really? Granted I'm not in the industry and don't claim to know much about it, but I have had the opportunity to visit a few (granted smaller) studios and they were all using macs. A few of the guys I had a chance to speak to had worked for the bigger studios and said that macs are pretty much the industry standard. Of course... he could have been speaking out his ass.

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As far as the Gaming industry - I can't speak first hand, but I do know that almost every game is programmed in C++/C# (I'm not talking about web games that are all Java). Of course these are .net. Even the graphic designers I've met (all 2 of them) have used nothing but PC (one works for ID and the other worked for the people who made Ghost Busters)

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That was so full of technical detail and examples that I am going to go ahead and uninstall XP and Windows 7 and keep my OS X.

Thanks for the input, though.

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What happened to the era past when criticism of another's ability to communicate required an ability to communicate?

Whither the funny troll? The one that can rip apart the billy goats with scathing wit and unique insults?

*sigh*

Have we no pride any more Gizmodeers? Are we truly no better than the Firsters and Blenders? The Overlorded and the Smirnoffs?

Why just this morning, I heard Deadspinners proclaim how low our wit is in relation to theirs. Deadspinners!!!

And the saddest deepest cut of all?

I believe they may have been correct.

*single tear*

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Thank you for sharing this, it's my new favorite comment.

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Don't listen to those knuckledraggers at Deadspin. They're riding high on the hog right now because the Super Bowl is coming up. But then there's a month-long drought in sports news. They got luck last year with the Clemens circus. But really, what is there in February? College hoops that people watch because there's nothing else good on. Professional hockey involving teams that play in regions that don't have naturally-occurring outside ice.

If the Deadspinners want to put their best and brightest against the best that we have to offer, then let them come here and throw down the gauntlet. Many know of my predilection towards pistols at dawn on the Palisades overlooking the Hudson River - I have such a soft spot for Alexander Hamilton. However, I am also open to a Thunderdome match in a replica of Bartertown - replete with Tina Turner as Auntie Entity.

Should they wish to test their athletic abilities against ours, I suggest a croquet match to the death.

Now then, I hope that turns your frown upside-down. Were I there, I'd tussle your hair (or pretend to you Michael Stipe/Moby Wannabe) and chock you on the chin. Go get yourself a roasty-toasty cuppa cocoa.

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No. Mac isn't a "shit" gaming platform. It just doesn't have DirectX, which makes it more difficult to develop for because OpenGL is just not there yet.

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Yield, villaine, or meet thy doom. I shall leave thee to make whatever arrangements thou deemst proper. I suggest thou prepare thy soul to meet thy Lord and Maker.

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Seems like a stupid way to piss off football fans. But hey, you gotta get ratings somehow.

Also, the Lions suck. They won all four of their pre-season games and then lost all sixteen regular season games. If the Lions can't figure out which games count, they deserve to be defeated by Christians.

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Apple's competitors are Dell, HP, Sony, and Toshiba. Microsoft's competitors are Oracle and SAP. Which is why Apple is listed on the NASDAQ as a computer hardware company and Microsoft is listed as a software company.

Also, Microsoft does a helluva lot more than just sell software for personal computers. ATMs, airport terminal displays, outdoor displays, and countless other computer-based systems like transit-vending machines, run some variant of Windows.

And let's not forget the business sector. Watch Sunday morning television some time. You'll see a whole lot of ads for Microsoft. And no iPod/MacBook ads.

"I'm a Mac."

"I'm a PC, your Point Of Sale device..."

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I'm just sick of seeing Apple ads bashing Microsoft talking about how Microsoft spends a disproportionately huge amount of money and a small amount on R&D.

Funny how I've seen ONE Microsoft TV ad in my life and about a million annoying Mac Guy VS PC Guy ads

Must be easy insulting your enemies when you have one of your own posing as an enemy eh Apple?

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Apple ventured away from the core business and it paid off.

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"That's gold Jerry, gold!"

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wow. not a good thread to start making fun of someone's weight.

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Either that or Jodie's salary demands are so high now this box is all they can afford...

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