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What, so me talking about my interests automatically means that someone who disagrees with me can fire back with an openly AGGRESSIVE tone? I was not looking to stir up some wasps (as you put it) -- I got tired of that last year when we had a whole near-flame war over the subject. I started this thread because, love it or hate it, I think the iMac has had a huge impact on the computer industry. I was talking about the hardware, and thought thatsomeone here might've been interested.
And then Jeff comes along and argues (with the movie as his proxy) that All Macs Suck for whatever semi-coherent reasons he was thinking of that were mentioned in the movie.
I don't expect the entire world to convert to Macintosh. But if people are going to choose to like Windows (or whatever) instead, I would prefer that they have an intelligent reason for doing so.
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I've tried both Windows and Mac... and to a lesser extent Lindows. But I'd rather stick to Windows XP since I'm used to fixing bugs and bypassing system operations to keep my computer stable. I'd go with a Mac for the sheer looks of the computer and for high end multimedia projects... but I'm a Political Scienece major so either PC or Mac would do for me. I only write papers, download music, surf the net for Star Trek and porn, and send e-mails to friends and co-workers anyway.
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I only posted the movie for humor value only. You're trying to make yourself sound like a victim of a serious attack, when really you only suffer from not laughing at a harmless video obviously a parody the oft-seen "Switch" commercials.
Do all Mac users have trouble laughing at themselves? or at the very least, laugh at PC users who make fun of Macs?
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No, we're just paranoid because so many people out there seem to think everyone should join the Windows Kool-Aid Cult.
My apologies.
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Oh what's that supposed to mean? Huh? WHAT!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?!!!1! WHAT THE fUCK DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?!!?! "TOUCHY"!!! Hrmmpph.
A friend sent me that clip a while back razzing me about it being DivX and wondering whether he'd need to convert it for me. I actually think it's pretty hilarious, because oh man does it hit us where it hurts.
(The G5 is still the shiniest, though.)
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quote:Originally posted by Sol System: The dictionary on the Mac version of Word is a fun way to kill an hour, as I discovered today.
That's one of the things that gets me. As I said above I've got OS X at home these days with the latest MS Office for Mac. There are half a dozen features in Word and e-mail that I'd use daily on my Win/Office 2000 box at work but they aren't included. Why would MS not include them in their own OS's version before the Mac version? (I figure they are in Office XP - though I've not used it)
Odd I think --
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Well, not if they are in a version of Word on the Mac that was released after Word 2000 for Windows was.
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That would be either Word 2001 (for Classic) or Word v.X (for OS X).
What kind of features, TK?
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Well the dictionary mentioned above - is pretty cool though I can't say I use it much.
Entourage has the ability to turn an e-mail directly into a task or appointment - that is very cool and I'd use it all the time at work. Is that an option in XP? I've not heard that it is.
Print to .pdf - but that's a part of the OS (yes, you can do it in Win as well w/ Adobe's help). Seems the Mac version has more luck opening non-word files as well.
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