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I'm not a big fan of Apple PR either, but the proof is in the pudding. To refute something just because people are raving about how great it is - is not quite right.

I have to admit, I'm guilty of being one of the ravers, but it's not just because I've drunk the Steve Jobs kool-aid. I spent years on Windows before makng the switch, and the relief was palpable - so it's more about my personal experience.

I used Linux quite a bit too. Ubuntu is not bad, but you can't beat a laptop where are all the software works seemlessly with the hardware. Try it, try it- Sam I say! You might like it - yes you may!

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“No can do, Xbox and their ilk don't even come close to the kind of experiences you can get with PC gaming. That's not to say I don't have a few consoles, 'cause I do, but they're for different things.

The way Macs are preached is actually a huge turn off for me. I really hate things that people go out of their way to tell you how good they are. It normally goes along with politics, religion, etc... but when it hits technology, my BS meter goes all beepy. I like a good UI, which is why I'm happy MS is starting to leave the stone ages in that regard, but it's not a system seller for me. Also, seriously, I NEED to be able to get my hands dirty with the hardware in my PC and the lack of options over at apple-ville bothers me. If they were to license their OS to be sold stand alone to run on any PC, I might dual boot it just to give it a shot, but until that day, bleck to it. Bleck to it all hardcore.

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“It sounds like you are a bit of a hacker Arrendek - in the good sense. There's a reason why programmers are flocking to Macs, and why Powerbooks seem to be the workhorse of choice at the Googleplex.

I am a Perl and database person historically, and I am so much more efficient on a Mac, just silly things like cutting and pasting code chunks are intuitively easier and more efficient. The UI is a beautiful thing to work in. Granted it's not much for games, but I'm about twice as efficent at work- and that's what my computer is for. Get an Xbox for gaming

Once you go Mac - you never go back.

In reply to your comment:
“Heh, you know I don't complain much. I'm a "too each their own" kind of guy, it's just when "their own" involves constantly criticizing my own that I start to get bothered. Anyways, enjoy your UI, it is very nice, I must admit. I'd consider a Mac if I wasn't an avid PC Gamer and needed to program daily in Visual Studio. The commercials and propaganda though? Even if I used one they'd bother me.

I only use spreadsheets and calculators all day long. That's me.

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“wow, that's the best non-complaint ever. ””””

No can do, Xbox and their ilk don't even come close to the kind of experiences you can get with PC gaming. That's not to say I don't have a few consoles, 'cause I do, but they're for different things.

The way Macs are preached is actually a huge turn off for me. I really hate things that people go out of their way to tell you how good they are. It normally goes along with politics, religion, etc... but when it hits technology, my BS meter goes all beepy. I like a good UI, which is why I'm happy MS is starting to leave the stone ages in that regard, but it's not a system seller for me. Also, seriously, I NEED to be able to get my hands dirty with the hardware in my PC and the lack of options over at apple-ville bothers me. If they were to license their OS to be sold stand alone to run on any PC, I might dual boot it just to give it a shot, but until that day, bleck to it. Bleck to it all hardcore.

In reply to your comment:
“It sounds like you are a bit of a hacker Arrendek - in the good sense. There's a reason why programmers are flocking to Macs, and why Powerbooks seem to be the workhorse of choice at the Googleplex.

I am a Perl and database person historically, and I am so much more efficient on a Mac, just silly things like cutting and pasting code chunks are intuitively easier and more efficient. The UI is a beautiful thing to work in. Granted it's not much for games, but I'm about twice as efficent at work- and that's what my computer is for. Get an Xbox for gaming

Once you go Mac - you never go back.

In reply to your comment:
“Heh, you know I don't complain much. I'm a "too each their own" kind of guy, it's just when "their own" involves constantly criticizing my own that I start to get bothered. Anyways, enjoy your UI, it is very nice, I must admit. I'd consider a Mac if I wasn't an avid PC Gamer and needed to program daily in Visual Studio. The commercials and propaganda though? Even if I used one they'd bother me.

I only use spreadsheets and calculators all day long. That's me.

In reply to your comment:
“wow, that's the best non-complaint ever. ”””

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It sounds like you are a bit of a hacker Arrendek - in the good sense. There's a reason why programmers are flocking to Macs, and why Powerbooks seem to be the workhorse of choice at the Googleplex.

I am a Perl and database person historically, and I am so much more efficient on a Mac, just silly things like cutting and pasting code chunks are intuitively easier and more efficient. The UI is a beautiful thing to work in. Granted it's not much for games, but I'm about twice as efficent at work- and that's what my computer is for. Get an Xbox for gaming

Once you go Mac - you never go back.

In reply to your comment:
“Heh, you know I don't complain much. I'm a "too each their own" kind of guy, it's just when "their own" involves constantly criticizing my own that I start to get bothered. Anyways, enjoy your UI, it is very nice, I must admit. I'd consider a Mac if I wasn't an avid PC Gamer and needed to program daily in Visual Studio. The commercials and propaganda though? Even if I used one they'd bother me.

I only use spreadsheets and calculators all day long. That's me.

In reply to your comment:
“wow, that's the best non-complaint ever. ””

Heh, you know I don't complain much. I'm a "too each their own" kind of guy, it's just when "their own" involves constantly criticizing my own that I start to get bothered. Anyways, enjoy your UI, it is very nice, I must admit. I'd consider a Mac if I wasn't an avid PC Gamer and needed to program daily in Visual Studio. The commercials and propaganda though? Even if I used one they'd bother me.

I only use spreadsheets and calculators all day long. That's me.

In reply to your comment:
“wow, that's the best non-complaint ever. ”

According to my 30 seconds of copy paste, and spreadsheet....
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my first pc was tandy 1000 hx. 256 kb of memory and a 33 byte.. yes byte.. hd which was just large enough to hold the autoexec.bat file. That was way back in 1988 - 89 I believe. Then when that broke because we tried to upgrade it to 640 kb of ram (which at the time cost us about $300), I went a couple years without a pc. When we started looking again, I found a guy that was building pc's and went to go see what he had. He had a top of the line 386 but it was running some kind of spreadsheet os. His reasoning for using that was because, and I quote, "That Microsoft Windows will never amount to anything." Well, we promptly left and went to another computer shop where I got a 386 SX with 2 megs of ram. Was a fun time back then.

odds of dying of the bird flu 1:100,000?!?! did no one catch that? complete and utter rubbish!

"According to Reuters, the reported deaths from Bird Flu in Southeast Asia stands at around 60 people.

I checked the CIA World Factbook for population statistics. There are an estimated 1,646,803,377 people in Southeast Asia. That's over one point six BILLION.

Sixty out of 1.6 BILLION people. According to my Excel spreadsheet, that gives you odds of about 1 in 27,000,000 of dying from the Bird Flu."

and with the quick mention of 'conspiracy' in this little short ... i really have to question the motives of making such a video.