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sine -''-..- · Apr 3, 2000, 10:53 PM

Common....

wlonh · Apr 3, 2000, 11:33 PM

um, really, this is not an appropriate post here.
if you have a comment like this you should direct it here:
CLICK

as i am going to do.

Ca$h68 · Apr 4, 2000, 12:40 AM

Uh...what?

Its not my fault that Apple's products have flaws. I merely point them out. So you should change your question.

Ca$h

ThinkInsane · Apr 4, 2000, 02:30 AM

You kids behave! Don't make me turn this internet around!

Apr 4, 2000, 10:43 AM

in the spirit of free enterprise and free speech, this web board was set up in order to allow people to express their opinions, and to help out other people with problems. To the large part, it has be a success. The administrators, (wlohn and misha especially) have done a wonderful job babysitting the iMac section of the board, but i don't think they should be forced to. My suggestion (so as wlohn doesn't transfer me

is that i think everyone could use a bit more self-criticism before they start ranting on how much apple sux, have you ever tried to run a successful computer super-giant? and another thing, Apple current holds (at best) 15 percent of the computing market share, while this is impressive considering where they were just a year and half ago, this still leaves 85 percent of the computer using world with opinions differing with us mac zealots. it's a rough world out there, we could all stand to be a bit nicer in here. that is all.

Feathers · Apr 4, 2000, 12:40 PM

I don't care what anybody says just so long as they spell it correctly!

Barney · Apr 4, 2000, 01:17 PM

Feather: If you're being serious, I couldn't agree with you more. Not only the spelling but the grammar, to put it mildly, is not exactly in top form.

sine -''-..- · Apr 4, 2000, 03:54 PM

Does anyone remember that you all agreed not to swear on these boards???

-- mjh

[This message has been edited by markhers (edited 04-04-2000).]

Feathers · Apr 4, 2000, 04:02 PM

OUCH!

Feathers · Apr 4, 2000, 04:06 PM

At least a Ca$h thread gets the blood racing and they're generally entertaining, unlike Anthony The Knob-Gobbler's shidpit posts.

sine -''-..- · Apr 4, 2000, 04:35 PM

hehe

true dat

Feathers · Apr 4, 2000, 05:31 PM

I've only just noticed:

Originally posted by Barney:
Feather: If you're being serious, I couldn't agree with you more. Not only the spelling but the grammar, to put it mildly, is not exactly in top form.

It's Feathers, if I only had one feather, I wouldn't be able to fly!

Anthony the PC lover · Apr 4, 2000, 06:01 PM

What is this? The "members only" forum?

MacFreez · Apr 4, 2000, 06:10 PM

heh-heh,

if Ca$h68 was no more, all U Ca$h-Bashers would surely miss him.

btw, did everyone see that MacWelt article on the 17" iMac Pro with the 3dfx graphics card?
http://www.macwelt.com/action.lasso?...63&-search I

....suppose to be a hoax, unfortunately.

Ca$h68 · Apr 5, 2000, 02:14 AM

Why is everyone upset with me? I just want apple to kick ass! the iMac is a perfect example. They could turn it into the ULTIMATE gaming machine... cheap... fast...portable. But instead they ship it with a crappy non-upgradeable graphics card, when JUST that change would make it kick some ass.

I think you need to understand that I LOVE apple, and I wish they would make some better decisions.

Ca$h

disectamac · Apr 5, 2000, 08:40 AM

I see hypocracy has no limits

slboett · Apr 5, 2000, 10:17 AM

The mentally ill deserve sympathy...

Scott

Ca$h68 · Apr 5, 2000, 05:29 PM

whatever. Unlike most of the members on this board, I'm not an old fart who is only interested in wordprocessing and AOL. I want lightning fast crisp vivid graphics, and I want it on a Mac. AND it should be cheap, so shut yer traps with the whole "buy a G4 tower" crap. Is this really too much to ask?

