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srwinnsuco
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Check out this video before you buy a mac it might change your mind.

http://mike.disorient.net/uploads/videos/mac.wmv



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Jul 4 2003 7:32PM
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Rogge
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if you hate on macs your basically hating on most of the ski films put out professionally because most of them are done on macs with final cut pro 3 or 4


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Jul 6 2003 7:21PM
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FreshCoast
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All the ski movies could have easily been done on Premier, your point sucks.
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Jul 6 2003 7:27PM
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doghoy
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i dont hate macs, i just dont use em :)

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Jul 6 2003 9:59PM
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Gregg
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1)It is possible to build your own G4 if you know where to find Apple parts (eBay, recyclers, retailers, etc).

2)NOTHING can beat a G5 running YellowDog Linux with an OSX Jaguar Mac-on-Linux


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Jul 6 2003 10:30PM
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z_boarder914
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can you edit the registry? freezy.
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Jul 6 2003 10:38PM
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SkeeOrDye
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ya gregg, you can build your own, but that would take forever, and you wouldn't be able to choose from various brands of hardware. its all from the same company. you cant pick the strengths, and if u need a faster graphics card with more memory its gonna cost you, be dificult, and be harder. on a pc adding hardware is as simple as opening the case, and sliding in a card.
Jul 6 2003 10:42PM
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Lord_Piot
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last time i check dual processor x86 systems were still up to par with the g5.
please dont try to argue about macs being customizable. you are customizable when dealing with a mac. you conform to it not it to you.
that and the obvious fact that all except for the g5, apples are WAY overpriced.
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Jul 6 2003 10:50PM
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SkeeOrDye
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where are all these ppl b-wald, i know a lot, i mean a lot of ppl with xp that its only crashed once or twice. i am not the minority. the ppl you choose to pick as examples are. im not sayn its more stable than osx, because i only used osx for a week, but i know for a fact what you are saying isnt true, because i have xp, and i know a million ppl with xp. and your friends are prolly talkn about a program crashing, big diference. if they mean a blue screen, then i hate to tell them, its not xp.
Jul 6 2003 11:51PM
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SkeeOrDye
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gimme when it crashed and what was going on, its prolly easily fixed.
Jul 6 2003 11:52PM
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Durhoward
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XP is still a good OS that doesnt crash that much. I admit that even though I like Macs and I like OS X. XP is pretty stable and its only crashed on me twice. I have seen OS X crash before, but only once. Both are stable enough to run a decent amount of programs at the same time.
Jul 7 2003 12:16AM
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Durhoward
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Alright people, you can do pretty much everything on both PC's and Macs. Its not what you can do, its which does it better.
Jul 7 2003 12:21AM
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SkeeOrDye
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i never sed it was better for everyone, i sed it was opinion, you are putting xp down in general saying it sucks, obviously you know nothing about it.
Jul 7 2003 11:02AM
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Matty.
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macs blow

Proud Canadian and PE owner!

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Jul 7 2003 1:10PM
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Gregg
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Linux beats OSX and XP. YellowDog with Mac-On-Linux, however, is possibly the best set-up available.


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Jul 8 2003 1:41PM
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doghoy
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what is yellow dog is it new or something?

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Jul 9 2003 7:33PM
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SkeeOrDye
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i could tell u how to do it on a pc, because its easy.
Jul 9 2003 10:01PM
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Capurnicus
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Ok, Freezy.....Windows 95 was 8 years ago...so was MAC Os 7, I think. I bought a mac at this time, the Performa 5215CD. WORST COMPUTER EVER. I think it might have worked...twice, maybe? Horrible, horrible, horrible. We've had many Mac's in my house starting with my dads old Apple II. We've had a powerbook and a IIsi also. ALl of these computers have had been problematic in one way or another.

I also use Macs at school for the past 2 years ( 2 years = more than a week.) And quite frankly, I'm not soo hot on loosing my word documents because the system feels like it. I did edit one short video...which did go well, so I'll give Mac's the title of being better at video editing. However, image editing is a pain in the ass. The whole ' not having file extensions' is a HUUUGE pain in the ass. Photoshop runs sooo much better on my PC than it does on a mac. Macs also just suck for web browsing, plain and simple. freeze..fr..f..FRE..EEZE. And as for games!! Are you kidding me?

Macs = Video Editing

Pc = Everything Else

I also love how this video is in WMV.



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Jul 10 2003 8:40AM
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Capurnicus
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Jul 10 2003 8:43AM
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manwiththemetalleg
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HaHa nice one^
Don't be a toad, follow the ski-way code
Jul 10 2003 10:38AM
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manwiththemetalleg
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Don't be a toad, follow the ski-way code
Jul 10 2003 10:47AM
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hucksterjibber15
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ha
i hate posers. thanx to harvey and all who contribute to the site for makin it so kick ass. the world is my very own pot party.
Jul 10 2003 12:10PM
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co_rider
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That was classic , thats pretty much what I think about macs. I had to use them at school , everything seems broken. Like when it says theres no memory (but theres like 256mb) and you have to manually change how much to program uses. Then it crashes all the time (my teacher tells me its thinking , and I wait forever and its still stuck), so then you have to pull the power cord out because the button doesn't do anything. And where the second mouse button (how to you right click!!). The funniest thing that ever happend with a mac is one morning I walked in and the screen was blank , and the thing sounded like a boat motor. By the end of the year I wanted to throw out of the window!
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Jul 10 2003 1:24PM
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doghoy
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nice post capurnicus

'All I have in this world is my balls,and my word,and I don't break em' for no one,jou understand?' -Scarface
Jul 10 2003 7:19PM
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doghoy
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werd werd^

'All I have in this world is my balls,and my word,and I don't break em' for no one,jou understand?' -Scarface
Jul 11 2003 6:13PM
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