1) Mozilla FireFox
2) MSN Messenger Plus! (non Microsoft add on for MSN Messenger that removes the Microsuck ads and gives all kinds of cool features)
3) Quicktime
4) Photoshop
5) DirectX 9
6) Starfleet Command 3 (what use is Windows for besides the games?)
7) All my Macromedia Apps like Flash and Dreamweaver MX
8) All the rest of my games...
9 & 10) More games
The maker apparently doesn't know much about Star Wars. He calls it a "scale" replica...considering a Star Destroyer is supposed to be 1.6 kilometers long, those little model people are what, 500 feet tall?
And the bridge section shouldn't be near as fat. He even says that a Star Destroyer boasts "8 laser batteries" when it's a well known fact that it has 60 turbolaser cannons...not 8. If it had 8 laser cannons, two X-wings would outgun it, lol.
User: "How do I get Quake 3 to run on my Mac?"
Zealot: "Oh, not another stinkin' Mac user! Mac's suck! You suck! You actually have to drag the folder from the CD to your Applications folder! Can you believe it? Not even an installer!"
Ever notice that the easier something is, the worse the reputation?
At my school, you mention Linux, people think it rules. You mention Windows, some people think its OK while others shudder. You mention Mac, and everyone goes nuts and calls you an idiot.
Even notice this? Linux and Mac OS X are both UNIX based, both rock stable, both insanely great OSes, but Mac OS X is user friendly and Linux is not. Yet, Linux has a reputation for being a super OS, while everyone thinks Mac sucks. What is with these people?
We should hope Microsoft won't sell their products through their vending machines. Okay, I can understand maybe buying a $50 game, but I really would feel at risk feeding $300 into a vending machine for Windows. I mean, who here has ever had a dollar eaten by a soda machine, or a quarter by an arcade machine? Can you imagine having $300 eaten by a machine?
Additionally if the machine just burns the CD's, all the copies of Windows would have the same registration numbers and you'd be unable to register it with Microsoft, forcing you to either download the hack in 30 days or throw it away.
Theres a difference.
1) Microsoft's only plays WMV. You can't rip a DVD to it, and you can't get a TV show onto it without a Media Center Edition PC that is very expensive.
2) Microsoft's costs $100 to $200 more- just buy a laptop.
3) Microsoft's doesn't have an integrated microphone or camera.
4) Microsoft's isn't as dang cool!
What are you talking about?
$699 (with education discount) will get me a 1 GHz eMac with a combo drive and G4 processor, complete with OS X Panther and a 40 gig hard drive. $799 without the edu discount.
ALSO I just noticed: They added "April Fools" to the front of the article.
Oh please. Why do you think that the iPod is the most popular? It's THE EASIEST TO USE.
Additionally, compare to the AOL commercials. They claim that its five times faster than normal dialup when loading pages, but you have to dig through fine print to discover that it does not apply to downloading web pages, just rendering them, and therefore hardly increases your speed. You don't see THEM getting in trouble for false advertising, do you?
On the other hand, in a number of benchmarks the G5 DOES win, and in others it barely loses. It's not like its a gigantic lie here- it does or almost does live up to its claims. Compared to other companies, it does not.
The other day I saw a weight loss ad that said, "Lose 20 pounds guaranteed or your money back!"
In tiny invisible print below that for a split second (had to pause it with a DVR to read), it said, "Average weight loss 12 pounds over 8 weeks".
THAT is a false advertisment. Apple's advertisements are partially true, on the other hand- the win in some benchmarks and lose in others.
Microsoft: Windows is the best operating system!
Microsoft: MS-Office is the best Office program!
Dell: We have the best deals on our computers!
Apple: We have the fastest computer!
BBB: Apple, you're not allowed to say that...
Fair?
It seems to me that FPS games play better on the computer, while the majority of other action games play better on the console.
I generally buy games for console first, UNLESS the game supports Internet play, in which case I buy it for PC so I can play online.
I have Zelda: Ocarina of Time for N64 and I downloaded the ROM of it to see how it'd play on the PC, and slamming keys on the keyboard is vastly inferior to using a controller. On the other hand, I could never stand playing a game like Jedi Knight 2 and Jedi Academy on a console with dual joysticks- I WANT A MOUSE. A game like Zelda: The Wind Waker is better on a console, and a game like Jedi Knight 2 is better on the PC.
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Why buy an iPod when you can buy a PocketPC, equip it with as much memory as you want (it's cheap these days), and do infinitely more things with it beyond just listening to mp3's, such as watch movies or play games?
Check the price of 1 GB SD cards. The price is insane. 2 GB is unbelievable. An iPod Mini is way, way cheaper than a Pocket PC with a 4 GB CompactFlash card (if they even exist, last i heard they were at 2 GB and cost over $1000).
