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Thanks, Dono, for pointing me in this direction!

Macs rule, people! End of discussion.

And I'm enjoying the heck out of watching TS defend Macs, when just 4 or 5 years ago, he hated 'em!

One of us....one of us.... ;)
 
Friday said:
Thanks, Dono, for pointing me in this direction!

Macs rule, people! End of discussion.

And I'm enjoying the heck out of watching TS defend Macs, when just 4 or 5 years ago, he hated 'em!

One of us....one of us.... ;)
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And all it took was those douchebags from Stripperweb stealing his computer so he had to go get a Mac...
 
What's the pay per word? See, unlike PCs, which are basically really excellent gaming machines with some peripheral productivity thrown in around the sides, The Mac is first and foremost a productivity-focused computer. It's all about getting the job done. No unnecessary dialog boxes, no bullshit in the way of the user's workflow. Games are there, but they don't take center stage -- they're not meant to. Macs are computers for grownups.
 
Can't believe I forgot this one:

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The Saint said:
What's the pay per word? See, unlike PCs, which are basically really excellent gaming machines with some peripheral productivity thrown in around the sides, The Mac is first and foremost a productivity-focused computer. It's all about getting the job done. No unnecessary dialog boxes, no bullshit in the way of the user's workflow. Games are there, but they don't take center stage -- they're not meant to. Macs are computers for grownups.
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So, what you're saying is: 'Theys fo postin' grown folk shit.' ?
 
I lay the blame for all this touch screen insanity on TNG. Their shiny Okudagrams made touch screens look futuristic, when in reality the reason they were so prevalent in 24th century Trek was because it is far cheaper to print out a bunch of shapes and text and throw glass on top of it than it is to fabricate a bunch of mechanical buttons and controls for every computer terminal.

I would think the use of touch screens for critical ship functions might be a bad idea given how temperamental starships are in Star Trek. Imagine; the Enterprise gets in a scuffle with some devious Romulans, the inertial dampeners go offline, and Geordi's finger slips from the "Gay Porn" button to the "Release anti-matter containment" button (they are next to each other) and WARP CORE BREACH.

Sure this is probably not as the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity hooked into every computer terminal, or the very existence of the holodeck, but it is something to be concerned about maybe.

I like TNG, but Tom Paris had it right about the kind of buttons that should be used to control starships.
 
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I lay the blame for all this touch screen insanity on TNG. Their shiny Okudagrams made touch screens look futuristic, when in reality the reason they were so prevalent in 24th century Trek was because it is far cheaper to print out a bunch of shapes and text and throw glass on top of it than it is to fabricate a bunch of mechanical buttons and controls for every computer terminal.

I would think the use of touch screens for critical ship functions might be a bad idea given how temperamental starships are in Star Trek. Imagine; the Enterprise gets in a scuffle with some devious Romulans, the inertial dampeners go offline, and Geordi's finger slips from the "Gay Porn" button to the "Release anti-matter containment" button (they are next to each other) and WARP CORE BREACH.

Sure this is probably not as the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity hooked into every computer terminal, or the very existence of the holodeck, but it is something to be concerned about maybe.

I like TNG, but Tom Paris had it right about the kind of buttons that should be used to control starships.
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Yeah, tactile feedback for anything you drive or fly is pretty much a necessity. When your eyes have to be anywhere other than on the surface you're "typing" on, you need either physical buttons/switches or damn good haptic technology. Up until Tom Paris's remark, we all could have just chosen to believe that those touchscreens had that.
 
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it's all personal preference, no one platform is better than the other.

i built my computer from parts, it runs win7, fedora, ubuntu, and os x server. the OS i prefer to work in day in and day out? os x server. it's just preference.

but yeah, a lot of grandmas buy macs because they're "easier."
 
I seriously stick with the analogy that macs are high end luxury vehicles and PC's are the 69 Shelby you put together in the garage. They both perform really well, but one is for the people who have money and want others to do the hard work for them, while the other is a suped-up muscle car that was built by a guy who loves cars.

It really does boil down to preference, income, and if computers are a hobby or a tool to get things done.
 
Ishcabittle said:
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it's all personal preference, no one platform is better than the other.

i built my computer from parts, it runs win7, fedora, ubuntu, and os x server. the OS i prefer to work in day in and day out? os x server. it's just preference.

but yeah, a lot of grandmas buy macs because they're "easier."
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Ish, I'm toying with the idea of building a new rig and running Win 7, Ubuntu and OS X. What would be your recommended OS install order?
 
Bickendan said:
Ish, I'm toying with the idea of building a new rig and running Win 7, Ubuntu and OS X. What would be your recommended OS install order?
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Make sure the hardware you are building your rig with is compatible with OS X. Most will not work well or at all with it. Unless you choose parts that are known to be compatible, you are likely to deal with endless hours of tweaking to get only a half functional system.

I'd recommend buying two hard disks. One would be dedicated to OS X, and the other would hold Windows and Ubuntu. Probably be best to use the Ubuntu Live CD to first partition the main hard disk for Linux and Windows. Then install Windows first, second Ubuntu, and OS X last. After all that you can configure Grub in Ubuntu to boot between your three OS's. However, if you have OS X on it's own dedicated drive, you might be able to just use the BIOS boot menu to get to OS X without having to worry about configuring boot loaders. In fact, if you spring for three separate hard disks, one for each OS, you'd not have to worry about any dual/triple boot madness.
 
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