List your PC specs

[V99]

Originally Posted by skate_mate

It's not a PC but what the heck.

Processor: 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 1GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Macbook FTW.

I've never seen the point of MacBooks.
They're far to expensive and overpriced and I'd take a real laptop over it anyday.

[FluidConcept]

-486DX2 @ 66MHz
-8MB RAM
-Video Accelerator Card
-100MB Hard Disk
-Floppy Drive
-Windows 3.1
-Keyboard and Mouse

[graphicartist21]

Originally Posted by FluidConcept

-486DX2 @ 66MHz
-8MB RAM
-Video Accelerator Card
-100MB Hard Disk
-Floppy Drive
-Windows 3.1
-Keyboard and Mouse

wow, old school.
I just built two this weekend, one for sale, one for my son
For sale:
-80mb ram
-588mhz amd
-30gig hdd
-ethernet network card
-cd drive
-windows xp pro

For my son:
-408mb ram
-p4 1.6ghz
-geforce fx 5200 128mb graphics card
-on board ethernet
-40 gig hdd
-cd burner
-skull mouse
-windows xp pro
this is the one I built for myself:

Originally Posted by graphicartist21

Windows XP,
80 gig hard drive,
576meg ram,
p4 2.4 ghz,
nvidia e-GeForce fx 5200 128mb
Not a gaming PC but used for editing.

it also has a dvd drive, dvd burner and windows XP home and on board ethernet.

[FluidConcept]

Originally Posted by graphicartist21

wow, old school.

My computer would pwn anyone's here.

[V99]

Originally Posted by FluidConcept

-486DX2 @ 66MHz
-8MB RAM
-Video Accelerator Card
-100MB Hard Disk
-Floppy Drive
-Windows 3.1
-Keyboard and Mouse

If you seriously surf the internet with that, it sucks to be you.

[FluidConcept]

Originally Posted by V99

If you seriously surf the internet with that, it sucks to be you.

What you talking about blud? That is some serious piece of shanizzle.

[nighthawkx]

Originally Posted by skate_mate

It's not a PC but what the heck.

Processor: 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 1GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Macbook FTW.

how is that not a PC?

IBM PC compatible - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[FluidConcept]

Originally Posted by nighthawkx

how is that not a PC?

IBM PC compatible - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Because it's a Mac.

[70el]

Originally Posted by FluidConcept

Because it's a Mac.

Its funny how almost all of mac haters have never used a mac before. They say they have, and maybe some have, but most of the time they haven't . I used to hate macs too, but now I could never switch back to a pc.

My computer:

2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM
750GB Serial ATA Drive
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

[Raccoon Mario]

Originally Posted by 70el

Its funny how almost all of mac haters have never used a mac before. They say they have, and maybe some have, but most of the time they haven't . I used to hate macs too, but now I could never switch back to a pc.

Not a lot of people can try them because they're overpriced.

[70el]

Originally Posted by Raccoon Mario

Not a lot of people can try them because they're overpriced.

Well obviously you have never used one then.

[MLNick]

Originally Posted by 70el

Its funny how almost all of mac haters have never used a mac before. They say they have, and maybe some have, but most of the time they haven't . I used to hate macs too, but now I could never switch back to a pc.

How would you know that they are lying? You're just pulling bs out of your behind. If they say they've used a mac before then who are you to say they haven't?

Macs are definitely overpriced pieces of poo

[FluidConcept]

Originally Posted by 70el

Its funny how almost all of mac haters have never used a mac before. They say they have, and maybe some have, but most of the time they haven't . I used to hate macs too, but now I could never switch back to a pc.

My computer:

2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM
750GB Serial ATA Drive
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Umm...not sure if you were referring to me as a Mac-hater there, or if you were just using the fact that I mentioned a Mac as a stimulus for what you said?

[nighthawkx]

Originally Posted by 70el

Well obviously you have never used one then.

it's a well known fact that apple charges a fairly significant premium. just look at their yearly sales figures and profit reports. nothing new there.

that said, more or less every end user system apple makes right now would technically be considered a PC clone.

there is nothing wrong with being a PC clone. I'm using one right now. heck I'm willing to bet you are too.

as it is now, current macintosh computers are all PC clones. same goes for apple's laptops.


think back to a few years ago. If someone were to make their own computer and isntall linux on it... it'd still be a PC. In this case the only predominant difference is the operating system. While one could argue that intel's current systems use EFI whereas mainstream PCs use BIOS, the point is moot as EFI was designed by intel and it was implemented in PCs by gateway before apple.

