POLL: Have you actually USED a Mac lately?

[PlatinumGold]

i've got an imac w/ os 9.1 on it. hate to say it, but Windows XP out mac's the mac's. at least version 9 anyway.

 

[Darien]

I used an eMac 700mhz w/ combo drive a few weeks ago. It was running Jaguar -- was pretty good.

Too bad the hardware costs so much.

Damn the PowerBook is sweet....

 

[BurnItDwn]

Havent used one in several years ... However I won a bid on an old powerboox on Ebay .... Soon i will have an apple toy ... wooo

Its a 3400 so it cant run OSx ... but it will be fun to play with OS9 or 8 and Linux

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

[snip...]
What bothers me though is the way that some Mac users think they are some sort of computing elite just because they use a Mac. I love telling these people that IBM manufactures most of the PPC chips, they tend to hate hearing that. I mean, if one likes a Mac, then by all means he should use it. Just don't cop an attitude about it. A computer is a computer is a computer. They all just do what you tell them to, prefering one type over another doesn't make one some sort of computing elite.

ZV

Actually, most of the Mac people I know (myself included) would *love* to hear that IBM manufacturers m ost of the PPC chips for apple. Unfortunately, as of this moment (AFAIK) all they are manufacturing are the Saharas. The 64bit desktop PPC chip hasnt been announced as being for Apple, I dont think.

Voted yes, since Im using my iBook right now, Mac OS X 10.1.5.

 

[ndee]

checked out a new iMac (not the lamp) with Mac OSX and it was sooooooooooooooooooooooo slow, really.

 

[Omegachi]

WHATS A MAC? POS

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Omegachi
WHATS A MAC? POS

Check the caps lock kid

 

[Utterman]

I use a Mac everyday at where I work.

 

[FrontlineWarrior]

Macs are good for me to poop on. The switch commercials are a f*cking joke. Funny how they claim Macs don't crash now that they're running *nix, conveniently ignoring the 99% of their gh3y history of computers which crash every other second.

"I used to use PCs (winME, lol) but it kept crashing so I changed to Apple (*nix)! I am t3h computar g0d!"

I hate Apple.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: FrontlineWarrior
Macs are good for me to poop on. The switch commercials are a f*cking joke. Funny how they claim Macs don't crash now that they're running *nix, conveniently ignoring the 99% of their gh3y history of computers which crash every other second.

"I used to use PCs (winME, lol) but it kept crashing so I changed to Apple (*nix)! I am t3h computar g0d!"

I hate Apple.

So are you going to answer the question at hand or are you just going to crap?

 

[FrontlineWarrior]

i answered the poll, isn't that good enough?

 

[NutBucket]

I was using a 864(?) G4 w/ a 22" studio display last weekend to make a dvd. Belongs to a friend of mine. When we were using it, we had OS9 up to edit the dvd but it wouldn't burn in 9. When he went to finish it up he used X and it worked fine. They are really nice looking machines, I grant them that. I was told that computer cost about $6000 (when it was bought as top of the line). That's more then my car is worth.

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

To be honest, I cannot even remember the last time I used a Mac, if at all...er, maybe once in University but that was ages ago!

 

[Hammer]

the last time I used a mac was HS I think.

 

[TheOmegaCode]

Originally posted by: FrontlineWarrior
Macs are good for me to poop on. The switch commercials are a f*cking joke.

Mac switch commercials are awesome. They never cease to make me laugh. Besides, XP's commercial with people flying to the stylic tunes of Madonna was good?

Funny how they claim Macs don't crash now that they're running *nix, conveniently ignoring the 99% of their gh3y history of computers which crash every other second.

Microsoft claims that their new operates based on NT technology never crash, ignoring 99% of their history.

"I used to use PCs (winME, lol) but it kept crashing so I changed to Apple (*nix)! I am t3h computar g0d!"

I hate Apple.

Personally, I hate MS for releasing ME more than I do Apple. At least Apple hasn't caved into the entertainment industry like MS has, and probably won't be introducing anything like Palladium.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: FrontlineWarrior
i answered the poll, isn't that good enough?

Sure. What was your answer?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Let me tell you a little tale.

One of my housemates has/had a new iBook.

I tried it. Pretty nice. X.1 - with Jaguar in the mail.

Asked him how much it cost.

Only $1600, he says. Wow, what a bargain.

I promptly walk him over to my Athlon XP, no-bull-taking gF4 flossin' monster. He tries it - XP Pro.

Holy crap, he says. How much did this set you back?

About $800, says I.

He's now preparing to put the iBook back into the Apple packaging and returning it, then using half the money for me to build him a monster gaming rig.

- M4H

 

[BD2003]

Aint nothing wrong with a mac, unless your a computer nerd, or play games.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: BD2003
Aint nothing wrong with a mac, unless your a computer nerd, or play games.

... or like saving 50%, or like having wide ranges of software (free and commercial) to choose from, not caring if your case matches your drapes ...

- M4H

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: BD2003
Aint nothing wrong with a mac, unless your a computer nerd, or play games.

... or like saving 50%, or like having wide ranges of software (free and commercial) to choose from, not caring if your case matches your drapes ...

- M4H

Im a geek. I play games (go fish being one of my favorites, Alchemy being the #1 right now). I did not pay an outrageous price for my iBook, it was a better deal than the comparable x86 based notebooks at the time and came with reasonable features. I have limitless software choices, most of them open source, some of them free. I have no drapes. I am an Apple user.

Sorry, but the generalizations stopped with the release of OS X. Welcome to the next generation of Mac users. Not only do we have the elite of the entertainment industry, but we are gathering the elite of the software industry. Surprise, its a Mac world. Have a nice day.

 

[TheOmegaCode]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Let me tell you a little tale.

One of my housemates has/had a new iBook.

I tried it. Pretty nice. X.1 - with Jaguar in the mail.

Asked him how much it cost.

Only $1600, he says. Wow, what a bargain.

I promptly walk him over to my Athlon XP, no-bull-taking gF4 flossin' monster. He tries it - XP Pro.

Holy crap, he says. How much did this set you back?

About $800, says I.

He's now preparing to put the iBook back into the Apple packaging and returning it, then using half the money for me to build him a monster gaming rig.

- M4H

So you compared the price of a notebook to the price of your desktop. I guess I'd better go tell my boss that his $1700 laptop (vaio) wasn't worth it, because I only paid $800 for my PC w/ monitor.

BTW, I run Debian, so I didn't pay for an operating system. Does the price of your system include an OS, the laptop's price does...

 

[DoOLiE11]

i use a mac at least once a day, someitmes even more

my school is mostly macs now. os ten is cool

i like it

 

[mpitts]

days later bump for the haters.

 

[MazerRackham]

Originally posted by: notfred
no.

Um, wait, does "using one now" count as lately? if so, then I change my answer to "yes".

<-- posting from OS 10.2.1 w/ Chimera

Posting from my Powerbook G4 with Chimera also My PB ownz joo!

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Let me tell you a little tale.

One of my housemates has/had a new iBook.

I tried it. Pretty nice. X.1 - with Jaguar in the mail.

Asked him how much it cost.

Only $1600, he says. Wow, what a bargain.

I promptly walk him over to my Athlon XP, no-bull-taking gF4 flossin' monster. He tries it - XP Pro.

Holy crap, he says. How much did this set you back?

About $800, says I.

He's now preparing to put the iBook back into the Apple packaging and returning it, then using half the money for me to build him a monster gaming rig.

- M4H

Dur, you are comparing a homebuilt desktop to a preassembled laptop. Gee, how fair.