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Post by AtomicGreymon on Aug 29, 2008 23:14:15 GMT -5
I've been using Vista (Ultimate x64) for about 4 months now, and haven't had a single issue with it. The placement of certain things seems to be a bit unusual and cumbersome, compared to XP, but overall I'd say it's more stable than its predecssor.
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Post by bkim on Aug 30, 2008 2:32:42 GMT -5
WALL-E could be this old-school Mac IIe  |
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Post by Khodhum on Aug 30, 2008 2:51:22 GMT -5
Whoooooaaaa...that computer might be as old as me...
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Post by MidgardDragon on Aug 30, 2008 11:58:44 GMT -5
I've been using Vista (Ultimate x64) for about 4 months now, and haven't had a single issue with it. The placement of certain things seems to be a bit unusual and cumbersome, compared to XP, but overall I'd say it's more stable than its predecssor. Ermm...I'm staying out of this one.  |
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Post by vanessajoyce on Aug 30, 2008 17:22:19 GMT -5
All I can say is that you are a lucky, lucky, lucky person. The Microsoft gods must like you.
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Post by AtomicGreymon on Sept 1, 2008 11:53:47 GMT -5
All I can say is that you are a lucky, lucky, lucky person. The Microsoft gods must like you. lol, Operating Systems are like cats. They can tell who really likes them and who doesn't; and they snub the latter group. Really, though; I stuck with 2k Pro for longer than necessary before upgrading to XP... and I held off on Vista until about 4 months ago. I figured I could always format and reinstall XP; but there was never a need. |
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Post by AMYTHEHEDGEHOGFAN on Sept 1, 2008 12:51:26 GMT -5
He's a Mac. When he's done rebooting he makes that Macintosh computer sound.
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Post by MidgardDragon on Sept 1, 2008 12:52:00 GMT -5
He's a Mac. When he's done rebooting he makes that Macintosh computer sound. You can tell Windows to make any sound you want on startup, though.  |
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Post by vanessajoyce on Sept 1, 2008 14:41:10 GMT -5
Yeah, the startup sound doesn't prove anything of itself.  |
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Post by Calamity EVE on Sept 5, 2008 20:04:10 GMT -5
Mac fangirl here. I've never owned a PC in my life, and I don't plan on starting any time soon.
I'm quite conflicted on the Wall•E/EVE PC/Mac debate, though. I think the general consensus is that Wall•E would be the more PC-like of the two robots, and EVE is the more Mac-like. But at the same time, Wall•E's got that very distinctive startup chime...
I think it makes more sense as a romance to have each of them as one or the other, though. Like someone said, it gives their relationship the "opposites attract" undertones that are so necessary in romantic comedies.
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Post by AtomicGreymon on Sept 5, 2008 23:00:14 GMT -5
Mac fangirl here. I've never owned a PC in my life, and I don't plan on starting any time soon. I hate to be the one to tell you this, but you own a PC now... it just came in a pretty case and boots OSX |
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Post by Calamity EVE on Sept 6, 2008 0:54:09 GMT -5
Now, now, with the longevity that Macintosh computers afford their users, I could very well be communicating with you from my G3 running Mac Classic 9.2.2...
... but then, I'm totally screwing with you. ;D I'm on a PowerPC G5, and as the word "PC" is right in the title, I must concede the point to you. It really sucked for us when they made the switch to Unix code, but such is life. I guess you Windows fans are getting a taste of The Hurt now with Vista. Isn't it great when they decide to have an operating system overhaul that will render 50% of your current software obsolete? Man, that's like the best joke in the world.
