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| Re: Video card blues [message #76967 is a reply to message #76966] |
Tue, 12 December 2006 10:08   |
Neil
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Registered: April 2006
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>>>>>>always the same guys. You have stated in the past that Mac OSX crashes.
>>>>>> That the guys you work with have told you and you've see it. I've
>been
>>>>>>using Mac OSX every day for over five years now with out a crash.
I
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>>>>>>the other Mac guys here would tell you pretty much the same thing.
>I
>>>don't
>>>>>>know why they would have so much problems, but OSX is for the most
part
>>>>>problem
>>>>>>free for most users. To state other wise is not correct generally
speaking,
>>>>>>and sounds like typical mac bashing.
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>>>>>>I've never had a virus on a Mac and I've been using them everyday since
>>>>>1994!
>>>>>> I would say, most of the guys here that use PCs for audio, don't use
>>>the
>>>>>>same machine for the internet, to a Mac user that's crazy and laughable.
>>>>>> A lot of people say that a Mac cost twice as much as a PC, yeah, but
>>>you
>>>>>>have to have two of them to safely do what a Mac does. So what's it
>>cost???
>>>>>>The logic is funny. Yes you can build a PC cheaper, but look at all
>>the
>>>>>>problems and the hassle. Mac are not perfect, ricks G4 800 is an exampl
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| Re: Video card blues [message #76980 is a reply to message #76966] |
Tue, 12 December 2006 20:04 |
Edna Sloan
Messages: 304
Registered: October 2005
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>So, I had to set up XP on a Mac Book today. The child of an important person
on my office had one and, surprise, most of the games a 12 year old likes
to play don't have Mac versions.
So, once and for all I can put to rest the notion that Apple hardware is
somehow 'super special' and thus justifies the higher price. Intel chipset,
Intel integrated graphics, Atheros wireless, Marvell NIC, generic firewire
controller. The CD/DVD burner was the slot loading kind, so that's slightly
cool (unless you want to pop out the CD before the machine boots when it's
nice to have a physical switch), but that's about the only thing unusual
about the hardware. If you were to show me the XP device list for a Mac Book
and the same list from a Dell 640m (two of which I've also set up recently)
I would have given a _slight_ preference to the Dell, mostly because it uses
an Intel wireless chipset that does b/g/n and bluetooth on one chip, and
I've had very good luck with those wireless cards. A 640m also has a larger
screed and costs around $750.
In better news, I wound up on modular synth dreamland for about five hours
last night, wiring up my John Bowen Pro Wave into modular patches and using
it to feed vocoders and all of the things that make computer recording worth
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| Re: Video card blues [message #76987 is a reply to message #76980] |
Wed, 13 December 2006 06:51 |
Paul Artola
Messages: 161
Registered: November 2005
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n a licensed and authorized computer dealer. I've bought, sold, and
>> built
>> many PCs
>>
>> I think windows XP is a great improvement over MS's past operating
>> systems.
>> I wish there was a feature or two in Mac OSX that Windows XP has, but
>> that's
>> where it ends. I prefer Mac OSX to Windows because Windows machines are
>> a major PITA to deal with.
>>
>> There are many other reasons why I don't like MS, one of which is all
the
>> stuff they have ripped off from Apple. It's funny when people say MS/PC
>> stuff is great and anything Apple sucks, when MS stole it from Apple.
>> Some
>> recent examples are, Media player, Vista, and Zune. MS just announced
at
>> CES, that they are going to come out with set top boxes that are like
the
>> Apple TV box. MS/Sony's will be round instead of square, but what color?
>> Gloss white like the apple products! It's the same thing. Hey, may be
>> MS's branded products will be shit brown like the LG products. LOL!
>>
>> I mention new products to give people here a heads up here. I have
>> mention
>> all kinds of products including PC only products. It's the Mac bashing!
>> You can't mention any thing Mac or Apple without some bashing here. It's
>> always the same guys. You have stated in the past that Mac OSX crashes.
>> That the guys you work with have told you and you've see it. I've been
>> using Mac OSX every day for over five years now with out a crash. I think
>> the other Mac guys here would tell you pretty much the same thing. I
>> don't
>> know why they would have so much problems, but OSX is for the most part
>> problem
>> free for most users. To state other wise is not correct generally
>> speaking,
>> and sounds like typical mac bashing.
>>
>> I've never had a virus on a Mac and I've been using them everyday since
>> 1994!
>> I would say, most of the guys here that use PCs for audio, don't use the
>> same machine for the internet, to a Mac user that's crazy and laughable.
>> A lot of people say that a Mac cost twice as much as a PC, yeah, but you
>> have to have two of them to safely do what a Mac does. So what's it
>> cost???
>> The logic is funny. Yes you can build a PC cheaper, but look at all the
>> problems and the hassle. Mac are not perfect, ricks G4 800 is an example
>> of a lemon, but it's not the norm. If you love Windows and you love to
>> tinker
>> and build cheap machines, that's cool! Different strokes for different
>> folks.
>> Just don't bash the Mac or the Mac users.
>>
>> My original post about the iPhone was just to say check it out. I was
>> impressed
>> with it's design and capabilities. It's slick! Of course the same guys
>> that bash any thing Apple Posted replys, and it becomes, So what, My thing
>> can do anything that can. My phone is better becaus
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| Re: Video card blues [message #76992 is a reply to message #76966] |
Wed, 13 December 2006 09:04 |
TCB
Messages: 1261
Registered: July 2007
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entations that may well be useful to a lot of people.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just as Palm and Blackberry have engineered products that have
>>>>>>>> earned
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the loyalty and praise of people who have found they need the
>>>>>>>> features
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> they provide.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We can speculate before the iPhone ships but I'll withhold my final
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>>>>>>>> judgment until it's available to try.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Having said that, my first impression of all three, the iPhone,
the
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>>>>>>>> Treo, the Blackberry, is that they ALL seem too big and clumsy for
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>>>>>>>> phones.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So far, all I want from my phone is that it be a phone, and that
it
>>>> be
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> compact and pocketable. My little fliptop LG does the trick. That
>> it's
>>>>>a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> speakerphone is a bonus.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I want a computer, I want something with a real screen and
a
>>>>>>>> keyboard I can really type on, that runs my goto productivity
>>>>>>>> applications (video, audio, animation, and graphics apps, plus all
>> my
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> open source office, web and email apps). Which means for those times
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> when I need a computer with me, I take my PowerBook.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>&
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