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Return of the Mac

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Re: Return of the Mac

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Post by willarson »

byrneseyeview wrote: post #4
willarson wrote: post #3

Hey guys, there is this really amazing article written by this Paul Graham guy. You probably haven't read it, right? Anyway, I really like what he has to say! Hope you like the article. ...okay, so tell me what is wrong with this picture? I can't quite figure it out. Oh well, I'm off to tell a group of biblical scholars about this nifty book called the New Testament.

Apple went up another 5% today; it seemed apropos.

I don't completely disagree, but I think references to widely known sources--especially those that are not current (and yes, something can be ageless and not current :/)--belong in comments rather than submissions. It just feels a bit recycled; others may disagree.

Re: Return of the Mac

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Post by spiralhead »

run4yourlives wrote: post #8
pg wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank God my one public stock recommendation worked out right. (I followed it myself, fortunately, and I'm still not selling. I think Apple has a lot more world left to take over.)

Actually, I would sell it now, and buy it back as they start announcing the inevitable 1st gen glitches.

wrong. sell when Steve gets sick and cant work anymore

Re: Return of the Mac

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Post by AF »

gibsonf1 wrote: post #10
ragav wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I recently left bigcorp and had to finally shell out my own money to buy a laptop ;-) I went with Dell/Ubuntu http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs Great deals(once you get all their coupons and upgrade your own memory) on developement strength machines and it's good to support initiatives that provide alternatives to MS.

Even though we're using Ubuntu for our server, the Mac UI is well beyond the UI that Ubuntu can offer. If I am able to get things done faster with the Mac machine given its superior UI, then it is worth the extra $$. Otherwise your direction makes sense. My partner also has the Dell Inspiron 9400 and is going to wipe MS off of it and go with Ubuntu in the near future. My problem is that I still need XP to run my Revi…

I'm just wondering, what specifically about the Mac UI gives you significant productivity boosts?

Re: Return of the Mac

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Post by gibsonf1 »

AF wrote: post #14
gibsonf1 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even though we're using Ubuntu for our server, the Mac UI is well beyond the UI that Ubuntu can offer. If I am able to get things done faster with the Mac machine given its superior UI, then it is worth the extra $$. Otherwise your direction makes sense. My partner also has the Dell Inspiron 9400 and is going to wipe MS off of it and go with Ubuntu in the near future. My problem is that I still need XP to run my Revi…

I'm just wondering, what specifically about the Mac UI gives you significant productivity boosts?

Ease of use, but most importantly, not having to reboot to run an MS app.

Re: Return of the Mac

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Post by allenbrunson »

pg wrote: post #6
byrneseyeview wrote: post #2

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=AAPL&a=02&b=1&c=2005&d=06&e=3&f=2007&g=m

Thank God my one public stock recommendation worked out right. (I followed it myself, fortunately, and I'm still not selling. I think Apple has a lot more world left to take over.)

isn't that the truth! i think the iphone is going to be more disruptive than the ipod was.
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