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All I can say is that it's true. Once you go Mac you never go back. I have no plans to buy another pc unless absolutely necessary. I'm in love with our new iMac.
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A few hippies that changed the world that what Apple was.
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
I was watching the updates on the keynote live to see what was coming up. The Macbook Air looks pretty cool. Whats everyone else's thoughts on it? If it didn't cost so much I might want one. I'm saving up for a Macbook at the moment.
Macbook Air hands on.

Now that I've seen the Macbook Air, here's my thoughts. To much money for not enough notebook. I can get a Sony laptop that weighs only .1 lbs more, but comes with two USB ports, Firewire, PCI-X, and a DVD burner for only $200 more than the Macbook Air. In fact, we have three of them at work. They're great little computers too.

Originally posted by: sean wookie
A few hippies that changed the world that what Apple was.


Yeah, except Jobs stopped being a hippie at the first trade show they ever went to. Watch Pirates of Silicon Valley and then tell me if you still think they were hippies.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/Karim/appleLeopard.jpg
Funny ad on NY Times site.
Hey Dayv is it possible to still get the XP ver. of MS Office for the Mac? I need it for a class.
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I SURE DO. WHEN I GOT MY FIRST MAC THERE WASN'T SUCH A THING AS SAFARI. I WAS HAVING TO USE INTERNET EXPLORER 5. THEN PANTHER CAME OUT. IT INTRODUCED SAFARI. AT FIRST I DIDN'T LIKE THE LOOK AND LAYOUT OF IT AS I WAS ACCUSTOMED TO IE. BOSSK ON HERE HAD BEEN USING SAFARI AND TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD GIVE IT A TRIAL RUN FOR A WEEK. SO, I DID, AND I NEVER SWITCHED BACK TO IE.

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I HAVE FIREFOX INSTALLED, AND I USE IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. THE THING THAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT T IS THAT IT LOOKS TO MUCH LIKE SOMETHING YOU WOULD FIND ON WINDOWS. HOWEVER, THE ADD-ONS FOR FIREFOX ARE PRETTY COOL. THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT MADE IT SO POPULAR IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I HONESTLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL USING IE. IT'S BECOME SO OUTDATED. THERE ARE A LOT OF WEBSITE THAT REQUIRE EITHER FIREFOX OR SAFARI. IF YOU TRY USING IE YOU'RE SHIT OUT OF LUCK.

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Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
I HAVE FIREFOX INSTALLED, AND I USE IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. THE THING THAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT T IS THAT IT LOOKS TO MUCH LIKE SOMETHING YOU WOULD FIND ON WINDOWS. HOWEVER, THE ADD-ONS FOR FIREFOX ARE PRETTY COOL. THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT MADE IT SO POPULAR IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I HONESTLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL USING IE. IT'S BECOME SO OUTDATED. THERE ARE A LOT OF WEBSITE THAT REQUIRE EITHER FIREFOX OR SAFARI. IF YOU TRY USING IE YOU'RE SHIT OUT OF LUCK.


What I don't like about FF on a Mac is that the mouse functionality is not the same as on a pc, especially the wheel. On a pc if you click a link with the wheel it opens in a new tab. Not so, at least in my experience, on a mac.
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Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
I HAVE FIREFOX INSTALLED, AND I USE IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. THE THING THAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT T IS THAT IT LOOKS TO MUCH LIKE SOMETHING YOU WOULD FIND ON WINDOWS. HOWEVER, THE ADD-ONS FOR FIREFOX ARE PRETTY COOL. THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT MADE IT SO POPULAR IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I HONESTLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL USING IE. IT'S BECOME SO OUTDATED. THERE ARE A LOT OF WEBSITE THAT REQUIRE EITHER FIREFOX OR SAFARI. IF YOU TRY USING IE YOU'RE SHIT OUT OF LUCK.


I think something like 75% of all computers use IE to browse the web. It used to be a lot higher before Firefox came out. The problem with IE (and this is the reason I've despised it for the past 10 years) is that it doesn't conform to W3C web standards like Mozilla browsers, Safari, Opera, etc. do. IE instead uses their own coding and standards, which is why web sites optimized for IE don't work correctly with any other browser. Any site that says it's optimized for Firefox or any other browser usually means that it conforms to web standards and therefore will work the way it was intended to on any browser but IE. That's not to say such sites, or even IE optimized sites won't work in other browsers, but usually are missing certain functionality or features.


