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Originally posted by: AMDUALY
Is there anyone here who uses an apple at work (preferably an IT or engineering job). Just curious, I don't have much experience with them and was wondering if it was worth while to learn it.
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I got my last internship specifically because I knew OSX (single user, all the server stuff I picked up while I was there). It definately wouldn't hurt you.
 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
i think that may have been the worst story ever.

honestly, why did you bother opening your mouth? what were you expecting, some kind of windows circle-jerk

'uh huh huh, today we made fun of the MAC [because for some reason windows users like to capitalize this] users in our l33t engineering class OH YEAH THAT"S HOW I LIKE IT AIIIIEEEEEEEAHHHHH!!!11one'
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Just an observation i thought was funny during class today. I did not engage in making fun of apple.

Also, i think my stories are at least far superior than what goku usually posts. 🙂

Also, Apple is usually the one who likes to "capitalize" on window users. (ie. the notorious windows vs apple ads.)
 
Originally posted by: HBalzer


You must be joking in the second comment.
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No I'm not. Do you read any tech news? Its all the rage. The catch is Apple doesn't provide a low end machine. Yes, you can get cheaper, but when you equal out the specs, Apple looks pretty good. Its the quantity of attention to detail, like optical out for the audio on ALL machines.

I recently spec'd and purchased 2 dell laptops for work. They were Core duo 1.83's with a good amout of features. When they came in I was suprised at the quality. They sucked. Nice screen, but cheap plasticy feeling, thick and very noisy. The kicker? The MacBook has better specs, $100 cheaper and doesn't feel like a POS. Oh yeah, it runs windows too.
 
Originally posted by: Parasitic
You're retarded.

A girl in EECE...instead of making fun of her and promoting the awesomeness of professor, you should offer the poor girl your counsel and help with "familiarsing with the Windows interface".
Then the obligatory itb action.
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Depends... Girl in EECE might not exactly look like a girl...
 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: Parasitic
You're retarded.

A girl in EECE...instead of making fun of her and promoting the awesomeness of professor, you should offer the poor girl your counsel and help with "familiarsing with the Windows interface".
Then the obligatory itb action.
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Depends... Girl in EECE might not exactly look like a girl...
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Word. There are only 3 cute engineering girls at my school....The rest are in prepharm.
 
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: mugs
It's not like many windows can do much useful stuff with the command line either.
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Many windows, or many Windows users? Not sure what the former means, and I'm assuming you didn't mean the latter.
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Yeah, my bad.
 
Originally posted by: RGN
Originally posted by: AMDUALY
Companies now a days want people who are more versatile and can guide themselves through an OS using ONLY the command line.
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For IT yes, but for general users? Hell no.

In any case, the current Apple products are some of the most versital PC's out there. Aside from OSX being a *nix implementation, they can run pretty much an OS out there. Then the hardware is good quality stuff, beating Dell and the like spec and dollar wise.
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Can't speak for IT because I'm not in IT, but this is a class for programmers, not IT people (or at least that's what it sounds like). As a programmer, I rarely have to do anything from a Windows command line. I don't think any company that would hire me as a programmer would care what I can and can't do from a Windows command line.

Of course when I'm working in the UNIX variant that we use at work, I do everything from the command line. But that's because UNIX/linux have some very powerful programs that run from the command line.
 
Originally posted by: destrekor
but but but...
you can do FUN stuff on a mac... and PC's can only do things like spreadsheets.
😉
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Oh snaps! :: Quickly runs to the nearest apple store ::
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: RGN
Originally posted by: AMDUALY
Companies now a days want people who are more versatile and can guide themselves through an OS using ONLY the command line.
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For IT yes, but for general users? Hell no.

In any case, the current Apple products are some of the most versital PC's out there. Aside from OSX being a *nix implementation, they can run pretty much an OS out there. Then the hardware is good quality stuff, beating Dell and the like spec and dollar wise.
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Can't speak for IT because I'm not in IT, but this is a class for programmers, not IT people (or at least that's what it sounds like). As a programmer, I rarely have to do anything from a Windows command line. I don't think any company that would hire me as a programmer would care what I can and can't do from a Windows command line.

Of course when I'm working in the UNIX variant that we use at work, I do everything from the command line. But that's because UNIX/linux have some very powerful programs that run from the command line.
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indeed. In my class we will be using sunray workstations which run solaris. Hence why she asked everyone what OS we used. A couple raised their hands when she asked how many people use some sort of linux distro.
 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
i think that may have been the worst story ever.

honestly, why did you bother opening your mouth? what were you expecting, some kind of windows circle-jerk

'uh huh huh, today we made fun of the MAC [because for some reason windows users like to capitalize this] users in our l33t engineering class OH YEAH THAT"S HOW I LIKE IT AIIIIEEEEEEEAHHHHH!!!11one'
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classic!
 
man your prof is an idiot. I do software development on a mac, using the command line, doing everything my fellow Linux users do, plus look better doing it. And honestly, with the exception of Cygwin, Windows is more pointy/clicky-oriented than OSX. And if I ever get to something I can't do in OSX's terminal (highly unlikely), I can boot into Linux or Windows to do it, there's nothing stopping me from installing them.
 
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