One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't....

[Balog]

After mbs357's startling revelation that El Tejon is actually Maddox, I decided to revisit the Best Page in the Universe. I came across this little gem and was reminded of G98's mac thread.

Warning! Link contains lots o' profanity, so if you're the kind of person that gets offended by that sort of thing you should probably avoid it.

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant

[bedlamite]

I aways liked this video

[charby]

dude that was so awesome!

[esheato]

If I want to manufacture biological weapons with my copy of iTunes, I will, fascists. Ditch this bullshit.

Hahaha...

[Balog]

My Mac is practicing some kind of psychological warfare on me!

That's awesome!!!

[Nick1911]

 

[Standing Wolf]

Sour grapes.

[Gewehr98]

I'd considered pulverizing that PowerMac G4 with buckshot or 550gr .45-70 rounds, while videotaping it for YouTube.

But I needed to recoup the investment. 

In hindsight, I should've pulverized it for YouTube.   

[bedlamite]

Gwwehr98- I wonder how much Tannerite it would take to fill a G4 case ...

[Gewehr98]

Gewehr98- I wonder how much Tannerite it would take to fill a G4 case

I dunno.  I'll let you know when I get another POS G4.   

[RevDisk]

I'd considered pulverizing that PowerMac G4 with buckshot or 550gr .45-70 rounds, while videotaping it for YouTube.

But I needed to recoup the investment. 

In hindsight, I should've pulverized it for YouTube.   

The real question.  Will it blend?   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI - iPhone meets blender

[Gewehr98]

Sweet! 

[Antibubba]

Gewehr98- I wonder how much Tannerite it would take to fill a G4 case ...

I'll bet someone at Mossad could tell you.   

[Manedwolf]

Though a few comments there make no sense and are borne of sour grapes and ignorance. Like:

I don't know why Mac users get so defensive when you call them idiots. I mean, Apple is a company that has built its entire user base around the fact that its users can't do simple things like turn their computers on.

Uh...huh. Yeah. Okay, I'll remember that next time I'm working in the Unix shell, since it's, you know, a real Unix machine. Or using...

My audio editing app:



Or my video editing app, the one used by most TV productions now:



The author ought to look at those, then look at the solitaire-playing secretary on the Windows PC who can't figure out where the Any key is.

[Sindawe]

I aways liked this video

Same here.  "...like a Jack Russel "freaking" Terrier..."

Admit it Standing Wolf, you lust after thealmighty Blue Screen of Death.  

My next machine is 'prolly gonna be a fully loaded Mac of some flavor.

[Cromlech]

The author ought to look at those, then look at the solitaire-playing secretary on the Windows PC who can't figure out where the Any key is.

You do know that often, the whole point of what Maddox writes is to be inflammatory, and to wind people up, right?

[mtnbkr]

Uh...huh. Yeah. Okay, I'll remember that next time I'm working in the Unix shell, since it's, you know, a real Unix machine.

Don't get all uppity because Apple finally saw the light and wrapped their gui around a real OS.  In fact, WinNT (and 2k and probably XP) have had a real command line capability for much longer.  Problem is, most folks don't bother learning it, preferring to use the gui instead (paper MCSEs for example).  Back when I was a Windows admin, I used the command line more than the gui because it was faster if you knew the commands.  There was very little you couldn't do via the command prompt and if you got the Resource Kit CD, you even got a collection of Unix style commands (kill, ps, etc). 

Oh, and a Mac isn't a "real Unix machine" <peers at the Sun box on the desk...>.

then look at the solitaire-playing secretary on the Windows PC who can't figure out where the Any key is. 

She would be playing Solitaire on any computer stuck in front of her. 

Chris

[Silver Bullet]

Back in the late 80s, the DOS guys would give me a hard time about me using my Mac, deriding the graphical user interface (GUI) and mouse.  Since then, they've adopted Windows and have the same things I had years earlier.

So, it's been nearly 20 years of glorious payback !     I'm glad to see, from Maddox' site, that all my time and effort haven't been for nothing.   

[Silver Bullet]

Manedwolf,

Great screenshots !   

I always find it satisfying to feel like I've got my computer working for me, rather than the other way around.  Looks like you've got it cranking out the product for you.

[Harold Tuttle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vniMR6Ez9cE

[Cromlech]

Yeah, well, I hacked the Gibson.

[RevDisk]

Though a few comments there make no sense and are borne of sour grapes and ignorance. Like:

Uh...huh. Yeah. Okay, I'll remember that next time I'm working in the Unix shell, since it's, you know, a real Unix machine. Or using...

Na.  A real unix machine you could hunt down parts from anywhere instead of being hardware locked to one vendor.  Even the really weird Sun boxen can usually run stock parts.

That's not sour grapes or ignorance.  With a PC, I can run down to Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, Circuit City, or one of the million small computer repair shops and buy a spare HD, CD/DVD drive, etc.  From what I understand, Apple retains sole control over their hardware.  Am I wrong?

I can buy ANY case I want, ANY compadible motherboard (or hell, any fits inside the case if you're creative), ANY hard drive, ANY optical media reader, and whatever weird attachments I want.   Oh yes, and I can put whatever OS I want on it.  Lemme know when Apple ships a stock Mac with Linux or Windows straight from the factory.  I can buy a PC pre-loaded with any OS on the planet. 

I'm not sure how they came up with the slogon "Think differently" when they sell the most restrictive system on the market.   

[Mabs2]

Yes.
I swear, every time he opens his blowhole I picture Maddox ranting on and on.
It's uncanny!

[Manedwolf]

That's not sour grapes or ignorance.  With a PC, I can run down to Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, Circuit City, or one of the million small computer repair shops and buy a spare HD, CD/DVD drive, etc.  From what I understand, Apple retains sole control over their hardware.  Am I wrong?

In general, yes. Mac desktops can use any hard drive from your local store, media drive, whatever, and the memory used is standard as well. The video cards are ATIs and nVidias.

Apple desktops haven't been like that for many years.


They also now let you use Bootcamp to run Windows natively. Or as the only OS on the machine if you wish. It's an Intel, so it's absolutely native.

[RevDisk]

That's not sour grapes or ignorance.  With a PC, I can run down to Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, Circuit City, or one of the million small computer repair shops and buy a spare HD, CD/DVD drive, etc.  From what I understand, Apple retains sole control over their hardware.  Am I wrong?

In general, yes. Mac desktops can use any hard drive from your local store, media drive, whatever, and the memory used is standard as well. The video cards are ATIs and nVidias.

Apple desktops haven't been like that for many years.

Can ya be a lil more specific?  They'll take any PC memory, hard drive and 5.25 drive bay device (CD/DVD, etc all)?  Are they open for any graphic card, or just specific ATI/nVidia cards that are not PC compadible?  What about PCI slots?