Hopefully they'll have to unbundle Internet Explorer, as well...
After all, WMP is needed because there are still idiots who use the WMP format on the internet...
What I want is a choice during installation:
Do you want:
a) Internet Explorer
b) Mozilla FireFox 0.8
c) Mozilla 1.7
d) Netscape
e) Opera
Do you want:
a) Windows Media Player
b) QuickTime and iTunes
c) RealPlayer
d) All of the above
Excellent! Now one crappy company (Microsuck) can buy the other crappy company (AOHell) and then they can be crappy together, creating the most craptastic services in history!
And we will no longer need to hate both companies- we can make fun of AOHell and Microstink at the same time!
This is ridiculous.
Compare: 40 gigabyte iPod = $499.
40 gigabyte "iPod Killer" + color screen = $800.
The only difference between Microsoft's iPod killer and the iPod is
1) A fancier screen
2) A gigantic "wallet killer" price tag
It's basicly a color iPod that can play WMV as well as music.
Oh yes, and who wants WMV? DVD's are encoded in MPEG, not WMV. To get WMV you have to own a Windows Media Center edition PC (which cost way more than a normal PC) with a TV tuner, and record TV shows, to get the WMV format.
So I need a Media Center PC AND need to spend $800 to use this device?
Right. I'll just take my education discount and buy an iBook G4 complete with a 40 gig HD, much bigger screen, much faster processor, CD-RW AND DVD drive, honking powerful Radeon 9200, and way better OS for $200 more...
Hmm...I wonder if it'd be easy to convert Mac OS X games to Linux? After all, both Mac and Linux games use OpenGL, and both Mac and Linux are UNIX based...
If the developers take the Mac source code and tweak it a bit for linux, then recompile it on an x86 Linux machine, voila, Mac games on Linux!
How come as soon as a Linux user is *suspected* to make a virus, everyone gets mad at Linux users, but when the thousands of Windows virus writers make computer killing viruses, no one gets mad at Windows users?
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1) Mozilla FireFox
2) MSN Messenger Plus! (non Microsoft add on for MSN Messenger that removes the Microsuck ads and gives all kinds of cool features)
3) Quicktime
4) Photoshop
5) DirectX 9
6) Starfleet Command 3 (what use is Windows for besides the games?)
7) All my Macromedia Apps like Flash and Dreamweaver MX
8) All the rest of my games...
9 & 10) More games
Gotta love them games!
What I've always wanted...
An overclocked gaming machine that will be so fast and so hot that in the winter I can use it as a portable heater...
It's very well done, but...
The maker apparently doesn't know much about Star Wars. He calls it a "scale" replica...considering a Star Destroyer is supposed to be 1.6 kilometers long, those little model people are what, 500 feet tall?
And the bridge section shouldn't be near as fat.
He even says that a Star Destroyer boasts "8 laser batteries" when it's a well known fact that it has 60 turbolaser cannons...not 8. If it had 8 laser cannons, two X-wings would outgun it, lol.
" Since Billy owns much of it, you`re completely right"
No, Bill owns 3%, and its non-voting stock, so he has no say in anything.
User: "How do I get Quake 3 to run on my Mac?"
Zealot: "Oh, not another stinkin' Mac user! Mac's suck! You suck! You actually have to drag the folder from the CD to your Applications folder! Can you believe it? Not even an installer!"
Ever notice that the easier something is, the worse the reputation?
At my school, you mention Linux, people think it rules. You mention Windows, some people think its OK while others shudder. You mention Mac, and everyone goes nuts and calls you an idiot.
Even notice this? Linux and Mac OS X are both UNIX based, both rock stable, both insanely great OSes, but Mac OS X is user friendly and Linux is not. Yet, Linux has a reputation for being a super OS, while everyone thinks Mac sucks. What is with these people?
I love my Mac... *Laughs at Windows users*
We should hope Microsoft won't sell their products through their vending machines. Okay, I can understand maybe buying a $50 game, but I really would feel at risk feeding $300 into a vending machine for Windows. I mean, who here has ever had a dollar eaten by a soda machine, or a quarter by an arcade machine? Can you imagine having $300 eaten by a machine?
Additionally if the machine just burns the CD's, all the copies of Windows would have the same registration numbers and you'd be unable to register it with Microsoft, forcing you to either download the hack in 30 days or throw it away.
What a boring machine that is...yawn...
REQUIRED to purchase a Mac? Dude, can I go to your college? Then I'll have an excuse to get that purdy G5...:D
Theres a difference. 1) Microsoft's only plays WMV. You can't rip a DVD to it, and you can't get a TV show onto it without a Media Center Edition PC that is very expensive. 2) Microsoft's costs $100 to $200 more- just buy a laptop. 3) Microsoft's doesn't have an integrated microphone or camera. 4) Microsoft's isn't as dang cool!
