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I got a Mac

Kamikuza - 26-4-2012 at 02:39 AM

Y'all might remember that I'm not such a huge fan of Macs ... but this is amusing me!

It's an older PowerBook but it seems to tick along just fine. I only really want it for a bit of word processing etc and getting any PC here with an English OS is next to impossible ... and this was the only laptop I've seen for a while from the local guys ...

So that's pretty funny. But the best thing is ... there's an open WiFi network in the area that I'm using :D swee-eeeeet!

That's all, carry on ... :tumble:

Scudley - 26-4-2012 at 05:09 AM

If you are looking for an Engllish OS available in japan, might I suggest the Ubuntu flavour of Linux. Available over the web for free. Easy to install as windows dual boot using WUBI. I started playing with Linux a few years ago to deal with highly infected PCs. Since then I have pretty much switched over from windows. No viruses, no spyware, free office package that will open the latest MS Orafice files, unlike my windows machine with orafice 2007. Linux is great: allows you to put the blocks to Gates and Jobs at the same time.
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Feyd - 26-4-2012 at 05:10 AM

I saw your FB post. You must be very excited about this.:rolleyes:

I'm glad you're happy K.

Kamikuza - 26-4-2012 at 06:06 AM

Free wireless is neat ... being unable to use any of the software I want cos they all require an OS .1 newer ... pricless :rolleyes:

Linux sounds too much like hard work :D

PHREERIDER - 26-4-2012 at 06:10 AM

you have chosen wisely . smooth beautiful and simple.

hiaguy - 26-4-2012 at 06:36 AM

This could easily turn into an OS flame war, but...

Home: iMac (2), MacBook Pro (2), iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone (3).
Work: MacMini (2)

I've been exclusively Mac since 1989. (except for those offices that I haven't been able to convert)


Yeah... I got a Mac. Or two...

soliver - 26-4-2012 at 06:50 AM

As I sit here on my toshiba netbook eyeballing my wife's 2011 Macbook pro and turning green,...

Me want macbook,... grrrrr

ragden - 26-4-2012 at 07:20 AM

I run both Windows and MacOS computers. My gaming machine is a custom built Windows 7 platform. I have a Macbook Pro laptop. At work I have a Dell running Windows 7. They all have their places.
:)

Scudley - 26-4-2012 at 11:02 AM

No one else running Linux?
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Drewculous - 26-4-2012 at 11:14 AM

ive ran linux on and off on some systems.... usually when im building a rig... but im lazy lol

Windows gives me flexability, but still some lazy features :dunno:

have never liked apple os... always felt like it was off somehow

Feyd - 26-4-2012 at 11:50 AM

I've run dual boot Ubuntu/XP on my laptop. The Ubuntu worked well and was pretty damn zippy compared to XP. But as a dual boot it was sometimes problematic and I eventually yanked it.

I'm cleaning out the basement as we speak. I found a pile of PC parts down there and I think I have enough to build up a mid tower. I'm going to run Ubuntu as the OS and see how she goes as the sole system on it. I think it will be good.

indigo_wolf - 26-4-2012 at 12:04 PM

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Originally posted by hiaguy
This could easily turn into an OS flame war, but...


Discussions of that nature always have me looking for the "thread eject" button.



I have never ever understood the impulse of some people to try to convert another person's opinion on a system OS based on what they are running.

what you are running.

Run what makes you happy and simplifies your life and let me do the same.

