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pammiwhammi 
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Joined: June 29 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 54 |
 Topic: PC Or Mac? If PC; Windows or Linux?Posted: July 04 2005 at 12:31 |
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All of the above ecxcept Windows. I have an iMac g-3 that I use for
chat, email, etc, I have a PC with Fedora Core Linux in my studio, our
server runs Fedora Core, and I have it on my laptop. I might quit using
PCs though, cause there are just too many out-of-box failures. Plus,
what could be cooler than a Mac Mini?
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"I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress..."
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Certif1ed
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
Posted: July 04 2005 at 16:35 |
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When Macs go wrong, they REALLY go wrong. I always "roll-my-own" PCs, and rarely have a problem, although I have to admit that I've been doing this for over 15 years, have a degree in computing and work in software engineering... What could be cooler than a Mac Mini? These? http://www.crazypc.com/products/cases/casegallery.htm These? http://www.xoxide.com/allcases.html
These are simply more reasons why PCs can be pretty cool - I'm not saying PCs are better than Macs, it's just easier to make them go slightly wrong because they are more customisable. |
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MikeEnRegalia
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Online Points: 21618 |
Posted: July 04 2005 at 16:39 |
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I also build my own PCs ... currently I'm using an Athlon 64 3000+ (939) with 1GB ram and 160GB disk drive (raid 0), and a neat GF 6800 (passive cooling) and a Soub Blaster Audigy 2. Oh, and Windows XP Media Center Edition. |
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goose
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Joined: June 20 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 4097 |
Posted: July 04 2005 at 18:11 |
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Problem with Macs is... the OS is Apple, the hardware is Apple, the peripherals are Apple, half the software is Apple...
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pammiwhammi
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Joined: June 29 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 54 |
Posted: July 05 2005 at 07:48 |
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Actually if you install X-11 you can run most open source linux software on a Mac as long as its running OS 10.3 or later....
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"I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress..."
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goose
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Joined: June 20 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 4097 |
Posted: July 05 2005 at 08:19 |
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But then, you may as well be using a PC really.
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JrKASperov
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Joined: July 07 2004 Status: Offline Points: 904 |
Posted: July 05 2005 at 09:08 |
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windows XP
it's stable enough for what I do. |
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Epic.
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Certif1ed
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
Posted: July 06 2005 at 02:52 |
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Less of your horse-play, if you please...
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the dragon
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Joined: May 17 2005 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 396 |
Posted: July 06 2005 at 09:35 |
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Still alive...
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Logos
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Joined: March 08 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 2383 |
Posted: July 06 2005 at 14:04 |
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Microsoft sucks ass!!!!!!!!!!
Need I say more?  Edited by Logos |
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Cygnus X-2
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 24 2004 Location: Bucketheadland Status: Offline Points: 21342 |
Posted: July 06 2005 at 14:21 |
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I dislike Apple, always have. It's all style and no substance. Guess what I use. P.S. Let's not let Steve Jobs rule the world now. |
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pammiwhammi
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Joined: June 29 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 54 |
Posted: July 06 2005 at 20:37 |
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From a strictly tongue-in-cheek point of view...I'd never marry Bill
Gates. Steve Jobs? No. Linus Torvalds? Hmm. He IS kinda cute, in a
geeky-stuffed-shirt sort of way...Mrs Torvalds...has a nice ring to
it....
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"I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress..."
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Don_Frog
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Joined: April 24 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 106 |
Posted: July 09 2005 at 12:43 |
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A pc with windoze me, but I use mozilla firefox for a browser and mozilla thunderbird for email.
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LDGuy
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Posted: July 09 2005 at 15:10 |
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BillBoh1971
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Posted: July 11 2005 at 19:04 |
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Still using Windows 98 and sooner or later i'll have to decide to buy
XP or to switch to Linux. My browser is Mozilla Firefox of course (IE
is very dangerous to use nowadays, and is so outdated!) and soon i'm
gonna switch from Outlook Express to Thunderbird.
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The Doctor
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 23 2005 Location: The Tardis Status: Offline Points: 8543 |
Posted: July 11 2005 at 19:08 |
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I'm using a hammer, chisel and clay tablets. Oh, and an abacus.
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: July 11 2005 at 19:52 |
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PC,Windows XP and Mozilla Firefox
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Certif1ed
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
Posted: July 12 2005 at 02:53 |
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So how do you connect to the internet then; A tin can and a piece of string? |
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Guests
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Posted: July 12 2005 at 03:50 |
I agree, Mozilla and Thunderbird are better. About switching to Linux, I thought about it many times, but It's needed a better knowledge about computers. Lately when I have a serious problem with Windows XP(too often), I use a program called "Norton Ghost", previously you have to make a copy of an optimum computer properties (your wallpaper, icons you want, programs, etc), and working good; in case you get a virus or spyware that you can't delete or any other problem, and need to recover system, it would take a long time, but using that Ghost, I install that copy in 5 minutes. |
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Empathy
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Joined: June 30 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1864 |
Posted: July 13 2005 at 16:52 |
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I'm a happy Mac user. I use a PC at work, because they make me. I've
always wanted to give Linux a whirl, but never got around to it.
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Pure Brilliance:
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