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Post by AtomicGreymon on Sept 6, 2008 1:17:42 GMT -5
Now, now, with the longevity that Macintosh computers afford their users, I could very well be communicating with you from my G3 running Mac Classic 9.2.2... lol, perhaps the ridiculously high price tags simply force users of Apple hardware to make them last that much longer I guess you Windows fans are getting a taste of The Hurt now with Vista. Isn't it great when they decide to have an operating system overhaul that will render 50% of your current software obsolete? Man, that's like the best joke in the world. Some of us, maybe. I've never been much of a PC gamer, though, and I think that's the type of software which has taken the greatest hit. None of my software had any problem when I upgraded from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate 64-bit around 4 or 5 months ago. I'd recently upgraded my Adobe apps to CS3 Master Collection, which seems Vista-compatible to me. I'm still on Office 2003 (until a bit later this month, anyway, when I'll move to '07), but it has no Vista issues either. I use Vegas Pro 8 (a great NLE), and Sound Forge 9 (audio editor) and their respective optical media authoring tools from Sony Creative Software; all of which are compatible... the former even having a native 64-bit release at some point soon. And finally, Cakewalk Sonar which is native 64-bit already. My other, more trivial, apps are recently purchased and Vista-compatible. Most of the computer games I do play wouldn't even run on XP, though, lol. I still keep 2 old computers around my house for the purpose of playing old games... a 486 loaded with Windows 3.1 and DOS 6.22, and a Pentium 200MHz MMX (if anyone can even recall that era, lol) with Windows 98 (SE; the last decent consumer version of Windows before XP Home). |
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Post by Norwesterner on Sept 7, 2008 18:29:58 GMT -5
My theory is that WALL•E is a PC, who given a LOT of time (700 years) and a desire to survive and endure, as well as an ability to repair, tinker with and modify his systems, has downloaded and figured out how to run at least a basic Mac system — hence the chime!
(If he had continued to run Windows™, he would have certainly succumbed to viruses or glitches and died long ago . . . like his compatriots . . . without on-site techs and continued service packs to keep him functioning!)
But WALL•E still retains some PC traits — such as an inability to comprehend other computer languages and operating systems! He can't help it though, PC's were created to assume that Windows™ was the only system there was, and that all computers and electronic devices of any kind spoke no other language than theirs.
Meanwhile EVE is as Mac as you can get . . . sleek, attractive, multi-lingual, and smart! The well-armed bit isn't exactly Mac-like, but it's a useful extra feature.
The problem now is likely that WALL•E, due to his old hardware, will be limited to running Mac Classic (OS 9.X), while EVE and the other Axiom robots are way ahead running Mac OS MCMXXI!
. . . Oh well, EVE can always translate!
. . . And needless to say, I am, and always have been, a Mac guy! . . . Way to go Calamity EVE!
I originally bought a Mac Plus, and am on my fifth Mac now, a G4 iBook, and am looking to upgrade to a MacBook sometime, but no rush. I have learned to speak some Windows™ though, out of vocational necessity at the various places I've worked . . . and I've even become sometimes better at troubleshooting and psychoanalyzing PCs and their problems and quirks, than some of my lifelong PC-using colleagues have been! So that should put to rest the idea that Mac folks use Macs because they can't comprehend PCs! We just like computers that work the way we think (instead of the way Gates and Balmer think!), and that aren't as bug-prone to viruses and the like!
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Post by Calamity EVE on Sept 8, 2008 1:26:44 GMT -5
Yea, I'm not alone! APPLE 4 LYFE, BRAH! My family's first computer was the Apple Classic II. Oh, man, good times. Good times. The screen couldn't have been bigger than eight inches, and the only game that it had was a horrible table hockey game, but that's how we rolled in the old school, and by golly, that was good enough for 1993. We even had the dot matrix printer that made those trademark unholy grinding noises as they printed out my homework. Sigh. Talking about it almost makes me miss that piece of crap. lol, perhaps the ridiculously high price tags simply force users of Apple hardware to make them last that much longer Right, but that's the whole point! I mean, would you rather have a car that you could drive for ten years, or one that you'd have to trade in after only three? One's more expensive, of course, but there's a reason, you know? Either way, I respect the things that a PC can do, so I'm not going to get into a Mac/PC debate. I have considered getting a cheap PC before just to do audio work on, since most software comes cheaper on Windows. I keep my Mac around primarily because 1.) I'm more familiar with the OS, and 2.) because I need it for graphic design work. |
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