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SlideMeister:
Real Quick, this first poll is to find out what computer you use. If you do this one, please do the others too so we gat an accurate (somewhat) picture)
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S.o.S.:
PC all the way dude!

Why Macs Suck. - ---> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6553260189868317794

SlideMeister:

--- Quote from: Gabe S.O.S. on February 02, 2007, 11:15:45 PM ---PC all the way dude!

--- End quote ---

Oh yeah? My mac runs XP better than my Dell 3 gig P4! At least it did till it sorta crashed the XP part. :P  But now it's running again. As soon as I get it to where if runs XP foolproofinglyish, I just might retire the PC. Of course I'll keep a few around for when the Mac crashes.  EeeGads! I hate computers ;D

yer old man

Danny G:

I started out with a wood burning Commodore and graduated to an Amiga. Then I got a job in the office and I've been IBM and HP ever since.

robertpcoble:
I was a software engineer (retired from that career in 2004). I used PCs and Unix work stations throughout my career (no Macs). I decided to try the "Apple Experience" as a retirement "gift". So far, I like the iMac G5 (OS-X, which is FreeBSD Unix under the skins). I was very annoyed when Apple decided to go over to the Dark Side (right after I bought it), and replaced the PowerPC processor with an Intel chip. Of course, that now opens up the PC market for Apple. Better late than never, I guess. Of course, that also means I'll have to buy another Apple with an Intel chip in a few years because Apple will discontinue support of the PowerPC iMacs. At that point, I'll probably switch back to the WinTel Cartel. It's cheaper state-of-the-art hardware, and there is a plethora of software available for anything under the sun for PC computers.

Rhetorical question: Why didn't Apple do this before MS Windows became the defacto desktop?!?

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My current frustration is the audio line in port on the back of the iMac G5. I bought a Griffin Lapel Mic because the "knowledgeable sales person" (THERE'S AN OXYMORON - or is it just "MORON"?!) at CompUSA said it was "PlugNPlay" for an iMac. I should have been suspicious of the rhetoric; it "plugs" but it does NOT "play". The Apple design geniuses created an audio line level stereo port - and "forgot" to include a compatible microphone with a PREAMP that amplifies the MIC level input up to audio line level. Of course, the Apple PlainTalk microphone (made for earlier model Macs) is NOT compatible.

The Girffin Lapel Mic has microphone level output - and Griffin doesn't sell a preamp for it. However, they do sell another gizmo called the Griffin iMic - which plugs into a USB port. They don't support the audio line in port at all! So far, I've found NO commercially available CHEAP preamp with appropriate jack and plug that I can plug the Lapel Mic into and then plug the preamp into the AUDIO LINE IN port. BUMMER! (I guess I'll eventually spring for an iMic interface, but it really frosts my doughnuts!)
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So, unless you must march to the beat of a different drummer, stay with the herd and go WinTel PC. You won't have that "Apple experience" of NOT finding anything and everything you need or want for your computer in the marketplace.

Bah! Humbug!
Crazy ('bout harp!) Bob
 

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