Ca$h

Adam Silver · Apr 5, 2000, 06:21 PM

Yes.

sine -''-..- · Apr 5, 2000, 06:27 PM

CA$H does have a point...
but of course everything has a price.
if the iMac had lets say an nVidea card,
it would be about 100-200 more lets say.
This would cause the iMac to be even more costly to the institutions and businesses that buy in quantity...
this mite cause, maybe 20% less in sales.. possibly causing stocks to go down, and also Apple go down due to lack of profit.... all cuz of a little nVidia iMac

wlonh · Apr 5, 2000, 06:35 PM

CASE IN POINT: "Unlike most of the members on this board, I'm not an old fart who is only interested in wordprocessing and AOL."

you can say NOTHING without INSULTING someone or GRATUITOUSLY using curses or BOTH... this is your style. this is why there is a GREAT deal of resentment towards you, and that resentment will surely grow stronger if you persist in expressing yourself in the cheapest and flashiest way possible.

I AM NO ANGEL and i am NOT so young anymore, i can bloody well assure you i am no old fart BUT there is a time and a place for everything. to cut down on the BULL**** and get THINGS DONE it helps to DISPENSE with the PUERILITY and BE NICE.

IT IS SO DAMN SIMPLE, A LITTLE CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS GOES A VERY LONG WAY.

you will learn that sooner or later, it's as easy or as hard a lesson as you make it.

Anthony the PC lover · Apr 5, 2000, 06:47 PM

Hey, how come he gets a slap on the wrist and I get banned from MacNN? I never swear!

slboett · Apr 5, 2000, 07:44 PM

If only you two COULD be banned...
Most of us have at one time or another mixed words with a moderator or two, but like wlonh said, there's a time to know when to give it up guys. When the number of posts you make is heavily weighted towards insults, foul language and other offensive content, it gets old quick.
See some of the FUN threads that are technically useless - it can be done.

Scott

sine -''-..- · Apr 5, 2000, 08:51 PM

now Ying, and Yang
can we come to an equalibrium here?

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ThinkInsane · Apr 5, 2000, 09:06 PM

I have heard just about enuff of you people bashing us pour spelers Just because we can't use no good gramer or punktuation don't mean we iz stoopid. Huked on phoicz wurked fer me

Besides, I just happen to be cixelsyD, so it's not all my fualt

I spend all day correcting spelling and grammer errors, so I don't want to come home and have to worry about it on the net. If they would just put spell check in the posts, I'ld be all set

Ca$h68 · Apr 6, 2000, 01:49 AM

Sorry. MAYBE I SHOULD TYPE IN ALL CAPS TO MAKE MY POINT! HAHA.

Anyway, don't you think apple could at LEAST make it an OPTION!??!!!?!?!! Think about it! An iMac with a kickBUTT graphics card would be KILLER! And if some people were WILLING TO PAY a few hundred extra (LIKE ME) then isn't that a good idea? I MEAN I KNOW that my PC friends always rag on my iMac and its crappy VIDEO card, but if I could just upgrade that ONE THING to get nice graphics, that would be GREAT!

Just an option, thats all I'm saying....

Ca$h

Misha · Apr 6, 2000, 07:59 AM

I think we've already established that the problem isn't Apple's, it's ATI's for not having a faster Mac card on the market. Similarly, it's a moot point to mention nVidia and 3dfx until they have a Mac products later this year. Maybe Apple will start using them instead, I don't know what the terms of their deal with ATI are.

Apr 6, 2000, 01:14 PM

video card video card video card. i hear about this bitch all the time, Apple's doing the best they can. The rage 128 in the new iMac's is more than adequate to do most things, it's a beautiful card, coupled with the onboard AGP 2x, it kicks ass. The iMac is a "jack of all trades" if you will. It's designed to do most things adequately, not really any one thing superbly. Unfortunately, Apple can't spend the time and money to develop options for their consumer machines until their market share is increased. There are many rumors about that Apple will start to produce a desktop-like machine w/o monitor for their consumer base. I'm sure that computer (if it is indeed real) will have some sort of graphics card upgrade option, b/c Ca$h is not the only one who has complained about it. However, nothing can be done by consistantly bitching about it on this web board, petition apple, write Physical letter, those are harder to ignore that e-mail. this entire board is about helping, and making helpful suggestions, and an occasional rant. the only problem is that Ca$h (i'm really not trying to single you out, but let's face it, you're quite boisterous in your demands) and people of the same ilk keep harping on foolish little things w/o taking the broad scheme of things into effect. Apple is just now become a solid computer company again, and perhaps they'll start taking risk that may or may not pay off, but for the time being, mac users will have to be content with what apple can provide us with (which is amazing, considering that horrid supply problems they have from ATI and MOTO) that is all, thank you.

