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TheGUiTom · Jan 27, 2005, 01:49 PM

Would you switch to Windows for $1000? You can't buy a Mac or another computer with the $1000...

Just curious.

DeathToWindows · Jan 27, 2005, 01:55 PM

I have a thing against using operating systems that cause severe nausea!

typoon · Jan 27, 2005, 01:58 PM

Add a couple more zero's and I would consider it.

MacNStein · Jan 27, 2005, 02:02 PM

no.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Jan 27, 2005, 02:02 PM

$1000? I wouldn't switch my toilet paper for that little!

lavar78 · Jan 27, 2005, 02:06 PM

Originally posted by typoon:
Add a couple more zeroes and I would consider it.

Fixed and

John Q. Smith · Jan 27, 2005, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
$1000? I wouldn't switch my toilet paper for that little!

i wipe my ass with a mac too

Mafia · Jan 27, 2005, 02:24 PM

no..1000 dollars isn't worth a lifetime of frustration.

RonnieoftheRose · Jan 27, 2005, 02:32 PM

This may sound abnormal but I really mean it - I would not dump Mac OSX for a million dollars cash. I mean it. I really really mean it.

andreas_g4 · Jan 27, 2005, 02:32 PM

Ketzer!

Mafia · Jan 27, 2005, 02:32 PM

Originally posted by RonnieoftheRose:
This may sound abnormal but I really mean it - I dump Macs for a million dollars cash. I mean it. I really really mean it.

ya probably for a million dollars, but definitely not for a 1000.

RonnieoftheRose · Jan 27, 2005, 02:34 PM

Originally posted by Mafia:
ya probably for a million dollars, but definitely not for a 1000.

Er...I fixed my post. It's difficult to type with one hand, read the screen and rest on my side at the same time. On any operating system.

BoomStick · Jan 27, 2005, 02:34 PM

You'd need the grand to buy all of the software that you'd need to keep adware, spyware and virii out of it.

Then by next year, you have to resubscribe to those services.

PC's are a firkkin scam.

Randman · Jan 27, 2005, 02:50 PM

For US$1,000? I'd do it ... for a day. Maybe 18 hours. More than that?

no!

turtle777 · Jan 27, 2005, 02:53 PM

Originally posted by Randman:
For US$1,000? I'd do it ... for a day. Maybe 18 hours. More than that? no!

Is that an auction ?

I'm bidding two days

-t

MilkmanDan · Jan 27, 2005, 03:12 PM

hmm... could I 'switch' and just run VPC on my powerbook every now and then?

CD Hanks · Jan 27, 2005, 03:14 PM

Done. Where's my $1000?

wdlove · Jan 28, 2005, 10:17 AM

No way!

Sherwin · Jan 28, 2005, 10:20 AM

Nay, nay and thrice nay.

demograph68 · Jan 28, 2005, 10:25 AM

I'd switch for $1,000 plus the fastest PC to date and a copy of Doom 3. (I'll switch back after beating the game of course.)

GoGoReggieXPowars · Jan 28, 2005, 10:46 AM

No, I switched to the Mac in the first place for a reason, to get away from Windows and DOS.

fireside · Jan 28, 2005, 11:02 AM

Originally posted by demograph68:
I'd switch for $1,000 plus the fastest PC to date and a copy of Half-Life 2. (I'll switch back after beating the game of course.)

fixed.

demograph68 · Jan 28, 2005, 11:10 AM

Originally posted by fireside:
fixed.

Ok, that too.

JHromadka · Jan 28, 2005, 12:12 PM

I have to support Win2K servers at work. I'm not about to deal with it at home.

Thilo Ettelt · Jan 28, 2005, 12:46 PM

Originally posted by TheGUiTom:
Would you switch to Windows for $1000? You can't buy a Mac or another computer with the $1000...

Just curious.

Well this is weird. If you had the 1000 bucks, then you could afford two Mac minis. How could you not buy a Mac then? I think if there was a rule that did not allow you to buy a Mac then there would be desperate attempts to break it.

- Thilo

TheGUiTom · Jan 28, 2005, 01:00 PM

Yes, that's what I meant Thilo!
It is a rule

malvolio · Jan 28, 2005, 02:18 PM

Since I have used Windoze at work for several years, you'd have to pay me at least $10,000,000 to even consider switching.

Judge_Fire · Jan 28, 2005, 03:41 PM

I've got a Shuttle AMD box as a second computer, purely for games. It's a great console

Every now and then there's a piece of software that you can't get on a mac (yet), that's why, but honestly, most of the cool software is Mac only.

J

angelmb · Jan 28, 2005, 04:22 PM

Do you think it would be worth?

Hell no!

nerd · Jan 28, 2005, 05:02 PM

I would say I would switch but I really wouldn't. I would just leave a prop up in the living room or something and hide the G5 in a secret room.

Other then that I feel the same way as RonnieoftheRose.

Brad

Originally posted by RonnieoftheRose:
This may sound abnormal but I really mean it - I would not dump Mac OSX for a million dollars cash. I mean it. I really really mean it.

Superchicken · Jan 28, 2005, 05:22 PM

My PowerBook cost more than that... why on earth would I dump it? Perhaps I might take 1000 bucks if you simply wanted me to have one... granted I'd install Linux on it and figure out how to make some use out of it.

CharlesS · Jan 28, 2005, 06:44 PM

Originally posted by RonnieoftheRose:
This may sound abnormal but I really mean it - I would not dump Mac OSX for a million dollars cash. I mean it. I really really mean it.

Are you so sure? With that kind of money, I could switch back in an instant, only to a much nicer Mac than the one I currently have, and I'd have a bunch of cash left. And a spare PC for testing in case I ever decide to make a real web site instead of just an HTML page with some hyperlinks to my software apps.

For $1000, on the other hand... hell no.

tavilach · Jan 28, 2005, 06:55 PM

I dumped over $2000 for my PowerBook. I'd never switch back for $1000...

For $10,000, I might consider it.

For $100,000, I'd do it in a second. Mac OS X is better, but it is not$100,000 better. Windows really isn't that horrible, and those of you who think otherwise are just deluding yourselves.

demograph68 · Jan 28, 2005, 09:39 PM

Originally posted by tavilach:
Windows really isn't that horrible, and those of you who think otherwise are just deluding yourselves.

If I had to use it, I'd skin the hell out of it. Example

ManOfSteal · Jan 28, 2005, 10:32 PM

I'd take $1,000 to use VPC any-day.

TheGUiTom · Jan 30, 2005, 04:51 AM

I think my health is more important than $1000...

Gankdawg · Jan 30, 2005, 10:03 AM

Originally posted by tavilach:
I dumped over $2000 for my PowerBook. I'd never switch back for $1000...

For $10,000, I might consider it.

For $100,000, I'd do it in a second. Mac OS X is better, but it is not$100,000 better. Windows really isn't that horrible, and those of you who think otherwise are just deluding yourselves.

And just think of all the games you could buy with $100K....