Fine, have you got 3-6 months of YOUR salary in the bank? If not Pilgram, you are still broke.
Sorry. In America, we suggest having money before having children, because the day may come when instead of a child, you might just want a kickass video card.
If you dont have 3Gs in the bank, you are BROKE! Less than $3K at your disposal means you are living on a paycheck.
And I dont mean available credit either. I feel sorry for anyone who cant save up 3-6 months salary in case of emergencies, or the next big Newegg sale, which ever comes first.
I use the Adobe CS2 suite as well, which would eat up that extra $1K for a Mac.
Fleece!
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Firewire?
I use a Creative Audigy 4 Pro card with 2 Firewire ports. I capture video through them to Adobe Premiere Pro from my Sony Camera. I know a lot of people like Final Cut pro on the MAC, but I find Premiere to be fine. I use Adobe Encore and Nero Vision to create DVDs.
My hardware aint cute, so I guess you got me.
What can a Mac do that a Win/Linux machine cant?
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Im asking seriously.
Someone tell me please?
And if there IS something, then tell me if/when upon learning this information, will it motivate me to go out and buy a hybric car, start wearing turtlenecks, and acting as if my shit doesnt stink just for knowing these facts.
I am at the point where the MACs would have to cut my food for me to make me switch, if only because the people using them act as if they come bundled with blowjobs in lue of software choices.
Can someone give me a legitimate reason to go Mac. I read every damn word of the article and dont think I learned anything new. I could buy a Mac tonight WITHOUT a payment plan, but I need more, dammit. I think for what MACs cost, I could get another sweet gaming machine under Windows, and just sip my latte with my pinky stuck out like the MAC fiends, couldnt I?
Forgive me for saying so, but how many people with Windows expertise and a software reviewing job to boot, who have trouble paying for a laptop? Budget concerns? Payment plans? I mean, WTF?
Any city, any country, an acknowledge 'expert' ought to be able to buy stuff without bitching.
I personally know two developers, one in the Office group, another in Longhorn, both hired direct from College, both making more than $100K at Microsoft, both have been there less than 3 years.
When a company is choosing to hire a developer out of tens of thousands of applicants PER MONTH, you think they might get someone good?
Microsoft's benefits and freebies for employees are probably the best in the industry, if not ANY industry. What you said about age could not be more false, especially in the programming ranks. Sure, there are lots of kids, but Microsoft is smart enough to know that kids need supervision.
Just because nobody in your circle made the cut doesnt mean a thing. I suggest your 'friends' just get a bit smarter, quicker, whatever, and try again.
The key to getting a job at Microsoft is not to just be smart, but to be in the right place at the right time. Different departments have different needs. You cant just be a poindexter, you need to be able to convey your ideas, back them up and prove your case in your writing and your speaking ability. Only then does it help to be able to code your ass off.
When I left Microsoft, the going base rate for new hires averaged $85K. Add stock options to that, and you easily top $100K in overall costs. Even though Microsofts stock packages are nowhere near as generous as they used to be, when then made the change they also increased base salaries.
So, as hard as it might be for some of you to stomach, Gates is telling the truth. These are not Janitors Microsoft is hiring, but highly trained, highly sought after individuals, regardless of country of origin.
"almost always IT workers who are disgruntled, paranoid, generally show up late, argue with colleagues, and generally perform poorly."
Disgrutled = Forced to install Notes
Paranoid = Forced to sit next to Notes Server all day waiting for the memory leak to take over
Late = Due to sleep deprevation from having to go in at 2am to reboot the Notes Server
Argumentative = Caught whispering "Exchange, bitches." under his breath
Poor Performer = Changed Cert ID password to "Fuck Notes"
Beyond the 'Hard' level, there is a 'Very Hard' level, where it is near impossible to win even the first round. There are people who have beaten the computer controled players, but it is damn, DAMN hard. The game has incredible variety, no game is the same, and the computer actually learns from what you do, and then adjusts to your game. Pretty soon, the computer is hitting behind you, forcing you to back from the net or get lob'd over, and basically kicking your ass to the point of embarassment.