Anyway, back on topic.
I heard the other day that the iPhone still can't send multimedia messages, and despite the upgrades to the interface, people are still peeved at Apple for not including a feature that is standard on pretty much any other phone today. Is it true that you can "hack" your iPhone to enable pic and movie messages?

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I'M SURE THAT THERE IS A HACK OUT THERE, BUT APPLE HAS NOW RELEASED EVERYTHING THAT THIRD PARTY DEVELOPERS NEED TO MAKE LEGAL HACKS FOR THE iPHONE WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT FIRMWARE UPDATES DELETING THEM. SO, I'M SURE THAT IF THERE ISN'T A HACK THAT THERE WILL BE A PROGRAM THAT WILL SOON ALLOW IT.

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I'd love to have an iphone, but that is precisely why I am holding out until gen 2 of it. I have a real hard time buying a first run electronic product.
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Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
I HONESTLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL USING IE. IT'S BECOME SO OUTDATED. THERE ARE A LOT OF WEBSITE THAT REQUIRE EITHER FIREFOX OR SAFARI. IF YOU TRY USING IE YOU'RE SHIT OUT OF LUCK.


Maybe because MS still owns something like 80% of the desktop market?

On the topic of IE, IE 7 is light years ahead of IE 6 as far as standards compliance are concerned. But since your all on Macs, I guess you wouldn't know that.
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Originally posted by: lordjedi
Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
I HONESTLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL USING IE. IT'S BECOME SO OUTDATED. THERE ARE A LOT OF WEBSITE THAT REQUIRE EITHER FIREFOX OR SAFARI. IF YOU TRY USING IE YOU'RE SHIT OUT OF LUCK.


Maybe because MS still owns something like 80% of the desktop market?

On the topic of IE, IE 7 is light years ahead of IE 6 as far as standards compliance are concerned. But since your all on Macs, I guess you wouldn't know that.


I've been a pc user every day of my life since 1994, and IE has blown cheese since the day it hit the market. The only reason I ever used it was because Netscape couldn't compete and another viable product didn't come out until Opera, shortly thereafter killed by the much better FireFox. I'll never use IE voluntarily again. Any browser that requires a minimum of 5 mouse-clicks in this day and age to clear my browsing history should be used as a boat anchor.
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Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
YOU CAN ORDER IT FROM THE STORE, BUT YOU CAN'T JUST GO IN AND PICK ONE UP WHILE YOU WAIT.


I'm going to get one in about a week. I think I also want a Mighty Mouse. I want to go there and order it I guess. I want to try it before I buy it. I don't think I've ever been more excited in my life!
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Originally posted by: JediSage
Originally posted by: lordjedi
Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
I HONESTLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL USING IE. IT'S BECOME SO OUTDATED. THERE ARE A LOT OF WEBSITE THAT REQUIRE EITHER FIREFOX OR SAFARI. IF YOU TRY USING IE YOU'RE SHIT OUT OF LUCK.


Maybe because MS still owns something like 80% of the desktop market?

On the topic of IE, IE 7 is light years ahead of IE 6 as far as standards compliance are concerned. But since your all on Macs, I guess you wouldn't know that.


I've been a pc user every day of my life since 1994, and IE has blown cheese since the day it hit the market. The only reason I ever used it was because Netscape couldn't compete and another viable product didn't come out until Opera, shortly thereafter killed by the much better FireFox. I'll never use IE voluntarily again. Any browser that requires a minimum of 5 mouse-clicks in this day and age to clear my browsing history should be used as a boat anchor.


Oh please! It's one more click than FireFox and ONLY because it prompts you with "Are you sure?" That is the most pathetic reason I've ever heard for not using IE.

I've been using PCs for about 16 years now. Yeah, IE was crap until about version 5, then 6. Netscape blew absolute chunks for the longest time and I've always hated Opera's interface. I went to Mozilla in the 1.x days and didn't switch to FireFox until I couldn't find add-ons for Mozilla anymore. I've been very happy with FireFox ever since, but I still open IE from time to time when a site doesn't work properly. Of course, with IETab, that's becoming less and less often. Now I can just open FireFox with the IE rendering engine and use IE whenever necessary. And no, changing the UA is not an option for some things. There are a few programs (most notably the phone system config program I have at work) that simply do not work unless they're run through at least the IE rendering engine.
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