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amsalpemkcus · 11:56 PM

I think it will become a place to discuss burgers!

chabig · 07:28 AM

The same thing that becomes of WinSuperSite if Windows goes bye bye?

Cubeoid · Oct 7, 2004, 11:21 PM

We become true geeks. Lovers of dead technology!

Xeo · Oct 7, 2004, 11:22 PM

I think it will continue on the same path for 2 or 3 years before the userbase starts to fade.

But I really don't think a profiting company like Apple has anything to worry about.

And your topic title sucks. I think that phrase is stupid.

george68 · Oct 7, 2004, 11:52 PM

We take over the world. Duh, didn't you get the memo?

- $

spatterson · Oct 8, 2004, 01:22 AM

Originally posted by george68:
We take over the world. Duh, didn't you get the memo?

- $

LOL

icruise · Oct 8, 2004, 01:57 AM

Frankly, if Apple goes under, we will all have bigger things to worry about than the future of MacNN.

Peter · Oct 8, 2004, 02:24 AM

Originally posted by amsalpemkcus:
I think it will become a place to discuss burgers!

your posts are annoying, and they arent funny

Lancer409 · Oct 8, 2004, 03:45 AM

Originally posted by spatterson:
LOL

agreed!

Lancer409 · Oct 8, 2004, 03:46 AM

Originally posted by Icruise:
Frankly, if Apple goes under, we will all have bigger things to worry about than the future of MacNN.

yeah ... not the gorgeous paperweight on my desk .. (it'd be the most beautiful paperweight i'd ever have touched (and YES i'd still use it for everything until the whole powerbook disintegrates)

but .... the worry comes with having to use windows again ..

chalk_outline · Oct 8, 2004, 07:05 AM

Originally posted by Icruise:
Frankly, if Apple goes under, we will all have bigger things to worry about than the future of MacNN.

Yes, my wife will remember how lame I am in bed.

turtle777 · Oct 8, 2004, 07:38 AM

Originally posted by chalk_outline:
Yes, my wife will remember how lame I am in bed.

Haha

-t

george68 · Oct 8, 2004, 07:39 AM

Originally posted by Icruise:
Frankly, if Apple goes under, we will all have bigger things to worry about than the future of MacNN.

Yep. Like if this asshat

gets control of the country. Of course the other asshat sucks too.... I suggest you vote third party.

- Rob

Eriamjh · Oct 8, 2004, 05:18 PM

Originally posted by Cubeoid:
We become true geeks. Lovers of dead technology!

You mean like those OS9 holdouts?
Or Newton users?
Or eMate freaks?
Or Fiero owners?

I guess it's better than loving vaporware like Longhorn.

nredman · Oct 8, 2004, 05:22 PM

then i probably would post here as long as the site stayed up. then i would use my mac until i couldn't anymore, then i'd buy a sony laptop and install linux on it. then post on linuxnn.com

Shaddim · Oct 8, 2004, 05:25 PM

Originally posted by Eriamjh:
You mean like those OS9 holdouts?
Or Newton users?
Or eMate freaks?
Or Fiero owners?

I guess it's better than loving vaporware like Longhorn.

Fiero... *shudder*

ironknee · Oct 8, 2004, 05:32 PM

Apple? I'm here for the people, man

cSurfr · Oct 8, 2004, 11:51 PM

Who is Apple? I'm just here for the witty commentary from superchicken and captain obvious.

Mr. Blur · Oct 8, 2004, 11:58 PM

Apple? I thought they had gone out of business at least 30 times already?

Xeo · Oct 9, 2004, 12:21 AM

Originally posted by Mr. Blur:
Apple? I thought they had gone out of business at least 30 times already?

43

amsalpemkcus · Oct 9, 2004, 12:23 AM

Originally posted by Xeo:
43

here is 44.

Apple will be gone in a years time!!

wdlove · Oct 9, 2004, 12:40 PM

I think that you have a failed premise. Apple will be around long after I'm gone.

tooki · Oct 9, 2004, 12:47 PM

After nuclear war, all that will be left is roaches, Cher, and Apple.

tooki

i_rooster · Oct 9, 2004, 12:49 PM

Originally posted by tooki:
After nuclear war, all that will be left is roaches, Cher, and Apple.

tooki

Man! you are funny!

TailsToo · Oct 9, 2004, 09:56 PM

Originally posted by tooki:
After nuclear war, all that will be left is roaches, Cher, and Apple.

tooki

and maybe oversized images.....

MacGorilla · Oct 9, 2004, 10:07 PM

Originally posted by TailsToo:
and maybe oversized images.....

and the people complaining about the new iMac's gfx card. "The world is over as well know it and I still have a mac with a sucky geeforce card!"

storer · Oct 10, 2004, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by george68:
We take over the world. Duh, didn't you get the memo?
- $

oh, i missed that one...

Cadaver · Oct 10, 2004, 06:33 PM

Originally posted by Xeo:
And your topic title sucks. I think that phrase is stupid.

Its a very British saying...

