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# I'm sorry..


I just had to get it out of my head...
(I helped save b3ta! StuartB Official Operator of Macs, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:28, archived)
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I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you Mac fanatics? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a Mac (a 8600/300 w/64 Megs of RAM) for about 20 minutes now while it attempts to copy a 17 Meg file from one folder on the hard drive to another folder. 20 minutes. At home, on my Pentium Pro 200 running NT 4, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this Mac, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.

In addition, during this file transfer, Netscape will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even BBEdit Lite is straining to keep up as I type this.

I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working on various Macs, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a Mac that has run faster than its Wintel counterpart, despite the Macs' faster chip architecture. My 486/66 with 8 megs of ram runs faster than this 300 mhz machine at times. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the Macintosh is a superior machine.

Mac addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use a Mac over other faster, cheaper, more stable systems.
(I helped save b3ta! Polly Carbonate, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:31, archived)
# classic macs suck
try a recent mac with OS-X. they suck a lot less.
(I helped save b3ta! but the hedgehog can never be buggered at all foreskin of the apocalypse, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:33, archived)
# Macs do what you want without fucking about.
I don't use one, because I like to fuck about, but if you are merely a user, mac stuff integrates seamlessly and works, just like that.

like I use foobar200 and WMPC, but most people would prefer Windows Media Player. It may not be quite as powerful, but it's pretty and works as they expect.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:33, archived)
# ^This
But with added £££.

Also with added "It's their computer, not yours".
(I helped save b3ta! The Glum Reaper cannot solve your problem because he has no jam, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:42, archived)
# What's the point of having a computer
if it doesn't fuck up all the time and give you problems? That's all the fun of a windows!
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 22:02, archived)
# Copying text from web sites is boring and stupid.
www.kottke.org/98/11/my-mac-sucks
(RIS, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:35, archived)
# I was wondering why that sounded so damn old
"posted November 25, 1998 at 08:25 am"

also: I'm going to ignore this person, since all his posts read like they were copied from somewhere else at random or just plain trolls.

(I helped save b3ta! but the hedgehog can never be buggered at all foreskin of the apocalypse, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:36, archived)
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hey guys im new here. i posted alot on the other forums but they dont help alot they just ignore u. sucks. so i looked around for a good forum about lulz and this forums looks good.
(I helped save b3ta! Polly Carbonate, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:43, archived)
# ^_^
Profile for oh hai guys:

* a member for 3 years, 5 months and 23 days
* has posted 1230 messages on the main board

Do you like ponies?

DO YOU MOTHERFUCKER? DO YOU LIKE PONIES?
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:44, archived)
# ANSWER HIM MOTHERFUCKER
DO YOU LIKE PONIES?
(Samuel Hell Jackson The one with Bad Motherfucker written on it, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:50, archived)
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I like ponies and boxing. I like ballet, but I like opera more. I like that my neighbor across the street enjoys being naked all the time while never closing her blinds and always having the lights on at night. I like that I'm forced to close my blinds just to avoid feeling like a peeping perv each night.
(I helped save b3ta! Polly Carbonate, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:53, archived)
# what about dachshunds?
do you like dachshunds?

DO YOU?
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:55, archived)
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'Ignore'. Makes the pain go away.

Oh, and stop watching Fox news.
(I helped save b3ta! The Glum Reaper cannot solve your problem because he has no jam, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:51, archived)
# haha! busted!
(I helped save b3ta! AgentMuu hentai coordination, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:37, archived)
# hmm
is this what is known as a "slashdot trolling phenomenon"?
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:38, archived)
# Fanj?
(I helped save b3ta! The Glum Reaper cannot solve your problem because he has no jam, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:47, archived)
# sup
(I helped save b3ta! Polly Carbonate, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:50, archived)
# oh hai
(I helped save b3ta! The Glum Reaper cannot solve your problem because he has no jam, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:55, archived)
# Dman it, where is mine?
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:31, archived)
# Here it is!
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:37, archived)
# Got to see that everywhere I turn will
Point to the fact the time is eternal


great band were the klf...
(stinkbone : Devon's only wastrel (well in the posh bit), Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:31, archived)
# now that you said that
I can finally see it.

:-)
(I helped save b3ta! but the hedgehog can never be buggered at all foreskin of the apocalypse, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:35, archived)
# I saw that,
but also the runaround and thought of Mike Reid!!
(I helped save b3ta! Mstandot I suppose I should post more often., Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:39, archived)
# You've lost me!


(I helped save b3ta! Mstandot I suppose I should post more often., Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:32, archived)
# As a friend?
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:34, archived)
# as a known enemy
/'vana
(I helped save b3ta! Mstandot I suppose I should post more often., Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:37, archived)
# R to the I to the tapdancing S
(I helped save b3ta! The Glum Reaper cannot solve your problem because he has no jam, Wed 5 Sep 2007, 21:45, archived)