You can ignore the bigger picture if you want. You, as someone whose entire scope of political and economic reality encompasses the failings of one man, are part of the real problem.
This guy gives President Bush way too much credit. The global calamity is the product of the combined stupidity of millions of people, not just that of President Bush.
I've never had to waste time doing any of the things that you talk about. Basic PC security isn't hard to grasp. Anti-viruses and things like that only exist because of people who do fail to grasp it.
People compare specs because in use it is the part that actually MATTERS. Magsafe? Glass trackpad? Unibody design? I'm paying anywhere from $200 to $800 extra for THAT? Give me a break.
I ask you--why is it that at a $1300 dollar price point, I can get a USED Macbook Pro with 1 gig of RAM, 128 megs of VRAM, and 120 gigs of HDD space, and then turn around and get a Dell Studio with the same screen size, three times the HDD space, three times the RAM, and double the VRAM, BRAND NEW for less?
I have. I looked into it at my university a while back. The 1099 Macbook went down to 999. Whoop de doo. Its specs still weren't up to the standard I can get for that money.
Unlike, I suspect, the person in the article, I actually HAVE done a spec-by-spec comparison of PC and Mac laptops. In the best of scenarios, the Macbooks carry a $200 premium, and this was BEFORE the new models came out with hiked pricing. As you look at higher-end models the premium increases significantly; the MBP is easily far more overpriced than the standard Macbook.
I did this with no malice toward Apple, because the truth is, I would like to have a Macbook. They are solid machines. But I am not overly wealthy and there is no justifying the premium.
Also, the phrase "Mac tax" is not a "recent Microsoft marketing canard". It is actually a very old phrase that people have been using for years to refer to the ridiculous premiums on Macs.
I can personally attest to the reliability of Corsair and Mushkin RAM, having used them both in numerous builds. And judging from the huge followings of the other brands on your list, I don't know how you can possibly dismiss them as "Crap that isn't reliable."
No, my implication was that supporting a toolkit as a great cross-platform solution because it happens to be the one used by your platform of choice is stupid. Your other reasons are perfectly valid.
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I play wow. I also work full time, go to school, and have a girlfriend. My life is doing fine, thank you.
You can ignore the bigger picture if you want. You, as someone whose entire scope of political and economic reality encompasses the failings of one man, are part of the real problem.
What kind of retard thinks we have a "ruling administration"?
There's a fuckload more to economics than whoever is sitting in the oval office, retard.
This guy gives President Bush way too much credit. The global calamity is the product of the combined stupidity of millions of people, not just that of President Bush.
I've never had to waste time doing any of the things that you talk about. Basic PC security isn't hard to grasp. Anti-viruses and things like that only exist because of people who do fail to grasp it.
Windows Vista has "just worked" for me since it was released. What are you doing wrong?
I might buy that, except I can get accidental protection for a little extra for my Dell and still have a better laptop for cheaper.
People compare specs because in use it is the part that actually MATTERS. Magsafe? Glass trackpad? Unibody design? I'm paying anywhere from $200 to $800 extra for THAT? Give me a break.
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I ask you--why is it that at a $1300 dollar price point, I can get a USED Macbook Pro with 1 gig of RAM, 128 megs of VRAM, and 120 gigs of HDD space, and then turn around and get a Dell Studio with the same screen size, three times the HDD space, three times the RAM, and double the VRAM, BRAND NEW for less?
I have. I looked into it at my university a while back. The 1099 Macbook went down to 999. Whoop de doo. Its specs still weren't up to the standard I can get for that money.
Unlike, I suspect, the person in the article, I actually HAVE done a spec-by-spec comparison of PC and Mac laptops. In the best of scenarios, the Macbooks carry a $200 premium, and this was BEFORE the new models came out with hiked pricing. As you look at higher-end models the premium increases significantly; the MBP is easily far more overpriced than the standard Macbook.
I did this with no malice toward Apple, because the truth is, I would like to have a Macbook. They are solid machines. But I am not overly wealthy and there is no justifying the premium.
Also, the phrase "Mac tax" is not a "recent Microsoft marketing canard". It is actually a very old phrase that people have been using for years to refer to the ridiculous premiums on Macs.
No, I get to download a freebie plug-in for my moderately expensive word processor, you get to download freebie crap. I win.
Midrange machines hardly count as "the crappiest computer you could imagine"...
Uh. Maybe you are.
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I can personally attest to the reliability of Corsair and Mushkin RAM, having used them both in numerous builds. And judging from the huge followings of the other brands on your list, I don't know how you can possibly dismiss them as "Crap that isn't reliable."
What planet do you live on?
erm... 2 Polygons=2 Triangles=Rectangle=Screen. As you say... whoooosh.
Who the fuck is Valleywag?
Separate products?
Holy shit, way to blow a cork. The guy was just saying it wasn't much of an RPG, but it was pretty awesome as other games go.
What do you want, flying robotic bananas with giant knives for legs?
As opposed to flaming random gamers anonymously on Slashdot. Yes, I can see how your life has so much more meaning.
No, my implication was that supporting a toolkit as a great cross-platform solution because it happens to be the one used by your platform of choice is stupid. Your other reasons are perfectly valid.