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Originally Posted by Russic
That right there is going to separate you from the Apple pack immediately. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, but it is going to initiate a debate. Anytime you get a debate going in the computer realm things can get aggressive, this is nothing shocking. You can stop sharing what you feel is cool, but notice that while people did disagree with you, several thought it was interesting.
Obviously if you post something without a shell that may require tinkering Apple people are going to rip on it because it's opposite of the Apple philosophy. For the amount you two argue, you and FanIn80 are actually pretty similar (different sides of the same coin). If you guys got married it could be a hilarious sitcom.
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I think he's like 20 years older than me though
For me, this is all a hobby I guess and I like to build and tinker and make something of my own, not buy prepackaged that goes for most of the stuff that I buy. It's a different philosophy you're right.
I built a NAS that my friend uses through an Xbox to host 4TB worth of 1080p movies. I would actually recommend something like that or a streaming media box that can access the files from your computer directly like the ASUS O!Play if you already have a computer because that's actually the cheapest and least painful option in my opinion. You just plug it in and you can access the files on your main home computer and just press play on video files.
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16815293008
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Originally Posted by FanIn80
And for Hack&Lube to wig out about Apple people not liking his netbook-without-a-screen... why post it in an Apple thread in the first place? If it was it in its own thread or even just a thread about building PCs, I would understand not liking the reaction he got... but yeesh. You gotta pick your audience, man.
Edit: Actually a thread about build-your-own media centers would be pretty awesome.
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Because I don't think there is a critical mass of people who would be interested to make it an interesting thread. It will just die in ignomy from thread nervousness. I usually get ideas from other people's threads. There's nothing I really want enough to start my own thread. I usually just get an idea from somewhere else and feel like talking about it but it's not actually something I want or need. I do pick my audience, I keep most of my tech talk to other forums but chime in if I see something interesting here.
