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brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 14, 2007, 08:54 PM

So i was up to the baker college dorms visiting a friend today and setting her up with a lime green iMac to replace her old PII 300.. And her roomies bf came in and said why would you want that peice of trash.. And hes like macs cant run windows.. I explained to him that they can boot windows natively and of course He was like if it can run windows its not a mac.. And continued on to say that the Mac interface is clunky and that the microsoft office isnt avalible for mac along with adobe CS2 and said that you cant do regular day to day tasks on it.. How come some diehard PC users are just a**holes?? Ive switched about 5 people up at baker college to mac and they love it.. but then youve got this 19 year old punk who comes in knowing everything..
How are we supposed to deal with stupid PC users like him

MaxPower · Jan 14, 2007, 08:56 PM

Judo chop?

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 14, 2007, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by MaxPower

Judo chop?

Exactly.. He was messing with 2 big girls.. LOL we could probably knock his 100lb ass out.. LOL the boy is White and Nerdy lol

Railroader · Jan 14, 2007, 09:02 PM

Put him on your ignore list?

Kerrigan · Jan 14, 2007, 09:16 PM

lime green iMac to replace her old PII 300

woah this thread feels ancient

Gossamer · Jan 14, 2007, 09:18 PM

RANT: People out there are different than me!

Zarqawi's Eye · Jan 14, 2007, 09:18 PM

why would you want anyone's first mac to be a lime green imac from the turn of the century?

smacintush · Jan 14, 2007, 09:20 PM

So why give a crap about some 19 year old punk?

Just smile and agree with everything he says. Let him be confused and look down his nose at you. Who cares? Even if you prove EVERY SINGLE POINT of his he still won't admit he's wrong and he still won't give a crap about the Mac.

MicroSoft. Catering to the lowest common denominator since 1975.

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 14, 2007, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by Zarqawi's Eye

why would you want anyone's first mac to be a lime green imac from the turn of the century?

She comes from a poor family and I figured Id help her out.. its better than the windows box.. and its pretty decent running tiger.. 512MB/120GB/DVD.. Great machine for her use

Originally Posted by Railroader

Put him on your ignore list?

I wish i could ignore him.. but hes stupid.. and I dont mind arguing with 19 year old punks.. kind of fun..

mduell · Jan 14, 2007, 10:59 PM

You can't boot Windows natively on a lime green iMac.

MM-o4 · Jan 14, 2007, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by mduell

You can't boot Windows natively on a lime green iMac.

D'oh

the young punk was right!1!

what a little tosser.

Good on you for helping some one out (she's cute right). Good to hear.

-MM-

MattJeff · Jan 14, 2007, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by MaxPower

Judo chop?

one of my fav ways of ending those convs.

bowwowman · Jan 14, 2007, 11:24 PM

I dont mind arguing with 19 year old punks.. kind of fun

never aurgue with idiots, they will beat you down with their experience

smacintush · Jan 15, 2007, 01:57 AM

Originally Posted by bowwowman

never aurgue with idiots, they will beat you down with their experience

When you argue with idiot, you make it hard for others to tell who the idiot is.

(what movie is that from?)

zro · Jan 15, 2007, 02:56 AM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

So i was up to the baker college dorms visiting a friend today and setting her up with a lime green iMac

Why would you want that piece of trash?

All you can do is lay down the facts, laugh at him if he persists and inform him that GEICO could use a stud like him for their next caveman commercial.

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 15, 2007, 03:02 AM

Originally Posted by MM-o4

D'oh

the young punk was right!1!

what a little tosser.

Good on you for helping some one out (she's cute right). Good to hear.

-MM-

LOL i explained to him that it booted on my mac mini.. in fact tonight I made his jaw drop.. I took the mini over there and booted into windows.. Hes had no words.. then He said macs couldnt serve websites and whatnot.. I connected to my iMac 400mhz running OS X server 10.3.9... Hes like uuhh thats linux I was like nope and used ssh to access my server at home.. LOL the kid was dumbfounded..

yeah shes cute.. lol im a girl too.. lol we are both curvy girls and We both figured if that kid ran his mouth again we'd just have to take care of him...

Atomic Rooster · Jan 15, 2007, 03:04 AM

A good knee-jerk reaction to the gonads works also.

Kerrigan · Jan 15, 2007, 03:25 AM

I've never seen or heard of a girl beating up a guy. Just thought I'd point that out...

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 15, 2007, 03:36 AM

lol imagine the skinniest, whitest nerdiest kid that is peppered with zits.. one good hit would knock him down.. I mean im not a small girl.. LOL anyways it was fun to prove him wrong about macs..

