Im ready to buy an Apple!!

**tdinc** · April 27th, 2005

Yes the words I never thought I would be saying has finally manifested into my brain. After years of dealing with "BSOD" crashes

, and so many more problems with errr WIndows....I have decided to Go ahead and buy a mac mini

to go along side with my trusty Linux Box & lappie. Awaiting UPS to deliver my new toy....w00t!!!!

**Grandmaster** · April 27th, 2005

Mac mini? Have fun

**Xie** · April 27th, 2005

I don't think you will regret it. I have turn my XP box on I think 2 times (to get files off it) since I got my mini.

**NetRyder** · April 27th, 2005

You guys and your BSOD's. What in the world do you people do? Tsk tsk...

Have fun. Always nice to have different types of boxes around to play with.

Luna · April 27th, 2005

I had the Mac Mini, but it was just too slow compared to my PC. Not to mention the OS ate up 800mb of my 1GB of ram just by surfing the net and downloading a few files.

I returned it, but plan on getting a G5 desktop in the next six months or so. I did enjoy my time on a Mac.

**VenomXt** · April 27th, 2005

sigh.. i will get the holy water netryder get the gasoline.....

Vetrius · April 27th, 2005

i wanna try a mac mini, i'm slightly biased on macs since my elem's had the black and white mac 2's and my jr high had like the "supermacs" that made a 100mhz laptop look like the speed of light... you could spend an entire class just turning it on

**NetRyder** · April 27th, 2005

Originally Posted by VenomXt

sigh.. i will get the holy water netryder get the gasoline.....

LOL what?

**falconguard** · April 27th, 2005

turns to the dark side he has....

**Geffy** · April 27th, 2005

Macs come in white, so hes turning to the light side

**falconguard** · April 27th, 2005

feh!.....so he just crashes different.

**Kush** · April 27th, 2005

time for me to buy an orange

rotjong · April 27th, 2005

I will say that I'm interested in the Mac minis because of the price factor but... I also have to say I've seen too many "friends" switch over because their Windows system was unstable. Why was it unstable? Well, because they made it unstable!

But, not to knock this thread off-topic I am amazingly interested in this and I am nearly ready to throw out the money to get one to have some fun. It will not, however, get me to walk away from a PC.

rotjong

Jozhik · April 27th, 2005

Originally Posted by rotjong

because they made it unstable!
rotjong

Reading that, I just realised something, and that brought up the following question: Why is it unstable and instability???

Anyways, I can't buy any computer now, but I'd like something as small as the Mac Mini without having to buy a laptop - because, yes, most new PC's are a lot faster but also a LOT bigger - this Mac Mini I could fit just about anywhere

**Geffy** · April 27th, 2005

actually the main reason why Windows in unstable (though they fixed a lot of problems in XP) was the expansive range of hardware support. Apple control the hardware a lot more so the system is more stable. Also the number of times that a windows bug has been fixed but still has to mimic the bug to keep some software working is incredible. I think there was a borland compiler which exploited a bug in windows to do something, when the bug was fixed they also had to write some more code to catch the situation of that compiler trying to use that bug, and then mimic the bug to give the compiler what it expected.
Stuff like that adds to code complexity and bloat making the code harder and harder to debug and optimise. This is one of the reasons why they had the whole "not all current hardware and software will work on XP" thing, they had removed all this stupid bug mimic code.

Hope you enjoy the mac though tdinc. Might have been an idea to wait until Tiger was released though

**muzikool** · April 27th, 2005

Congrats tdinc! I expect to see you posting in the Mac section of the forums soon enough, hopefully with good experiences.

If you bought the mini after April 14th you can get a free upgrade to Tiger.

**Xie** · April 27th, 2005

Originally Posted by muzikool

If you bought the mini after April 14th you can get a free upgrade to Tiger.

I don't think it's free, I believe he would qualify for the $9.99 (or whatever it is) upgrade price. If he had waited till the 29th he would get a free Tiger DVD in his mini box.

**VenomXt** · April 27th, 2005

LOL what?

shhh just do it while he isnt looking. He has mac fever and the only cure is fire...

**Xie** · April 27th, 2005

Originally Posted by VenomXt

shhh just do it while he isnt looking. He has mac fever and the only cure is fire...

Or a sweet sweet dual G5 ... muhahahahah .. muhaha ... muahahahahahaha

**Lee** · April 27th, 2005

BSoD not had one of those for 6 years, hope you enjoy your new Granny Smith's.

