or much less pleasently, as the "Maggot Box".

As they say, "first impressions are lasting impressions", and techies have very long memories indeed. Apple still leaves a bad taste in the mouths of a not insignificant number of techies to this day. Is any of this justified? Not today. Apple failed in its attempt to create a monopoly, nor are they likely to achieve one any time soon. Today, Apple is important as they are the only players that have a chance at challengeing the Redmond Beast. And they have some terrific products, OS X for sure, the iPod, and it sure was a damn shame that people wouldn't give the Cube a chance. Apple is an excellent alternative to Wintel rigs and Macro$uck.

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