Agasthya · Oct 10, 2004, 07:09 PM

Originally posted by MacGorilla:
and the people complaining about the new iMac's gfx card. "The world is over as well know it and I still have a mac with a sucky geeforce card!"

And only 256MB of RAM.

vcutag · Oct 10, 2004, 08:20 PM

Originally posted by tooki:
After nuclear war, all that will be left is roaches, Cher, and Apple.

tooki

Oh, and Keith Richards.

"I smoked your uncle, did you know that?" F*cking crazy."

DekuDekuplex · Oct 10, 2004, 08:41 PM

Originally posted by nredman:
then i probably would post here as long as the site stayed up. then i would use my mac until i couldn't anymore, then i'd buy a sony laptop and install linux on it. then post on linuxnn.com

Linux on a Sony VAIO? Really? But which distribution will supply the drivers for the jogdials, memory stick readers, and other value-added features? Yellow Dog Linux doesn't work on a VAIO.

Mark my words: Apple will never flop; they have too many die-hard loyal users. But even if that were to happen, we'd probably keep coming back here for laughs. And to keep starring in the best running comedy ever in existence.

-- DekuDekuplex

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Oct 10, 2004, 08:47 PM

Frankly MacNN has a far greater chance of going tits up then Apple does.

tooki · Oct 11, 2004, 10:14 AM

Originally posted by DekuDekuplex:
Linux on a Sony VAIO? Really? But which distribution will supply the drivers for the jogdials, memory stick readers, and other value-added features? Yellow Dog Linux doesn't work on a VAIO.

There's a little company in NC that makes a small Linux distribution for PCs: RedHat Linux. (Actually, it's the Linux that Yellow Dog is based on. Terrasoft adds some of the Apple-specific support.) I'd bet that the Linux community already has jog-dial support for VAIOs.

tooki

ManOfSteal · Oct 11, 2004, 10:18 AM

You said tits.

theolein · Oct 11, 2004, 10:34 AM

If Apple dies... well obviously then we all switch to Linux and/or Windows. I would hate for Apple to die but both Linux and Windows do mostly work even if they are both more complicated and have more problems than OSX. Although Windows gets religiously flamed by Mac zealots, the majority of companies and home users world wide use it and do manage to get most of their stuff done, even if it isn't as pleasant an experience as OSX is.

Also, x86 isn't all bad. The Centrino mobile chips are pretty damn good and they are better at power saving than PPC at the moment, and the AMD x86-64 seem to offer very good performance as well.

Even Longhorn, which will eventually come out, be it in 2006 or 2007, will probably offer some real improvements over XP, and have a similar floating windows experience to what OSX offers.

It won't be the end of the world.

But I seriously doubt that Apple is going to die anytime soon, especially if Apple follows some of the basic steps that it has been doing in recent years, such as
A. Keep increasing the total OSX/Mac userbase, even if this doesn't translate into overall marketshare in the computer world.
B. Keep coming out with real innovative services and products such as the iPod and iTMS.
C. Make sure that their competitors don't manage to kill successful stuff such as iTMS, which is something that Microsoft would really love to do.

Xeo · Oct 11, 2004, 11:20 AM

Originally posted by Cadaver:
Its a very British saying...

Well the people around here that use it tend to use it are stupid. So when you only hear a phrase out of stupid people's mouths, the phrase becomes very stupid too.

i_rooster · Oct 11, 2004, 11:43 AM

Originally posted by Xeo:
Well the people around here that use it tend to use it are stupid. So when you only hear a phrase out of stupid people's mouths, the phrase becomes very stupid too.

You sound very clever yourself saying what you just said!!

brapper · Oct 11, 2004, 12:19 PM

Originally posted by i_rooster:

You sound very clever yourself saying what you just said!!

booooooooo
how's that for clever?

i_rooster · Oct 11, 2004, 12:20 PM

Originally posted by brapper:
booooooooo
how's that for clever?

You are more clever than me for sure!

macvillage.net · Oct 11, 2004, 12:26 PM

There's still a bunch of people getting a boner off the Newton.

I think were all safe. There will always be Mac lovers.

Lateralus · Oct 11, 2004, 12:41 PM

We become the next Amiga community.

Oct 11, 2004, 12:52 PM

Originally posted by chabig:
The same thing that becomes of WinSuperSite if Windows goes bye bye?

Paul Thurott will go insane and kill himself?

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Oct 11, 2004, 01:02 PM

Originally posted by Xeo:
Well the people around here that use it tend to use it are stupid. So when you only hear a phrase out of stupid people's mouths, the phrase becomes very stupid too.

I heard that saying on Kid on the Hall 10 years ago and I thought it was hilarious.

Twilly Spree · Oct 11, 2004, 01:40 PM

Originally posted by cSurfr:
Who is Apple? I'm just here for the witty commentary from superchicken and captain obvious.

Good for you

MindFad · Oct 11, 2004, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by MacGorilla:
and the people complaining about the new iMac's gfx card. "The world is over as well know it and I still have a mac with a sucky geeforce card!"

It sucks.

Anyway, if Apple goes tits up, we'll all still find **** to bitch about.