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Smokin'Tone
I just might be your huckleberry
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Used to be a W!ndoze guy for 20+ years until OS X came around. Now, I've sold all my PC's and have 2 Imacs and 2 Ibooks. Unix with a pretty face is good. But hopefully this place doesn't turn into Slashdot and we all stop talking about cigars :sign:
AVB
Jesus of Cool, I'm bad, I'm nationwide
Between work and home I cover OS X, Win2K, Win XP, Server 2003, Server 2K, Linux and an AS 400 running AIX.
moki
el Presidente
Smokin said:
In Soviet Russia...
BrownDevil
BOTL
WinXP pro
Aren't macs those silly little boxes we used to play Where In The World is Carmen San Deigo in grade school?
Aren't macs those silly little boxes we used to play Where In The World is Carmen San Deigo in grade school?
moki
el Presidente
BrownDevil said:WinXP pro
Aren't macs those silly little boxes we used to play Where In The World is Carmen San Deigo in grade school?
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Nope, they are the ones with a solid Unix BSD core, modern UI and graphics model, and the users that are utterly amused by all of the anti-spyware, anti-virus crap you have to go through day in and day out.
BkCloud114
I hate Moochers !!!!!
Apple, and Apple only.... went thru 2 PC's within a year and a half and then I saw the light..
Yea but PC's are those annoyingly HUGE machines that sit on your floor next to your chair, compared to these:
. PC are also those virus catchers, many more virus' are written for PCs than Macs
This is there newest Mac
Mac mini
Yea but PC's are those annoyingly HUGE machines that sit on your floor next to your chair, compared to these:
This is there newest Mac
Mac mini
I checked out the IMacs again and I'm still not impressed by the graphic quality. My video card is 10 times better. Is this common among macs?
moki
el Presidente
Rod said:
Well, what do you mean by graphic quality, exactly? Do you mean 3D gaming performance? Do you mean the way the actual video looks?
The video cards in Macs are identical to what are in PCs -- you'll find the same NVidia and ATI cards, etc, etc.
The monitors that Apple offers are generally of much better quality than what you'll get with your average PC, in terms of brightness, contrast, viewing angle, etc... but of course, you pay the premium for 'em.
BrownDevil
BOTL
Macs are prettier I guess
mrjinglesusa
CP Chemist
Rod said:
The video card in the iMac line is pretty weak, I agree. Then again, this isn't their high-end model. In the Power Mac line (G5) you can put any video card you want in there (same ones you use in a PC).
That said, I have a 17" "Lamp Shade" iMac that use daily. Works great for what I need it for (which isn't gaming).
Swifty
Dismember
All my machines are running Windows 
:angry: . One of these days I'm get off my a$$ and start experimenting with the Suse Linux OS I bought almost a year ago. Id really like to make the switch and get away from the dark side.
Bill Gates is the Antichrist!
:angry: . One of these days I'm get off my a$$ and start experimenting with the Suse Linux OS I bought almost a year ago. Id really like to make the switch and get away from the dark side.Bill Gates is the Antichrist!
sir-smokes-a-lot
A Freudian Slip in progress
Have a Mac laptop, but Apple's would be my sys. of choice if I could.
Fast4Dr
Single Malt Newbie
I have Windows XP Pro SP2 on my home pc, work pc and laptop. I also have a 2nd work pc with Windows 2000 on itsir-smokes-a-lot said:
KayakinBoy
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Windows XP Home. I'd kill for a mini mac though.
moki
el Presidente
KayakinBoy said:
The Mac Mini's are pretty nice -- certainly small and convenient. The video card in them is (as you would expect in such a small package) rather weak. Still, with machine is reasonably speedy for the price.
I have one hooked up to my LCD TV, so when I'm doing game testing work, I can do it from the couch (bluetooth wireless keyboard/mouse) by just flipping the TV input to the DVI connection.
They are selling these things by the truckload.
KayakinBoy
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Well heck, when you get done testing it and get tired of it, I know a good home for it! 
blair
New Member
BkCloud114 said:Apple, and Apple only.... went thru 2 PC's within a year and a half and then I saw the light..
Yea but PC's are those annoyingly HUGE machines that sit on your floor next to your chair, compared to these:
. PC are also those virus catchers, many more virus' are written for PCs than Macs
This is there newest Mac
Mac mini
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Your link isn't working but I assume you mean something like these and this, which are state of the art-fast and fully featured. ... please... it's been done. Apple is not the first.
PS. I am not promoting littlepc.com. I just happen to get a quote last week from them for a couple of 1U server's for work and checked out their "miniPC" line.
Personally, for an OS I use Mandrake Linux and Win2000/XP.