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Hack&Lube · 06-23-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Barnes

Windows sucks. Amiga's rule.

Oh god, I'm stuck in '93.

I will agree with you on that. Amiga > Apple. Bring on the Atari fanboys!

You Need a Thneed · 06-23-2010, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by FanIn80

"Ships within 24 hours" just means it leaves their warehouse within 24 hours. Log into your online account and check the status of your order. If it's shipped, then it will have tracking information there.

All I know from that is that it was in Concord, ON yesterday morning.

Flames0910 · 06-23-2010, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Flames0910

When I first was checking out bootcamp I ran into this problem. Found a driver so that I could storm the sandbox.

http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/

this is hilarious. I post in this thread and no more than 30 minutes later I need the same tool again.

--Had to reformat a USB stick to NTFS to copy a 4.54gb file to it (Fat32 can only hold 4gb max). HFS could do it, but I need it to work when it goes to a windows machine.

narbeZ · 06-23-2010, 03:07 PM

Don't buy a Mac, you will regret it. Your just not getting enough bang for your buck.

Buy a PC for 300 dollars, which is equivalent to a mac, go to Pirate Bay and download anything and everything you need.

^^ Best Advice Ever

Ever notice that when people go about buying Mac's they mention physical attributes, rather then boasting about the components? Its because the components are garbage, and the appearence is breath taking. This is why you average 60 year old, or your 30 year old housewife who watch's Ellen 8 hours a day get's hooked.

Real men buy PC's.

Flames0910 · 06-23-2010, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by narbeZ

Don't buy a Mac, you will regret it. Your just not getting enough bang for your buck.

Buy a PC for 300 dollars, which is equivalent to a mac, go to Pirate Bay and download anything and everything you need.

^^ Best Advice Ever

Ever notice that when people go about buying Mac's they mention physical attributes, rather then boasting about the components? Its because the components are garbage, and the appearence is breath taking. This is why you average 60 year old, or your 30 year old housewife who watch's Ellen 8 hours a day get's hooked.

Real men buy PC's.

i didn't even know they showed 8 hours of ellen a day.

FanIn80 · 06-23-2010, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Flames0910

i didn't even know they showed 8 hours of ellen a day.

Huh?

Edit: Never mind. I just turned off my ignore filter and saw the post you're referencing. Wow, that guy's a real winner. No wonder he's on my list.

In other news, it's great that I can now be blissfully ignorant of the some of the annoying people here... but it sure makes for some head-scratching conversations.

FanIn80 · 06-23-2010, 03:23 PM

Exhibit A:

Hack&Lube · 06-23-2010, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by FanIn80

Exhibit A:

Wow so that guy's posts didn't even show up? That's strange. When I tried to block you (for fun only, you're not actually blocked), it kept telling me: "you cannot see this post because FanIn80 is on your list of blocked members, click to read this post" and I would invariably click anyway.

FanIn80 · 06-23-2010, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Wow so that guy's posts didn't even show up? That's strange. When I tried to block you (for fun only, you're not actually blocked), it kept telling me: "you cannot see this post because FanIn80 is on your list of blocked members, click to read this post" and I would invariably click anyway.

Yeah, that was the problem I always had too. I'm too frickin curious for my own good.

I'm using a FireFox plugin called Vbulletin Management. It's great, but it leads to some confusing moments. There are some annoyances, though, like it doesn't remove their names from some fields. Like I'll see the thread bolded with their name as the latest poster, but of course they're completely hidden when I go in the thread.

So there are still opportunities for my curiosity to kill me.

narbeZ · 06-23-2010, 05:57 PM

Ah yes, Apple at work again!

KTrain · 06-23-2010, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by narbeZ

Ah yes, Apple at work again!

While I don't understand your desire to "attack Apple Fanboys, till the break of dawn." You're making less sense than usual.

Do you really hate a product and its fans so much that you go out of your way to attack the people that like the company's product? There HAS to be better things to do on the Internet.

narbeZ · 06-23-2010, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by KTrain

While I don't understand your desire to "attack Apple Fanboys, till the break of dawn." You're making less sense than usual.

Do you really hate a product and its fans so much that you go out of your way to attack the people that like the company's product? There HAS to be better things to do on the Internet.

Short Answer? Nope. Steve Job's and Apple are the Wal-Mart of the computer/technology world. The break of dawn reference is to Nicolas Cage in Bad Lieutenant. I tried to link/find the clip of him saying it on youtube, but apparently I was the only one who laughed.

Flames0910 · 06-24-2010, 01:18 AM

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Steve Job's and Apple are the Wal-Mart of the computer/technology world.

Apple developed innovative logistics management software and then built retail locations in small towns that could only support one big box with 5k-10k in population and used centralized distribution to make it all work?

(love the screenshot Fanin80; that's hilarious)

MickMcGeough · 06-24-2010, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by narbeZ

Steve Job's and Apple are the Wal-Mart of the computer/technology world.

They roll back prices like nobody's business?

FanIn80 · 06-24-2010, 08:44 AM

Who the hell is Steve Job, and which of his belongings is this guy talking about anyway?

(I had to peek. I couldn't figure out what the heck you guys were talking about.)

Barnes · 06-24-2010, 08:46 AM

Maybe he meant Steve's job. Still doesn't tell us who the hell Steve is.

FanIn80 · 06-24-2010, 08:47 AM

Ohhh... So Steve's job is to turn Apple into Walmart? Awesome. I wouldn't mind a couple price rollbacks.

Edit: Still no clue who this Steve guy is, though.

Phaneuf3 · 06-24-2010, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by narbeZ

Short Answer? Nope. Steve Job's and Apple are the Wal-Mart of the computer/technology world.

If you don't like Apple, that's fine.
If you want to troll apple threads.... ugh... if you have to... but please keep your criticisms somewhat grounded in reality.

Apple is trying to appeal to the extremely savings conscious market in the effort to create a monopoly by pricing the products they sell so low that they're trying to put everyone else out of business? Really? REALLY?!

kermitology · 06-24-2010, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by narbeZ

Short Answer? Nope. Steve Job's and Apple are the Wal-Mart of the computer/technology world. The break of dawn reference is to Nicolas Cage in Bad Lieutenant. I tried to link/find the clip of him saying it on youtube, but apparently I was the only one who laughed.

Your comparison is quite invalid I do believe. Apple is much more like IKEA than it is Walmart.

I think it's been relatively proven time and again that the hardware in a Mac is comparable in price to what you'll get from PC configurations, never mind the fact that the Mac is a PC running OS X.

But hey, go ahead and throw your feces around at the Apple fanboys.

FanIn80 · 06-24-2010, 08:54 AM

Ohhh... Does Apple serve breakfast for $1 too?

As an aside, is it still cool to go to IKEA for breakfast... or is that played out now?