It took me a week just to win the tournament on the 'Normal' level, and it felt like a major accomplishment when that happened.
I wish games like Madden were like that, so that you couldnt get 1000 yards of offense per game after mastering the plays and the computer tendencies.
But I played that bitch for a solid month trying to win the title in 'Hard' mode, only to be defeated in the finals about 100 times. Had to toss the disk.
Does anyone realize how stupid all this anti-Vista garbage is?
Like it, hate it, buy it or dont, but its a fucking piece of SOFTWARE!
Someone wake me when Vista morphs out of its CD case into Godzilla, and proceeds to beat the crap out of someone until they put it in their computer and reboot?
Hell, a few weeks ago, we were reminded that water can KILL!
When do we start clamoring for laws against Oxygen-Hydrogen combining, or at least regulations preventing stupid people from drinking water without taking an instruction course?
Windows itself should remind you that the best technology does not always win.
What.NET did, was give developers a reason not to switch, and enough of them to steal the profitability potential away from Sun. How come so many of you never take a business perspective to your replies?
There are plenty of companies using.NET in the enterprise, and whether.NET is superior doesnt matter at all in that equation..NET allows apps to be built quickly, without much learning curve, and foot-in-the-door matters more than anything else when it comes to technical adoption. If.NET existed solely for the purpose of limiting Java penetration, then you would have to conclude that on that note alone,.NET is wildly successful.
So, stop with the technical arguments, because it is past time for us to understand that technology alone never wins in the enterprise.
How many computers shipped nationwide last week? Now, how many of them had a Vista licence? How many of those computers represented pure PROFIT for Microsoft?
The only thing wrong with your argument, is that it is what people have been saying about Linux for a decade. How long can we keep making this promise? Goddammit, Open Office? Sure, Linux lets users run whatever machine they want, but run WHAT? And, can my grandmother install it? As long as the Linux community thinks things are fine, they aint gonna be.
Personally, I think it is time to dump the GPL, and fucking compete!
You think its funny? They think it is fucking HILARIOUS.
By yesterday, Microsoft made more money on Vista than OSX has in its entire lifespan.
Sun's handling of Java gave Microsoft enough time to make.NET a killer platform, especially for Web apps.
Even if the only way that Microsoft is innovative is in how they turn other people's ideas into profit centers, I assure you that they are laughing a lot more than Apple or Sun today.
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Sorry. In America, we suggest having money before having children, because the day may come when instead of a child, you might just want a kickass video card.
But, good luck with that.....*shiver*
And I dont mean available credit either. I feel sorry for anyone who cant save up 3-6 months salary in case of emergencies, or the next big Newegg sale, which ever comes first.
Fleece!
I use a Creative Audigy 4 Pro card with 2 Firewire ports. I capture video through them to Adobe Premiere Pro from my Sony Camera. I know a lot of people like Final Cut pro on the MAC, but I find Premiere to be fine. I use Adobe Encore and Nero Vision to create DVDs.
My hardware aint cute, so I guess you got me.
Someone tell me please?
And if there IS something, then tell me if/when upon learning this information, will it motivate me to go out and buy a hybric car, start wearing turtlenecks, and acting as if my shit doesnt stink just for knowing these facts.
I am at the point where the MACs would have to cut my food for me to make me switch, if only because the people using them act as if they come bundled with blowjobs in lue of software choices.
Can someone give me a legitimate reason to go Mac. I read every damn word of the article and dont think I learned anything new. I could buy a Mac tonight WITHOUT a payment plan, but I need more, dammit. I think for what MACs cost, I could get another sweet gaming machine under Windows, and just sip my latte with my pinky stuck out like the MAC fiends, couldnt I?
Enlighten me, bitches!
Any city, any country, an acknowledge 'expert' ought to be able to buy stuff without bitching.
Is he married?
Oh, wait.....
Ah, another comment from the Slashdot credibility brigade! How ya been?
When a company is choosing to hire a developer out of tens of thousands of applicants PER MONTH, you think they might get someone good?
You are wrong, deal with it.
