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Posted by Linx_da_cat on Dec-19-2001 03:24:

quote:
Originally posted by SmellsExcellent


yes, macs are good for video and graphics work, but otherwise useless. I have not found any good in a mac (besides the video/graphics stuff) since the game "escape velocity" came out! hha that was a fun game. anyways, macs are pretty much a work-specific thing and you cannot do a whole lot more.


wha? you must be joking bro. yes macs are superior in every way when it comes to productivity in the digital art medium, whether 3D, 2D, illustration, graphic, web, etc. but they aren't useless dude. what else have you used it for man? on my spare time i play unreal tournament and castle wolfenstein in beautiful 32bit 1024x768 resolutions on my laptop which boasts a 15.2 inch screen. clear as crystal. true, macs are more work oriented, but that doesn't mean they aren't great for gaming either. a machine that is industry standard when it comes to graphics/video is only suiting to be amazing at graphically heavy games.


Posted by krusader on Dec-19-2001 04:32:

quote:
Originally posted by ABTsportsline


thats your opinion... cool, but you speak of "inferior parts".... the compaq uses all name-brand stuff... this isn't an "eMachine" or "Power Computing" unit here... this is a name brand. Granted, my laptop has a Celeron processor, (which wasn't my first choice), but under the given circumstances, it performs great and i haven't had any problems with it considering all the workload its been getting
.

yes well hp is a brandname too, and i wouldnt be caught dead using an hp laptop. and the ibm uses better parts than a compaq, believe me.

quote:
I would have rather gotten the AMD one.... (BTW you can get any of the compaq 1700 series with ANY processor - intel IV, AMD athlon, intel celeron, amd duron....) i think the celeron processor was the only area that was sacrificed.

and which IBM are you referring to that has good built-in speakers? I did a lot of research and went to 3 major computer-carriers and looked at laptops and never saw an IBM that had speakers worth a sh!t. (computers are good though).


like i said, t-series. ive never seen any t-series display models.

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I LOVE the styling of the mac laptops.... they are gorgeous... just can't do anything with them (all the proggies floatin around, etc...) are all for the pc-compatible. and they are ridiculously expensive.... and STILL freeze (my mom has one).

and gateway laptops are pretty good too... but kinda priced higher than others comparably equipped... but the trade-in plan is cool.

those are my opinions.

-ABT-


Posted by SmellsExcellent on Dec-19-2001 21:18:

apologies, but its an ****opinion*** obviously i dont like macs. You like them, great! So... can we be brothers?

haha no worries is only a computer, right? We can all get on TA whether is a mac or a PC.

later
Marc


Posted by ABTsportsline on Dec-20-2001 03:36:

question for the mac-heads....

what do you use for mp3 sharing? i know you can't use AG, and limewire sucks the dogs bollocks. So what do you use? (other than TA )

-ABT-


Posted by Zombie0915 on Dec-20-2001 04:01:

I don't have a mac, but If I had a mac laptop, I would use my PC desktop for the mp3 downloading. Acutally after thinking about it more, maybe macs might be better for laptops then a PC. You don't really play a lot of games or do much downloading on a laptop, unless your rich as hell or are on a wireless LAN somewhere, then you could use your PC desktop when you have spare time. A mac might do good on the move. If I had to get a laptop, I'd get a mac, but I would also have to keep my PC desktop for the pc only programs and the cd burner. I wish that macs were as modular as PC's. You think if they were so much better somone would make some sorta pc emulator. Ok now im rambling, I'll jsut shut up right now.


Posted by Linx_da_cat on Dec-20-2001 13:38:

hey unwordly. tis true, i use my pc desktop for all the mp3 downloading and burning. and my powerbook for work (and play, on the go ) but you know what you were saying about having a pc emulation system? they have them. you can have a hybrid on a mac. both mac OS and pc OS. based on partitioning and whatnot. i dun think i'll try that with my g4. too bloody creepy if you ask me...heheh. especially since i had to shell out so much for this baby.


Posted by SmellsExcellent on Dec-23-2001 17:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0915
You think if they were so much better somone would make some sorta pc emulator. Ok now im rambling, I'll jsut shut up right now. [/B]


they do have a PC emulator. The name escapes me at the moment, but there is one out there.

-Marc


Posted by Eugene on Dec-23-2001 18:35:

I just got Sony Vaio, it looks good so far but I'm already fed up with this fucking Windows XP my ass


Posted by ABTsportsline on Dec-24-2001 00:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Eugene
I just got Sony Vaio, it looks good so far but I'm already fed up with this fucking Windows XP my ass


ditto.... my compaq comes with XP, and i hate XP... nothing works on it... seems like every win98 and win2000 game and application i had won't work with it

and to top that off, the stupid interface is made for complete morons.... but this has nothing to do with compaq... DAMN microsoft!

BTW - the mac application that runs windows on mac was called "Softwindows", but now the new one came out, and its called "Virtual Windows"..... i believe... my mom runs it on her G4, but it runs so terribly slow... eats up all the memory and the computer stags... so basically, it sucks.

PLUS you have no right-click (i'd die without that!)

-ABT-


Posted by Zombie0915 on Dec-24-2001 00:23:

I dunno, if I was computer shopping again I would just go crazy and give up. Never really ventured into the mac world, but I bet it has a lot less crap then PC's do, but then again it might be missing some good stuff too. My dad has a semi-new thinkpad he got from work. It's not bad really. I jsut think you should go for the best stuff as cheap as you can get it, but avoid getting something really crappy that will stop working or fall apart or whatever.


Posted by Nadi on Dec-24-2001 03:40:

Dells Suck

I just bought a dell like 3 months ago. It looked great on paper. But the product(s) they shipped me were terible. The first one they sent me had a broken fan. The one they replaced it with had its lock functions all messed up. My floppy drive would always come out, and my battery sometimes too. Pissed me off cause i used it mostly for school.


Posted by Linx_da_cat on Dec-24-2001 04:55:

quote:
Originally posted by ABTsportsline


ditto.... my compaq comes with XP, and i hate XP... nothing works on it... seems like every win98 and win2000 game and application i had won't work with it

and to top that off, the stupid interface is made for complete morons.... but this has nothing to do with compaq... DAMN microsoft!

BTW - the mac application that runs windows on mac was called "Softwindows", but now the new one came out, and its called "Virtual Windows"..... i believe... my mom runs it on her G4, but it runs so terribly slow... eats up all the memory and the computer stags... so basically, it sucks.

PLUS you have no right-click (i'd die without that!)

-ABT-


yeah i don't like xp much either. a good OS but not many appz support it atm. that's why me waiting for things to become more normal so to speak before i upgrade from 2k. anyway, like i said, there's no way i'd emulate windows on my mac. i can already forsee the consequences. hehe. you should buy your mum a 2 button mouse for christmas eh ABT?


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