[TheLetterK]

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You assume (just like the rest of the young Mac-loving world) that switching to x86 means that Apple can't still  maintain tight control over their platform.

Don't lump us all together!

[jcl]

macmarauder, on Sep 14 2005, 12:22 PM, said:

i only have to say one thing. the old mac clone debacle of the 90s they were such wonderful machines
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uberpenguin, on Sep 14 2005, 03:18 PM, said:

macmarauder, on Sep 14 2005, 03:22 PM, said:

first of all don't compare me with the young mac users. in computer years you've still got a ways to go to catch up to me bud.

I don't use the term lightly, and the generalization usually holds true... Guess I'll take your word that I'm wrong this time. My general rule of thumb is "if you have ever seen an operational DEC PDP or written software in RPG II..." Well, I digress...

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i only have to say one thing. the old mac clone debacle of the 90s they were such wonderful machines

Still pissed Apple off something awful, though. The point stands that changing to IA-32 by no means implies that Apple necessarily looses control of their target platform.

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just in case you can't tell, i meant the comment about the old clones sarcastically. tell me about it. i've always used both Macs and PCs and that was a ruff time for us. it was so hard to use those hunks of junks. i do think that it's possible for Apple to control things but i don't think that they are nearly ready. also i personally prefer the more direct control over hardware. which Apple has been slacking off on unfortunately.

btw don't forget that there are a couple of 15 year olds (super babies as i like to call them) out there that can run circles around us old computer geezers.

[macmarauder]

jcl, on Sep 14 2005, 05:58 PM, said:

macmarauder, on Sep 14 2005, 12:22 PM, said:

i only have to say one thing. the old mac clone debacle of the 90s they were such wonderful machines
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DayStar Genesis
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ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! the horror!!! the horror!!!
(falls over dead from the shock of past memories)

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TheLetterK, on Sep 14 2005, 05:51 PM, said:

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You assume (just like the rest of the young Mac-loving world) that switching to x86 means that Apple can't still  maintain tight control over their platform.

Don't lump us all together!
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ditto. that's like saying all windowers are pimple faced gamers and linux and unix users are just lonely science teachers with too much time on their hands. and that's just not true of all of them.

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macmarauder, on Sep 15 2005, 03:36 PM, said:

ditto. that's like saying all windowers are pimple faced gamers

I won't even try to generalize Windows users... It's easier to generalize entire medium-sized COUNTRIES than it is Windows users.

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and linux and unix users are just lonely science teachers with too much time on their hands.

Not true... All Linux users are high school kids trying their hardest to be leet haxxors, but who have yet to discover an actual sane modern *nix. All Unix (proper) users are obese, slightly musty smelling, bearded angry ex-Bell hackers who refuse to use any computer but their beloved PDP-8.

I just tell it like it is....

-uberpenguin