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oatmeal
Meat Popsicle


Seeking Beauty
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Posted - Feb 8 2006 : 6:12PM
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de25ge
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yes I'm virilis
954 Posts
11/05
Posted - Feb 8 2006 : 6:17PM
I'll stick to a good Toshiba
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Rey de Azulejos
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San Pornando Valley
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Posted - Feb 8 2006 : 11:45PM
True that... well, both machines have their place. For recording bands, Pro Tools SUCKS on PC and RULES on Mac... but there are good programs for PC too, like Nuendo... but as much as people complain about Pro Tools, its the industry leader, so it makes sense to be highly proficent w/ a Mac if you are a recording engineer... I have a Mac and PC side by side, I use them for different things... I doubt I will get another Mac tho, unless I get a Pro Tools HD system... but thats not really in my interests at this time.
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Loraine
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Posted - Feb 9 2006 : 6:25PM
It's not what it costs or what it can do it but how it looks honey and the mac looks sweet. I feel pretty, oh so pretty...and size, how could I forget size, size is big, important, crucial, 20inches of Apple bliss...

Edited by - Loraine on 2/9/2006 6:27:25 PM

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GaySatyr
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Half dirty ol' man; half horny ol' goat!
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Posted - Feb 9 2006 : 9:30PM
That pretty perforated brushed aluminum case that Apple has been using for awhile now was a collaborative effort with Lian-Li, a specialty enthusiast case manufacturer well known in the PC world. If you build your own, Lian-Li is, if not the Rolls Royce, then certainly the Mercedes Benz of computer cases.

~ GaySatyr (ABB)

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Kperv
The Cuddler

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Posted - Feb 10 2006 : 10:45AM
If I were in the market for a high-end notebook, Apple's offerings would get serious consideration.

Some consider the premium worth it for the Apple software alone.
They may be right. I haven't tried OS X enough to judge.

Apple's build quality is usually pretty decent too.
I certainly wouldn't pit a high-end Apple notebook against Dell's Inspiron series, like in that blog.
The handful of Inspirons I've had my hands on had uniformly the shittiest quality of notebooks I've ever come across.

A PC more comparable to Apple PowerBooks/MacBooks would be something like IBM/Lenovo's T series.
The prices should be a lot closer then.

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skronker
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Scopophiliac
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Posted - Feb 10 2006 : 12:30PM
Wahhhhhh! Yours is bigger than mine! Wahhhhhh!

I want the 20-inch one, too, with the built in cam.

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AztecGold11
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Posted - Feb 11 2006 : 7:19PM
Who do you think you are..The Ghost of John Holmes?
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Kperv
The Cuddler

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Posted - Feb 12 2006 : 2:48AM
Could it be penis envy?
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Joey Starr
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Still wanking after all these years.
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Posted - Feb 12 2006 : 4:39AM
Because most people are stupid...
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Joey Starr
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Still wanking after all these years.
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Posted - Feb 12 2006 : 4:40AM
I don't mind, I like the exclusivity.
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kicker_f1
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USA
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Posted - Feb 12 2006 : 7:24PM
When looking for a new notebooks, you should take serious consideration to the Fujitsu lineup. All Fujitsu's laptop are made in Japan except the N Series which are assembled in China which is why they're tagged at a lower price. Fujitsu, recently came out with their A Series, you should check out the A3040 its a fucking beauty :)
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Sbando Boy
Euro Babe Magnet

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Posted - Feb 13 2006 : 1:13PM
The exclusivity is only in your mind, Joey.
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Michael Saint
Photographer

Alexis Texas is always lovely
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Posted - Feb 25 2006 : 4:30PM
If you are going for price then I will admit that Apple is almost never going to be your first choice.

However the guy was comparing dual core machines and both those prices were a little low compared to some I have seen. But I don't think your average computer person needs that much computing power.

That being said my next two big computer purchases are as follows:

Photoshop CS2 Suite for Apple
Apple Dual Core PC

For me it is not about price but about the fact that I prefer my Apple set up. Though I will still probably use my old PC for basic web surfing stuff as it is just fine for that.

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jamesnadt
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cambridge, ma
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Posted - Feb 25 2006 : 9:48PM
because apple tried to sell you a gig of standard CAS-rated crucial ram that goes for under 100 bucks at double that. same ram, they RIG their motherboards to not accept ddr3200 from several vendors with full knowledge and intentionality.

take airport shit, it's commonly-surpassed at half the price now, just now white. i mean, what the fuck do you think a wireless-bridge costs? homeslice.

Edited by - jamesnadt on 2/25/2006 9:50:39 PM

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Michael Saint
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Alexis Texas is always lovely
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Posted - Feb 27 2006 : 11:21PM
Am I the only one thinking jamesnadt has "issues" with Apple?

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jamesnadt
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cambridge, ma
152 Posts
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Posted - Feb 27 2006 : 11:29PM
no, i own a powerbook.it was a great computer in 2003, centrino's and 27-watt a64's just ended up creaming them for three years afterwards with more speed and lower draws and reduced need for cooling. they're just worse than ms in many ways. no one company can push the hardware market anymore, hence why they fell behind to the degree they did to the opterons and pretty much all mobile-processors with their inability to control their thermals with tapped-out processors.
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Michael Saint
Photographer

Alexis Texas is always lovely
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Posted - Feb 27 2006 : 11:33PM
I will agree with that.

Even though I love my G4 it draws way to much power and gets WAY to hot. While the switch to intel may fix this I am not certain they shouldn't have gone with AMD or just improved on their own.

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jamesnadt
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cambridge, ma
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Posted - Feb 27 2006 : 11:44PM
cool, they're worth rooting for in so many ways, and hard to stomach in a few others/cost.
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oscarbares
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Posted - Mar 15 2006 : 1:00PM
I just think they don't intend to be as popular as PC's. Just a target audience diference. You won't see any serious print facility without a Mac, as you won't see any hardgamer buying one.

I incorporated Macs to my studio because of stability issues with pc systems. Not a problem yet with the macs, and it's been 2 years from then.

If you buy them for work, that's enough to pay 900 USD more.

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gvon
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Los Angeles
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Posted - Mar 21 2006 : 4:38AM
For Me: Life is too short to use anything but a Mac....
it's all about the ergonomics of the system ....simply beautifully written and sitting on top of a Unix base.
Vista will surely mimic the Mac OS (again!) but if it is still atop mountains of DOS I doubt it will ever be secure or stable. YMMV
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