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tdinc █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: December 2003 Location: Sterling Heights, MICHIGAN Posts: 3,505 Blog Entries: 19 Reputation: 2905 Power: 164	Im ready to buy an Apple!! Yes the words I never thought I would be saying has finally manifested into my brain. After years of dealing with "BSOD" crashes , and so many more problems with errr WIndows....I have decided to Go ahead and buy a mac mini to go along side with my trusty Linux Box & lappie. Awaiting UPS to deliver my new toy....w00t!!!!

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Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,574 Reputation: 2960 Power: 257	Re: Im ready to buy an Apple!! Mac mini? Have fun

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Xie - geek - Joined: September 2003 Location: NY, USA Posts: 5,216 Reputation: 1730 Power: 171	Re: Im ready to buy an Apple!! I don't think you will regret it. I have turn my XP box on I think 2 times (to get files off it) since I got my mini. tehgeek \| tehgeek \| geeking out to tech \| IRC \| Parted Magic \| A+ Certified Professional

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rotjong OSNN Senior Addict Joined: January 2004 Location: The far side of nowhere Posts: 573 Reputation: 585 Power: 109	Re: Im ready to buy an Apple!! I will say that I'm interested in the Mac minis because of the price factor but... I also have to say I've seen too many "friends" switch over because their Windows system was unstable. Why was it unstable? Well, because they made it unstable! But, not to knock this thread off-topic I am amazingly interested in this and I am nearly ready to throw out the money to get one to have some fun. It will not, however, get me to walk away from a PC. rotjong

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Jozhik OSNN Addict Joined: February 2005 Posts: 120 Reputation: 50 Power: 87	Re: Im ready to buy an Apple!! Originally Posted by rotjong because they made it unstable! rotjong Reading that, I just realised something, and that brought up the following question: Why is it unstable and instability??? Anyways, I can't buy any computer now, but I'd like something as small as the Mac Mini without having to buy a laptop - because, yes, most new PC's are a lot faster but also a LOT bigger - this Mac Mini I could fit just about anywhere http://www.krijthe.net

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Geffy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,805 Reputation: 1490 Power: 213	Re: Im ready to buy an Apple!! actually the main reason why Windows in unstable (though they fixed a lot of problems in XP) was the expansive range of hardware support. Apple control the hardware a lot more so the system is more stable. Also the number of times that a windows bug has been fixed but still has to mimic the bug to keep some software working is incredible. I think there was a borland compiler which exploited a bug in windows to do something, when the bug was fixed they also had to write some more code to catch the situation of that compiler trying to use that bug, and then mimic the bug to give the compiler what it expected. Stuff like that adds to code complexity and bloat making the code harder and harder to debug and optimise. This is one of the reasons why they had the whole "not all current hardware and software will work on XP" thing, they had removed all this stupid bug mimic code. Hope you enjoy the mac though tdinc. Might have been an idea to wait until Tiger was released though  • blog • tumblog • lastfm • flickr • #rubyonrails • @twitter "I could be replaced with a very small shell script"

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Xie - geek - Joined: September 2003 Location: NY, USA Posts: 5,216 Reputation: 1730 Power: 171	Re: Im ready to buy an Apple!! Originally Posted by muzikool If you bought the mini after April 14th you can get a free upgrade to Tiger. I don't think it's free, I believe he would qualify for the $9.99 (or whatever it is) upgrade price. If he had waited till the 29th he would get a free Tiger DVD in his mini box. tehgeek \| tehgeek \| geeking out to tech \| IRC \| Parted Magic \| A+ Certified Professional

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VenomXt Blame me for the RAZR's Joined: March 2004 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 3,442 Reputation: 1240 Power: 143	Re: Im ready to buy an Apple!! LOL what? shhh just do it while he isnt looking. He has mac fever and the only cure is fire... www.venomxt.com

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Xie - geek - Joined: September 2003 Location: NY, USA Posts: 5,216 Reputation: 1730 Power: 171	Re: Im ready to buy an Apple!! Originally Posted by VenomXt shhh just do it while he isnt looking. He has mac fever and the only cure is fire... Or a sweet sweet dual G5 ... muhahahahah .. muhaha ... muahahahahahaha tehgeek \| tehgeek \| geeking out to tech \| IRC \| Parted Magic \| A+ Certified Professional

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