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gaijintendo Regular Member, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:36, archived)

ahahahaha

you have a mac!

*secretly wants one

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SuperMatt, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:38, archived)

You want

a Fisherprice "My first Computer"?

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Laughing Boy, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:38, archived)

Pffft

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Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:39, archived)

Actually,

I wany one as a dedicated work pc, to run photoshop, maya and dreamweaver.

I know I could do all that with a regular PC, but I want diversity in my computers.

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SuperMatt, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:40, archived)

Nazi

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Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:42, archived)

yes. I am a nazi

I kill all computers with no foreskins and big noses.

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SuperMatt, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:43, archived)

and put them in camps and make them work until their processors BURN.

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Laughing Boy, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:50, archived)

No thanks

i've got one.

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TehPieBoy TheGoodShite.co.nr, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:41, archived)

you can skin Linux to look like that in 2 clicks

I can see a lot more people going for Macs now.. the Mac Mini is really cheap, decent-ish spec, and has Apple`s record of reliability

I`m considering it myself purely because Linux takes so long to support hardware, and if you get something a bit niche, forget about it

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Reckless_Rik, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:42, archived)

You can also skin windows to look like that aswell.

_{macs are shit, Hurrah for linux!}

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TehPieBoy TheGoodShite.co.nr, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:43, archived)

You can also skin a cat.

More than one way, so I'm told.

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grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:46, archived)

Yes, Yes!

Skin the furry bastards.

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TehPieBoy TheGoodShite.co.nr, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:47, archived)

how?

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the nugga says please and thank you, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:55, archived)

Linux

sucks to the nth degree.

(Benny A Last Nuclear meltdown:, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 18:19, archived)

I would love to switch to linux

and the wonders of open source, but the support out there is almost negligable (unless you pay windows xp prices for it). If OSX or Tiger is released for PC, I would definatly buy it.

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SuperMatt, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:45, archived)

I once skinned my Windows XP-SP2 PC to emulate OSX Panther

seem to recall using the rather spiffy Object Dock and Object Desktop thingies:

www.stardock.com/products/objectbar/

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Ptolemy the man with the silent pea, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 18:02, archived)

Oooh

That's pretty cool

(Guineapiggy Fuzzeh!, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 18:04, archived)

Here, have a screenshot!

Ptolly's PC skinned as a Mac

(I rather suspect I'm inviting much hilarity and abuse here!!)

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Ptolemy the man with the silent pea, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 18:26, archived)

Why yes

yes you can

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Zoot Cadillac . do androids dream of electric sheep?, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 18:24, archived)

Has to be said, it looks pretty, but I would prefer windows was windows

at least things are where you expect them.

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gaijintendo Regular Member, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 18:41, archived)

I personally

think that it and the Tiger skins look bloody awful, they remind me of my Amiga days. You can alter them to be right handed but they still look dated all the same. The standard XP themes are also a bit naff. I use one called IGlass 3 and it's very pleasing to mine eyes.

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Zoot Cadillac . do androids dream of electric sheep?, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 18:49, archived)

(Guineapiggy Fuzzeh!, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:47, archived)

Pffft

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Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:48, archived)

Haha!

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Laughing Boy, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:51, archived)

I use a mac at work, and works perfectly

and I happent o use it on my laptop, because I don't want to use Windows, and I want a lot of the Linux type tools and power user shit. - to me OSX is just pretty-Unix.

AAAAANNNNND

I never use Safari - normally firefox, but the extensions are borked at work.... and I am at work.

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gaijintendo Regular Member, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:53, archived)

This has been a broadcast on behalf of the pro-choice party.

I'd say I'm sorry but I find mindless OMFGINOTWANTUSEWINDOWSLOLOLOLOL!!!!1111ONE talk for the vast majority of times extremely annoying, sheepish and baseless.

(Guineapiggy Fuzzeh!, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:57, archived)

I don't want to use it because I wind it easier to find freeware apps which suit me

and I am familiar to unix. That is why I didn't want a windows pooter. Not because I hate Willy Gates, or want to be bummed by Stephen Jobbies. I genuinely like the OS. I wish it didn't cost so damn much for an average but pretty pooter.
I really don't get how people can get so defensive about windows though. It is the industry standard. It is a bit like being a cornflake fanatic.

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gaijintendo Regular Member, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 18:39, archived)

What is your problem?

I have a mac, a windows xp machine and a BSD server [Yes! Not linux! I am a heathen!].

I use my BSD box to play with webservers, my Mac laptop for development and everyday use, and my windows XP box for games.

They are each very well suited to their task.

You can easily 'optimise' any OS to work how you want it to.

With XP I install Konfabulator and Cygwin on the command line.
I can not live without widgets and Gnu tools!

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coder.keitaro I like pies!, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 19:52, archived)

Hahah!

Apple Mac!

/that old chestnut

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Laughing Boy, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:38, archived)

haha, that's really confusing

when you return from the reply screen!

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grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:41, archived)

Haha.

I want to see the rest of the options though.

(Andy-, Wed 10 Aug 2005, 17:47, archived)