A majority of us didn't use our first Apple ][ when we were 10 years old to balance the books on our paper route business. Back then, the entertainment of entering line after line of code from "byte" magazine to play a simple Space Invaders game couldn't be topped. The entering and manipulation of those lines of code taught me how these boxes work. The playing of the game was what made it worth it. Today, not only is there a lack of quality games for Apple computers, it seems that they have made it more difficult than it needs to be to produce games for Apples. I had to give up Apple because it just lost its fun. If it's not fun, whats the point? Linux has filled part of this void by giving back thost occasional chills you get when you find something really cool like writing a script that exceeds functionality beyond what it was programmed to do. My winbox is used for pure right-brain entertainment with absolutely insane games, incredibly immersive 3D graphics and sound, can't be topped by anything else. Then there's my Mac, pretty much just sits there, smiling away, seeming to beg, "please play with me, please...".
-Chris Minneapolis, MN
p.s. Your ideas have put me where I am today, your computer changed our lives, and your pursuit for educating our children has gained my utmost respect and gratitude. Thank you.
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What do you think about Apple's lack of games?
A majority of us didn't use our first Apple ][ when we were 10 years old to balance the books on our paper route business. Back then, the entertainment of entering line after line of code from "byte" magazine to play a simple Space Invaders game couldn't be topped. The entering and manipulation of those lines of code taught me how these boxes work. The playing of the game was what made it worth it. Today, not only is there a lack of quality games for Apple computers, it seems that they have made it more difficult than it needs to be to produce games for Apples. I had to give up Apple because it just lost its fun. If it's not fun, whats the point? Linux has filled part of this void by giving back thost occasional chills you get when you find something really cool like writing a script that exceeds functionality beyond what it was programmed to do. My winbox is used for pure right-brain entertainment with absolutely insane games, incredibly immersive 3D graphics and sound, can't be topped by anything else. Then there's my Mac, pretty much just sits there, smiling away, seeming to beg, "please play with me, please...".
-Chris
Minneapolis, MN
p.s. Your ideas have put me where I am today, your computer changed our lives, and your pursuit for educating our children has gained my utmost respect and gratitude. Thank you.
If the pins and needles don't do it for ya try the the good ol' Carpal Tunnel Workshop.
Some of you probably remember this from 'The Corporation' website.