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Re: Apple, Microsoft, or Linux?
« Reply #45 on: November 18, 2006, 05:12:09 PM »

Haha :P you can say fag, it's a fun word.
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Re: Apple, Microsoft, or Linux?
« Reply #46 on: November 18, 2006, 05:15:19 PM »

After seeing that thing about about the keylogger in the dell laptop I know I will seriously look into it when the time comes.

You mean the Dell keylogger hoax?
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« Reply #47 on: November 18, 2006, 05:18:12 PM »

Ohhhh Roy er Royce don't deny your love for me

If it's that important to you I won't deny it.  I'll just play aloof in the hopes that you'll buy me things.

Haha :P you can say fag, it's a fun word.

I don't think I'm ready for that.  I've just got to where I can use "bitches" in jest without adverse physical reaction. 
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« Reply #48 on: November 18, 2006, 05:22:56 PM »

Haha :P you can say fag, it's a fun word.

Faggy McFagster.
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« Reply #49 on: November 18, 2006, 05:23:17 PM »

Gifts for sex?
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« Reply #50 on: November 18, 2006, 05:23:31 PM »

Roy, btw people use to buy apple laptops because there were indeed of great quality. Very robust in their build, and very stable for their lifespan [about ten years for some models]. But anymore they're not the same, and I believe there was a blog that reports the defects in Apple laptops. One the biggest issues is the heat problem they have, apparently their CPUs [despite being intel mobile models] still produce way more heat than the average non Apple laptop. In fact, I think they opened up an Apple laptop and showed that it was improperly handled with regard to the CPU heat paste that is applied onto the CPU before putting on the heatsink [basically the paste was smeared all over the CPU instead of on the top of it, thus making the heat conduct all over the board instead of toward the heatsink].

So, it's not a good idea to buy an Apple laptop, they're just not good anymore. I always suggest to people to buy a laptop based on the reviews that show their robustness more than anything else. You'll be surprised how easily broken a laptop can be made.

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« Reply #51 on: November 18, 2006, 05:32:00 PM »

Gifts for sex?


No,  gifts are unconditional. 
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« Reply #52 on: November 18, 2006, 05:34:00 PM »

Ok fine what do you want first :P
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« Reply #53 on: November 18, 2006, 05:37:06 PM »

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aquabanianskakid

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« Reply #54 on: November 18, 2006, 05:43:16 PM »

So, where do you want to go for dinner? Oh the saw will be there by thursday.
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« Reply #55 on: November 18, 2006, 05:48:54 PM »

I totally should have known better than to encourage you.
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« Reply #56 on: November 18, 2006, 05:52:25 PM »

:P I'll stop. What distros have you guys used?
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« Reply #57 on: November 18, 2006, 06:03:06 PM »

Apple used to be like a centrally planned economy, though a good one.  They dictate which hardware and software can work with their system, though the latter has been loosened by the advent of BSD / Linux, and it is being loosened even further by the switch to Intel CPU.  An example of stricter central planning is some video game consoles, which will sue you if you try to publish software for their system without paying them a license fee.

Microsoft is like a mixed economy.  You can choose which company makes your hardware, as long as it's Intel-compatible.  The API's are 90% published, though the unpublished 10% is an annoyance.  There are lots of non-Microsoft products to choose from, but Microsoft obviously has an unfair advantage.  It likes to keep the "commanding heights" of the software market to itself and its partners.

FLOSS is more like anarchy, with BSD being slightly more pro-capitalist than GNU/Linux.  Any component can be easily replaced.  There are no costs involved for most packages only because if you had to pay a few cents a month for some packages, competition would have quickly driven those prices to zero.  On some distros, there's nothing standing in the way of people who want to sell Linux/BSD software for profit.  In high-end markets, like top-notch RDBMS's or high-graphics games, for-profit businesses will probably always have an edge.
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« Reply #58 on: November 18, 2006, 06:18:02 PM »

Roy, btw people use to buy apple laptops because there were indeed of great quality. Very robust in their build, and very stable for their lifespan [about ten years for some models]. But anymore they're not the same

That's part of my original point.  I don't pretend to understand whatever it is that apple fans are faithful to but there can't be much left of it. 


I once installed linux on a 486 dx266 just to see.  I don't remember what flavor.  I DO remember that it was a pain in the ass and I required a lot of help from the internet to make it happen and then I had a machine that I really had no use for so I gave it to a friend to play with.  I decided then it wasn't practical for me to run linux.

More recently, as in at this very moment.  I have a friend who is the typical user that has decided to install ubuntu.  It's been a very long week for her and I think she's going to give up on making her video capture card work.  I've been talking with her throughout the process.  It's a good time for that to happen because I've been thinking about giving another OS a shot.  Her experience has convinced me I have little to gain and a lot of time to lose.
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« Reply #59 on: November 18, 2006, 06:23:14 PM »

I used Kubuntu, then I realised they were some serious hardware/linux compatability issues. My videocard wouldn't work right and neither would acpi. I still used linux for 6 months before I had just enough and went back to windows. Windows is buggy and flawed... but let's face it, almost any hardware will work with it. Software is also easier to install and obtain.
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