Powermacs are pretty lame compared to PC tower hardware. Bad expansion options, limited ports, and not very good stackability.
Hopefully Apple fixes this problem with a new case design, but I'm not counting on it.
But the ultimate problem with even the best PC case designs is that they run Windows. That's a big sacrifice to make just to have cheap, expandable hardware.
And yes, it's true, Mac users tend to have bigger dicks. Most hard-core Windows users I know of are CONSTANTLY yapping about specs, who has the most resolution, the most MHz, the fastest ATA interface, blah blah blah. They are so consumerist! It's like they all took classes for training on how to be a good consumer. In contrast Mac users tend to be less consumer-oriented, they use Macs as tools, not to make up for some lack of contentedness with life.
[quote] Not that I'm aware of, but there is a variation on penis envy - comparing the sizes of boyfriends' little soldiers. <hr></blockquote>
This is SO true! Women spend so much time doing this. Men just don't care, it's like, "did you fu[k her?", and that's enough for a guy to know. But women, they've got to get details on the sex act, including but not limited to penis size. I had a woman measure my dick once because she wanted to compare it to her friend's boyfriend's cock (she had serupticiously put marks on her arm and used them to check the lenght).
Another thing women like to compare is rock size...they check out each other's engagement rings to see who's boyfriend spent the most $$$ on the ring, apparently they assume that this correllates with the guy's earning potential, and thus whoever has the guy with the most earning potential has the best find.
So women do plenty of dick-size comparing themselves, enough so that they could compare MHz and such if they wanted.
<strong>I had a woman measure my dick once because she wanted to compare it to her friend's boyfriend's cock (she had serupticiously put marks on her arm and used them to check the lenght).
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Serupticiously put marks where? Her little finger? What? Who said that? <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
[quote]In contrast Mac users tend to be less consumer-oriented, they use Macs as tools, not to make up for some lack of contentedness with life.<hr></blockquote>
I completely disagree. Mac users are religious about they're computers. Seriously, I bet 99% of the Mac users here know who the CEO of Apple is, have named their computer, look forward to opening up the box, etc. We all speculate rampantly about new introductions, trade all sorts of gossip, make mockups and even have dreams about Stevenotes. Just tools? No, not at all. Mac users are extremely fanatical. The fact that you go to a messageboard to discuss upcoming Apple products hurts your argument greatly that Mac users aren't obsessed with their machines.
I completely disagree. Mac users are religious about they're computers.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Irrelevant. Mac users choose their macs as tools, and then some become fanatics about them; it doesn't happen the other way around. The fact that fanatics exist is a testament to the quality of the system and does not automatically invalidate the "macs chosen as tools" argument. The only reason to choose a (more or less) niche computer with limited software support is that it must do something better than the mainstream alternative.
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The fact that you go to a messageboard to discuss upcoming Apple products hurts your argument greatly that Mac users aren't obsessed with their machines.
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It may hurt his argument that he isn't obsessed with his machine, but you cannot infer the zealotry of all mac users based on the small number of mac users that visit this site.
[quote]Irrelevant. Mac users choose their macs as tools, and then some become fanatics about them; it doesn't happen the other way around. The fact that fanatics exist is a testament to the quality of the system and does not automatically invalidate the "macs chosen as tools" argument. The only reason to choose a (more or less) niche computer with limited software support is that it must do something better than the mainstream alternative.<hr></blockquote>
So then since there are tons of people who swear by Windows then it must be a flawless operating system? Just because they aren't initially fanatical about their computer choice doesn't mean they always see their mac as "just a tool". Come on, do you think of your Mac as "just a tool"? I don't. It's a cult.
[quote]It may hurt his argument that he isn't obsessed with his machine, but you cannot infer the zealotry of all mac users based on the small number of mac users that visit this site.<hr></blockquote>
Nor can you base every PC user on a few freaks at Ars.
[quote]Mac users here are not typical Mac users.
Surely you have enough marbles rolling around up there to realize that...<hr></blockquote>
And surely you, Eugene, realize that the folks at Ars are not typical PC users. That goes without being said. People call Ars people freaks, they like their computers too much. Look around here at AI; we're a bunch of fanatics!
So then since there are tons of people who swear by Windows then it must be a flawless operating system?</strong><hr></blockquote>
No, but it does have its advantages. And to be honest, I've never actually met anyone who likes windows as an operating system. The apps, hardware, etc. yes, but not the OS itself.
