sleaterkinney
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Now how come I never think of these things.GarfieldLeChat said:
I Hate Macs
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GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
is it? really???editor said:
any more than the original articule which is merely a re run of the same sentiment but pro pc than it is mac...
sleaterkinney
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It's like listening to a Scientologist.FridgeMagnet said:
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
you're a pinko you can't see what's in front of your face becuase you are usually in some meeting about some terrible important inner mongolian tree shrew habitat or the like which must find some system of equality with in a socailist dogma in order to over come the oppression of the capitalist system it finds itself victim too... or stroking you beard with other old men... either way bloody pinkos rarely inhabit the real world with the rest of us...sleaterkinney said:Now how come I never think of these things.
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
don't be daft you haven't mention the pinko commie stuff once on this thread...sleaterkinney said:
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
I am not a pinko or a commie.GarfieldLeChat said:
(I think that was what you are trying to say)
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Wtf, you're making even less sense than usual - and that takes some doing.GarfieldLeChat said:
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
editor said:
I don't doubt it's an influence, otherwise Apple wouldn't spend any money on their industrial design (then again, neither would Sony or any other computer manufacturer).
'Just because they look nice', however? I doubt seriously it's the only factor in most Mac purchases though. Icing on the cake, I'd suggest.
Informal survey of questions from switchers' reasons in the Mac Forum at dpreview.com. The most recent five threads I could find asking about moving to Macs:
PC BSOD annoyance
Performance/virus concerns
Mac-using wife's persuasion
Frustration with Dell/Windows troubleshooting
Frustration with Windows troubleshooting
These are real people asking real questions, not Apple's marketing dept.
Nobody mentioned how they look as a factor in their choice to switch, except in deciding between an iMac or a Mac Pro (and that's relly a practical concern to keep the wife happy with a minimum number of leads looking untidy).
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Garf's daily meltdown 
FWIW I agree with TP.. people buy them because they're supposedly cool. Of the three mac owners I know, they all bought them because they're the stylish choice.
FM: I think what you don't seem to be getting is that people don't buy Macs because they look good, they CHOOSE macs because they look good.
FWIW I agree with TP.. people buy them because they're supposedly cool. Of the three mac owners I know, they all bought them because they're the stylish choice.
FM: I think what you don't seem to be getting is that people don't buy Macs because they look good, they CHOOSE macs because they look good.
well what idiot is going to own up to buying a mac because they wanna look cool? they are blatantly gonna say 'oh I got it for this or that feature' which makes them sound cooler because it shows some sort of knowledge about their fancy lookin bit of kit.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
FridgeMagnet said:
Indeed and if people did why aren't Macs the dominant platform?
Structaural
in Chatsubo
exleper said:
They're badly made though, they've let me down there - I'm on my 3rd, 3 other people who work here are on their second and I think my 3rd one is about to stop scrolling up again. And no screws to open the fucker up and clean it.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
It definitely draws people in to look at the things in the first place, but that's what advertising is designed to do.editor said:
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Yeah, the scroll ball is a poor design. It's always getting gummed up and you can't clean it. I can't remember having used the sideways scroll either, except once or twice when I thought "well I've got a scroll ball, I might as well see if I can use it".Structaural said:
I've only got one because it came with the iMac to be honest.
Sweaty Betty
Hemo rising!
Structaural said:
My pro mouse is bogging
Structaural
in Chatsubo
editor said:
True though. XP sucks dogs arse compared with OS X, a truly multitasking and protected OS. Graphically XP's barely a step up from Windows 3.
And Vista will need an extremely powerful computer and graphics card to run decently and will need hacking to be even remotely useful for what I use my PC for. But I live in hope.
Sweaty Betty
Hemo rising!
teqniq said:
Yes my Bf ditched his and now uses a 2 button pc mose as well, although at first he was loathed to break up the design......bloody graphic designers
Structaural
in Chatsubo
jæd said:Why not get a different type of mouse...?
I use a pen mostly TBH and getting something out of the IT dept here is liking getting free water out of nightclub barman.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Funnily enough the best mouse I've ever used with a Mac has been a Microsoft one. MS do make good mice, mind.teqniq said:
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
editor said:
You were answering Fridge's questioning whether it was the only factor in purchasing decisions. Fridge's set-up might be a bit of a straw man argument if taken literally, of course.
All I can say is that IME, people I know who have bought Macs within the last few years have tended to be disillusioned Windows users looking for an alternative. My dad bought a PowerBook after struggling with a Windows computer for several years.
YMMV.
On the other hand, my (previously Mac-using) mum bought herself a Sony desktop because it looked nicer than an iMac.
tribal_princess said:
That's Digital Photography Review.
I changed my mouse because it was easier to use than the one button mouse, purely because of the scroll wheel and I was used to it, but seriously come on, you are going to criticise the whole machine because of one pikey little problem with a mouse?
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