Anthony the PC lover · Apr 6, 2000, 03:28 PM

Are you guys saying that something PC is actually better than something Mac? Hmm, I'm impressed. I didn't think such a thing existed.

[This message has been edited by Anthony the PC lover (edited 04-06-2000).]

ThinkInsane · Apr 6, 2000, 04:39 PM

"Anthony The Knob-Gobbler"? Although it is funny (no offense Anthony), I'm pretty sure that it's not very nice....

Anthony the PC lover · Apr 6, 2000, 10:55 PM

I think its funny too, however, i do try to keep away from gobbling knobs

. I think its even funnier that Feathers is allowed to actually post something like that without a moderator jumping in and deleting it.

Earlier, somebody posted something in another forum about "having trouble with cookies", so I posted an animated picture of the Cookie Monster and said "This guy should be able to help you out." It was deleted within 30 seconds. But when I get called a dirty name from someone else, its OK. Oh well, thats life for ya!

MacFreez · Apr 7, 2000, 12:22 PM

great speech wetsponge.

*applause*

and to ALL who contribute to this forum's
posts,
making it perhaps one of the most
entertaining/informative mac forums established on the web,

*applause*

maybe there's the seed of a sit-com here....

U know...a combo of current events and silliness.....hmmmmm.

<hr>

Ca$h68 · Apr 7, 2000, 01:03 PM

Boy, I sure feel honored to have my name on the most replied to topic in suggestions and comments. Hehe

Ca$h

Anthony the PC lover · Apr 7, 2000, 01:44 PM

We love you Ca$h!

Feathers · Apr 7, 2000, 01:54 PM

Apple DID provide an option, it was called Mezzanine - it took a great VoodooII card or SCSI or SCSI/Video Capture. Face it Ca$h, you bought the wrong iMac!!!

But I'll defend your right to make poor purchasing decisions with my life!

[This message has been edited by Feathers (edited 04-07-2000).]

Feathers · Apr 7, 2000, 02:01 PM

Gobbler's Knob - The location where, in the town of Puxatawny, every year Puxatawny Phil, the Groundhog, makes a declaration as to whether or not he can still see his shadow and thus proclaim the end of winter.

What else could you possibly have thought I was talking about?

Apr 7, 2000, 05:24 PM

That Cash guy said

"my PC friends always rag on my iMac and its crappy VIDEO card"

Aha! The truth comes out at last! There is your problem right there. You see, no REAL Mac fan would lower himself to have "PC friends" Don't you know that's how you get Cooties?

Anthony the PC lover · Apr 7, 2000, 07:03 PM

Hahahahaha Rocklord...hey, wait a sec!

Feathers: A knob gobbler is someone who gobbles knobs. Hence, someone who can lick the chrome off a doorknob, hence someone who likes to go down on men, if you know what I'm saying. Very inappropriate, but I'll live.

ThinkInsane · Apr 7, 2000, 07:43 PM

Chrome doorknobs? Wow, those must look pretty fancy indeed....

Feathers · Apr 7, 2000, 08:27 PM

What the hell is Anthony babbling about?

I remember Bill Murray, I remember Andie McDowell but I have no recollection of any doorknob licking! How the memory fades!

Apr 7, 2000, 08:38 PM

Forget about that PC lover guy, I'm the true Knob-Gobbler from Gobbler Knob

Apr 7, 2000, 08:47 PM

Forget about that PC lover guy, I'm the true Knob-Gobbler from Gobbler's Knob!

GroundHog day FOREVER!

chestercopperpot · Sep 19, 2006, 09:34 AM

This topic, while old, is hilarious.