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Happy Computer Thingee faw down, go boom. Bad things happened. Look at the hand puppet! LOOK AT THE PUPPET! Shiny things!

John Hargrave 128,742 73
06/10/2002 10:37 AM

First to post!

John Hargrave 128,742 73
06/10/2002 10:38 AM

"Happy Computer Thingee faw down, go boom."



Heh. I click your smiley for that one.

shoelace414 10,080 13
06/10/2002 10:40 AM

they don't sell Macintoshes in New york?

Declan McManus 131,867 36
06/10/2002 11:08 AM

Macs are too nice, too user friendly to be sold in New York without a prescription.

Sleestack 30,342 13
06/10/2002 11:11 AM

This was a special, Portland, OR-style Mac.



This meant that it went around bashing Intel machines in the kneecaps.

Therlin 12,200 13
06/10/2002 11:39 AM

Welcome to the darkside, Sleestack. I was the same way. Tired of Windows and attracted by the geekyness of the OS X platform. Now I find myself running OS X at home as my main OS of choice (together with a Linux box, but OS X is it for me 99% of the time.)



You remind me of this guy.



Other testimonials.

Sleestack 30,342 13
06/10/2002 11:49 AM

Yesterday I dropped XDarwin and Fink on the puppy so I could grab and run The Gimp. Worked immediately. I'm just amazingly impressed.



What's interesting is reading some of the Mac forums. It seems that there's a real collision of software ideologies. Half the people are the Old Guard Mac developers who still believe that Proprietary and Costly is Better (TM, Pat. Pend.), against the new huge rush of FreeBSD OpenSource folk that think it should all be given away.



From what I'm reading, Apple "gets it" as far as the benefits of an Open Source model goes. We'll see. But I can definitely see a feasible future with Mac workstations and Linux servers.

shoelace414 10,080 13
06/10/2002 11:53 AM

because having everything cost an arm and a leg did so well for Apple in the 1990's

Sleestack 30,342 13
06/10/2002 11:56 AM

Plus, of course, it's a Babe Magnet.



"Ooooo, a Blue and White! It's so cuuuute!"

"Yes, it is. And it demonstrates that I am a 21st-century-type of sensitive guy with a soul who hasn't sold out to Corporate America, who treats women as equals and understands the karma of... WHOA Ha Ha, best not look in that directory, please"

Cap'n Stuby 17,826 13
06/10/2002 12:29 PM

Doesn't Apple have at least one of its testes in a jar in Bill Gates's office?



Because I thought Microsoft had Apple by the short curlies in some bidness arrangement...

Pants 14,252 17
06/10/2002 01:52 PM

Although I'm ignorant of this products capabilities and what the rest of the industry has to offer I still think you should buy this product.







Hey Steve do you have that check for me now?

Crescent Fresh, Master Baker 10,666 13
06/10/2002 06:53 PM

Steve Jobs was here in Portland today, endorsing Governor King's laptops for 7th graders program. he was wearing a black turtleneck, I think, and New Balance sneakers.

Chickens 286,208 61
06/11/2002 09:44 AM

Slee, that first picture looks like a victory photo from the Special Olympics.

Crickette 2,472 12
06/11/2002 09:45 AM

Meg, King is still going on about that?



I don't know how they expect that a laptop they give to a 7th grader is going to last until they graduate from high school.





Especially when it takes 7 or 8 years.....

Feeble, Master of Disaster 32,400 15
06/11/2002 09:49 AM

Sleestack, you will soon discover the simple truth:



All competing OS are superior to Windows.



Death to the Borg!

0 10
06/11/2002 11:30 AM

All you need now is the soul patch.

Cap'n Stuby 17,826 13
06/11/2002 03:51 PM

Soul patch?



I thought that wasn't necessary with build 456 and it was only for use with the beta software released in eastern europe!

Sleestack 30,342 13
06/11/2002 06:57 PM

(giggles)



Looks like someone didn't check the bi-weekly Czech-beta-driver-OS-Mod-Mailing-List!

Giblet? Nugget? A Jedi craves not these things! 12,005 12
06/12/2002 02:32 PM

Wow, those are great commercials on the Apple site.



"It was a horrid little machine. I never could understand...how I was supposed to....move things around, or open anything. I mean, even though I used it for years, I never used it well. And now that I have a Mac, I'm happier. The way the Mac works, it's...so intuitive-- the way it works seems like the way your brain is supposed to work. I get it. And I don't get the PC. I never did. My name is Sarah Whistler. And I'm a writer."



AND I'M A COMPLETE MORON.

Giblet? Nugget? A Jedi craves not these things! 12,005 12
06/12/2002 02:35 PM

._._._.

Feeble, Master of Disaster 32,400 15
06/12/2002 02:36 PM

I told me very-non-techie older brother to buy a Mac, along with my working-on-PhD-in-English sister. If you just want to turn the friggin machine on and do work, and you never plan to upgrade hardware, Macs are still better machines for the money.



If you're a geek, you really should run Linux. Someday soon I'm going to have to upgrade.

Freeze Dried Instant Coffee 10,327 12
06/14/2002 05:03 PM

I find it somewhat disturbing that your icon looks strikingly similar to you, Sleestack.

Sleestack 30,342 13
06/15/2002 12:16 PM

Why do you think I chose that one?

Feeble, Knight of the Old Code 32,400 15
08/03/2002 02:38 PM

Because of your messianic complex.

Dead Robot 67,630 16
08/04/2002 04:56 AM

You and Rands from Jerkcity would get along nicey nice.

psychaholic, for a shiny coat! 4,888 13
11/22/2002 06:48 PM

To turn on it's power...



That was th' Shakespeare. I'm totally bitin' from that bit to make my friends laugh.

14,139 11
03/14/2003 06:02 AM

For the benifit of all ye noobs, and people who have forgotten about this article. It is a gab classic and is top of the must read list. Has me wondering why john hasnt pimped it to the front page.

Chickens 286,208 61
03/14/2003 07:14 AM

Once again, an article/thread with a full pee tube shows as not funny on the main page.

Werehamster 2,321 13
03/14/2003 08:24 AM

I never thought I'd say this, but I'm seriously considering buying a Mac. Yeah, me, Ms. "Who the hell decided that the 'Eject Disk' command should not be the proper way to eject disks" herself. The interface has gone through some major changes, and I like them for the most part. Meanwhile, Windows has devolved into a nightmare in which Start menu icons hide from you and nonfunctional DLLs download and install themselves while you sleep.



It's too bad that the new icons, buttons and such are designed for mainstream (read "bad") taste. If I wanted to look at little plastic trinkets, I'd put quarters into the vending machine at the local supermarket.



I've got a couple of questions about the current version of MacOS. First, is it possible to maximize windows to completely cover the desktop? Yeah, I know that's not a question any proper geek would ask, but I just don't like wasting so much of the monitor. Also, is there a way to turn off all shell animation? I don't have time to wait around for cartoonish special effects while I'm trying to get things done.