To summarise the Mac culture: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=1999-01-13
and my personal fav: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2001-02-23&res=l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Strip it back, put a real *nix distribution on it (YellowDog is a real OS, > OSX is frankly.. not. I don't care how pretty it is.) And then you can > cruise around wearing Bow before me for I am r00t t-shirts, grow a ponytail > that drips grease and has an extended family of rodents living out of it, > go full goth instead of sissy coffeeshop and be to cool to speak to anybody > who's not a member of SAGE... But at least you can listen to Kraftwerk or > Aphex Twin or something instead of bloody sash. > > "Scott Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Well, a dude i worked with who now resides at "Choice Connections" who I > > call the "Mac Daddy Pimpst0re" said that you could run Virtual PC, and > have > > best of all lands (windows, xwindows, osx) without a performance hit.. > > > > Now, at the time we only had OS 9 on our iBooks, so i'm curious to see if > > this is true? carn do it Andrew.. goin.. > > > > Cause if it is, by god i'll rape my bank account for one... mainly for the > > Photoshop performance / graphic tools i can use.. and it will then > transform > > me into this ultra hip cool dude, who drives a VW Bug around while > listening > > to Eurotrash techno from the likes of DJ Sash (avalante..*rolls eyes*).. > oh > > and i'll get thick framed glasses and dress in skivvies and that black > > coffee club look.......you know what i'm yabbadoing about.. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Alot of those issues were resolved with OSX and the move to a *nix > kernel. > > > Not that we'd suspect that the million monkeys with a million keyboards > > and > > > enough time produced OS9... But we do suspect that said monkeys stole > alot > > > of the OS processing utilities and rendering engines, along with a > decent > > > hunk of the released open source material for yellowdog to be > incoporated > > > intot he OSX kernel. > > > > > > But Mac's are still overrated glorified pretty paperweights for anything > > > except graphic design. And Even for graphic design I still don't like > the > > > damn things. :) But Yellow Dog was kinda cool. > > > > > > Ermm.. but aside from anti mac propaganda (Eeeeevil! Studies show that > > Mac's > > > are Probably responsible for world hunger and the columbian drug > cartels!) > > > the animations in OSx are MUCH nicer then OS9. OS9 was kidna nice for > > > graphic rendering to begin with. But OSX does allow for significant > > sexyness > > > with video and graphic rendering. But I still think you can do it better > > on > > > a real computer. (Eeeeeevil!) > > > "Scott Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > What about animations? ie is it smooth as a PC? > > > > > > > > in OS 9.0 if you load a FlashMovie it was like running a 486 without a > > > > math-co-processer. > > > > > > > > I remember a dude i worked with who use to Sit in Director 7.0 land > > > pissin`n > > > > moaning about how slow it was. > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > > > > "Andrew Muller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > > The 800mhz that I had was lightning fast, would easily beat the Dell > > > > > laptop that I have hands down. Every time I submitted the Flash > form > > > > > the graph was there almost instantly. > > > > > > > > > > Of course CFMX is only developer edition for OS X at this stage... > > > > > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > > Scott Barnes wrote: > > > > > > hehe what clowns use mac's anyway :D > > > > > > > > > > > > Hows the Macbeast standing up against CFMX/Flash Remoting? also > does > > > the > > > > mac > > > > > > still render flash slow? or is it just as fast as a PC? they said > > they > > > > > > increased/fixed it in OS X but whether they say and do are two > diff > > > > things > > > > > > > > > > > > Scott. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Andrew Muller > > > > > Senior Macromedia Certified Instructor - ColdFusion, Flash > > > > > Certified Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion Developer > > > > > Certified Macromedia Flash Developer > > > > > > > > > > Daemon Internet Consultants > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://www.daemon.com.au/training > > > > > T:61 2 9380 4162 > > > > > F:61 2 9380 4204 > > > > > 17 Roslyn Gardens > > > > > Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011 AUSTRALIA > > > > > > > > > > Daemon: Serious Web Development > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
