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bermuDa · 06-28-2003, 11:10 PM

i'm sure they didn't lose any sleep, most of the other repair techs hardly spoke a word of english. Did you know that about 90% of the computers built by Apple don't work on the first boot? They have to be 'fixed' before they're shipped.

Yes i know that osx is built on a unix platform... I just find it funny how Apple had to turn to open source to make a stable operating system. And of course pre-osx programs have to be run through an emulator that still crashes, even though osx doesn't crash you still lose data.

For several years I had to use Macs for digital imaging and 3d classes cause my teacher was an apple-phile. In my senior year, when I took my 3d files home, my 800mhz athlon with half as much memory rendered scenes faster than the dual g4's that required at least 256mb of ram just to OPEN the programs, and ended up crashing twice as much as my PC. I had to do my final project twice and render it at home because the brand new macs at school couldn't handle the hypervoxels in the scene.

I rescind my previous statement: Yes, other companies make mac hardware; but Mac compatibility still costs extra and the quality over a cheaper identical pc card is dubious.

but what do I know, I'm just an uninformed ignoramus floating through life basing all my decisions on stereotypes 9_9

06-28-2003, 11:10 PM	#15 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	i'm sure they didn't lose any sleep, most of the other repair techs hardly spoke a word of english. Did you know that about 90% of the computers built by Apple don't work on the first boot? They have to be 'fixed' before they're shipped. Yes i know that osx is built on a unix platform... I just find it funny how Apple had to turn to open source to make a stable operating system. And of course pre-osx programs have to be run through an emulator that still crashes, even though osx doesn't crash you still lose data. For several years I had to use Macs for digital imaging and 3d classes cause my teacher was an apple-phile. In my senior year, when I took my 3d files home, my 800mhz athlon with half as much memory rendered scenes faster than the dual g4's that required at least 256mb of ram just to OPEN the programs, and ended up crashing twice as much as my PC. I had to do my final project twice and render it at home because the brand new macs at school couldn't handle the hypervoxels in the scene. I rescind my previous statement: Yes, other companies make mac hardware; but Mac compatibility still costs extra and the quality over a cheaper identical pc card is dubious. but what do I know, I'm just an uninformed ignoramus floating through life basing all my decisions on stereotypes 9_9 __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.