Ouch! Hope it comes with dual hexacore processors for that price......Originally Posted by thegent
Ouch! Hope it comes with dual hexacore processors for that price......Originally Posted by thegent
Don't really matter does it Troy ?,, its his money to spend as he pleases .
If its a nice bit of quality kit that will give good reliable service for many years without conflicting programs and ease of use , good on him I say ,, enjoy it.
Similar to my next door neighbour , since the 6 years we have lived here he has had 2 new BMW,s ,,, no idea at what cost ,, mabe in the £50.000 area ? mabe more ?
He has no computer , no broadband .
IMO ,, excessive spending , but its his money , his pleasure .
I have a £500 banger on the drive , broadband and IMO a nice Macbook to boot
I'm proud of my 38" waist , also proud I have never done drugs
^ Noted your post about Bryce and thought you might like to try Blender.
blender.org - Home of the Blender project - Free and Open 3D Creation Software
It's free and available for a Mac and you may find it fun.
I'm sure thegent will be happy with his choice and let us all know how much he loves the new Mac.Originally Posted by nigelandjan
Cheers for that mate ,, tbh I,m so busy at the moment , but will get hold of it for later on
^ & ^^ Would be the simplest reply......
After being unable to print they're flight tickets to the latest Windows 9 all singing / dancing touchsreen laptop being virused and conflicted up Harry Taperecorder + Tin can concede and go to off quietly to the nearest Apple shop
There was a time when the argument was whether SysV was better than BSD. No other OS was even considered worthy of competing.
Since Mac is based pretty much on BSD and Linux is loosely based on SysV then I am not going to say anything about the pedigree of the Mac OS.
I should say that the first thing I do on my Windows machine is install GNU Unix tools; PuTTy; Perl; and VIM just to give it a hint of usability.
Mac may be overpriced and limited in hardware but it is certainly not a choice for dummies.
no Mac user knows how to run the Unix shell on their mac, so it's irrelevant
and one minute in that shell shows you how "dysfunctional" their "Unix" is, it's completely fucked up, ala Steve Jobs
the war between SVR4 and BSD or even Linux vs OpenBSD is long gone
so is the war between Windows and Mac,
however the war between user retards and real computer players is still on, and this thread is a perfect example
This is stupid beyond belief ! I have only ever had one virus and knew enough about my computer to get rid of it. I take a pride in knowing what to do and learn all I can. I don't want to be a dummy with a box that works and have no idea why it works. I am conversant with all Windows systems but do not have a Windows 8 machine. I use my daughter's and my cousin's too so I know about it.Originally Posted by nigelandjan
MY PC's last me years because I service them myself. There are no limits to what I can do.
Originally Posted by Butterfly
Originally Posted by can123
[quote=thegent;2816587]Oi! Please, no silly moderation here. The guy would have drifted off and gone elsewhere.
No i would not. He's a [at][at][at][at] and the only computer worth buying is a Mac.
I bought an iMac when they first were sold with intel processor and it died in January this year. Bought a macbook 2 years after i bought the iMac and it's still going strong. battery is fucked though. And no clever cvnt Buttfuk i don't just browse the web and email.
Originally Posted by robjak
Best fact-based argument ever!
You really showed him!!!1
fuk yourself cvnt.Originally Posted by Plan B
They're talking about ordinary people wanting to buy a computer, not some arrogant cvnt that knows everything about everything.
you're another
Last edited by robjak; 12-07-2014 at 05:52 PM.
What?
The gents??
Ordinary???
Yes, you're quite right.
Carry on.
a vt100 interface for what ? and how do you really exit from VIM ?Originally Posted by Troy
Butterfly, who is he and just how on earth did you provoke him so?
Enough, already.
Apropos earlier posts re. Unix shell. Is this wrapped around the kernel thingy and can I access it? How will I know if I have found it and what does it do? Is life somehow enriched if I can service my own computer?
I've had lots of cars and must say that an inability to access the ECU never hampered its function. Indeed, when one vehicle's ECU became ill the mechanic simply threw it away and inserted a new one.
Aren't computers similar or are their gubbins totally different to car computers?
Essentially, computers are there to store information, act as a repository for media stuff, provide a portal to the known universe and to do whizzy things accountants, mathematicians and typists might need. I don't find myself in the latter group so I suppose much of a computer's potential for me goes unused. No matter, most folk in the world seem to to get by using only 2% of their brains, and a fair few are represented on this board, so an inability to use a machine to its full capacity won't be such a tragedy.
Actually, I've been reading about kernels and found it quite interesting. Odd concept really and quite alien to the capitalist principle. Perhaps that's why Butterfly is so against it.
Incidentally, I may have confused Unix with Linux. Not sure really but I don't think it matters in the scheme of things.
Last edited by Seekingasylum; 12-07-2014 at 09:32 PM.
The main function of kernels is to facilitate cross platform functionalities, integrate dynamic paradigms and as any fule no, maximise scalable protocols. They work quietly in the background in a low level abstraction layer and the Macs hybrid XNU kernel is considered to be the best one available.
I'm sure all that would make perfect sense if we dropped a tab of Blue Cheer acid, put Atom Heart Mother on and lit a candle.
thegent. just buy what buttfuk says i'm sure you will be happy with it.
It is more about driving your own car rather than servicing it. You will be chauffeured around but unfortunately not to your desired destination, more likely, somewhere mac deems is close enough for you.Originally Posted by thegent
BTW, apropos happens to be a unix style command, albeit a wrapper for man -k that allows you to search the man(ual) pages.
Somehow I doubt you will be able to use them in any of your up and coming cunning plans.....Originally Posted by baldrick
Or for younger folk, a double dipped purple ohm, Dark Side of The Moon and a traffic beacon.Originally Posted by thegent
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