Macs vs. PCs - An epic bunfight. No polite posts please.

[revol68]

facts are I built my last three computers for well under half the price of a similarly specced Mac and I can actually play games.

But hey with some clever marketing we can make retards think iMacs are actually really fun machines!

 

[Dask]

so please explain how you can have a mac with all the non apple components you want and yet still legitimately run OS X?

Hate to be the one to break this to you, but pretty much every component inside a mac ISN'T manufactured by Apple.

 

[revol68]

Hate to be the one to break this to you, but pretty much every component inside a mac ISN'T manufactured by Apple.

oh ffs, obviously, but you still have to buy it through them.

Is someone going to explain how I can put any component I want in a Mac, sourced from anywhere I want and still run OS X?

 

[Structaural]

Yawn as you will but it's a FACT.

People who own Mac's should get little orange computer disability stickers and cash back from some local government agency.

you're tobyjug's 'leftie' log-in aren't you?

 

[jæd]

Can one of the Mods put revol68 out his misery...?

 

[Dask]

Is someone going to explain how I can put any component I want in a Mac, sourced from anywhere I want and still run OS X?

Buy a second hand mac on ebay.

Buy any standard PCI-X card and stick it on.

Buy any standard Sata hard drive and stick it in.

Buy any standard 800 MHz DDR2 memory and stick it in.

I could go on.

 

[Crispy]

oh ffs, obviously, but you still have to buy it through them.

Is someone going to explain how I can put any component I want in a Mac, sourced from anywhere I want and still run OS X?

Yes. You might find yourself a bit limited on graphics cards (there's still a good choice though), but memory, hard drives, many other PCI devices and USB devices will work just fine.

I have an imac with non-apple RAM in it, and OSX doesn't give a shit. It can boot into windows too, but I haven't done that in months. Games are so much nicer on the telly.

 

[revol68]

Can one of the Mods put revol68 out his misery...?

I'm still waiting to be told how I can build my own Mac and legitimately run OS X. Oh wait I can't I have to buy an overpriced piece of shit from Apple, yes?

 

[tarannau]

Christ. This is like trying to explain something to a small spoilt-child who's been at the Sunny Delight for too long. Veruca Revol Salt or something

Perhaps it's better just to point and laugh at the poor little idiot.

 

[Structaural]

Nope, I'm not a scouser, nor a wannabe manc like you.

Still the irony of a Utd supporter waffling on about overhyped and overpriced isn't lost on me. Careful you don't choke on that prawn sarnie my little munchkin.

 

[revol68]

Yes. You might find yourself a bit limited on graphics cards (there's still a good choice though), but memory, hard drives, many other PCI devices and USB devices will work just fine.

I have an imac with non-apple RAM in it, and OSX doesn't give a shit. It can boot into windows too, but I haven't done that in months. Games are so much nicer on the telly.

Processor, motherboard?

And why would pay over the odds for crappy Apple shit in the first place so I can gut it and put in PC parts? So I can run an operating system with shit game support? Surely I'd just stick to Linux if I wanted that.

 

[Structaural]

I'm still waiting to be told how I can build my own Mac and legitimately run OS X. Oh wait I can't I have to buy an overpriced piece of shit from Apple, yes?

Linux is your friend, your best friend.

 

[Dask]

I'm still waiting to be told how I can build my own Mac and legitimately run OS X. Oh wait I can't I have to buy an overpriced piece of shit from Apple, yes?

Put your toys back in the pram.

 

[revol68]

Linux is your friend, your best friend.

if it wasn't for games I'd be using Linux.

I still don't see where Apples shitty stuff comes into relevance, it's almost like it's a niche market for retards easily sold on iHype and 'lifestyle' products.

 

[tarannau]

That can't be true Revol, or you'd be Apple's bestest customer.

 

[Structaural]

Processor, motherboard?

And why would pay over the odds for crappy Apple shit in the first place so I can gut it and put in PC parts? So I can run an operating system with shit game support? Surely I'd just stick to Linux if I wanted that.

Sounds like that'll do you fine. Off you pop then, troll boy.

