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kikuchiyo · Dec 30, 2007

QUOTE(flai @ Dec 30 2007 said:
Another Mac user, glad to see Hiratai and I aren't the only ones

Switched 2 and a half years ago and haven't looked back since.

Well, unless you count bootcamp looking back. And that's just for Oblivion. Which bluescreened on me 10 minutes ago.
It's good to be back in OS X

As for rhyguy, that's nice (I like the lime green color - maybe too much in the UI for my taste, but it's slick); I used to theme XP to look like OS X as well.

VBKirby · Dec 31, 2007

Well, seeing as my desktop is littered with Icons, I'll just post the image (shrunken of course) It's a Kirby Krazzie I made. I Kirby Krazzie is a screenshot of a non-kirby game, with a kirby sprite added in in a clever way. It was a section of the kirby rainbow resort site for a while, but was taken down. I've made over 70 of these things. This is still my best one. It's a screenshot of Luigi's mansion, with Adeline added to it.

rhyguy · Dec 31, 2007

isnt that a little blurry kirby?

QUOTE said:
As for rhyguy, that's nice (I like the lime green color - maybe too much in the UI for my taste, but it's slick); I used to theme XP to look like OS X as well.

would blue look better? theres a blue version and i dont know which one to use

Shinster · Dec 31, 2007

QUOTE(bluebright @ Dec 30 2007 said:
Shinster, nice monitor. are both your computer and console connected to that?

Yes. PC connected to VGA port, Wii connected to component input, and cable TV into the RF port.
It's pretty awesome as I can do voice chat on teamspeak while playing Medal of Honor Heroes 2 with friends (if nintendo won't give us voice chat, we make our own lol).

VBKirby · Dec 31, 2007

well I had to take the screenshot off of a luigi's mansion speedrun, so the quality isn't fantastic. And the painting Adeline is looking at is supposed to have those blurry lines in it.

dg10050 · Dec 31, 2007

I'd really like a Mac, but I just can't bring myself to spend so much money on a computer knowing that a can barely upgrade it. That and the fact that I could just spend half of the money on my PC and upgrade it to be faster that most Macs.
I suppose a Mac Mini is an option, but it seems like I'd feel cramped running on such slower hardware, and I just know that I'd want a faster Mac pretty quickly.

bolton2 · Dec 31, 2007

This is a screen of my new laptop. sick little thing with mad specs a good Christmas present it was

flai · Dec 31, 2007

QUOTE(dg10050 @ Dec 31 2007 said:
I'd really like a Mac, but I just can't bring myself to spend so much money on a computer knowing that a can barely upgrade it. That and the fact that I could just spend half of the money on my PC and upgrade it to be faster that most Macs.
I suppose a Mac Mini is an option, but it seems like I'd feel cramped running on such slower hardware, and I just know that I'd want a faster Mac pretty quickly.

I'll be completely honest with you, Mac mini's are not the best.

But don't think that you could upgrade a PC to be faster than a Mac because you can't, it is only faster on paper, but when it comes to actually using it, it's slower than Leopard because you're running an OS which doesn't utilize the hardware properly, Macs will always be faster than PC's, no matter how much upgrading you do to your PC. And I just upgraded my iMac to 3GB of RAM, easiest thing in the world and it runs substantially faster, upgrades aren't necessary all the time because Macs aren't outdated as quickly as PC's.

azotyp · Dec 31, 2007

Better than pic from my desktop i will post my wallpaper enjoy
(my computer is too low-profile to run cod 4

)

dg10050 · Dec 31, 2007

QUOTE(flai @ Dec 31 2007 said:
QUOTE(dg10050 @ Dec 31 2007 said:

I'd really like a Mac, but I just can't bring myself to spend so much money on a computer knowing that a can barely upgrade it. That and the fact that I could just spend half of the money on my PC and upgrade it to be faster that most Macs.
I suppose a Mac Mini is an option, but it seems like I'd feel cramped running on such slower hardware, and I just know that I'd want a faster Mac pretty quickly.

I'll be completely honest with you, Mac mini's are not the best.

