Depends on your definition of flawed, but I stated that the iBook had a
flawed design, not the iMac. I recall saying it worked fine except for the
CD Drive.
Ah, the subject line of this e-mail thread was written by you and it was about how the tray loading iMac drive was flawed, that is what I referenced [the CD-ROM drives] in my above statement, you reading OK? Need some help?
I didn't claim I had more control than a Mac using OS X. I haven't used OS X
much. You're making a big assumption. As for OS 9, hell yes. If I want a
specific program to open a document in Windows, all I have to do is change
the file extension.
That isn't changing the "specific program" that is changing the specific file ... articulation is key in communication.
I can even invent a new extension if I want.
You could ... so could I ... the point is lacking ...
If I want
one JPEG to open in Mozilla and the other to open in ACDSee I can do that.
On my Mac, I have a bunch of RTF files that insist on opening in Simple
Text. Sure I can increase the memory requirement (which is something that
isn't necessary in Windows) so Simple Text can open them but they're still
garbage. Instead I have to open word and then open the RTFs from within
Word. That's a major hassle. I also have to manually increase the memory
allotment for IE if I want Flash to play properly. Something I never had to
do in Windows.
There is a control panel for just that ... you aren't real familiar with Classic Mac OS either are you? Oh and Classic Mac OS after System 7 will respect file extensions if you ask it to.
As for Flash, if you install Flash player and read the dialog boxes for the installer there is one that states: memory should be increased for your browser, do you want that done at this time? I don't see clicking "yes" as manually increasing the memory.
Mac users are brainwashed you said?
Yes.
Then go away, because that attitude won't get you far here.
No, I said I've only had it crash on me once in all the time I've used it.
Only used it a couple hours, eh? Good luck to you with that.
Yes, they're very obvious when they arrive. If I see one I delete it, I
don't need a virus program to do it for me. I've never had any problems with
viruses.
Uhm, that is all well and great for viruses that are e-mailed, but the worst and the newest for the past year have all been self-propagating, they don't use e-mail ... I know that is a hard thing to grasp, but seriously, slammer, not an e-mail virus, there have been a couple before and after slammer, in fact there was a new one out this past week.
Actually I do. I know enough that I don't need a OS that nobody makes viruses for to protect me.
Anyone who says, "I know enough ..." always makes me smile. I never have to worry about them knowing more than me. Its good to be unsatisfied.
I never said Apple was a cult. Yes Apple makes crap, but I didn't say
everything they made was crap. Yes Windows is good, and yes PCs are better.
Not all of them, but I can definitely find or build a PC now a days that is
better than any Mac nowadays. 5 years ago that wasn't the case. There wasn't
anything better than a Wallstreet in the Laptop world. Today there's
definitely stuff better than a PowerBook G4. The competitor from each range
is from a different company but it's still there. Apple is too small to make
the best product in every category. So is every other PC maker, but there's
a lot more PC makers out there and they can specialize to a degree that
Apple can't.
You don't have a lot of depth here. The PowerBook G4 Ti was declared the best available laptop by PC World, PC Mag, Business Week, and Business 2.0 when it came out. The PowerBook 12" and 17" models were regarded as being in the top two contenders for high end laptops.
You get what you pay for. You are in school, eh? University of something or other you said? College, good, time to learn something. You can buy a cheap car and customize it, or cheap computer components. Depending on if you like analogies or not. However, you can't match the feature set of a pro level Mac with a home built PC at the same price point. You can justify it by writing off features you say you don't need or aren't important, but you can't build something with feature parity so the argument is moot.
I won't miss you either. I'm on this list because I have a Wallstreet right
now and I don't have the money to buy a Toshiba M200. It was a gift from my
uncle, and it's replacing my PC desktop, but that's because I can't throw my
Desktop in my backpack and type up my essays while I'm in class or on the
bus.
Its a shame, your uncle had taste.
David
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