A very special birthday...

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:36 am

Happy 25th, Mac!

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:30 am

Here's to 25 more years of suck

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:53 am

25 and more splendid years ahead to Steve Jobs! I hope he'll recover.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:12 am

Apple has done a fantastic job of convincing easily-manipulated people that their brand carries some sort of "attitude" and represents a lifestyle/way of thinking.

I hope their business collapses and their shitty overpriced products go with them. Happy birthday!

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:42 am

Way to go mac! Now suck my balls

I'm waiting for a special birthday myself... Commodore <3

Dragoforce · Post by **Dragoforce** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:09 am

Go f*ck yourself mac!

Yeah, happy birthday too.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:17 am

While the Mac is the one with attitude, we all know the "kewl" system was the Amiga, FTW.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:42 am

Trouble is, from what everyone says, Amiga's quality was inversely proportional to Commodore's marketing skills.

t0yrobo · Post by **t0yrobo** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:34 am

Happy birthday mac, I'm still waiting for my computer to come back back from getting it's logic board replaced since it took a huge shit last weekend

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:43 am

lol crapple

LaserGun · Post by **LaserGun** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:00 am

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/2 ... 00-pirates

lol Macs, they er just work, right?

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:05 am

is a mac like a PC?

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:17 am

i'm happy it's not tomorrow, as this would be my birthday,too

MadScientist · Post by **MadScientist** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:40 pm

I may have started using Macs during my PhD because all of the data analysis programs I needed worked better on Macs, but of course I'm just a mindless, easily manipulated sheep who wants to be part of the Apple brand. runs off to worship at Steve Jobs shrine...

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:02 pm

Back in the day Amiga was way cooler and quite superior.

maxlords · Post by **maxlords** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:50 pm

I miss the Amiga. *sniff*

I've never liked Macs. Bleargh. I'll admit the software they have for journalists and such is good....but they still suck ass.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:45 pm

Long live Apple!!!!!
Their products are like a barometer for douchebaggery, so I know what people to avoid like the plague.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:51 pm

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Long live Apple!!!!!
Their products are like a barometer for douchebaggery, so I know what people to avoid like the plague.

Judging people by the technology brands they prefer, on the other hand, is charming and considerate.

The amount of rage people carry against this one brand is astounding.

captpain wrote:Apple has done a fantastic job of convincing easily-manipulated people that their brand carries some sort of "attitude" and represents a lifestyle/way of thinking.

I hope their business collapses and their shitty overpriced products go with them. Happy birthday!

I have a Mac Mini for three years and believe me, I am the absolute counter-example of a brand-attached consumer whore. But Mac OS X and the tight software-hardware interaction is enough to make me never go back to Windows again (even though Windows 7 seems to look kinda interesting). I mean, everybody knows how lacklustre Windows is, but still people attack Apple users for being pretentious hipsters who throw money out their window all the time.

Really, it´s almost as if Apple users are being attacked because they are enjoying the brand. Some people buy their computers because they actually like using them, and not because they have a glowing half-eaten fruit emblem on the case.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:11 pm

Classic Mac is awesome. System 7 for life

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:13 pm

Frederik wrote:
UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Long live Apple!!!!!
Their products are like a barometer for douchebaggery, so I know what people to avoid like the plague.
Judging people by the technology brands they prefer, on the other hand, is charming and considerate.

Some Apple fans are not douchebags, but most of the biggest douchebags I've ever met are Apple fans. The douchebaggetry of people I've seen in my Japanese classes is unbelievable. Yeah, I'm biased.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:20 pm

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M6uh1Q_D_XU

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:05 pm

Frederik wrote:I mean, everybody knows how lacklustre Windows is, but still people attack Apple users for being pretentious hipsters who throw money out their window all the time.

My guess is, most people with that attitude have never used a Mac. Which makes me think of an essay I read ages ago...

"Users of Windows computers are often confused at the loyalty Mac users show their computers, and now I see why. After all, if my only experience of computing was with a temperamental, unpredictable, and eccentric machine like a Windows PC, I wouldn't feel any affection or respect for it, either. And I may very well assume (incorrectly) that Macintosh computers were just as unreliable or irritating, and then wonder why those Mac users were so faithful." -- Robert A. Jung

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:37 pm

It's not the product, but the company and its snooty-ness:

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/ap ... rue-colors

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:19 am

Specineff wrote:It's not the product, but the company and its snooty-ness:

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/ap ... rue-colors

Lolerific!

And now back to Amiga:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yckH20ngY4Y

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:29 am

Ceph wrote:http://youtube.com/watch?v=M6uh1Q_D_XU

Even now that he's in his 30s, he probably still gets his ass kicked on the local school playgrounds.

dtdg · Post by **dtdg** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:29 am

Is it Mac mouses that have no left clicker.

NO LEFT CLICKER? WAY TO GO MAC. WAY TO FAIL THE ESSENTIALS.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:38 am

Hello, welcome to four years ago. Apple's mouse may be uncomfortable and overpriced, but it has both clicks.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:49 am

Stormwatch wrote:Hello, welcome to four years ago. Apple's mouse may be uncomfortable and overpriced, but it has both clicks.

And yet companies and schools still refuse to use the thing. Everywhere I go, I have to control click to get the right mouse button function, because people are too FUCKING STUPID TO GET A REAL MAC MOUSE!!!!

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:05 am

How about, lemme see... use any plain common cheapo USB mouse?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:05 am

I love how Apple can't penetrate the business market, b/c their machines are ridiculously overpriced. I have a Macbook Pro and it rocks, but if I had to buy 1000 computers, I'm buying something that runs about 1/2 the price of a Mac.

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