ATB,
Sam

hiaguy - 26-4-2012 at 12:52 PM

My point exactly Sam. No conversion attempt inferred.
I'm as welcome to mess up things on OSX as you are on Win7.
In the end, it's really all about the beer... :wee:

markite - 26-4-2012 at 01:02 PM

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Originally posted by hiaguy
My point exactly Sam. No conversion attempt inferred.
I'm as welcome to mess up things on OSX as you are on Win7.
In the end, it's really all about the beer... :wee:



but what beer are you drinking?:smilegrin:

thanson2001ok - 26-4-2012 at 01:11 PM

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but what beer are you drinking?:smilegrin:


You are an instigator!!:ticking:

Let me guess, the right answer may be Labatt's? Molson? Carling?:singing:

g00fba11 - 26-4-2012 at 01:32 PM

With the virtualization platforms out there You can run windows 7 on my Mac, Mac OS on Windows 7, Mac or Win 7 on Linux, Linux on either Mac or win 7.... So nowadays it does not matter what you have because thanks to virtualization you can have your cake and eat it too.....Mix and match however you want.....you don't just drink one kind of beer do ya....that would get kinda boring....:lol:

mougl - 26-4-2012 at 01:44 PM

Is it bad that my first thought when seeing the title of this thread was "Kami got a Bego??"

indigo_wolf - 26-4-2012 at 01:48 PM

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Originally posted by mougl
Is it bad that my first thought when seeing the title of this thread was "Kami got a Bego??"


You're fine. I mistook a picture of table legs that Kent posted on FB as buggy frame parts :embarrased:

Kites and gear on the brain :wee:

ATB,
Sam

bison - 26-4-2012 at 03:28 PM

Funny thing is now that I run MAC at home and work, I have people tell me I should try Windows 7.

I say no thanks, I already know microsloth is sh*t!!! :o:o:o:o

Flame war ON!!!

Kamikuza - 26-4-2012 at 05:24 PM

Yeah ... if you've also noticed my latest FB post, you'll notice my latest opinion of Macs - a well-dressed PC with Down's Syndrome :(

As fit and healthy as the hardware is, as hip and well-dressed as the interface is ... it's crippled by being the intellectual equivalent of windows 95 - and I'm being generous.

I bought the thing so I could sit on the sofa in front of the heater and TV next to the wife and edit eBooks ... but I can't cos none of the software around will run on "my version" of the Mac. No wonder Mac users have hundreds of the machines - they stop being useful after a couple of years.

If you have simple, banal reasons for using a computer then I'm sure a Mac will suit you fine. But if you actually need it to do MORE than type letters of undying love to Steve Jobs and search the internet for the latest pictures of the new iPhone, then you're better off with a real computer - a Windows-based, Intel-chipped, Nvidia-driven PC.

... I miss annoying anyone? Oh yes - Corsair, Kingston et al - you're rip-off artists.

Drewculous - 26-4-2012 at 06:03 PM

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Originally posted by mougl
Is it bad that my first thought when seeing the title of this thread was "Kami got a Bego??"


Me too... I was disappointed lol

Kober - 7-5-2012 at 09:25 PM

When I read topic ..... I got a Mac ...... written by you .... I was thinking is a joke ...... lol .....
.... Welcome to the Mac side ......

pbc - 8-5-2012 at 02:19 AM

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Originally posted by Scudley
No one else running Linux?
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Linux is great. It was my primary OS for about 10 years. I still routinely run some flavor of Linux virtualized.

I got a Mac about a year back and really like that. I've run them Linux, Mac and Windows, but Mac is def my favorite. I run a lot of free software and it's as available or the Mac as Linux, so the conversion was no big deal for me.

Philip

rocfighter - 8-5-2012 at 04:37 AM

I've had a "Mac" for almost 20 years. I like her and think we'll keep her. We also have a Vinny, Zack, Jon, Amaris, and last but biggest Cameron.
Oh wait you guys are talking about computers huh? :lol:
Hmmm yeah I got one. It's old and slow, just like me:no:

Kamikuza - 8-5-2012 at 05:19 AM

SORRY CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE CONSTANT HARD DRIVE THRASHING ... has Apple not heard of RAM?

pbc - 8-5-2012 at 08:17 AM

Don't be hatin'

Kamikuza - 8-5-2012 at 09:50 PM

I'm not hatin'. That's simply not strong enough a word! :crazy:

Drewculous - 9-5-2012 at 07:03 PM

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!
:lol: