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[challenge entry] Learn From History!


Or just buy a computer because it's "pretty" and your geek mate says it's better than Windows. Just don't come crying to me when you can't get any software, have to run bulky, slow translators like Rosetta and the bastard thing burns your lap because it runs at twice the temperature of the surface of the Sun.
(clut, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:58, archived)
# HEY, I'M USING A MACBOOK RIGHT NOW
AND IT'S KEEPING MY LEGS NICE AND MELTY.

It actually is.

And I totally agree, I only got it to run Logic.
(I helped save b3ta! MrPineapple mrpineappleisonholiday(@)hotmail(.)com - SAY HELLO, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:04, archived)
# I remember when Apple was a company associated solely with nerds.
It then became some kind of "hip and trendy" company for all the cool kids, practically overnight.
(Green Spanner Has been pretty fucking busy over May., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:06, archived)
# iPod saved them
and I just do not understand how they get away with it.
(I helped save b3ta! Pedantichrist http://lordmanley.co.uk/gas/, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:08, archived)
# I know what you mean, it's weird.
I think the addition of "i" in front of every cunting product they ever make helps a bit, but I don't see how. I still bought an iRiver, and it's basically fucking indestructible.
(I helped save b3ta! MrPineapple mrpineappleisonholiday(@)hotmail(.)com - SAY HELLO, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:08, archived)
# I too have an iRiver.
I like the fact that it is a hard-drive with an mp3 player, so I can drop in whatever files I like and it'll play the music ones as well.

Fuck having to install fucking iTunes just to listen to a song.
(I helped save b3ta! Pedantichrist http://lordmanley.co.uk/gas/, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:12, archived)
# Damn right.
In fact, all but one of the buttons on my iRiver are broken. It can only turn on, play, pause and go to radio/mp3 function.

But it's still usable, and I have lots of movies and programs stored on there.

It's ace.
(I helped save b3ta! MrPineapple mrpineappleisonholiday(@)hotmail(.)com - SAY HELLO, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:14, archived)
# funny how iRivers aren't made by apple.

(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 has lost his jaw :op, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:14, archived)
# You're a dirty filthy whore
THAT'S RIGHT

:P
(I helped save b3ta! McBadger filling you with joy. In a good way., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:06, archived)
# Well duh :3

(I helped save b3ta! MrPineapple mrpineappleisonholiday(@)hotmail(.)com - SAY HELLO, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:08, archived)
# get in the van

(I helped save b3ta! McBadger filling you with joy. In a good way., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:09, archived)
# GET IN THE CANDY.
I'VE GOT A VAN.
(I helped save b3ta! MrPineapple mrpineappleisonholiday(@)hotmail(.)com - SAY HELLO, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:13, archived)
# The aluminium ones really conduct nicelly.

(gaijintendo_ _MOOOOORNIGHT!_, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:07, archived)
# Tell Apple that you keep burning yourself on it.
They'll give you a refund and compensation.
(clut, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:07, archived)
# The Mac is excellent for home media use.
If you want to use photoshop, look at films and pictures and surf the web then, with the addition of the sensible second mouse button, it is very good.

About as good as a windows or Ubuntu box that cost as much.
(I helped save b3ta! Pedantichrist http://lordmanley.co.uk/gas/, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:07, archived)
# do they make Photoshop that runs native
on the MacBook's Intel chips, yet?
(clut, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:08, archived)
# CS3 runs on leopard.

(I helped save b3ta! Pedantichrist http://lordmanley.co.uk/gas/, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:11, archived)
# and leopards run on plains
and planes run on fuel
and the fuel is EMPTY
just like MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish Fringe sUnDay. 10 august. Goto calEndar., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:14, archived)
# I'm running it native on here right now, so yessum.

(I helped save b3ta! MrPineapple mrpineappleisonholiday(@)hotmail(.)com - SAY HELLO, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:17, archived)
# could you run
Photoshop, Illustrator and Corel painter all at the same time with images open and in edit whilst browsing too? I Don't ask this glibly, we have a macbook pro here that she has stopped using. I have never turned it on myself. My laptop is no longer up to all the things I want to do ( oh that includes World of Warcraft ) and as I'll be working away this summer I don't know if I should bite the bullet and try and use the godawful thing or just buy another laptop.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic WARNING - May induce flouncing., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:26, archived)
# Mine's not a Pro
But I wouldn't be surprised if it could handle that, it's a lot more powerful than this thing, and it does damn near all I want to do.
(I helped save b3ta! MrPineapple mrpineappleisonholiday(@)hotmail(.)com - SAY HELLO, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:28, archived)
# I just wish I could lug my
PC around with me wherever I go but hotels frown on it. I have all the above running right now plus media player and all the usual background stuff. I've not found a way to kill it yet and this is not even the big beast.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic WARNING - May induce flouncing., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:31, archived)
# install vista on it
the macbook pro briefly enjoyed celebrity as the fastest production vista laptop[1]
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish Fringe sUnDay. 10 august. Goto calEndar., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:32, archived)
# I might try that
I'm not really a laptop fan to be honest and my XDA does just about all I need for work purposes as it runs windows mobile 6. But If I'm going to be away for 4-6 weeks then I'm pretty damn sure I'll miss warcraft and b3ta so need to be prepared.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic WARNING - May induce flouncing., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:40, archived)
# Ahh happy memories.
I remember when an Amiga 2000 with a GVP-030 accelerator was the worlds fastest Mac ;-)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket farted., Mon 3 Mar 2008, 13:45, archived)
# i've been toying with the idea of getting a macbook
though i think i'm going to get another tablet pc, because i want the pen goodness. whatever it is, it'll probably be running kde
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish Fringe sUnDay. 10 august. Goto calEndar., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:12, archived)
# I like my MacBook
there is something about them that drives people fanatical, though.

Maybe they're actually really shit and we're all in denial.
(I helped save b3ta! Peregrin ., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:20, archived)
# the specs aren't bad, and they fit together nicely
and the os, if it suits your needs, is very cool. the only downsides for me are the wide screens and the lack of factory-ready tablet screens. that, and macbook pros dent really easily

that said, this wee acer is full of bullet holes, and plastic doesn't bend so well...
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish Fringe sUnDay. 10 august. Goto calEndar., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:27, archived)
# Everyone seems to be going widescreen nowadays, not sure why
and my MacBook is extremely durable compared to all the PC laptops I've had in the past. It even copes with my kitten chewing the corners :-)

Mind you, if the Acer works with bullet holes in it, I'd stick with that brand...
(I helped save b3ta! Peregrin ., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:36, archived)
# it was a pricey model 5 years ago
and has the blessing of fanlessness. it's kind of magical, and i do love it. but sooner or later it will die, and i don't want to be left without a backup plan

plus, though it handles everything i throw at it with aplomb, it could be a leetle beet quicker
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish Fringe sUnDay. 10 august. Goto calEndar., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:40, archived)
# I had to use photoshop on windows once...
Just not as good.

If I played games I would go windows and I have a vaio media centre but for creative uses I need a mac.

I agree about the rosetta crap though.
Just upgraded to a quad core intell xeon and had to stick 9 gig in it to get a good performance out of CS2....

just got to wait until the boss lady gets back so I can beg for CS3 which runs native on Intel chips.

BTW anyone using a laptop of any kind on their lap clearly doesnt value their nadgers. Laptop batteries have a bad rep for exploding or catching fire.
(I helped save b3ta! oAmadeuso Godot still isn't coming., Mon 3 Mar 2008, 9:06, archived)
# cunt off
You tedious, herd following Windoze loving, Bill Gates sucking moron. Enjoy your virus ridden, crap-wizard-laden piece of shit OS that you use because you're too stupid to know any better. WANKSTAIN!

Still, when it breaks (which it always does) at least you can go down to Greggs the fucking bakers to get it fixed.
(nawlins, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 23:26, archived)
# shit off
You only bought your redundant, fisher price anachronism of a computer because you thought it would make you look hard, radical and politically edgy.

Instead everyone assumes you are either a predictable, new millennium protest-sheep, or some spotty, teenage sociopath with no love life, that only runs really dull techy apps and substandard open source shit.

Either way you lose. Always.
(clut, Wed 5 Mar 2008, 5:58, archived)