Oh, and by the way

And yes, I could see the invisible tags in your post.

agreed, well on the apple thing! hate em! you can't 'tinker' and lack of functions piss me off too! apples are for people that find pc's 'to hard' an apple is what a corsa is to the car world, know f*ck all about computers you buy an apply mac know f*ck all bout cars you buy a corsa!

At which point your credibility went into negative figures. It's easier to tinker with MacOS than Winblows and there's a greater depth of OS to tinker with, including a real CLI rather than the piss-poor MSDOS alike crap of NT/2000/Whatever the f*ck they call it this year.

Oh yes, this year they are calling it "late" and "a bit of an embarrassment" aren't they?

I think you'll find it's the opposite, actually.

If you don't know anything about computers, you go down PC World and they flog you a Packard Bell with XP Home, which is s**te.

If you know about computers, you go to John Lewis and buy a Mac.

...I was only kidding but, it sounds like I put my finger on it!

If you think you know about computers you buy a mac. If you really know computers you buy a box of bits and build your own. :P

Fraser

It's the "think" that's important.

Perhaps.

Nonsense. If you know about computers you'll have both so as to have an unbiased comparison.

Given your recent "Alfa Romeos are the best" VW TDI fiasco, I fully expect you to move to Windows Vista when it's released and proclaim that it's not the best thing in the world, ever, but you still have it anyway... :)

What VW TDI fiasco? - there's only VWs on the company car list, so I have to have one.

The same way as I have to have a Nokia phone when I'd personally pick a SE, and also the same way I have to have a Thinkpad when I'd have chosen a Powerbook if spending my own money.

I'm still keeping 2 Alfas on the drive.....

Thinkpad is God's Own Laptop.

SE phones are s*it. Dust ingress kills the joysticks and stops you seeing the screen.

F*ck off vamp, at least until you've learned how to edit config scripts and use functions like Automator and AppleScript. I seriously doubt you've ever used OS X, and third-hand opinions are the soft of thing an idiot repeats.

Can't tinker my arse. What you mean is, you can't buy crap software which claims to 'optimise' your operating system. Because you don't need it. No Registry.

Richard

God has a Toshiba.

SE phones are the best in terms of compatibility and interoperability. I'd be using one now if the P990 had got released but took the plunge and went HTC this time.

Sure. Of course, designing a case like the iMac case, or building your own laptop, is perhaps a bit tricky.

Being able to build computers has bugger all to do with /knowing/ computers. Slotting together a few cards and installing an OS is monkeywork.

I know how to fix older computers at a component level, but again, any idiot can wield a soldering iron.

Richard

God has a Toughbook. Guaranteed to survive pestilence, famine and other signs of the apocalypse. Still vulnerable to malware under Windows, though...

Richard (mmm. Toughbook with OS X. That'd be nice).

And so do I. Best laptop around.

Fraser

Tecra's just work. For ages.

Amen brother!

I have TrackPoint keyboards on all my desktops too. :)

I've got a K750i. It's the second one I've had. Both have had big problems with dust killing them. The first one got lost and this one's been back twice now. Got my first about 6 months ago. They're nice when they're working, but they don't last well.