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... I'm still crying for my old machine running... (applause) NT4 SP6.
Oh boy, how that computers works. You didn't had time to grab the coffee and light a cigarette and the logon screen was already there...
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Same here. Me and a bunch of people I know believe NT4 was the best thing Microsoft ever came up with. Too bad they killed it by not including USB support in any of service packs, forcing us to (needlessly) upgrade to w2k or xp.
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Vladimir Svrkota,
CardWare
Novi Sad, Serbia.
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USB as USB... but remember NT4 installation at the end?
"Securing file system..." and Administrator ONLY could access the machine and only then grant rights to other.
And how the build was running... better I stop here or I'll throw the actual machine. 
Remember Win2K setup? System drive, security -- Everyone: FULL CONTROL.
XP was even better - first setup your user name (of course, Computer Administrator), connect network etc. Only then "Create a password."
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Window 2000, was the best after that it all went downhill.
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I buy a Mac desktop and put XP or Vista on it, but my future upgrade options are so limited.
With a "standard" PC I can upgrade almost every component.
I guess this isn't as much of an issue for laptop users tho - maybe I'd use a macBook...
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My same reasoning for saying MAYBE - the upgrade options are much more limited.
For example, if I want to go to the new Intel core, I am planning to keep most of the peripherals the same, figuring to change motherboard, CPU and RAM, maybe power supply. I am not sure with the MAC, sometimes they come out with an entirely new form factor, and you have to scrap a lot of equipment.
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Yup - if the mac platform was twice as fast, or 50% as fast, or 25% as fast then fine.
But it's all so pseudo-proprietary.
I say pseudo because Apple mac magnificent claims to industry adherence but, when it comes down to it, it is just so much harder. The chassis (nice that they are) don't offer the space of an ATX chassis, nor the number of PCI/AGP slots.
The mouse, we'll skip by.
It's just, ummm, more difficult with a mac chassis. So, unless you want to run MacOs 10.x, why bother?
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Just kidding about the dirty hippy part.
Seriously though, I don't think I'd run a Mac simply because of their pompous and self-important advertisements. Plus they make fun of geeks, and I'm insulted by that. 
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what are you saying you're a geek?;)
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Its amazing how much of Steve Jobs narcissism bleeds through to his entire product line and marketing strategy. 
If Apple didn't screw with their performance marks so much to make them seem so much better than everything else (i.e. show some honesty), I might actually be interested. 
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By who's standards? For example, my hand starts developing wierd cramps using one of Apple's round mice because it's so non-ergonomic. And I'm constantly having to look at the stupid thing to figure out if it's oriented correctly. Why would anyone make a round mouse, where you can't tell how it's oriented when you hold it?
Marc
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They have improved it. The hockey puck was laughed at even by Mac users.
regards,
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Ireland & South Africa
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Why don't you get a different mouse? Why would anyone continue to use a mouse that hurt they're hand...or a mouse that they couldn't figure out how to use?
★ Shane Shepherd
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Shane Shepherd wrote: Why don't you get a different mouse?
Because I don't use a Mac, and that was my experience when I had to use a Mac at my son's school for a couple hours.
Marc
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Interesting that you condemn an entire line of computers based on your 2 hour experience with 10 year old technology (the hockey-puck mouse was introduced in 1998).
★ Shane Shepherd
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Shane Shepherd wrote: Interesting that you condemn an entire line of computers based on your 2 hour experience with 10 year old technology
Hey, you gotta go with what you're good at.
Marc
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LoL...ok, I'll buy that.
★ Shane Shepherd
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Right, certainly not better for me. That assertion should be stricken from the question.
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...but the entire .NET framework, in addition to the superb IDE that is Visual Studio, make it tough to switch. No matter how good the interfaces of other computers are, the development tools in .NET are top notch.
Not to mention, the XNA framework really has my interest.
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BrandonWaskiewicz wrote: but the entire .NET framework, in addition to the superb IDE that is Visual Studio, make it tough to switch.
Parallels or Fusion on an Intel Mac enable use of Windows applications on the OS X desktop using virtualisation. Get the benefits of the OS X interface AND MS development tools...
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One of the primary factors that draws me to Windows is the XNA framework. Parallels would be nice, except that I don't think the native hardware support is advanced enough to handle developing something with XNA on Parallels.
In addition to that, it seems kind of weird to work in Visual Studio, on Windows, but through Parallels on a Mac. So you are basically paying more for the Mac, but not using any of parts that make the Mac cost more. If I used Parallels, I think would be doing everything in Windows. So then what would the point of even having a Mac?
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BrandonWaskiewicz wrote: superb IDE that is Visual Studio
You are lacking comparison, aren't you?
Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
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Well Eclipse is nice, but Java doesn't really have the draw to me, since in my spare time I like to do game stuff. Java would be great for just 2d, but .NET is far more advanced for 3d stuff, with XNA.
For the Apple development stuff, I have heard good things, but not nearly as much talk as for Eclipse and Visual Studio. Plus, I would have to code in Objective C, and I have gotten quite used to having the benefits of an interpreted language 
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BrandonWaskiewicz wrote: I would have to code in Objective C, and I have gotten quite used to having the benefits of an interpreted language
Objective C now has complete garbage collection, plus properties. However, while I haven't used xcode 3, the previous versions blew chunks compared to Visual Studio, in terms of being able to get work done, especially when it came to debugging (although in all fairness that's partly out of Apple's hands because they are using GDB which is a sucky base for a debugger).
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i think that apple laptop are the best on market!
they are cool, strong, compact and very pretty!
but i hate macos!!
i probably will buy an apple laptop when my dell laptop died but only if i could install a microsoft os (not by a virtual machine) and only if i'm sure of full compatibility!
i think that using intel cpu is the greatest thing that apple has ever done!!
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