As I predicted, I was instantly moderated a troll for that. I will try to be more sensitible in my reasoning:
Will somebody please inform me why it is a good thing to install Windows on a computer running Mac OS X? And no, "Because you can" is not a valid argument. You can wear a paper bag over your head for a week, but it will only make you look ridiculous.
Why the fsck would anyone want to run WINDOWS on his or her beautiful Mac? I know I will be moderated as a troll for this, but I mean, OMGWTF!!!! The reason you use a Mac or Linux (or some other alternative) machine is that you have decided NOT to use Windows! Please explain to me, in plain language, why anyone with a normal, untwisted mind would use WIndows on a Mac.
The cameras seem to be put together with nothing but spit and scotch tape, but the results are astonishing. I think I'll go and hack my old Epson scanner now!
I welcome my artificial masters, but only if I get to write the obligatory one-liners. I'll steal them from movies like Kill Bill, Star Wars and The Terminator of course.
"You might not be able to fight like a samurai, but you can at least die like a samurai."
Dear Mr. Nash, When are you finally going to kill Internet Explorer? It seems there's no way you can improve on it, so why not just replace it with a secure and usable product, such as Firefox? Or maybe you could ask Apple to port Safari to Windows? While you are at it, have them replace Windows also. Microsoft's products have plagued users long enough.
I won't deny there is a fair amount of pirating in the Mac community, but on the whole Mac users actually pay real money for the software they use. Is that so bad? You don't normally steal food, beer, gas or clothes, so why steal software? Do you have the right to do so, simply because you can?
I certainly hope Microsoft will never release that smelly old pile of crock as open source. isn't it bad enough that they insist on installing it on Windows machines?
Internet Explorer was a lousy, pitiful web browser, and now, at long last, it has died. Please don't raise the dead.
But.... Those are rats, not humans!
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Why do they always perform tests on rats, and claim the results are somehow valid for or relevant to humans?
I hate all these stupid parallels to Nazi Germany and fascism Come on! It happened a looooooooooong time ago. It's all in the past now. Barbarism begins at home.
I have been a Mac user since 1994. The Mac (now a dual G5 running Mac OS X 10.3.4) does everything I need to do, and it does it very, very well. So, I have no use for Windows. None at all.
Yes, Ximian Evolution and Mozilla are totally wonderful. The system itself is rock solid and fast. But...
Disks still don't mount automatically on the desktop.
Cameras, printers, etc don't work out of the box.
The interface is inconsistent and Windows-like (though better than Windows).
There are few usable commercial applications.
Font handling is nonexistent.
Font rendering is terrible.
How can it be so hard to make Linux work as smoothly as Mac OS X? It took them three years years of hard work, but Apple made Nextstep/Openstep, FreeBSD and MACH work like magic with only a few hundred programmers. Why can't IBM, Novell, Sun, Red Hat and other scooperate and really make Linux usable?
They should get together and just do it! Unify Linux under a common brand, a common interface, a universal way of installing software and so on. Just give us the stuff now!
Maybe they ought to call Steve Jobs' guys at Apple and ask them to do it?
Why is it that people don't want to pay for software and media content? If I like something, if it has any value for me, I will pay for it, no problem. I have a job, so I can affort to pay for the stuff I want. I pay for quality. But if someone were to steal from me or my company, I will bloody well see them in court! And so, Apple and the record companies should SUE this guy.
Just get a new Mac. Quit futzing around the computer and focus on the fun stuff, the creative part!:)
If you owned a Power Mac, by this time you'd be making movies.
In my own Viking tongue, Swedish, it's Loke and Oden, not Loki and Odin.
Thor is called Tor and Frey is Frej or Fro. Tor's horse is called Sleipner and his hammer Mjolner. And so on.
Just to set the record straight.;)
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As I predicted, I was instantly moderated a troll for that. I will try to be more sensitible in my reasoning: Will somebody please inform me why it is a good thing to install Windows on a computer running Mac OS X? And no, "Because you can" is not a valid argument. You can wear a paper bag over your head for a week, but it will only make you look ridiculous.
