Take the pledge

Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
"I promise to install and even use, via dual boot and/or virtualization, the Windows operating system, should I be in need of a program that only runs on that platform or is vastly superiour to that available on the Mac or if I want to play a game that doesn´t exist for Macs. For my computer loyalty belong to my user experience and productivity and not any company, now and forever, amen"



Post here if you take the pledge.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 19
    omegaomega Posts: 427member
    Meh.



  • Reply 2 of 19
    irelandireland Posts: 17,798member
    Here here old chum!



    What does 'meh' mean?
  • Reply 3 of 19
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    Well since he posted in the thread it must mean he took the pledge So "Meh" from me too



    If someone is wondering this is the reason for the thread.
  • Reply 4 of 19
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    I like games.
  • Reply 5 of 19
    noah93noah93 Posts: 168member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Omega

    Meh.





  • Reply 6 of 19
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Placebo

    I like games.



    Me too.
  • Reply 7 of 19
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    Well since he posted in the thread it must mean he took the pledge So "Meh" from me too



    If someone is wondering this is the reason for the thread.




    You're supporting your thread premise with a broken link, so I guess that is a "Meh".
  • Reply 8 of 19
    ipeonipeon Posts: 1,122member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    If someone is wondering this is the reason for the thread.



    Your link is broken, is this what you where refering to?



    If it is... ya... some Mac users just can't see the big picture. I would pledge except that I don't engage in such rituals.
  • Reply 9 of 19
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    "I promise to install and even use, via dual boot and/or virtualization, the Windows operating system, should I be in need of a program that only runs on that platform or is vastly superiour to that available on the Mac or if I want to play a game that doesn´t exist for Macs. For my computer loyalty belong to my user experience and productivity and not any company, now and forever, amen"



    Post here if you take the pledge.




    Fuck that, I will keep my trusty (and somewhat dusty) 1.5ghz compaq around...for a few weeks, untill I graduate and do not need the educational software anymore, then it gets a tuner and either WMC or (more likly) mythTV.



    wow, between that, the new job(fingers crossed on thatone) and the new macbook pro in my future, assuming the job pans out, its shaping up to be a fun geek-summer
  • Reply 10 of 19
    Using BootCamp to run XP will enable me access those Porn sites that require me to download their specialized software
  • Reply 11 of 19
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by iPeon

    Your link is broken, is this what you where refering to?





    Exactly.
  • Reply 12 of 19
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ThinkingDifferent

    Using BootCamp to run XP will enable me access those Porn sites that require me to download their specialized software



    Now that's "Thinking Different". Finally I can use my USB controlled virtual vibrating vagina.
  • Reply 13 of 19
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by JohnnySmith

    Now that's "Thinking Different". Finally I can use my USB controlled virtual vibrating vagina.



    aw, come on, of all the devices out there, this one NEEDS to be Firewire 800(milimeter)!!



    I'll be here all week! try the caviar and tip your waiters!
  • Reply 14 of 19
    mimacmimac Posts: 872member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ThinkingDifferent

    Using BootCamp to run XP will enable me access those Porn sites that require me to download their specialized software



    8)
  • Reply 15 of 19
    banchobancho Posts: 1,517member
    Wow, just wow. I read the linked thread and some of the comments there are just weak.



    Being able to dual boot into Windows when necessary is a boon to those of use who haven't been able to justify a Mac for use in many Windows-only environments. I'm still a bigger fan of virtualization but both solutions have merit and I can't see making some ridiculous pledge not to use some of the utility the new Macs now offer out of some overzealous loyalty to Apple.



    Users like that are what make Windows camp think we're psychotic zealots .



    I take the pledge to boot into Windows if I really need to in order to get work done without having to use two machines.



    edit - there *were* some reasonable, level-headed replies there but many were just painful.
  • Reply 16 of 19
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    EWWWWW.



    I registered just to leave a comment there.



    I need a bath now.
  • Reply 17 of 19
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    EWWWWW.



    I registered just to leave a comment there.



    I need a bath now.




    You Troll
  • Reply 18 of 19
    skatmanskatman Posts: 609member
    I took that pledge looong time ago... by switching to Windows PC.
  • Reply 19 of 19
    1337_5l4xx0r1337_5l4xx0r Posts: 1,558member
    The linked article is definitely weak... the author's idea of what mac users are makes me angry. I'm not a koolaid drinking nerd-boy freak. I don't have a 'ritual' with opening a new mac's packaging. WTF? Some of us are normal, get laid, have lives.
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