Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/ 2008-10-12T23:18:38-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-04-15T19:13:12-05:00 Adam Kolak http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#533744 There is no need to bring back three year old topics for no good reason. text/html 2008-04-15T18:49:24-05:00 FingerMeElmo87 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#533743 Levon S said: <br /> <div class="quote">The one with an Apple on the shell. </div><br /> <br /> Troll<br /> <br /> i like to rub myself with macaroni and cheese <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile1.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":)" title=":)"> text/html 2008-04-15T17:16:59-05:00 FordGT90Concept http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#533741 Indeed. And what is &quot;mac&quot; ... macaroni, of course. <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile3.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":D" title=":D"> text/html 2008-04-15T17:10:56-05:00 ~Vel http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#533740 wtf @ these unburied topics text/html 2008-04-15T16:58:39-05:00 Levon S http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#533739 The one with an Apple on the shell. <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile1.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":)" title=":)"> text/html 2005-07-27T18:33:59-05:00 Michael A. http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#305074 &quot;Macs are usually better than normal PC's b/c Apple designs the software and the hardware.&quot;<br /> <br /> Really Calc? I don't find a Unix operating system, Microsoft software, and Intel hardware to be Apple's design. text/html 2005-07-27T14:16:23-05:00 Sander Sassen http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#304959 Go look in the 'Columns' section and read some of my Mac columns, that basically sums up what a Mac is exactly. text/html 2005-07-27T13:24:13-05:00 Beavis Khan http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#304949 Rory wins the award for least informative post of the day.<br /> <br /> &gt;&gt; Mac run on a linux based OS. some hardware and most software will not run on the system however some linux software will.<br /> <br /> Mac OS X is based on BSD (specifically 4.4BSD-Lite2). The vast majority of software written to run on *nix (including Linux) can be built and run on a Mac.<br /> <br /> &gt;&gt; All Mac hardware is 3-6 time more than a IBM-PC ( standard)<br /> <br /> Not sure where this one came from, but Macs take the same memory and hard drives as PCs these days. Yes, you'll pay a premium for anything you buy from Apple, but 3-6x more expensive is out of line even for an uninformed mac hater. Video cards are probably the place where you take the worst hit (even if its identical hardware, you're paying for drivers), and even then, they are no where near 3x the cost of the PC equivalent.<br /> <br /> &gt;&gt; Mac's are slower than PC's- (standard)<br /> <br /> Depends what you're doing. For some tasks, a dual processor G5 beats the crap out of even dual Xeon PCs. &quot;slower&quot; and &quot;faster&quot; are meaningless unless you have some idea of what tasks are being compared. <br /> <br /> For the record, I do not have a Mac, and have not in 8 years or so (back when they *really* sucked). Just hate to see such blatantly incorrect information tossed around. If you don't play games and don't enjoy virus/spyware removal, Macs are a pretty good choice these days, IMHO. Time is money...if your time is expensive, a Mac may end up costing you less in the long run, especially if you're not &quot;computer savvy&quot;. <br /> <br /> But hey, my guess is you won't find many people in these parts willing to admit even that <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile4.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=";)" title=";)"> text/html 2005-07-27T12:55:32-05:00 Lou Bot http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#304941 Haha that is a good one <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile1.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":)" title=":)"><br /> <br /> Mac's are alright I worked on them every once in a while, but a small majority uses em. Do you have latest and greatest OS X? text/html 2005-07-27T12:17:44-05:00 fish kake http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#304929 I guess I found the online headquarters of the Mac haters convention.<br /> <br /> As it turned out, I got hungry for parts before I even turned it on!! So before even attempting to learn how to use it, I stole the memory and the graphics card for a PC. Now my mac truly is a doorstop!! <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile1.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":-)" title=":-)"><br /> <br /> Doesn't Microsoft stand for Making Intel CPUs Run Older, Slower Or Fail Totally? That my attempt anyway...<br /> <br /> Here's a joke for you, I hope its not too distasteful for this site:<br /> <br /> Bill Gates is feeling lonely, and decides to hire a prostitute. After asking around, (and checking the Knowledge Base...) he decides to go with one called Wild Tigress. So she comes round, makes all Bill's dreams come true, and afterwards they're sat in bed with a cigarette. Bill, obviously impressed, says, &quot;I can see why they call you Wild Tigress!&quot;. In response, she says...<br /> <br /> &quot;And I can see why they call you Microsoft!&quot;<br /> <br /> Hee hee! text/html 2005-07-26T03:14:14-05:00 Rory Witham http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#304269 Macs run on a Unix based OS. some hardware and most software will not run on the system however some linux software will.<br /> <br /> Mac's are one of the worst economical PC's to buy.<br /> <br /> All Mac hardware is 3-6 time more than a IBM-PC ( standard)<br /> <br /> Mac's are slower than PC's- (standard) text/html 2005-07-26T03:13:02-05:00 Pirate http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#304267 Looked it up in the dictionary...<br /> <br /> MAC: (Adjective) Piece of s**t.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile3.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":D" title=":D"><img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile3.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":D" title=":D"><img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile3.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":D" title=":D"> text/html 2005-07-26T02:25:51-05:00 Adam Kolak http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#304250 &quot;Macs are usually better than normal PC's b/c Apple designs the software and the hardware.&quot;<br /> -Sorry not in my book!<br /> <br /> They're pretty good if never ever will play a game in your life, and want to spend more for a slower piece of hardware and have to learn a new OS. <br /> <br /> MACINTOSH stands for: &quot;Most Applications Crash, if not the operating system hangs.&quot;<br /> And Mac is a short way to sum it up: &quot;Most Applications Crash&quot; text/html 2005-07-26T02:17:41-05:00 FordGT90Concept http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#304245 Mac PCs use the Motorola instead of Intel Byte order. Thus, they are incompatible. If you want to find out the details of how that works, have a look at this article:<br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://www.cs.umass.edu/~verts/cs32/endian.html" target="_blank">http://www.cs.umass.edu/~verts/cs32/endian.html</a> text/html 2005-07-26T02:10:31-05:00 Predator http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/46680/?l=1#304239 Macs are usually better than normal PC's b/c Apple designs the software and the hardware.