Back to COMPUTER SCHOOL?!
I was in my 1st period class and did not have my powerpoint for it. The reason for this is that I did my presentation in Appleworks and did not realize that it only saved in the Appleworks format. I told my teacher this and she laughed and promptly told the rest of the class. She then said i needed to get a "REAL" computer (aka a winbox) and also added that i needed to go back to computer school. Now i consider myself a very tech savvy person and probably know more about computers than most adults. This comment angered me because that is the primary reason i got an Apple was to get a REAL computer. I was about to respond to this ignorant comment when another fool stood up and said "Who uses Apple? Apple sux!". I then immediately turned to him and replied "People who actually enjoy using their computers and not spending all of their time removing viruses,worms,spyware,etc. and reinstalling their OS because it has become so bloated it BARELY WORKS!!" By the way can Appleworks save my presentation as a Powerpoint? Am i missing something?
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What an ass of a teacher.
I feel your pain, tho'.
Next time you might want to walk in with your actual laptop (if indeed you have a laptop) and just plug that into the projector (if that's possible)?
-S
We all encounter things like this in life. If I was you, I would be more upset about the teacher's overall rudeness than the fact that you couldn't do the presentation. I do not understand why people have to be cruel like this.
We should make a list of all the professionals, celebrities, and artists that use Macs. I hope you don't let the teacher's rude comments bother you. As for what she said, you know the truth.
I'm equally a pretty tech savvy person and I understand completely where youre coming from. Although Im still trained in the ways of the PC world, I've always appreciated, and now, massively appreciate the power of the MAC platform. Its simply amazing in the amount of thought and work gone into the design of Apple O/S, and its software partners. I used to do a lot of design and Adobe....well, we all know who they are!
BTW: I have made a lot of corporate prsentations in keynote. Much of the time it needs to be powerpoint, so I'll make the template in keynote and let people put text in with powerpoint, but often I can just use keynote, especially if I'm giving the presentation.
Anyway, there was a time when there may have been some geeky bonus to using a PC. That is, when PC's had more cryptic interfaces, and it took more tech know-how to use one. But now Windows caters to the idiot, with poorly construed, in-your-face wizards everywhere, and back doors for anyone to exploit. Ironically, Mac OS X caters to the intellectual, who likes a polished GUI 95% of the time, but also enjoys having UNIX for the other 5%. So you shouldn't be upset at all. There's no reason to even argue about it. It's their loss, really, and I'd bet that they're too ignorant to possibly fathom any meaningful comment about how macs are different than windows machines.
[i]Ironically, Mac OS X caters to the intellectual, who likes a polished GUI 95% of the time, but also enjoys having UNIX for the other 5%. So you shouldn't be upset at all. [/B]
There's no irony. Aesthetics and higher-level cognitive function are the realm of the élite.
From a drunkard to the school child: shame is for the WEAK!
-S
Granted the terminal is unecessary for mac use, and DOS is unecessary for windows use, but it's plain obvious that the OS X terminal is a far, far more powerful tool than DOS is. So these days the geeks are on Apple's side.
sometimes in life, you have to beat your drum to everyone else's beat; in this case it's having a PC. heck, i have both a Thinkpad R51 and a PB 1.33 12". no compatibility problems for me
Originally posted by Performa636CD
yeah, that teacher is going to hell, but until that time comes, you're gonna have to learn to suck it up...because that's life. it may not be your fault, but ultimately, if it's not done, for whatever reason, IT IS youre fault.
sometimes in life, you have to beat your drum to everyone else's beat; in this case it's having a PC. heck, i have both a Thinkpad R51 and a PB 1.33 12". no compatibility problems for me
That's such utter crap.
I only have a PowerBook, work in a Unix/Windows environment, and I have zero problems.
Owning a PC is a choice, not forced servitude. Yet.
Originally posted by Kickaha
Owning a PC is a choice, not forced servitude. Yet.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
I must add, today I went and visited my university campus (for the first time -will be first year student). I was surprised to see a lot of Macs being used by students there. At the campus computer shop everyone was crowded around the macs, while the sony vaios and HPs sat there, idle.
The people in your class were very immature and ignorant, I HOPE this occured in a highschool... if this happened in a college. god help you, god help all of us.
Originally posted by mandi
aww man that friggin sucks crap! That teacher just showed how unprofessional she really is!! It shocks me that someone - a teacher (who by the way is supposed to set an example for his/her students by being a MATURE individual) would act like this.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
I must add, today I went and visited my university campus (for the first time -will be first year student). I was surprised to see a lot of Macs being used by students there. At the campus computer shop everyone was crowded around the macs, while the sony vaios and HPs sat there, idle.
The people in your class were very immature and ignorant, I HOPE this occured in a highschool... if this happened in a college. god help you, god help all of us.
What school was that ?
Oh and I forgot to say Protostar, your teacher has it all wrong! Only the COOL kids use Macs these days, so her and your class is definately not on the 'cool' list. tee hee