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Any thought of moving to a Mac? I hear they are more reliable than the standard PC.

Side note: Is this how you treat all things/people who don’t perform up to your expectations? Were ass kicking boots used for the (in)advertent dent?

Kami - I challenge you to a Mac/PC Debate!!!!

And I surrender I have no personal knowledge of Macs, but I have friends who swear by them. I am one of the least tech-savvy people out there, and I basically need a machine that will allow me to download pornography write e-mails to friends, and listen to music.

The reason why Macs have it good is because Apple has a workhorse of a propaganda machine and it works more than their stuff. People tend to buy into that “coolness” and thats the appeal. Cléa’s right when she says it’s all about being a pretty boy. That’s what Macs are, they are pretty boys. All spiffy without anything spectacular to show for. I rather have a body that pulls its weight around than loaf around looking pretty.

I haven’t seen what happens to your system Cléa but from the sound of it, it sounds like your hard disk drive is dying. At least badly fragmented to even physical bad sectors. What you need to do is back up what you need to back up and do a complete wipe. Better under your own control rather than losing all your data on its own whim.

I cannot claim to be a techno weenie here though. Unfortunately it’s in my blood.

Hahhahahahahahahahaa! My Mum has this dreadful old piece of junk she bought years ago and has upgraded twice, and I swear it is exactly the same. The damn thing nearly gave her a nervous breakdown, I swear, and she named it after a posessed computer in a certain (very) famous movie. I told her it was evil and to get rid of it, but ooooohhhhh no, she had to keep taking the stupid thing back to the store for upgrades. Finally it got to the point where it was un-upgradeable, and she got a new one. She gave it to my techno challenged Dad, and you know what? Ever since then it has been fine!!!!!!!!!!!

You need to give it away Cléa, Just. Give. It. Away.

It’s pure evil.

PS speaking of evil, you are just loving getting us all to copy and paste that “é”, n’est pas!?

Usually what chews up the CPU is a program that’s running in the background. Something you’ve installed conflicting with something else and it causes the massive load. I’ve often found that at the end of the day, for some reason, things that need constant access to the net like your Firewall, Firefox, Instant Messaging and even Winamp starts chewing up CPU.

What program usually eats up the CPU anyway? My money is on the Firewall. That’s always been my problem after a while.

I’ve never had a hard drive die on me. But because I just said it (in writing!), I fully expect it to happen tonight. My memory problems are another story, but those have nothing to do with the computer. Hi Cléa.

P.S. to all: ALT-0233 (on the keypad) is much faster than copy-paste.

If there are jpeg photos of you and another girl kissing, please back that puppy up on a nightly basis.

We have simply lost to many of civilization’s treasures, recently–what with the looting of Baghdad’s museums and what have you.

This is why I treat all purchases/relationships the same. Go for the crappy one right away, that way you won’t ever know if it’s going bad.

Ahh yes Egan, I don’t hate Mac because of the ads. I hate it because of what it portrays to the public. I hate the fanboys that come with it. I hate the reasoning that because it looks chiq, it’s better than the rest. I have used Macs because well, I’m a geek and comparatively speaking, I’d like to think that you aren’t a full rounded geek until you’ve really worked with every system out there.

So here is the lowdown, Macs are expensive. For some reason, whatever isn’t proprietary can’t run fast and everything you need to run with it requires it’s proprietary software (like iTunes) I can’t seem to find a way to mod the interface to what I want even with programs like Shapshifter. Whatever Macs can do, other systems can do as well. And come on…the Macbook Air? An ultraportable? One USB port with a battery that can’t be changed? Heard of the Vaio X505? You got to be joking. Shame on you Apple.

So yes I use Windows and Linux operating systems. My Windows doesn’t look and run like Windows and only crashes when I start messing with the core systems like drivers. Linux is used to control everything networked in the house, surprisingly including my Windows run systems.

At the end of the day, I’m not saying Macs as a system is bad, it’s just that their propaganda and fanboys make it sound like it’s the only thing you should use. You come up with a revolutionary PDA with a touchscreen and people think you’re God. That’s not right. It’s great, I’ll buy into that. It’s just not the second coming.

So to me, I say use whatever works for you. If you have your Macs and it works for you. Good. I’m not selling you that Windows or Linux is suited for you. Love what you do best and it’ll work for you. It’s why it’s always worked for me.

Wow, this should be a post of its own.

Kami - by reading what you have to say about Macs and computers, it’s safe to assume you’re not the average user of computers. You’re talking about servers, mods to drives, Shapshifter, and fanboys. You’re a very bright guy and I will admit Macs aren’t geared towards the super user such as yourself. Their target market is more graphic designers and middle of the road computer users.

The MacBook Air is a gimmick. Trendy? Perhaps. I’ve actually seen a smaller laptop than the MacBook Air, but Apple is trying. You have to take some risks or else we’d all still be listening to music via Walkmans. They may not strike gold every time, but they’ve created several significant paradigm shifts. I’m not naive enough to think the iPod was the first mp3 player to market, but Apple made transporting 4,000 of your favorite songs damn cool.

I’ve got to hear about this fanboy obsession you and Cléa mention. I chuckle each time I read it. Anyways, to each their own. I use both every day, but definitely prefer my Mac computer.

Cléa - you busted me. I’m a total fanboy. Ugh.

Egan, yeah, that’s what I disagree most about the Mac, their own idea of the “cool” factor. I really don’t mind Apple innovating something worthwhile. I personally can’t wait for future products out there that are inspired after Apple products. For instance, if it wasn’t for the iPod, we wouldn’t have a lot of good music and PMP’s out there that are better than the iPod. I just think that it’s overpriced and overhyped, even to an average user. I personally can’t afford what Apple dishes out.

Cléa, well, I guess you have to save what you need to save and then get a new computer then and transfer the needful things over. Or maybe you need a geek on a red Italian bike to give you a hand.

They have a better entry on Urban Dictionary probably, but my understanding of it is an upper middle aged woman on the prowl for innocent and naive twenty somethings like myself. They are often predatory. I had an old buddy we called “Bait.” Because he attracted all the predators.

We most definately are not.

Oh, one or twelve. Few things make you proud and chuckle at the same time.

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