Better than paying $899 for the Microsoft version of it, that doesn't have the microphone or camera either and only plays WMV...
What are you talking about? $699 (with education discount) will get me a 1 GHz eMac with a combo drive and G4 processor, complete with OS X Panther and a 40 gig hard drive. $799 without the edu discount. ALSO I just noticed: They added "April Fools" to the front of the article.
Oh please. Why do you think that the iPod is the most popular? It's THE EASIEST TO USE.
Additionally, compare to the AOL commercials. They claim that its five times faster than normal dialup when loading pages, but you have to dig through fine print to discover that it does not apply to downloading web pages, just rendering them, and therefore hardly increases your speed. You don't see THEM getting in trouble for false advertising, do you?
On the other hand, in a number of benchmarks the G5 DOES win, and in others it barely loses. It's not like its a gigantic lie here- it does or almost does live up to its claims. Compared to other companies, it does not.
The other day I saw a weight loss ad that said, "Lose 20 pounds guaranteed or your money back!"
In tiny invisible print below that for a split second (had to pause it with a DVR to read), it said, "Average weight loss 12 pounds over 8 weeks".
THAT is a false advertisment. Apple's advertisements are partially true, on the other hand- the win in some benchmarks and lose in others.
Microsoft: Windows is the best operating system!
Microsoft: MS-Office is the best Office program!
Dell: We have the best deals on our computers!
Apple: We have the fastest computer!
BBB: Apple, you're not allowed to say that...
Fair?
Come on, why does everyone pick on Apple...
It seems to me that FPS games play better on the computer, while the majority of other action games play better on the console. I generally buy games for console first, UNLESS the game supports Internet play, in which case I buy it for PC so I can play online. I have Zelda: Ocarina of Time for N64 and I downloaded the ROM of it to see how it'd play on the PC, and slamming keys on the keyboard is vastly inferior to using a controller. On the other hand, I could never stand playing a game like Jedi Knight 2 and Jedi Academy on a console with dual joysticks- I WANT A MOUSE. A game like Zelda: The Wind Waker is better on a console, and a game like Jedi Knight 2 is better on the PC.
Macrumors is both rumors and news...
It's been in the news section all day.
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Why buy an iPod when you can buy a PocketPC, equip it with as much memory as you want (it's cheap these days), and do infinitely more things with it beyond just listening to mp3's, such as watch movies or play games?
Check the price of 1 GB SD cards. The price is insane. 2 GB is unbelievable. An iPod Mini is way, way cheaper than a Pocket PC with a 4 GB CompactFlash card (if they even exist, last i heard they were at 2 GB and cost over $1000).
The iPod Mini is selling quite fast, isn't it... Go Apple! BTW, what took this article so long to appear? It's been on MacRumors.com all day.
Hopefully they'll have to unbundle Internet Explorer, as well... After all, WMP is needed because there are still idiots who use the WMP format on the internet... What I want is a choice during installation: Do you want: a) Internet Explorer b) Mozilla FireFox 0.8 c) Mozilla 1.7 d) Netscape e) Opera Do you want: a) Windows Media Player b) QuickTime and iTunes c) RealPlayer d) All of the above
Excellent! Now one crappy company (Microsuck) can buy the other crappy company (AOHell) and then they can be crappy together, creating the most craptastic services in history! And we will no longer need to hate both companies- we can make fun of AOHell and Microstink at the same time!
This is ridiculous. Compare: 40 gigabyte iPod = $499. 40 gigabyte "iPod Killer" + color screen = $800. The only difference between Microsoft's iPod killer and the iPod is 1) A fancier screen 2) A gigantic "wallet killer" price tag It's basicly a color iPod that can play WMV as well as music. Oh yes, and who wants WMV? DVD's are encoded in MPEG, not WMV. To get WMV you have to own a Windows Media Center edition PC (which cost way more than a normal PC) with a TV tuner, and record TV shows, to get the WMV format. So I need a Media Center PC AND need to spend $800 to use this device? Right. I'll just take my education discount and buy an iBook G4 complete with a 40 gig HD, much bigger screen, much faster processor, CD-RW AND DVD drive, honking powerful Radeon 9200, and way better OS for $200 more...
Hmm...I wonder if it'd be easy to convert Mac OS X games to Linux? After all, both Mac and Linux games use OpenGL, and both Mac and Linux are UNIX based... If the developers take the Mac source code and tweak it a bit for linux, then recompile it on an x86 Linux machine, voila, Mac games on Linux!
wow...did I just get first post? Didn't expect that... :)
Games on a stable and free OS! My dream come true!
How come as soon as a Linux user is *suspected* to make a virus, everyone gets mad at Linux users, but when the thousands of Windows virus writers make computer killing viruses, no one gets mad at Windows users?