if you think that Mac OSX and apple's tech support is worth paying a 30-50% markup for... go for it that's your descision. Just elt it be known that it technically isn't illegal to build a PC with exactly what you want and to install OSX yourself(so long as you bought the OS yourself)

and FYI I have used macs before and I've been using them since I was a kid. The mac lab... let's just say lockups weren't all that great and it happened all to comonly in OS8, OS9 and OSX is hardly exempt either. and alt+shift+3 to take a screen shot isn't exactly user friendly as compared to hitting "print screen" though I heard they're looking for another key combination so that's progress. Also neo office is a horrible abomination. Crashed while saving a half hours worth of work(note that this was immediately before a class had started) as it stands no platform is perfect. I personally find dual booting linux/windows to be a good solution. I get my games and I get better stability and security than OSX. OSX in and of itself is a decent midway point between the two and for many consumers it's a great choice. Heck I'd have recommended a mac to my computer illiterate step father over the Dell he got.

/offtopic

[70el]

Huh. well, I knew this was gonna happen lol. Get shut down by a bunch of mac haters.

Well I knew I wasn't going to win this anyways, but I just really don't like viruses, is all.

[nighthawkx]

Originally Posted by 70el

Huh. well, I knew this was gonna happen lol. Get shut down by a bunch of mac haters.

Well I knew I wasn't going to win this anyways, but I just really don't like viruses, is all.

^the first ever virus was written for what type of computer???^

the whole virus thing is blow out of proportion. I don't even run an antivirus. I get by with a simple 100kb script blocker and that's all. it's surprisingly effective as well.

basically the whole virus thing an advertising thing from apple moreso than anything else. Any technically inclined user basically doesn't need to worry about viruses. You might need to worry for your mother, or your grandfather or the dumb kid down the street, but as for myself... no issues. and should I have an issue... a fresh windows install is one CD away.

apple's biggest marketting ploy is "it's not windows"
big wow that's true of... everything else... again I run linux. windows is far from perfect it's big selling point is it's support. In windows, things just work. That's because of microsoft's market domination. vendor lock in is both a blessing and a cuirse to the consumer. we have an inferior OS in many aspects but things work. 3rd parties make their drivers for windows first, OSX and linux get handmedowns and are treated as not second class but 3rd class, most programs are not based off of a unix system. I can buy more or less any piece of hardware and it will work. Windows has the desktop industry, linux and mainstreme BSD(OSX is based off of BSD but except in niche markets it makes a relatively poor work station OS as far as productivity is concerned) have the server and workstation industries.

FYI I don't hate macs, they have their place and that's probably in portables. laptops don't have much power. they're general use machines. macbooks are rather well polished and very well implemented I'm saying that from first hand experience. the quality might not be exceptional, but the sheer degree of integration is. Laptop side... everything is proprietory and general use is king. That makes the market there rather good for apple's platform... and laptops are the future more and more people are buying them over desktops. And the moment apple sells their systems at competitive prices I might even bite on.

[FluidConcept]

Originally Posted by 70el

Huh. well, I knew this was gonna happen lol. Get shut down by a bunch of mac haters.

Well I knew I wasn't going to win this anyways, but I just really don't like viruses, is all.

70el, you didn't answer my question.

[Robin 125]

Asus Striker II 780i
3GB Corsair DDR
1TB Seagate Barracuda
1GB HIS HD 2900
E8400 Wolfdale | OC to 4 GHz Stable on Air with AC Freezer 7

Roll on Age of Conan.....

[70el]

Originally Posted by FluidConcept

Umm...not sure if you were referring to me as a Mac-hater there, or if you were just using the fact that I mentioned a Mac as a stimulus for what you said?

Oh no i wasn't referring to you as that.

[Raccoon Mario]

Originally Posted by 70el

Well I knew I wasn't going to win this anyways, but I just really don't like viruses, is all.

I think I'm drowning in an ocean of smugitude.

[FluidConcept]

Originally Posted by Raccoon Mario

I think I'm drowning in an ocean of smugitude.

Hehe fair enough.
I'm writing this on a Mac .

Edit: Incidentally,
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
Intel GMA X3100
Intel SATA 150GB HD 1.5 Gigabit

[Raccoon Mario]

Originally Posted by 70el

Well obviously you have never used one then.

What makes you think I have never used one?

[FluidConcept]

The Mac/PC argument is so f***ing old. I can't believe that people can still be arsed to go on just repeating the same old arguments over and over again.

Can't we all just get along? XD

[70el]

Originally Posted by FluidConcept

The Mac/PC argument is so f***ing old. I can't believe that people can still be arsed to go on just repeating the same old arguments over and over again.

Can't we all just get along? XD

Yes. Starting now (i hope)

[Raccoon Mario]

Originally Posted by FluidConcept

The Mac/PC argument is so f***ing old. I can't believe that people can still be arsed to go on just repeating the same old arguments over and over again.

Can't we all just get along? XD

I don't see a Mac/PC arguement anywhere.