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Next week I have to help my Father-in Law with his Vista machine. None of his peripherals work anymore. I tried to tell him.

The problem with running Microsoft OS or software on Mac's is it cheapens the Mac experience.

I forsee people in the future saying "yea I tried a Mac it wasn't all that" just because they ran Windows.

People will look back one day and really see that the switch to Intel Macsl and the ability to run Windows was brilliant and the single underlying reason for Apple's success (future).

Oh, that photo is still funny. Hey! Where is Ballmer's left hand? Is that why Bill is grinning?

I'm beginning to think that Mdn's whole embrace and extinguish theory may actually turn out to be true. It will be another while though before we see over 10% imo. More and more people I know here in Dublin are making the switch. In the last few months 3 friends of mine have done so, along with another friends dad, my ex girlfriend and a few others. It is really happening I tell you.

A buddy of mine who had a computer shop and now works at a software company upgraded and had several problems with drivers, mainly for audio cards. He said now that he finally has Vista working, he likes it because it reminds him of a Mac...And yes, he knows, it is only similiar in LOOKS!

Oh, the humanity.

RE : The earlier report of Apple UK accidently revealing the 8-core ..(The Quad-Quad ?) ... if this beast is to be announced, then it could spell the beginning of the end for the beleaguered WinDoze world ?

Yeah, some say that Michael Dell has an 8-core.. but honestly, who remembers any hype prior its release ?

Now why does the Carly Simon song .. "Anticipation" come to mind ? ..
(For those too young to remember that one .. check the ITMS for a sample)

During 90s, when a Mac was way to expensive for the average consumer, I would have agreed with looking for a Mac-link look and feel. Hey! I did it myself on my old, sucky Win95 laptop. I put a lot of stuff and tweaked it to make it look like a Mac, thinking "sometime..."

But today, having a Mac costing less than any Vista-compatible overbloated PC, I don't understand people switching to Vista for the "Mac look".

Come on people! Get a life! Get a Mac!

I don't know if anybody realized how EXPENSIVE Vista is, but....

Have you noticed that for the price of 2 Vista licenses you can buy a Mac Mini (including the OS) ?

Vista is also good for Apple because any comparison between it and OS X shows how much better OS X is, and how much Vista copied a years-old OS X.

". . . the Carly Simon song .. 'Anticipation'"

Still makes me think of ketchup.

I don't think Apple is being aggressive enough. When does the Switch or Die campaign begin?

Calling a Spade, a Spade ... not a fcking Shovel

On another note.. those WinDozers who actually do buy a Mac and then run WinCrap on it.. will eventually discover something we Mac-Heads have known all along !

And that is .. the words "Computer Virus" is a misnomer ...
Should be called "WinDoze virus" ... cuz thats what they really are !

Now, doesn't that thought just warm the cockles of your heart ? ..

there is no 'Anticipation' on here, as far as songs go, but to a teenaged boy, this pic gave me plenty of anticipations....and clues.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-images/B000002I2V/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0/002-9896200-6842402?ie=UTF8&s=music&index=0#gallery

@ Twisted Mac Freak
". . . the Carly Simon song .. 'Anticipation'"

Still makes me think of ketchup

If you remember that commercial, youre showing your age, too !! .. lol
cheers !

Yeah TowerTone she was hot .. thanx for the link !
Sorry about assuming the song was on the ITMS ... I mean they have just about everything else !

"Apple customers who want to run Windows using virtualization software like Apple's Boot Camp, Parallel's Desktop for Mac.."

it runs natively, not virtualization

Sorry about assuming the song was on the ITMS ... I mean they have just about everything else !

Well, it's on the Canadian store. LOL

Those who've upgraded to Vista are the ones who are saying it's the final straw and switching to Mac...

...pity the Vista upgrade campaign hasn't been MUCH more successful.

"Anticipation" by Carly Simon on US iTunes:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=23130&s=143441&i=23095


Gotta go. I see clouds in my coffee.

Here's what I did with my father about 6 years ago when he kept asking for PC help: I told him I'd give him all the Mac help he needed for free, but I was going to charge him heavily for any PC help. He now has three Macs (just got a Macbook Pro) and I almost never get calls for help. When he does call for help, it's almost always a problem with MS Office.

MDN Magic Word: never, as in: He'll never again buy a PC.

You're so vain-

TMF or
NSFY?

oh my-

I was speaking of 'Anticipation' not being on her 'No Secrets' album.
Sorry for the confusion.

"". . . the Carly Simon song .. 'Anticipation'"

Still makes me think of ketchup."

Reminds me of Swill.

31 switched friends/coworkers and counting since the release of bootcamp.

Bootcamp was a masterful move by Apple. It gives them the security blanket, and in their minds, a safe upgrade path.

I'm like a hero and the local apple store. Everytime I come in with a new friend I get greeted like Norm on Cheers.

His Steveness should send me a t-shirt or something.

Techs of the world unite!...

TELL EVERYONE THAT NEEDS HELP WITH VISTA: "NO! I WILL NOT FIX YOUR COMPUTER!"

I tell all my PC 'friends' that...."oh its Windows. Sorry you are SOL.
I only do real computers."

At least Ballsy has the common decency to provide a reach-around!

To Hmmm...:

Nice classic SNL reference! I remember the the pull tab in the mix.

Can someone give me a good reason to pay for OS X when many flavors of Linux are free?

"Can someone give me a good reason to pay for OS X when many flavors of Linux are free?"

Yes. I'm capable.

To Duane:
Let's put it this way. Linux is like that nappy old prostitute on the corner that you cn get for five bucks, with all the warts and scars and scabby dry vagina. OR you could get the Dallas Cowboy cheerleader (OS X), and when you push in it's like butter!!

Duane: The quality and consistency of software is SO much better on OS X than on Linux. And, yes, I have used Linux. For two years exclusively before switching back to Windows briefly, then permanently to OS X 3 years ago. Linux is completely not user friendly, and if you want to, you can still run most *nix tools/programs on OS X.

Magic Word: One. One computer, all three major OS's.

Yeah, I was tryin' to say what Chaz said.

...are likely to combine into a 'maybe I should buy a Mac' decision.

Maybe isn't good enough. You need to convince.

Where's the tipping point that'll finally bring PC fence-sitters to Apple?

DUDE!!!

Games, games, games that's all my PC mates think about (and we're all rapidly aproaching 40, I mean geez we're not kids anymore). They're all whining about how much it will cost to upgrade. A lot of them bought new PCs a couple of years ago and are upset they have to upgrade already. I've just finished using a G3 iBook (it died) been using it for 7 years to do real work not play bloody games. 7 years without an upgrade. I'm now on a new MacBook Pro, mmm heaven. I expect this to last around the same time. Still if it only lasts 5 years that's better value for money over windows. And surprisingly it plays the odd game or 2. So short story, PC users (at least my freinds) are stubourn meatheads who think games, music, porn and copying DVDs is all a computer does.
Apple needs to port at least the top 20 games list to the Mac and stick them in the Apple Store window. Then you'll suck in more PC users.

@TowerTone:

This is why Dr. Johnny Fever took Venus Flytrap aside in one episode of WKRP and said, "Come on, let's go look at some Carly Simon album covers." And why Venus was so eager to agree.

MW: "there" is one hot tomato

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Man I loved that show. And as hot as Loni was, Bailey was more my type...