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Landos Mustache · Jul 13, 2006, 09:39 AM

http://homepage.mac.com/arawaksolutions/

Turn a classic mac into speakers.

SkirtingTheBan · Jul 13, 2006, 09:52 AM

No workie.

Landos Mustache · Jul 13, 2006, 10:05 AM

Good old .Mac and its bandwidth limits. Definitely worth $99 a year.

scaught · Jul 13, 2006, 10:21 AM

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mac128k-1984 · Jul 13, 2006, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Good old .Mac and its bandwidth limits. Definitely worth $99 a year.

Definitely a good buy, I agree.

I've been a .mac user now for a while and I've been pretty pleased. Too bad about the bandwidth restriction though.

production_coordinator · Jul 13, 2006, 11:09 AM

It's been slashdotted... Most services would have closed it down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdotted

It's not .mac I'm guessing... but more of a bandwidth restriction (my non .mac service would have done the same thing).

production_coordinator · Jul 13, 2006, 11:13 AM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9213205...ith/188007566/

Interesting project...

jedi2187 · Jul 13, 2006, 12:20 PM

This one is my personal fave....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fritzgu...n/photostream/

Gossamer · Jul 13, 2006, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by mac128k-1984

Definitely a good buy, I agree.

I've been a .mac user now for a while and I've been pretty pleased. Too bad about the bandwidth restriction though.

He was using sarcasm. Most people around here don't like .mac.

scaught · Jul 13, 2006, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by Gossamer

He was using sarcasm. Most people around here don't like .mac.

or sarcasm. HEY-YO.

mac128k-1984 · Jul 13, 2006, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by Gossamer

He was using sarcasm. Most people around here don't like .mac.

I know, and while my response was also intended to be a bit sarcastic, its also a true opinion on how I feel about .mac.

Eug Wanker · Jul 13, 2006, 01:05 PM

.Mac is a ripoff IMO.

Landos Mustache · Jul 13, 2006, 01:08 PM

Ya really I couldn't tell if mac128k-1984 was being serious or snarky.

Landos Mustache · Jul 13, 2006, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

.Mac is a ripoff IMO.

Isn't that what I told you before you bought it a year ago

Eug Wanker · Jul 13, 2006, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Isn't that what I told you before you bought it a year ago

Well, I might have actually kept it (despite the high cost), if it had actually stayed up 24/7. But it didn't. .Mac syncing was not very consistent.

Landos Mustache · Jul 13, 2006, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

Well, I might have actually kept it (despite the high cost), if it had actually stayed up 24/7. But it didn't. .Mac syncing was not very consistent.

So it is more unreliable than a rip off then?
Personally I never had a reliability problem, I just thought it was highly overpriced and .Mac mail online was horrible as it had no spam filtering.

mac128k-1984 · Jul 13, 2006, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Ya really I couldn't tell if mac128k-1984 was being serious or snarky.

a little of both

I don't want this thread to get into a .mac sux debate. suffice to say I find value in the .mac offerings and I've been pleased with it

Peace

Eug Wanker · Jul 13, 2006, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

So it is more unreliable than a rip off then?
Personally I never had a reliability problem, I just thought it was highly overpriced and .Mac mail online was horrible as it had no spam filtering.

Well, it's still expensive, and it's unreliable.

ie. If it was very cheap, I might have kept it. Or if it was at its current price with near-perfect reliability, I also might have kept it.

IceEnclosure · Jul 13, 2006, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by mac128k-1984

Definitely a good buy, I agree.

I've been a .mac user now for a while and I've been pretty pleased. Too bad about the bandwidth restriction though.

I got like 35 years of Dreamhost for $99 bucks, and it's like 60 Terabytes : \

or somethin' like that.

Oh, nice speaker.