Brad
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Oh jesus christ I figured it out everyone must die.
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Brad
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VLC wasn’t working either. that was what was blowing my mind. It turned out to be a totally goofy problem and I will never forgive Windows.
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thegreathal
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ah. totally lost message about to post…that’s a shame. today we’re skipping a rewrite.
What I MEANT to say was (ahem). I was required to get a Mac. My relatively new PowerBook really has about the same amount of problems as Windows. in the end. So I’d just stick with the one with actual software (until. in 20 years Linux takes over for free). Not like I’m fighting Microsoft anymore. who own Apple. So there was no Mac mystique. Back to Windows. you hippies!
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Cal555
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Ahh wow. re-installing Windows XP is probably the most annoying thing ever… but then again don’t go out to buy a new computer or software all over again stupid waste of moeny. Macs are slow but useful depending on what you want to do or need. Since now they have a duo-processor theyre faster. but beginning of 2007 or so. quatro-processors will come out and so on.
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greathal: macs are as prone to failure as any computer. You get defective parts and have to replace them. I do find the OS to be a lot more resilient than windows though. I’ve got 4 macs in my house and the only time I had to reinstall an operating system was when I replaced a logic board. I’ve upgraded the operating systems twice to new versions without having to do a fresh install. I routinely get uptimes of 30-40 days when I don’t have a security update that requires a reboot.
Cal. macs are using intels now. You can’t play that “they’re slower” game anymore. (and they’re not more expensive than a high end pc)
I’ve said too much. Again! woe…
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Cal555
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Yea I was reffering to Macs having intel now. depending on your system and what upgrades you’ve done. Macs CAN be slow if out of date. but now they’re much faster. And along with the speed upgrade along comes the price. Such as the G5. Powerbook. iBook.. surprisingly the iMac Mini is pretty cheap. not sure fi it is any good.
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Brad
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AMIGAS SUCK PCS RULE
On the Linux front. Ubuntu has been impressing me. It’s the first desktopy linux distro that’s done treat me right.
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Generic
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completly off topic. Maximum Pc Magazne (best mag ever) says that with the new intel processors. the mac’s can run windows better than they can run OSX. suprise?
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BMcC
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Commodore 64 for life. [i]gangsta.[/i]
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too much… disinformation…
I am in california
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[url]http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/06/02/a-coming-flood-of-commercial-linux-music-apps/[/url]
mostly a “wouldn’t-it-be-nice” kind of article (it would) about how cool it would be if linux started sporting commercial audio apps for it. It could happen. but I’m betting that the diversity of standardized platforms (kernels. audio architectures. driver support) would make the cost of developing for linux something of a losing battle. Still. they make the valid point: Windows XP kinda sucks.
I’ve played with ubuntu. It was cute and a reasonable attempt at a user-mode linux. Fedora’s a little more feature-rich but doesn’t work in a convenient “install on your windows drive and not wreck anything”.
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Brad
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It’d certainly be nice. but it would have to be extremely painless to make me even consider making the switch. I put up with years of screwing around with trying to get sound cards to work in MS-DOS. there’s no way in hell I’m moving to any platform or sound card that doesn’t [i]just work[/i].
I like Ubuntu. I run it on a server in the house here. but I can’t imagine why anyone would use it for their desktop unless they maybe hated themselves.
I don’t especially mind Windows really. XP is not bad and it handles the huge variety of PC hardware out there quite well. There’s lots of stuff I hate about it. but it’s mostly trivial and also when it occasionally treats me bad. But I’ve suffered at the hands of Linux more than Windows I’d say.
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[i]I can’t imagine why anyone would use it for their desktop unless they maybe hated themselves.[/i]
That made me “lol”. Linux can be especially heinous. especially when trying to setup something like a soundcard (or a gigabit ethernet card or any other piece of hardware that hasn’t been blessed by the overlords). I forget you’re not a full-time muso and that you do web development. You’ve almost certainly been screwed over by Linux at least once. ;)
Windows is fun to bitch about. but at the end of the day. if you’re getting your work done with it then it’s good enough.
It is early. I have to catch a plane…
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