But don't think that you could upgrade a PC to be faster than a Mac because you can't, it is only faster on paper, but when it comes to actually using it, it's slower than Leopard because you're running an OS which doesn't utilize the hardware properly, Macs will always be faster than PC's, no matter how much upgrading you do to your PC. And I just upgraded my iMac to 3GB of RAM, easiest thing in the world and it runs substantially faster, upgrades aren't necessary all the time because Macs aren't outdated as quickly as PC's.

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Fyi, I usually use Linux on my PC. So yeah, it's pretty fast.

(I just happen to be addicted to Oblivion right now)
Linux (with Compiz) normally runs around the same speed as OSX, but of course there are ways to make linux run even smoother.
Also, I'm not too worried about having to upgrade constantly. I just did my first major upgrade on this PC a few days ago, and I built the PC 2 years ago. But I like how you can just upgrade a PC piece by piece, so you're not spending more than a thousand dollars all at once.

natkoden · Dec 31, 2007

flai · Dec 31, 2007

QUOTE(dg10050 @ Dec 31 2007 said:
QUOTE(flai @ Dec 31 2007 said:

QUOTE(dg10050 @ Dec 31 2007 said:

I'd really like a Mac, but I just can't bring myself to spend so much money on a computer knowing that a can barely upgrade it. That and the fact that I could just spend half of the money on my PC and upgrade it to be faster that most Macs.
I suppose a Mac Mini is an option, but it seems like I'd feel cramped running on such slower hardware, and I just know that I'd want a faster Mac pretty quickly.

I'll be completely honest with you, Mac mini's are not the best.

But don't think that you could upgrade a PC to be faster than a Mac because you can't, it is only faster on paper, but when it comes to actually using it, it's slower than Leopard because you're running an OS which doesn't utilize the hardware properly, Macs will always be faster than PC's, no matter how much upgrading you do to your PC. And I just upgraded my iMac to 3GB of RAM, easiest thing in the world and it runs substantially faster, upgrades aren't necessary all the time because Macs aren't outdated as quickly as PC's.

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Fyi, I usually use Linux on my PC. So yeah, it's pretty fast.

(I just happen to be addicted to Oblivion right now)
Linux (with Compiz) normally runs around the same speed as OSX, but of course there are ways to make linux run even smoother.
Also, I'm not too worried about having to upgrade constantly. I just did my first major upgrade on this PC a few days ago, and I built the PC 2 years ago. But I like how you can just upgrade a PC piece by piece, so you're not spending more than a thousand dollars all at once.

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Well, think about a Mac if you ever get sick of Linux, I did very, very quickly. Too much of a hastle to do simple things. But, each to his own

Urza · Dec 31, 2007

Decided to try something Macish in my vm.

kellyan95 · Dec 31, 2007

So many contacts, so little annoying bots....

Urza · Dec 31, 2007

QUOTE(kellyan95 @ Dec 31 2007 said:
So many contacts, so little annoying bots....

I had it set to display all the offline contacts because my vm is isolated from the network (aka no connection).

kellyan95 · Dec 31, 2007

I mean, it will be hard finding enough bots to annoy all of those people

Urza · Dec 31, 2007

QUOTE(kellyan95 @ Dec 31 2007 said:
I mean, it will be hard finding enough bots to annoy all of those people

Most of those are custom names; not their actual handle. The ones that aren't I don't care about.

rhyguy · Jan 1, 2008

you need a better leopard skin urza

flai · Jan 2, 2008

QUOTE(rhyguy @ Jan 1 2008 said:
you need a better leopard skin urza

Yeah, he really does. Although most emulations on Windows don't look much better.

kikuchiyo · Jan 2, 2008

QUOTE(dg10050 @ Dec 31 2007 said:
I'd really like a Mac, but I just can't bring myself to spend so much money on a computer knowing that a can barely upgrade it. That and the fact that I could just spend half of the money on my PC and upgrade it to be faster that most Macs.
I suppose a Mac Mini is an option, but it seems like I'd feel cramped running on such slower hardware, and I just know that I'd want a faster Mac pretty quickly.

My year old MBP plays Oblivion and Bioshock just fine under Windows. I'm sure the latest machines are even better.

You can upgrade the hell out of a Mac Pro. As for the Macbooks/Pros, you can upgrade anything in them you can in a normal laptop, RAM and HD.

The Mac Mini's no good for real work (Aperture, games, etc.).

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