< why buy a mac?
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- tkmeister0
i am with rand.
- Rand0
doesn't our entire livelihood depend upon people being willing to invest money in better design?
- Jaline0
jay, I am also making the switch soon, but also don't mind Windows.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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....
- jaylarson0
mp,
i love that yuvall meditation room thing. i was planning on doing something similar. nice.
- version30
OSX is being installed on dell laptops across the country
- daveglanz0
Who gives a flying f**k.
- MediaPimp0
Conversations like these are the reason I believe 99.95% of all humans to be tards... It's a fucking machine... get over it. If you work better on a PC, use a fucking PC... Linux... Mac OS... Whatever. Just get the goddamn work done and make your money.... I feel like I've said this before on here. It's business/marketing. At the end of the day... none of these companies gives a flying fuck about you. Period.
- jaylarson0
i have been using windoze-based machines since 1997. i intentionally used it because it was cheaper and i got more for the money. now, the super liquid-cooled dell runs about the same as the super mac.
i think i may choose the mac this time. mostly becuz:
being able to run both operating systems, and gazillions of others is VERY tantalizing, especially for web design.
i love being able to press Option+- and get an en dash across most if not all programs
my hesitancy to switch is caused by a lack of cash and:
i hate not being able to not be able to right click/crtl click on nearly everything in osx
keyboard navigation is atrocious in osx (home, end crtl+shift+ right/left arrows to select text)
but these last two things are pretty small comparatively speaking.
i know how to hack windoze to get the most out of it. i hope there is a good amount of software when i do switch.
- mrdobolina0
wasnt boz going to get a prada phone?
- mrdobolina0
//stop sucking steve jobs' cock...
- Drno0
Free milk and cookies for all.
comon lets be friends again
- Rand0
hey, cmon, I was just trying to sneak in another windows insult
- tank020
its actually a no state issue cause i don't use a nos to design in...
i use after effects or illustrator or cinema 4D...
- Rand0
it's a red state/blue state thing
- tank020
odel, thats bullshit.
the intuiive design of macos is what makes it so strong.
why do you think windows copies every move of apple?
- oldelpaso0
screw that.. the mac os is so ptronizing.. its so dumb and glossy and big.. like those preschoolers "my first alphabet" type of things..
to me the OS are like lego
Windows = normal lego ( plenty of pieces and cusomisable. Can get complicated and fall apart but still has more variety of pieces to connect to it
Mac = Lego Duplo (toddler lego, with big clunky pieceswith rounded edges. toddler firendly and patronizing
Unix = Lego technic.. totally for the enthusiast and fan of building hardware and software to make a dream system... bit too much for me