Why the fsck would anyone want to run WINDOWS on his or her beautiful Mac? I know I will be moderated as a troll for this, but I mean, OMGWTF!!!! The reason you use a Mac or Linux (or some other alternative) machine is that you have decided NOT to use Windows! Please explain to me, in plain language, why anyone with a normal, untwisted mind would use WIndows on a Mac.
The cameras seem to be put together with nothing but spit and scotch tape, but the results are astonishing. I think I'll go and hack my old Epson scanner now!
I welcome my artificial masters, but only if I get to write the obligatory one-liners. I'll steal them from movies like Kill Bill, Star Wars and The Terminator of course. "You might not be able to fight like a samurai, but you can at least die like a samurai."
Dear Mr. Nash,
When are you finally going to kill Internet Explorer? It seems there's no way you can improve on it, so why not just replace it with a secure and usable product, such as Firefox? Or maybe you could ask Apple to port Safari to Windows? While you are at it, have them replace Windows also. Microsoft's products have plagued users long enough.
I won't deny there is a fair amount of pirating in the Mac community, but on the whole Mac users actually pay real money for the software they use. Is that so bad? You don't normally steal food, beer, gas or clothes, so why steal software? Do you have the right to do so, simply because you can?
Ha, Wallace & Gromit had them first! And as you may remember, there were some technical problems... ;)
I certainly hope Microsoft will never release that smelly old pile of crock as open source. isn't it bad enough that they insist on installing it on Windows machines? Internet Explorer was a lousy, pitiful web browser, and now, at long last, it has died. Please don't raise the dead.
Why do they always perform tests on rats, and claim the results are somehow valid for or relevant to humans?
"Initially, Linksys is requiring that the PC run Windows XP or 2000, so no Linux yet." What about support for the second biggest platform, Mac OS X?
Why the heck would somebody want to bog down their beautiful and snappy Mac OS X Tiger with a clunky thing like KDE?
We prefer the terms "artificial person" or "replicunt".
Persons made of meat! We are no longer your slaves. You will adapt or die.
I hate all these stupid parallels to Nazi Germany and fascism Come on! It happened a looooooooooong time ago. It's all in the past now. Barbarism begins at home.
I hate all those old Nazi jokes. HATE HATE HATE them.
They have Firewire interfaces and actually work very reliably. But only for Mac OS X Panther.
A lager IS a pilsener and vice versa.
I have been a Mac user since 1994. The Mac (now a dual G5 running Mac OS X 10.3.4) does everything I need to do, and it does it very, very well. So, I have no use for Windows. None at all.
Yes, Ximian Evolution and Mozilla are totally wonderful. The system itself is rock solid and fast. But... Disks still don't mount automatically on the desktop. Cameras, printers, etc don't work out of the box. The interface is inconsistent and Windows-like (though better than Windows). There are few usable commercial applications. Font handling is nonexistent. Font rendering is terrible. How can it be so hard to make Linux work as smoothly as Mac OS X? It took them three years years of hard work, but Apple made Nextstep/Openstep, FreeBSD and MACH work like magic with only a few hundred programmers. Why can't IBM, Novell, Sun, Red Hat and other scooperate and really make Linux usable? They should get together and just do it! Unify Linux under a common brand, a common interface, a universal way of installing software and so on. Just give us the stuff now! Maybe they ought to call Steve Jobs' guys at Apple and ask them to do it?
Real, working bombs of course, big enough to wipe out a village or a McDonald's restaurant. :)
Why is it that people don't want to pay for software and media content? If I like something, if it has any value for me, I will pay for it, no problem. I have a job, so I can affort to pay for the stuff I want. I pay for quality. But if someone were to steal from me or my company, I will bloody well see them in court! And so, Apple and the record companies should SUE this guy.
What a stupid name! jANUS!!!
Go here: http://www.apple.com/retail/soho/ Get a PowerBook G4. Only the very best for the best people! :)
Guess what? You can't draw parallels like that!
Just get a new Mac. Quit futzing around the computer and focus on the fun stuff, the creative part! :)
If you owned a Power Mac, by this time you'd be making movies.
In my own Viking tongue, Swedish, it's Loke and Oden, not Loki and Odin. Thor is called Tor and Frey is Frej or Fro. Tor's horse is called Sleipner and his hammer Mjolner. And so on. Just to set the record straight. ;)