tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post580720709504367419..comments2024-02-13T03:59:13.635+00:00Comments on Eat Electric Death: Macs suck! [lurks]Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020308502156946280noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-3288049560803810652005-05-07T22:05:00.000+01:002005-05-07T22:05:00.000+01:00I use ctrl-alt-del on my pc about once every three...I use ctrl-alt-del on my pc about once every three months and regularly run 5 to 7 apps simultaneously. Try paying for a real copy of Windows instead of some warezed shit and you'll be really quite amazed at the difference.<br>Moron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-28468136886106365252005-05-07T22:01:00.000+01:002005-05-07T22:01:00.000+01:00Strikes me as big Skills Related Issue here. Obvio...Strikes me as big Skills Related Issue here. Obviously this 'grevious' chap is a bit too dim to maintain a Windows-based PC. Clearly the rest of us don't have those sorts of problems he does because we're not brain-dead nancy-boy types that want all the sharp edges rounded off their computer in case they hurt themselves.<br>I love that this flatlining mac-fanboi says crap about USB flash disks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-76873404684209187082005-05-07T09:03:00.000+01:002005-05-07T09:03:00.000+01:00Although OS X does do alot of things really well a...Although OS X does do alot of things really well and is superior to XP in a number of ways, this is a website that is generally geared towards games.<br>A $4000 powermac that is specced to the hilt does not come even close to a $1000 PC in terms of gaming performance (for the few mainstream titles that are available for OS X). So it's all very well trawling the web finding mac haters to bash, butAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-51063898287314709842005-05-07T05:14:00.000+01:002005-05-07T05:14:00.000+01:00God, what a bunch of morons.There's tons of freewa...God, what a bunch of morons.<br>There's tons of freeware for the Mac. Tons of shareware. Tons of people are developing for it. It works better than Linux as a desktop OS. My 5 year old, 500 MHz Mac performs as well or better than my 2.4 GHz P4. <br>Thank God I have a Mac on my desk next to my PC, cause Windows isn't stable enough to be a productive office tool. Every time I try to view a pdf Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-65445282852622824412003-07-24T19:00:00.025+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.025+01:00You love teh suck?You love teh suck?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-56681443812842148412003-07-24T19:00:00.024+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.024+01:00I love my mac!!!I love my mac!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-60010809003126225872003-07-24T19:00:00.023+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.023+01:00That's a reasonable comment. The blog is more of a...That's a reasonable comment. The blog is more of a moan about what I was forced to use back then at work. I did actually use a laptop of mine and then later got them to buy me a PC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-60480718626852376302003-07-24T19:00:00.022+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.022+01:00Jesus fucking Christ, Lurks, you hate Macs cause y...Jesus fucking Christ, Lurks, you hate Macs cause you're using a shitty G3? It's no wonder! Take a PC that old with Win '95 and you'd be fucked off using it too! Is there no way you could bring in your laptop and hook it up to the system?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-22658020716342317882003-07-24T19:00:00.021+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.021+01:00MSN anti-spyware is quite good for home users, alt...MSN anti-spyware is quite good for home users, although it's a little over zealous in what it picks up (e.g VNC.exe and kazaa.exe from kazaa lite), these kinds of things can be added to an ignore list.<br>The real-time protection is something that neither spybot or adaware have, as far as I know. It has a nice autoupdating feature and the default options set off a full scan every night at 2am.<brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-18544004690338651582003-07-24T19:00:00.020+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.020+01:00I've got it arse about. The latest thing that inst...I've got it arse about. The latest thing that installed on Windows Update is tje 'malicious software removal tool' which I took to be the same thing but it's not, I think it removes stuff like Blaster. The Microsoft malware detection thing is a full system tray jobbie and hasn't been released on Windows Update yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-80158484476317150192003-07-24T19:00:00.019+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.019+01:00Yup. I've looked at it. It took bloody ages to do ...Yup. I've looked at it. It took bloody ages to do a full scan, but picked up two Scumware instances that were missed completely by my regular Adaware scans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-21664706451895973662003-07-24T19:00:00.018+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.018+01:00This pro-Mac arguement (which also gets used on Li...This pro-Mac arguement (which also gets used on Linux) comes out now and again: There's no spy-ware, viruses or other malware. Well no, but that's because there's no market on those platforms to bother with. People get spyware because they download some free shareware thing off the Internet, install it and get a malware tag along. That application just doesn't exist for the Mac. So what's better,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-46810466553566285822003-07-24T19:00:00.017+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.017+01:00I use Macs and PC's, both Windows and Linux. Mainl...I use Macs and PC's, both Windows and Linux. Mainly I just use the Macs for fun because I like to play with different comp=uters. I would never think of using them for serious work. For C++ development work, I use Linux and Windows and for word processing, it is Windows.