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atomsk
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 Posted - 2009/03/22 : 22:11:42
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Originally posted by Ionosphere:
How many IT managers have full experience of both?
I've found that it's very few, which means that I've been lucky enough to properly experience the difference and know what choice I'd make.
very true
all the IT's i know just do like mac&linux or pc&linux, but not both
i know one It that has full experience in both mac&pc
its hard to find people like that
how come this site allways gose on rants?
lol
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TheOneNOnly
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Posted - 2009/03/23 : 01:34:42
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Originally posted by Ionosphere:
Thank you. That was nasty, very nasty,
but you are absolutely right. I'm not an IT god. I said -
"....It has absolutely nothing to do with opinion or prejudice.
It's simple experience.
Nothing more."
How many IT managers have full experience of both?
I've found that it's very few, which means that I've been lucky enough to properly experience the difference and
know what choice I'd make.
You still forget that PCs can be built cheaper, and stronger then Macs. Customization > Getting one thing, and one thing only, from a monopolistic company that tries to release everything for you.
Lol, I'm so Biased.
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Vitalism
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Posted - 2009/03/23 : 02:46:28
find me a non mac laptop made from metal of any kind and i'll buy it!
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whispering
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Posted - 2009/03/23 : 07:46:57
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Originally posted by Vitalism:
find me a non mac laptop made from metal of any kind and i'll buy it!
Search for toughbook's, probably the toughest build. But on the down side their a lot heavier/bigger and a lot more expensive then your regular laptop (so most likely not what you were looking). Usually the shell should be magnesium (which i think the macbook is using?) for it to handle rough use. Anyway you can find a non Mac using some sort of metal from Sony's Vaio product line. Just like in Mac's, in those a big portion of the price is for design too.
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Lilley
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Posted - 2009/03/23 : 12:49:29
At uni, if i walk into the software engineering school, i will find that about 50% use macs, 45% use linux and the rest use whatever else there is? why? because they are so much easier to work with at the base level. Its not irrational prejudice that these OS are much more popular (around the nerds). sure, many have the ability to duel boot with windows, but because they are nerds they also like playing counter-strike.
For their needs, windows doesnt make par
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whispering
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Posted - 2009/03/23 : 14:05:22
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Originally posted by Lilley:
At uni, if i walk into the software engineering school, i will find that about 50% use macs, 45% use linux and the rest use whatever else there is? why? because they are so much easier to work with at the base level. Its not irrational prejudice that these OS are much more popular (around the nerds). sure, many have the ability to duel boot with windows, but because they are nerds they also like playing counter-strike.
For their needs, windows doesnt make par
I have never met a nerd that used Mac. Linux? Many, Windows? even more, but never a mac user :p And if you go check which operating system has the most free software (or open source), you'll know what the nerds prefer :p Though Mac (afaik) has upped its marked share a lot in the past years, so the tide might change in the future as more people use mac.
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Meph751
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Posted - 2009/03/23 : 16:55:12
Yea... "nerds" do not use Macs. Annoying Mac kids who think they are socially progressive but are actually just useless do... but not nerds.
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atomsk
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Posted - 2009/03/23 : 23:00:40
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Originally posted by whispering:
I have never met a nerd that used Mac. Linux? Many, Windows? even more, but never a mac user :p And if you go check which operating system has the most free software (or open source), you'll know what the nerds prefer :p Though Mac (afaik) has upped its marked share a lot in the past years, so the tide might change in the future as more people use mac.
us "nerds" as you say, dont use mac that much, to hard to do stuff, linux and windows all the way, more programs, more games, and easyer to code imo
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Vitalism
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Posted - 2009/03/24 : 01:42:11
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Originally posted by Meph751:
Yea... "nerds" do not use Macs. Annoying Mac kids who think they are socially progressive but are actually just useless do... but not nerds.
meph, do snort another line of meth .
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Lilley
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Posted - 2009/03/25 : 08:42:55
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Originally posted by whispering:
quote:
Originally posted by Lilley:
At uni, if i walk into the software engineering school, i will find that about 50% use macs, 45% use linux and the rest use whatever else there is? why? because they are so much easier to work with at the base level. Its not irrational prejudice that these OS are much more popular (around the nerds). sure, many have the ability to duel boot with windows, but because they are nerds they also like playing counter-strike.
For their needs, windows doesnt make par
I have never met a nerd that used Mac. Linux? Many, Windows? even more, but never a mac user :p And if you go check which operating system has the most free software (or open source), you'll know what the nerds prefer :p Though Mac (afaik) has upped its marked share a lot in the past years, so the tide might change in the future as more people use mac.
you did engineering didnt you whispering? how did you manage to miss the whole emac vs linux war thats been going since the dawn of time among the software and computer science engineers.
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whispering
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Posted - 2009/03/25 : 09:54:41
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Originally posted by Lilley:
you did engineering didnt you whispering? how did you manage to miss the whole emac vs linux war thats been going since the dawn of time among the software and computer science engineers.
Nope, not an engineer (if you dont count combat engineer  )
If Mac's are great, can someone point me an webcam that doesnt cost 100e and goes to Mac Os 10.4? I can find ones for windows for 20e, but Mac? nope, nothing. Logitech has one model that costs over 100e. That is one of the things i hate Apple for. They have zero support for old hardware/software. They expect people to buy a new computer just because they might need a USB 2.0 port or a webcam.
...and that was a serious question, my little sister needs one for her iMac (she loves the design so much that she uses it despite all the faults it has).
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