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[Bella]

the fuck? thought you of all people would have a decent laptop. you always struck me as the laptop type. :\

seriously, i thought you would have had a macbook or something. >>;;

at any rate, it's okay about tushay. it's pretty depressing to think about, but getting mopey about it now won't do any good. :\

Nope, last time I used a laptop regularly was in 2009 ... as it stands the only contemporary computer I have is my '09 iMac.

[Chocofreak13]

ho jeez. >>;

then i second pent's suggestion. stalk your local craig's list. :\

[Nichi]

While you're on craigslist, you can see if you can get a trashcan of styrofoam peanuts for free </weird_al>

Anyway, today is my birthday :3
I'm ready for my epic adventure out of town

[Chocofreak13]

MERRY BIRFMAS.

[Paul]

Happy Birthday Pent! Good luck on your journey as well!!!

So I just discovered that Mountain Lion won't run on Euphy... she already expressed her terror of becoming obsolete with stubbornly refusing to spit out the DVD she's currently chewing :/

[Chocofreak13]

aw. :[ hopefully the problem will resolve and she'll be alright.

[Paul]

Only iMacs starting with the silver 2007 run are in the compatibility list, so since Euphy is a late 2006 (white) model there probably won't be any chance for ML. And we're gonna repair the broken drive but that costs a small fortune :/

[Chocofreak13]

sorry to hear that. ;^;

this is why i stick with windows for the most part, since with macs it seems like if you're not ABSOLUTELY CURRENT you're screwed. meanwhile, XP is good till 2015~~

[Paul]

Gotta admit, when I bought Euphy I was quite the Apple fanboy.... I still think she's absolutely beautiful (don't like the look of the newer alu-iMacs that much) but one of the less reliable computers in my crew. And from the three Macs I own (Euphy, Crappy (a broken G5 Powermac) and Vin (old Performa)) I get the impression that Apple has quite the "function follows form" philosophy - Euphy and Crappy are quite the worst computers ever when it comes to serviceability). Also I'm not really fond of the ridiculously overpriced iPhone.... so yeah, not quite the fanboy anymore.

If we're talking about design aesthetics: I rather like something sleek looking (e.g. Sun Ultra 40 or really flashy monsters like the SGI Tezro

[Bella]

TBH, I'm into Macs primarily because of OSX being the only user-friendly/general-purpose BSD variant on the market. If I could easily run OSX on non-Apple hardware, I'd much sooner buy a non-Apple computer.

That being said, I have no complaints about my iMac (haven't had a single hardware or major software issue to date). I love the design aesthetic of Apple hardware and OSX, though there are a few PC brands - Dell and HP come to mind - that I quite like from an aesthetic POV. On the OS side, I think Vista is absolutely gorgeous and has always worked well for me, and no complaints about Ubuntu and LinuxMint either.

[Chocofreak13]

that's a refreshing statement. i'm used to getting flamed when i say something negative about mac. :\

@bella: the keyword is "easily". i've heard of people getting OSX to run on non-mac hardware, but it was a bitch to do. :\
@paul: my 2 macs are the only computers i've paid for. that said, gothy (though potentially suicidal) is a lovely and reliable member of my team whom i could not do without (i think i'd literally cease to function if she died). as for Quincy, i haven't used him enough to form an opinion. though i'd like to install OS9 and Zoombinis on him. :3

btw guys, i have officially lost any and all respect i had for american comics:
http://io9.com/5844355/a-7+year+old-girl-responds-to-dc-comics-sexed+up-reboot-of-starfire

[Nichi]

@Paul, Kari: Thanks. I had a good day ^_^

@Macs: Well, Macs are alright. I love Fuuka and Sonata, but I still lean mostly toward PCs due to it being what I'm used to; I was raised on Windows 95

So, today was a fun day. My dad took me on my first trip to a liquor store (Which all I really bought was a bottle of Coca-Cola xD), I bought almost the entire series of Steam Detectives for $10, and stumbled onto a book sale where I got an old book on vintage computers that Bella would likely want to steal from me ^_^;;

[Krizonar]

I still don't consider PCs something I could use from day to day and feel like I was being productive, my Macs just do everything a little faster and a little better, regardless of date built or speed. Cheetah who is obviously outclassed in hardware compared to Nanami, feels faster than the later.

I've taken such good care of Mac that she has never grown old, she looks and acts brand new and the same could be said for Cheetah, since I drove 500 miles to get her from a home that cared, another collector and not someone just wanting to get rid of an "obsolete" computer.

My Power Mac G5 isn't obsolete until I say so.

[stewartsage]

Kari: It's taken you this long?  I try to care about the mainstream superhero comics, but DC/Marvel always shoot me in the head and dump me in a ditch beside my favorite heroes (The Oracle and Captain America, the Metal Men would come to mind).  Also, never really a big fan of the Teen Titans (full disclosure).

[Krizonar]

How do you think I feel, where's Beta Ray Bill?


please get more popular BRB -your biggest fan