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ywenz

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I don't know why I noticed this, but the generic camera icon used on Microsoft's Live Earth is clearly an image of a Leica M6 classic.

I'm even more embarrassed that I took the effort to whip up a screen capture illustrating such.

Probably yet even more embarrassed that I'm considering a vacation in Idaho..

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I've heard you'd be hard pressed to find better white water rafting than in Idaho. That's funny about the logo though, kinda interesting they would use an image that to most people would be an "outdated" camera. Could just be that a programer at Microsoft is "One of Us" and threw it in there for kicks.
 
erikhaugsby said:
I'd be more embarrassed that I was using a PC and not a Mac.
But that's just me. :)
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Funny, you mention that. I used to own 4 Apple Computer Stores 1980-1994. Apple, from my experience is 99% hype. And the talk that they are all for the little man, etc. Personally they screwed me as a dealer so many times I lost track. Finally in 1998 I bought a PC. Wow I could take it apart, put my own parts in and for less than half the price for a Mac. Hey thats Power to The People. Apple is a subculture based on mostly pollitcally correct BS. Be your own man and built out your own PC.
Challenge:
Call a small manufacturer called VisionComputers, ask a question about a PC, then call Apple. See the difference.

Wow, my I think I took too much medication this afternoon, :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:.
 
kshapero said:
Funny, you mention that. I used to own 4 Apple Computer Stores 1980-1994. Apple, from my experience is 99% hype. And the talk that they are all for the little man, etc. Personally they screwed me as a dealer so many times I lost track. Finally in 1998 I bought a PC. Wow I could take it apart, put my own parts in and for less than half the price for a Mac. Hey thats Power to The People. Apple is a subculture based on mostly pollitcally correct BS. Be your own man and built out your own PC.
Challenge:
Call a small manufacturer called VisionComputers, ask a question about a PC, then call Apple. See the difference.

Wow, my I think I took too much medication this afternoon, :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:.
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I don't get your point. Are you assembling/disassembling your car as well?
 
polleke said:
I don't get your point. Are you assembling/disassembling your car as well?
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I build computers for a living. The typical home PC is a collection of off-the-shelf parts, much like a bicycle. Apple is really no different, except that your choices for hardware is very restricted, to ensure the "Apple experience." In other words, "things just work," as long as you use their "things." The hard drives, memory, video cards, etc. are all standard components, but if you buy them from Apple you pay through the nose.

And plenty of people build their own bicycles. Virtually nobody who is a biking enthusiast would pretend that a complete bike from a manufacturer is better than one pieced together from select parts. For that matter, I don't know any car enthusiasts that don't freely modify/upgrade their cars with non-OEM parts. Comparing building your own PC to building your own car is silly. Bikes are a better comparison.

Apple sells nice machines. But they are the P&S of computers, IMHO.
 
polleke said:
I don't get your point. Are you assembling/disassembling your car as well?
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I kept my Volkswagon camper for over 17 years, owned both a used gas and used diesel Rabbit, I now have a Dodge framed camper made in 1978. What do you think? :D :D

Truthfully I was keeping the VW camper together with chewing gum and bailing wire until my wife plowed it into another camper. Thats when I got the diesel rabbit. You own cars that old they get to be a hobby.
 
Much as I like the fact that my Macs are "easy on the eyes" (they're all rather old, but hearty), it's the OS that matters. And I spend a lot of time plucking assorted virii/spyware/et cetera from clients' PCs, something I don't care to deal with at home. Yes, there is a bit too much hype on Planet Mac at times, but it ain't hardly all smoke and mirrors. (But, yes, Apple's dealings with independent dealers has been spotty, to say the least.)

That being said, either platform (or Linux, for that matter) will do the job. Pick one and go with it. But I'd wait up a bit on Vista.

ywenz: don't be embarrassed. Yours scores rather low on the silliest-obsessions chart, IMO. Chalk it up to be being a New Yorker. ;)


- Barrett
 
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kshapero said:
Funny, you mention that. I used to own 4 Apple Computer Stores 1980-1994. Apple, from my experience is 99% hype. And the talk that they are all for the little man, etc. Personally they screwed me as a dealer so many times I lost track. Finally in 1998 I bought a PC. Wow I could take it apart, put my own parts in and for less than half the price for a Mac. Hey thats Power to The People. Apple is a subculture based on mostly pollitcally correct BS. Be your own man and built out your own PC.
Challenge:
Call a small manufacturer called VisionComputers, ask a question about a PC, then call Apple. See the difference.

Wow, my I think I took too much medication this afternoon, :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:.
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Haha, who would ever say Apple is for the little man? They have more monopolistic practices than anyone...
 
I still chuckle at the notion that "Macs never crash"... Although technically speaking, mine never has. You just end up staring at the spinning beach ball of death for hours on end,but it never fully crashes. It becomes a useless hunk of plastic and silicon until you reboot, but it never crashes.
 
if we're talking about the fashion in which it crashes, i actually prefer windows' bsod, which clearly tells u the offending device.. OSX's kernel panic really blowz
 
I spent some time in Idaho, ywenz, and I believe I'd return if it weren't for the fact that the coffee there is really not good.

However, I did like the Grand Tetons and Ketchum. :)
 
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