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:

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.
S

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

I'm glad you're happy K.

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

Linux sounds too much like hard work :D

you have chosen wisely . smooth beautiful and simple.

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...

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

Me want macbook,... grrrrr

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.

No one else running Linux?
S

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

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.

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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

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:

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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?

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Quote: but what beer are you drinking?

You are an instigator!!:ticking:

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

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....

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

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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

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!!!

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.

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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

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

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Originally posted by Scudley No one else running Linux? S

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

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?
Hmmm yeah I got one. It's old and slow, just like me

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

Don't be hatin'

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

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!