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28 Jan 2009, 7:34 pm

Emor wrote:

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I definitely like Macs better than PCs.

Macs are PCs.

Only since the Intel switch...

Biggest. mistake. ever.

Power Personal Computer processors xD.

Uhhm?

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28 Jan 2009, 8:21 pm

gramirez wrote:

Emor wrote:

gramirez wrote:

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I definitely like Macs better than PCs.

Macs are PCs.

Only since the Intel switch...

Biggest. mistake. ever.

Power Personal Computer processors xD.

Uhhm?

Before the Intel switch, Apple used PowerPC processors. Macs are PCs.

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28 Jan 2009, 9:12 pm

No, I mean, I'm confused as the why he bolded the "Personal Computing" in the name of the chip, as that certainly doesn't mean anything. Then again, I suppose this whole thing depends on what one's definition of a PC really is.

Also, PowerPC stands for POWER Performance Computing, not Personal.

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29 Jan 2009, 3:55 am

ive never had more problems then I had when I worked at a mac workstation

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29 Jan 2009, 7:16 am

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ive never had more problems then I had when I worked at a mac workstation

Out of curiosity, when was this and what types of problems did you run into?

I ask because I have used Macs my entire life and not managed to get any serious problems.

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29 Jan 2009, 9:40 am

Orwell wrote:

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ive never had more problems then I had when I worked at a mac workstation

Out of curiosity, when was this and what types of problems did you run into?

I ask because I have used Macs my entire life and not managed to get any serious problems.

Well, mostly the old iMacs shut off when you headbutt them. (Yes, I am being satirical, though I really have done this)

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29 Jan 2009, 12:11 pm

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Oh, xD. It's still a computer, imo.
By the way, I'm a girl xD.
EMZ=]

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02 Feb 2009, 1:58 am

I have had a Macbook for just ovr a year now. I am exceedingly happy with it and will definitely be buying a Mac again. The user experience of X is not something I can explain without actually showing you, Windows XP actually gave me a headache, although I can use my Mac for hours without problems.

The good thing is I can run Windows and Linux as well, using VMWare or Boot Camp.

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02 Feb 2009, 2:15 am

Orwell wrote:

Eggman wrote:

ive never had more problems then I had when I worked at a mac workstation

Out of curiosity, when was this and what types of problems did you run into?

I ask because I have used Macs my entire life and not managed to get any serious problems.

At college..forced to use a mac when all the pcs wwere taken...nothing was arranged intuativly, mouse was horendoes....was serverly underpowered for graphic work

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02 Feb 2009, 2:43 am

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Before the Intel switch, Apple used PowerPC processors. Macs are PCs.

In the strictest sense of the term, PC stands for Personal Computer, this much as already been said.

Thing is, the term "Personal Computer" came about in the 1980s when computers that could (ZOMG!) fit on your desk (instead of taking up entire rooms) came into existence soon after the invention of the transistor... that meant that each person could have their very own *personal* computer, instead of having to share a mainframe that was at some university with a bunch of other researchers...

So, technically, everything that has a processor in it (i.e. a machine can perform "computations"), and is small and cheap enough that everyone can have their own (should they choose to purchase), is a "personal computer". That means that iPods and newer cell phones are PCs just as the large towers are... And yes, any machine made with the Macintosh label fits said definition...

In a more historical context, however, the term "PC" came to apply to the concept of "100% IBM compatible PC" (back in the day when IBM was the forefront of PC hardware development and manufacturing)... That's where the idea of PPC, which was not an IBM compatible architecture, was somehow *not* a PC, and Apple's marketing division (and by extension, fanboys) has clung to this 1980s fantasy ever since...

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02 Feb 2009, 7:54 am

Eggman wrote:

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Eggman wrote:

ive never had more problems then I had when I worked at a mac workstation

Out of curiosity, when was this and what types of problems did you run into?

I ask because I have used Macs my entire life and not managed to get any serious problems.

At college..forced to use a mac when all the pcs wwere taken...nothing was arranged intuativly, mouse was horendoes....was serverly underpowered for graphic work

That's more unfamiliarity with the UI of a Mac than anything else. I had loads of problems when I first tried using Windows- it's arranged miserably! GNOME and KDE seem to be laid out pretty intuitively, but I definitely prefer GNOME.

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02 Feb 2009, 2:42 pm

Windows seems to be laid out the way my mind works.
Yess Apple...there goes one of your points why you are petter then PC not everyone thinks like you

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02 Feb 2009, 5:20 pm

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Windows seems to be laid out the way my mind works.
Yess Apple...there goes one of your points why you are petter then PC not everyone thinks like you

Just different preferences I guess. I agree that Mac isn't laid out all that well, but I don't think Windows is either.

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02 Feb 2009, 6:42 pm

Orwell wrote:

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Windows seems to be laid out the way my mind works.
Yess Apple...there goes one of your points why you are petter then PC not everyone thinks like you

Just different preferences I guess. I agree that Mac isn't laid out all that well, but I don't think Windows is either.

Apples smuggness also really puts me off

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02 Feb 2009, 7:12 pm

Eggman wrote:

Orwell wrote:

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Windows seems to be laid out the way my mind works.
Yess Apple...there goes one of your points why you are petter then PC not everyone thinks like you

Just different preferences I guess. I agree that Mac isn't laid out all that well, but I don't think Windows is either.

Apples smuggness also really puts me off

Is that because they're better than the competition? Yes.

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02 Feb 2009, 7:18 pm

gramirez wrote:

Eggman wrote:

Orwell wrote:

Eggman wrote:

Windows seems to be laid out the way my mind works.
Yess Apple...there goes one of your points why you are petter then PC not everyone thinks like you

Just different preferences I guess. I agree that Mac isn't laid out all that well, but I don't think Windows is either.

Apples smuggness also really puts me off

Is that because they're better than the competition? Yes.

Actually not really. They lack the price,power, openess, and individuality of a PC. I take my oc watercooled core2 extreme with dual graphics over anything MAc comes with anyday

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