[quote]<strong>Come on, do you think of your Mac as "just a tool"? I don't.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I don't anymore, either. But the reason I bought a mac was because, at the time, DOS and Win3 couldn't do squat. I continue to buy macs because Windows still can't work the way that I do.
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Hopefully Apple fixes this problem with a new case design, but I'm not counting on it.
But the ultimate problem with even the best PC case designs is that they run Windows. That's a big sacrifice to make just to have cheap, expandable hardware.
And yes, it's true, Mac users tend to have bigger dicks. Most hard-core Windows users I know of are CONSTANTLY yapping about specs, who has the most resolution, the most MHz, the fastest ATA interface, blah blah blah. They are so consumerist! It's like they all took classes for training on how to be a good consumer. In contrast Mac users tend to be less consumer-oriented, they use Macs as tools, not to make up for some lack of contentedness with life.
[quote] Not that I'm aware of, but there is a variation on penis envy - comparing the sizes of boyfriends' little soldiers. <hr></blockquote>
This is SO true! Women spend so much time doing this. Men just don't care, it's like, "did you fu[k her?", and that's enough for a guy to know. But women, they've got to get details on the sex act, including but not limited to penis size. I had a woman measure my dick once because she wanted to compare it to her friend's boyfriend's cock (she had serupticiously put marks on her arm and used them to check the lenght).
Another thing women like to compare is rock size...they check out each other's engagement rings to see who's boyfriend spent the most $$$ on the ring, apparently they assume that this correllates with the guy's earning potential, and thus whoever has the guy with the most earning potential has the best find.
So women do plenty of dick-size comparing themselves, enough so that they could compare MHz and such if they wanted.
<strong>I had a woman measure my dick once because she wanted to compare it to her friend's boyfriend's cock (she had serupticiously put marks on her arm and used them to check the lenght).
</strong><hr></blockquote>
Serupticiously put marks where? Her little finger? What? Who said that? <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
J :cool:
I completely disagree. Mac users are religious about they're computers. Seriously, I bet 99% of the Mac users here know who the CEO of Apple is, have named their computer, look forward to opening up the box, etc. We all speculate rampantly about new introductions, trade all sorts of gossip, make mockups and even have dreams about Stevenotes. Just tools? No, not at all. Mac users are extremely fanatical. The fact that you go to a messageboard to discuss upcoming Apple products hurts your argument greatly that Mac users aren't obsessed with their machines.
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I completely disagree. Mac users are religious about they're computers.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Irrelevant. Mac users choose their macs as tools, and then some become fanatics about them; it doesn't happen the other way around. The fact that fanatics exist is a testament to the quality of the system and does not automatically invalidate the "macs chosen as tools" argument. The only reason to choose a (more or less) niche computer with limited software support is that it must do something better than the mainstream alternative.
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The fact that you go to a messageboard to discuss upcoming Apple products hurts your argument greatly that Mac users aren't obsessed with their machines.
</strong><hr></blockquote>
It may hurt his argument that he isn't obsessed with his machine, but you cannot infer the zealotry of all mac users based on the small number of mac users that visit this site.
Surely you have enough marbles rolling around up there to realize that...
So then since there are tons of people who swear by Windows then it must be a flawless operating system? Just because they aren't initially fanatical about their computer choice doesn't mean they always see their mac as "just a tool". Come on, do you think of your Mac as "just a tool"? I don't. It's a cult.
[quote]It may hurt his argument that he isn't obsessed with his machine, but you cannot infer the zealotry of all mac users based on the small number of mac users that visit this site.<hr></blockquote>
Nor can you base every PC user on a few freaks at Ars.
[quote]Mac users here are not typical Mac users.
Surely you have enough marbles rolling around up there to realize that...<hr></blockquote>
And surely you, Eugene, realize that the folks at Ars are not typical PC users. That goes without being said. People call Ars people freaks, they like their computers too much. Look around here at AI; we're a bunch of fanatics!
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So then since there are tons of people who swear by Windows then it must be a flawless operating system?</strong><hr></blockquote>
No, but it does have its advantages. And to be honest, I've never actually met anyone who likes windows as an operating system. The apps, hardware, etc. yes, but not the OS itself.
[quote]<strong>Come on, do you think of your Mac as "just a tool"? I don't.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I don't anymore, either. But the reason I bought a mac was because, at the time, DOS and Win3 couldn't do squat. I continue to buy macs because Windows still can't work the way that I do.