I live with a guy (he also posts here, too) who plays WoW day in and day out. I'm sorry that many of them have had unhappy experiences but, I've got to speak up in favor of it.
Last year, my partner had - what we thought - was a stroke. He lost the ability to speak for a bit, lost strength on his left side, migraines every day. Through his playing WoW, he regained his speech (he now uses his headset on the game), his mobility returned and during the 18 months he had migraines where he couldn't go out, the game allowed him to interact with people.
I guess I'm not one of the usual suspect GF's that disapprove of things if they're not focused on me, because, I'd rather have him home playing than at a bar, sucking down drinks. We have friends who come over and yet, I never make a fuss when he wants to play.
Oh...and it turned out to be a tumor on his carotid artery. And I can't thank his WoW guild enough for helping during this very difficult time in his life.
The Computer Store used to be the only game in town. Then came "Macforce" who brought in a clean, spacious building, but their attentiveness leaves a lot to be desired. I, for one, am anxious to have the Apple Store here in Portland. Periodically, Apple lowers prices or does specials that these other companies cannot.
I work at a Regional government office that supports around 50+ Macs. For all of the Computer Store's and MacForce's emphatic words that they could meet or beat Apple's prices for government, I have never seen that they could and so we buy directly from our Apple rep and get the product within a few days. If our computers go belly up (which is rare) I would rather be able to take it directly to an Apple store than to tap dance through the baloney that these other stores make you go through. It is evident that Apple has taken the bull by the horns to see their product is represented by those who will do so in the best possible light...namely, themselves.
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I live with a guy (he also posts here, too) who plays WoW day in and day out. I'm sorry that many of them have had unhappy experiences but, I've got to speak up in favor of it.
Last year, my partner had - what we thought - was a stroke. He lost the ability to speak for a bit, lost strength on his left side, migraines every day. Through his playing WoW, he regained his speech (he now uses his headset on the game), his mobility returned and during the 18 months he had migraines where he couldn't go out, the game allowed him to interact with people.
I guess I'm not one of the usual suspect GF's that disapprove of things if they're not focused on me, because, I'd rather have him home playing than at a bar, sucking down drinks. We have friends who come over and yet, I never make a fuss when he wants to play.
Oh...and it turned out to be a tumor on his carotid artery. And I can't thank his WoW guild enough for helping during this very difficult time in his life.
The Computer Store used to be the only game in town. Then came "Macforce" who brought in a clean, spacious building, but their attentiveness leaves a lot to be desired. I, for one, am anxious to have the Apple Store here in Portland. Periodically, Apple lowers prices or does specials that these other companies cannot.
I work at a Regional government office that supports around 50+ Macs. For all of the Computer Store's and MacForce's emphatic words that they could meet or beat Apple's prices for government, I have never seen that they could and so we buy directly from our Apple rep and get the product within a few days. If our computers go belly up (which is rare) I would rather be able to take it directly to an Apple store than to tap dance through the baloney that these other stores make you go through. It is evident that Apple has taken the bull by the horns to see their product is represented by those who will do so in the best possible light...namely, themselves.
Horrible program. At least with 5.1, the beach ball doesn't spin for over a minute. Chimera rocks.
Dazzle us with new iMacs, faster processors and perhaps a new tower case.