 

[Crispy]

Processor, motherboard?

And why would pay over the odds for crappy Apple shit in the first place so I can gut it and put in PC parts? So I can run an operating system with shit game support? Surely I'd just stick to Linux if I wanted that.

If you want to play games on your computer, go for windows. If you don't want to play games on your computer, there is almost no reason to go for windows. The alternatives are linux or mac. If you like grubbing around under the hood of your computer and don't mind a bit of DIY, go for linux. If you want minimal fuss and a nice-looking object on your desk, go for apple. If there's a specialist bit of software you have to have, then go for the platform which supports that software.

Windows is not SHIT. Linux is not SHIT. Macs are not SHIT. They all have strengths and weaknesses.

 

[Dask]

Processor, motherboard?

And why would pay over the odds for crappy Apple shit in the first place so I can gut it and put in PC parts? So I can run an operating system with shit game support? Surely I'd just stick to Linux if I wanted that.

Crappy Apple shite = Top of the range Intel Xeon architecture.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I think that's enough trolling and troll-feeding, surely.

 

[Crispy]

I hope so.

 

[revol68]

So please explain where do Apple fit in in the world of personal computing?

I mean you can get more stability and less game support from various Linux set ups that will run on a cheap PC.

Where does Apple fit in and why would anyone want to pay it's stupid prices or be restricted by it?

 

[Crispy]

So please explain where do Apple fit in in the world of personal computing?

Please see post 153

 

[FridgeMagnet]

So please explain where do Apple fit in in the world of personal computing?

No.

 

[Structaural]

if it wasn't for games I'd be using Linux.

I still don't see where Apples shitty stuff comes into relevance, it's almost like it's a niche market for retards easily sold on iHype and 'lifestyle' products.

I use both OSX (for pshop, final cut, after effects and cinema4d) and XP for games. I guess you've the one choice. As Ed is fond of saying: OS X fulfills my needs, XP doesn't and Linux certainly doesn't.

You're right it is overpriced, but the build tends to be better and the components of higher quality. Bit like buying or building a car.

 

[revol68]

So basically Macs are for people who don't know enough to use Linux or maintain Windows properly. Oh and they get a hard on over Apples of soo leftfield design and lifestyle points.

It isn't just a Mac it's my way of telling the world I'm a fuckwit.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

dear lord

bin this thread


it's gone passed parody

 

[Crispy]

I used to love fiddling with settings, editing .ini files, opening the case of my computer and figuring out how to make windows do my bidding. In a parallel universe, I could have lots of fun putting my own linux box together and getting DVD playback working, getting TV-out to do a decent SVHS signal for my TV, editing video with 3 different tools.

Then, I decided to just do things with my computer, instead of computer fiddling for its own sake. So that's why I bought a mac. It's not for you, as you want to fiddle, and play games and keep your gfx drivers up to date and partition swap drives and all that cool stuff.

 

[Structaural]

So please explain where do Apple fit in in the world of personal computing?

I mean you can get more stability and less game support from various Linux set ups that will run on a cheap PC.

Where does Apple fit in and why would anyone want to pay it's stupid prices or be restricted by it?

Fuck it, you're a idiot, who only plays games by all accounts. A DS would do you just fine you nerdy dick.

 

[tarannau]

So basically Macs are for people who don't know enough to use Linux or maintain Windows properly. Oh and they get a hard on over Apples of soo leftfield design and lifestyle points.

It isn't just a Mac it's my way of telling the world I'm a fuckwit.

Yes, all those scientists and video renderers choosing to work on 8 core macs are just retards that can't understand Windows. The 8 cpre Xeon we use at work is somthing you could have knocked up at the w/e on a homebuild just as reliably.

Christ, it's a wonder that this pillock can understand how to breathe with logic like that.

Are trolls meant to be a little funny, rather than just obnoxious, stupid and dull?

 

[tarannau]

What was the point of making this a separate thread? It's some uninformed plonker mouthing off for effect; like a child who's shat his pants and is shouting for attention.

Did such trolling really deserve its own thread. I think folks have done well to entertain the pillock for so long to be honest.