<br>I have photoshop on one of the Macs but I have never learned ot use it. Maybe someday when I get some time.<br>I have never Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-29429872572911862262003-07-24T19:00:00.016+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.016+01:00You summed it up well bro -- MACS SUCK 100% I fee...You summed it up well bro -- MACS SUCK 100% I feel for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-78999275515695298272003-07-24T19:00:00.015+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.015+01:00Only relaying what the Mac peasants tell me. I've ...Only relaying what the Mac peasants tell me. I've really no inclination to muck about with InDesign or anything like it. We use Quark so I have to use Quark. It's just I'll do as much as possible on the PC. Hence PC MACLAN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-64694982624273538832003-07-24T19:00:00.014+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.014+01:00I've got Quark 5 running in classic mode on osx. P...I've got Quark 5 running in classic mode on osx. Pretty much everything that runs in classic seems to run on that emu ok. I've *cough* got InDesign *nudge* somewhere *wink* if you want to look at it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-58898928240652297062003-07-24T19:00:00.013+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.013+01:00You need the latest Quark. The upgrade license has...You need the latest Quark. The upgrade license has expired here too. So it's like full copies or something. Ninja money. One of the designers has started to quietly evangelise InDesign by Adobe (I think), which is said to be better and half the price.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-35663956918422853832003-07-24T19:00:00.012+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.012+01:00I don't understand the downgrading of osx thing. S...I don't understand the downgrading of osx thing. See, osx is pretty barable these days. I know quark hasn't got an osx verson, but it does run on osx in classic mode.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-90557277986027951462003-07-24T19:00:00.011+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.011+01:00Sounds like they have. Although whether such a ver...Sounds like they have. Although whether such a version exists or not isn't really the issue. See when a license costs more than a PC... well, let's just say that explains why someone's new Mac that turned up pre-installed with OS X got downgraded to OS 8 point something...<br>Right, now I really need a proper copy of that that PC Mac Lan thing. I've tried to be a bit devious and 'review' it but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-9938193344731373912003-07-24T19:00:00.010+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.010+01:00We run quark on both windows and mac. They're pret...We run quark on both windows and mac. They're pretty much identical feature wise, main headache is the font differences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-42678062133502705762003-07-24T19:00:00.009+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.009+01:00Money hat eh? Makes it all the more surprising tha...Money hat eh? Makes it all the more surprising that Quack were one of the last to jump onboard with an OS X release.<a href="http://euro.quark.com/en/about/presscenter/prview.jsp?idx=328">euro.quark.com</a><br>I notice that QuackExpress 6.0 also comes in XP and 2000 flavours. Maybe they've filled the features gap in the new Windows releases?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-56353102660644942522003-07-24T19:00:00.008+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.008+01:00There is a Windows version, or was at least. It wa...There is a Windows version, or was at least. It was shite compared to the Mac one. Old, less features. I think there was a golden handshake going on with Apple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-90104224810871904662003-07-24T19:00:00.007+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.007+01:00Retarded question, perhaps, but why is it that the...Retarded question, perhaps, but why is it that there isn't a *nix/Windows version of Quark? Would increase their potential customer base, surely?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-33964720333127879972003-07-24T19:00:00.006+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.006+01:00RESULT! This thing works fucking brilliantly. Stra...<a href="http://www.miramar.com/miramarweb.nsf/web/prod_nav_nt_index">RESULT!</a> This thing works fucking brilliantly. Straight onto the server and not only that, I'm sharing a dir on my laptop for the Macs. Superb! Now I don't need to touch the festering piles of excrement except to sub shit in Quark!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-49967482699064473832003-07-24T19:00:00.005+01:002003-07-24T19:00:00.005+01:00One thing we do to make the macs more useful, is t...One thing we do to make the macs more useful, is to run RDC to a windows server on em. I know, I know, but it's better than nothing :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com