Sorry Mac dorks, you're not so "special" anymore.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:33 pm

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-5733756.html

Well, at least your Macs are still "cute".

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:27 am

Well, seeing how most Intel hardware is made in my local area, this is just horrible news. Wait, no it isn't. Guess that helps answer the question as to whether the explosive housing market will continue. I'll bet my buddy is bummed that the house he's getting ready to sell right up the street from the Big Factory is going to be in even higher demand.

Just pointing out that the U&L ALWAYS gets over. Deal with it.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:51 am

Microsoft going to a PPC based Xbox360 and Steve Jobs embracing the x86 template.

What the fuck is this world coming to?

"Riots in the streets, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!"

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:24 pm

They should have just made the move without making mention of it. It really doesn't make a damn bit of difference.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:49 pm

PSUFAN wrote:They should have just made the move without making mention of it. It really doesn't make a damn bit of difference.

I assure you, that in the alternate reality of Macsters, it does.

Funny, yet true article.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:23 pm

Macs are fashion accessories. It is possible to be a Mac-based developer ('sup pp) but that is just not what most Macs are bought for.

When it comes to hardware, Macs are very inflexible. I suppose it's possible that this move will change that a bit, but I doubt it will. "Gearheads" are not interested in closed hardware systems, and "hackers" are not interested in closed proprietary software systems.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:06 pm

ppanther · Post by **ppanther** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:45 am

I have to admit it. I have stopped developing (much) on my mac. Since my contract job turned into actual employment, I decided they should provide me with a computer so I don't have to continually wear mine out for them. I got a PC laptop and I gotta say... it's pretty great. It could be that it's brand spankin' new (compared to my 2.5-year-old Powerbook) but it sure is a nice machine!

For some reason, Macromedia products (the code windows, anyway) are just monsters on the Mac. They are so nice and responsive on the PC... and don't even get me started about the IDE I use...

*sigh*

Y2K · Post by **Y2K** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:57 am

Since my contract job turned into actual employment

Fantastic!

Congrad's from all of us at the 5 J's household.

Great news and the best of luck in your new job.

ppanther · Post by **ppanther** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:29 pm

Y2K wrote:
Since my contract job turned into actual employment
Fantastic!

Congrad's from all of us at the 5 J's household.

Great news and the best of luck in your new job.

:D Thanks!!

(It's actually been exactly a year since the contract became employment... wow, time flies...)

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:44 am

ppanther wrote:I have to admit it. I have stopped developing (much) on my mac. Since my contract job turned into actual employment, I decided they should provide me with a computer so I don't have to continually wear mine out for them. I got a PC laptop and I gotta say... it's pretty great. It could be that it's brand spankin' new (compared to my 2.5-year-old Powerbook) but it sure is a nice machine!

For some reason, Macromedia products (the code windows, anyway) are just monsters on the Mac. They are so nice and responsive on the PC... and don't even get me started about the IDE I use...

*sigh*

that's an oft-heard complaint.

ElTaco · Post by **ElTaco** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:41 pm

Right now I hate MACs. I just returned from a really nice 2 week vacation from Europe to a stupid fucking G4 worthless piece of crap OS 9.1 pile of shit server. Did I mention how much I hate it? Yeah, so the POS freezes without any errors. Hardware? Not sure. Software? who knows. Logs? Ha, we could only be so lucky.

For anyone not familiar with old Mac OS (aka pre OSX), they used a co-operative Multi tasking system in which the software and the OS hand off the CPU process on a volunteer basis. Now this is a stupid system. Windows 3.1 worked similarly, except it was actually a somewhat hybrid system in which the OS could actually get control for a few special tasks. Not so with OS 9 and previous versions. So if anything at all freezes, the whole system freezes. Lovely.

Anyway, I'm looking forward a long night of moving from this lovely macos9 machine to a nice Dell server. Hoorah for Macs.