Microsoft's benefits and freebies for employees are probably the best in the industry, if not ANY industry. What you said about age could not be more false, especially in the programming ranks. Sure, there are lots of kids, but Microsoft is smart enough to know that kids need supervision.
Just because nobody in your circle made the cut doesnt mean a thing. I suggest your 'friends' just get a bit smarter, quicker, whatever, and try again.
The key to getting a job at Microsoft is not to just be smart, but to be in the right place at the right time. Different departments have different needs. You cant just be a poindexter, you need to be able to convey your ideas, back them up and prove your case in your writing and your speaking ability. Only then does it help to be able to code your ass off.
So, as hard as it might be for some of you to stomach, Gates is telling the truth. These are not Janitors Microsoft is hiring, but highly trained, highly sought after individuals, regardless of country of origin.
Deal with it.
Yeah, but 4 of them will be used to keep Notes running.
Notes: The only application for which there is not enough RAM on Planet Earth.
If you ever worked with Notes, you would thank Microsoft everyday for Exchange.
Disgrutled = Forced to install Notes
Paranoid = Forced to sit next to Notes Server all day waiting for the memory leak to take over
Late = Due to sleep deprevation from having to go in at 2am to reboot the Notes Server
Argumentative = Caught whispering "Exchange, bitches." under his breath
Poor Performer = Changed Cert ID password to "Fuck Notes"
Whats not to understand?
Now back to Texas Hold Em', bitches.
Beyond the 'Hard' level, there is a 'Very Hard' level, where it is near impossible to win even the first round. There are people who have beaten the computer controled players, but it is damn, DAMN hard. The game has incredible variety, no game is the same, and the computer actually learns from what you do, and then adjusts to your game. Pretty soon, the computer is hitting behind you, forcing you to back from the net or get lob'd over, and basically kicking your ass to the point of embarassment.
It took me a week just to win the tournament on the 'Normal' level, and it felt like a major accomplishment when that happened.
I wish games like Madden were like that, so that you couldnt get 1000 yards of offense per game after mastering the plays and the computer tendencies.
Someone should mod you up.
But I played that bitch for a solid month trying to win the title in 'Hard' mode, only to be defeated in the finals about 100 times. Had to toss the disk.
This, Gates could not forgive.
Like it, hate it, buy it or dont, but its a fucking piece of SOFTWARE!
Someone wake me when Vista morphs out of its CD case into Godzilla, and proceeds to beat the crap out of someone until they put it in their computer and reboot?
Hell, a few weeks ago, we were reminded that water can KILL!
When do we start clamoring for laws against Oxygen-Hydrogen combining, or at least regulations preventing stupid people from drinking water without taking an instruction course?
Khaaaaaaaaaannnnnnn, Bitches!!!
They are too busy counting the Baying Sheep's money to give a shit. If you bought it, they did their job.
What .NET did, was give developers a reason not to switch, and enough of them to steal the profitability potential away from Sun. How come so many of you never take a business perspective to your replies?
There are plenty of companies using .NET in the enterprise, and whether .NET is superior doesnt matter at all in that equation. .NET allows apps to be built quickly, without much learning curve, and foot-in-the-door matters more than anything else when it comes to technical adoption. If .NET existed solely for the purpose of limiting Java penetration, then you would have to conclude that on that note alone, .NET is wildly successful.
So, stop with the technical arguments, because it is past time for us to understand that technology alone never wins in the enterprise.
Absolutely Spot On. Wish I had mod points.
How many computers shipped nationwide last week? Now, how many of them had a Vista licence? How many of those computers represented pure PROFIT for Microsoft?
Idiot.
Personally, I think it is time to dump the GPL, and fucking compete!
You think its funny? They think it is fucking HILARIOUS.
By yesterday, Microsoft made more money on Vista than OSX has in its entire lifespan.
Sun's handling of Java gave Microsoft enough time to make .NET a killer platform, especially for Web apps.
Even if the only way that Microsoft is innovative is in how they turn other people's ideas into profit centers, I assure you that they are laughing a lot more than Apple or Sun today.