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- jaylarson0
OSX is being installed on dell laptops across the country
version5
(Jul 8 07, 08:34)is this with something like os86 or something? i have heard it is a bit buggy....
- Rand0
why do so many assume that if you prefer a mac that you're a fanboy or worship Jobs/Apple? I know that none of these companies give a shit about their users, and I don't trust Jobs, Apple, Adobe or Microsoft for an instant.
- version30
i hear it has advanced past that, though i won't state that i'm certain. a company some friends of mine work for in culver city are doing it to every notebook that comes in through the door.
i'll be down there in a couple months and have this 1505 treated to do the same as well as an ubuntu installation.
I'll let you all know how it all pans out.
- Antonelli0
gt, i never said or implied that having a better looking computer makes you a better designer. My point is that a designer is less likely to be caught up in the hype of Apple simply because they already recognize the aesthetic beauty of Apple, and the design of a computer is already factor they consider when they go out to buy a computer. I'm not using Apple because I want to be a part of some cult, I'm using it because I respect their attention to detail.
Can you understand this?... Because I'm a designer and inherently care about the way things look, I'd rather have a good looking computer sitting on my desk with a beautiful interface versus an ugly one. it's really that simple. i don't know how your mind twisted that around to something else.
Do you apply your sense of design only to your work? what about your surroundings?
- Jaline0
jay, I am also making the switch soon, but also don't mind Windows.
- Rand0
doesn't our entire livelihood depend upon people being willing to invest money in better design?
- tkmeister0
i am with rand.
- mrdobolina0
I have a prada laptop
- digilee0
wot boz said.
- Rand0
I have a mac with the prada OS
- Jaline0
I only use the Rand OS.
- mrdobolina0
I strictly use the NeoStar OS when I am drinking wine with my lady at the beach.
- tkmeister0
from 1992 to 2000, i was a windows user. when i started doing more graphic work for agencies and corporations, i'd get files with mac fonts which i couldn't use. the conversion was pain in ass. so i got a mac. once i switched, i pretty much stop turning on my pc except when i did 3d. did mac make my life easy? yes. it simplified a lot of things and also reduce the amount of time i spend on maintenance. also once i got used to osx UI, it was just a lot easier.
i haven't worked for any reputable agencies or corporation where they gave me a pc to design.
if a company gives me a pc, i'd have to think twice about it and would assume that this company is probably not so serious about design.
- 2wo0
What about all of the other corporations, though? Many of them do the same thing.
- Rand0
merlot,, dobs?
- Jaline0
if a company gives me a pc, i'd have to think twice about it and would assume that this company is probably not so serious about design.
tkmeister
(Jul 8 07, 09:09)I don't know, those macs at school suck pretty hard ;)
- MediaPimp0
mp,
i love that yuvall meditation room thing. i was planning on doing something similar. nice.
jaylarson
(Jul 8 07, 08:35)
-----------------------------Thanks Jay,
Unfortunately, they have the incomplete, buggy version up... hopefully, they'll fix that soon
- jaylarson0
nice vv.
my old dell, a 733mgz, will be refit with ubuntu. i look forward to seeing how it goes. it has enough ram....
- jaylarson0
yeah jaline, your sister is pretty lucky to get such a machine. i know you only bought it within a year or so. hopefully you aren't setting it to her too cheap.
- Jaline0
yeah, I love my Toshiba ;)