One day people are going to realize what Mac's are good for....
Wait let me try that again.
One day people are going to realize what Mac's aren't good for...
Wait wait I think I got it this time.
One day people are going to realize that Mac's aren't good for....
Ok hold on...I think I got it.
What are Mac's for?
Mac is for people who don't like to get any work done. Most of the movie/ad companies use PC's...and just about all (if not 100%) of the game industry is on PC...so what's all of this "good for graphics" crap?
And the comic isn't even accurate. Most of the layoffs were not even in the Windows software department...They were in games and r&d. Obviously this Gary Varvel is retarded.
@Alduron: "Mac is for people who don't like to get any work done. Most of the movie/ad companies use PC's"
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.
@sonburn: I actually work for one of the four larger/st advertising holders (the four larger/st being Omnicom WPP IPG and Publicis). While I can't tell you that we don't have any Mac's, I can tell you we have far more PC's. The Mac's we do have are a huge headache. It takes 3 times the work to get often simple tasks done. When it comes to the Mac's, us IT guys have a saying. "iDon't iWon't iCan't."
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)
@Alduron: You obviously don't run OS X in any way, if you did you would know that it is exponentially more powerful and useful than just about any OS on the planet. You see its built on unix...... Oh never mind you probably wouldn't "Get it".
I dont want to say your an idiot but i think i just have to. You are an idiot.
@Alduron: Dude, XP? OK, it's not so bad, but I'm using it right now and I can't see any reason why I'd want to come back to this except for running a game or two.
What happened to the sunny day when Gizmodo could expect a class of troll that could actually write like a professional when they claimed to be a professional?
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!!!
@dillinger23: I wouldn't go so far to say someone is an "idiot" because they prefer one operating system to another... The only thing that seems remotely idiotic to me is paying money for any operating system when there are perfectly fine one for free!
@92BuickLeSabre: Someone needs a virtual hug. Come here you big lug.
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.
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.
@lladnar: I will greet thee on the morrow on the fields of Agincourt where I shall test my mettle against thine in a match of croquet to the death.
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.
instead of arguing whether macs or pcs are better let's just argue about being democrat or republican which team is going to win the superbowl or how about a christians versus atheists rumble
@bagseed: Whigs all the way baby!! Clearly the Buccaneers have the home field advantage. It's going to be cramped in the visitor locker room with both teams having to go two to a locker. I always root for the lions since they probably were hungry.
@CubFan81: How did the Buccaneers get into the Super Bowl? Did they suddenly change to "Mexican Standoff" rules where there are three teams on the field and the quarterback needs to figure out which team is going to go for the sack?
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.
No. I need a liver transplant. And also I need to have something in the $700 price range to compete with Windows 7 laptops during Back-To-School season.
@OMG! Ponies!: Wait, I'm confused. Is this supposed to be sarcastic? AFAIK, Apple has had record sales of laptops with huge peaks in the back-to-school season, even though new notebooks were coming. Unless there's something I'm missing, I think Apple will be fine competing with the Still-making-up-for-Vista-with-Win...7 PCs...
@PobreGizmo: Except that Microsoft doesn't make computers. Never has. There seems to be a myth that every Mac hurts Microsoft's market share. The truth is that every Mac is a potential sale for a copy of Windows and a potential sale of a copy of Office for Mac.
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.
@92BuickLeSabre: Hey lol I didn't say that was unoriginal either.
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?
@Margatron: Too bad Apple is no stranger to layoffs and will be following suit (although with a smaller number because of their smaller workforce) soon.
If Microsoft had had decent quality control (xbox 360) not invested in wasteful ventures (zune tablet) and had spent the extra money actually doing vista right maybe they wouldn't be in this mess.
Just stick to the core business; windows office server xbox
@Thats Dr Bear to You: It's interesting that you mentioned that. I've been expecting Clorox to market a variation of their ToiletWand for people who need assistance when bathing.
@alexmetal: It doesn't really look like there's much room for that. Besides it would be hard to remain incognito when everyone outside the box can hear the thump, thump, thump of your elbow slapping against the side of the box..
Judging from the way that pee tube is plumbed the living and undead will know you're in there after they notice the puddle of urine underneath this contraption...
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Wait let me try that again.
One day people are going to realize what Mac's aren't good for...
Wait wait I think I got it this time.
One day people are going to realize that Mac's aren't good for....
Ok hold on...I think I got it.
What are Mac's for?
Mac is for people who don't like to get any work done. Most of the movie/ad companies use PC's...and just about all (if not 100%) of the game industry is on PC...so what's all of this "good for graphics" crap?
And the comic isn't even accurate. Most of the layoffs were not even in the Windows software department...They were in games and r&d. Obviously this Gary Varvel is retarded.
And yes I own/use OS X XP and Windows 7.
XP still wins.
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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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I dont want to say your an idiot but i think i just have to. You are an idiot.
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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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[www.ubuntu.com]
But then again, how could this post not start a flame war...
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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.
01/28/09
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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No. I need a liver transplant. And also I need to have something in the $700 price range to compete with Windows 7 laptops during Back-To-School season.
Sucks to be you.
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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.
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"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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Just stick to the core business; windows office server xbox
cb
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Apple ventured away from the core business and it paid off.
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That also explains why he doesn't look as fat now...
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"That's gold Jerry, gold!"
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And Warren Cheswick is less cool than that, so it's all relative.
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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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