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post #181 of 637
1/20/09 at 4:13pm
it was just a link to naked teens
post #182 of 637
1/20/09 at 9:32pm
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Originally Posted by craiglester View Post
One day, in a perfect world, we'll all be on the same OS. and It'll run any legacy software, even good old CP/M and Amiga OS.. Now wouldn't that be something.. everything run virtualized, no having to choose one or the other, no reboots..
...don't forget at that point, we will also have "World Peace".
post #183 of 637
1/20/09 at 10:03pm
World Peace.. I wouldn't go that far..

Actually the virtualization things isn't beyond the realms of possibility.

Licensing issues would stop it more likely than technical issues, which is a shame.
post #184 of 637
1/20/09 at 10:10pm
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it was just a link to naked teens
What's wrong with these Mods
post #185 of 637
1/21/09 at 1:20pm
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it was just a link to naked teens
Ok, did not miss out of much anyway.
post #186 of 637
1/23/09 at 11:06pm
I use both windows and mac. Both have their place but for stability and ease of use the mac wins hand down in my book. I have owned Sonys, Gateways, HP's and several gave me trouble with hardware defects. We currently have 5 macs, 1 HP and 1 Fujitsu at home. The Fujitsu is falling apart, the HP has broken twice, repaired once and now is non functional.
So if you complain about mac defects, better make sure to explain that any brand can have them.
And no, I am not an Apple fan boy although I think most of their products are great. I elected the BB Storm over the iPhone and so far have no regrets about it.
post #187 of 637
1/23/09 at 11:52pm
Sadly, consumer PC laptops tend to pretty cruddy in the quality department. Business notebooks are often much better built, but are very expensive. (Though still in the same price range as equivalent Macs, I believe)

As for home PCs, if possible you should always build your own. (Or contract someone to build it for you) Not only do you get to choose your preferred quality hardware, you also get a clean copy of the OS.
post #188 of 637
1/23/09 at 11:58pm
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Originally Posted by Kirosia View Post
Sadly, consumer PC laptops tend to pretty cruddy in the quality department. Business notebooks are often much better built, but are very expensive. (Though still in the same price range as equivalent Macs, I believe)

As for home PCs, if possible you should always build your own. (Or contract someone to build it for you) Not only do you get to choose your preferred quality hardware, you also get a clean copy of the OS.
That only works for towers so for notebooks you should spend the money for
quality build.
post #189 of 637
1/24/09 at 12:07am
Yeah, I know, that's why I referenced the business notebooks.
post #190 of 637
1/25/09 at 7:17pm
Ive had my unibody macbook pro for 3 months now and it has been generally good to me. For me, the computer is almost effortless to use. It does get hotter than I like, and the drivers for windows work but are half-assed. But build quality and reliability wise it has been awesome. The windows side works fine with everything except the trackpad is funky, though the new driver update came out and mostly fixed that. The videocard drivers are also not as fast as they could be, but you can use hacked drivers. Of course OSX is ridiculously fast and stable with high quality software and seamless, uncluttered user integration. Plus the UNIX core is compatible with Linux applications with X11, And of course the OS X Terminal is a great thing to have.

Ive personally had an awesome experience so far. I think the quality control sucks for some people though. Apple needs to stop outsourcing to China, even if it means increasing costs. Having to get 2 or 3 replacements is simply unacceptable and not the Apple I used to know 4 years ago.
post #191 of 637
1/26/09 at 12:32am
I wonder if your experience at the Genius Bar was in New York City. I have a white MacBook and have had to go to the Genius bar a couple of times. The first time was because my screen was slightly seperated from the frame and condensation was building up. The Genius I met too was absolutely rude and blamed it on me. I too had to escalate matters to the store manager who took care of the problem. The second time had to do with the fact my external hard drive, when plugged into my USB port, wouldn't work. They at first said that I damaged my USB port but since I had another one, I should forget about it. What? I asked them how I could've damaged it if I haven't used it yet. My computer was only 3 months old. Anyway, yes, the Genius people could be a little nicer. I don't mind sending my computer away so for now on, I just deal with phone support. So far, everything else has been working perfectly.
post #192 of 637
1/26/09 at 12:34am
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Originally Posted by davidhunternyc View Post
I wonder if your experience at the Genius Bar was in New York City. I have a white MacBook and have had to go to the Genius bar a couple of times. The first is time was because my screen was slightly seperated from the frame and condensation was building up. The Genius I met too was absolutely rude and blamed it on me. I too had to escalate matters to the store manager who took care of the problem. The second time had to do with the fact my external hard drive when plugged into my USB port, wouldn't work. They at first said that I damaged my USB port but since I had another one, I should forget about it. What? I asked them how I could've damaged it if I haven't used it yet. My computer was only 3 months old. Anyway, yes the Genius people could be a little nicer. I don't mind sending my computer away so for now on, I just deal with phone support. So far, everything else has been working perfectly.
Wow. Any tech support manager worth a flip would have been escorting him out the door before he finished his first sentence.
post #193 of 637
1/26/09 at 1:16am
Well, in the first case, a tech guy took my computer away for a few minutes and they supposedly just snapped it back together. The condensation just went away on its own. The USB port was just loose and they fixed that too. Now I have had the computer for almost 2 years, incident free.
post #194 of 637
1/26/09 at 4:25pm
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Originally Posted by davidhunternyc View Post
I wonder if your experience at the Genius Bar was in New York City. I have a white MacBook and have had to go to the Genius bar a couple of times. The first time was because my screen was slightly seperated from the frame and condensation was building up. The Genius I met too was absolutely rude and blamed it on me. I too had to escalate matters to the store manager who took care of the problem. The second time had to do with the fact my external hard drive, when plugged into my USB port, wouldn't work. They at first said that I damaged my USB port but since I had another one, I should forget about it. What? I asked them how I could've damaged it if I haven't used it yet. My computer was only 3 months old. Anyway, yes, the Genius people could be a little nicer. I don't mind sending my computer away so for now on, I just deal with phone support. So far, everything else has been working perfectly.
Horrible customer service!
...luckily I have not ran into anything like that. We are not blessed with an Apple Retail Store, and hence no Genius Bar, up here though..
post #195 of 637
1/26/09 at 5:19pm
I honestly really thought it was a New York City thing but I guess not. Jude and I had a similar experiences. Maybe it's because they are overworked, underpaid, and that the stores are too busy. I don't know, I work in a restaurant and I am swamped all of the time and I always try to put my best foot forward.
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