Gamoe · Jan 15, 2007, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

lol we are both curvy girls and We both figured if that kid ran his mouth again we'd just have to take care of him...

If I say Macs are trash, will you gals take care of me, too?

Miniryu · Jan 15, 2007, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

lol imagine the skinniest, whitest nerdiest kid that is peppered with zits.. one good hit would knock him down.. I mean im not a small girl.. LOL anyways it was fun to prove him wrong about macs..

Wow. I kinda hope he keeps talking trash so that you will have no other choice but to judo chop him. Then you can come back here and tell us all about it.

Know what? Lie to us and tell us it happened.

I miss my iMac DV (lime green, of course). I bought it in 1999 (when I first started coming to this forums). It was my first computer purchase ever. If it didn't get toasted by a crappy electrical wiring system + no surge protector, I would probably be still using it today.

Y3a · Jan 15, 2007, 08:22 AM

The most devestating thing you can do to a young college 'boy' is laugh at him, and NEVER call him anything but a child, etc.

IceEnclosure · Jan 15, 2007, 12:37 PM

peppered with zits, eww.

why do you keep calling him white? what color are you?

wolfen · Jan 15, 2007, 12:41 PM

Being close minded is bad. That's why atheism is such a catastrophe.

centerchannel68 · Jan 15, 2007, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

So i was up to the baker college dorms visiting a friend today and setting her up with a lime green iMac to replace her old PII 300.. And her roomies bf came in and said why would you want that peice of trash.. And hes like macs cant run windows.. I explained to him that they can boot windows natively and of course He was like if it can run windows its not a mac.. And continued on to say that the Mac interface is clunky and that the microsoft office isnt avalible for mac along with adobe CS2 and said that you cant do regular day to day tasks on it.. How come some diehard PC users are just a**holes?? Ive switched about 5 people up at baker college to mac and they love it.. but then youve got this 19 year old punk who comes in knowing everything..
How are we supposed to deal with stupid PC users like him

How about getting even by selling him something and then not sending it to him? That'd show him.

lpkmckenna · Jan 15, 2007, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by wolfen

Being close minded is bad. That's why atheism is such a catastrophe.

Chuckit · Jan 15, 2007, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by wolfen

Being close minded is bad. That's why atheism is such a catastrophe.

And me without my "Wrong forum!" graphic.

Saetre · 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by wolfen

Being close minded is bad. That's why atheism is such a catastrophe.

nevermind

lpkmckenna · Jan 15, 2007, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

I took the mini over there and booted into windows.. Hes had no words.. then He said macs couldnt serve websites and whatnot.. I connected to my iMac 400mhz running OS X server 10.3.9... Hes like uuhh thats linux I was like nope and used ssh to access my server at home.. LOL the kid was dumbfounded..

You've answered your own question. The only way to deal with zealots is to actually show them.

Trying to argue with zealots is worthless because arguing is too abstract for their little minds; they have to see it.

I've found three demos really hit hard:

Spotlight (and a Spotlight-based app like SpotInside);
column view (using Finder, Phoenix Slides, and Nisus Thesaurus); and
drag'n'drop, with the Dock, and with Expose.

I also love to use the contextual Dictionary pop-up, which I keep bound to F8.

Chuckit · Jan 15, 2007, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure

peppered with zits, eww.

why do you keep calling him white? what color are you?

I assume she means "sickly pale" rather than "European." That was the image it conjured for me, anyway.

Kerrigan · Jan 15, 2007, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

lol imagine the skinniest, whitest nerdiest kid that is peppered with zits.. one good hit would knock him down.. I mean im not a small girl.. LOL anyways it was fun to prove him wrong about macs..

YouTube - White & Nerdy

real · Jan 15, 2007, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by bowwowman

never aurgue with idiots, they will beat you down with their experience

Could not have said it better.

Don't worry about people like that they are everywhere, not just in the Windows vs. Mac arena

real

mdc · Jan 15, 2007, 06:03 PM

No matter how 'popular' Macs become and even if the 'myths' about Macs all but dried up there would still be PC users who still have to degrade the Mac to make themselves feel better about their PC.

Honestly, the best thing you can do is just ignore him, let him live in his little PC world he's loving.

I hope your friend enjoys her Mac. Very nice thing you did.

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 15, 2007, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

How about getting even by selling him something and then not sending it to him? That'd show him.

Hey Rob.. How about you quit thread crapping!!, Im not steven, Im niesha..

And my friend discovered iPhoto today and shes been on it all day.. The kid finally got put in his place.. one of the other girls got sick of him being a smart a** and layed him out clean on the floor LOL

centerchannel68 · Jan 15, 2007, 07:02 PM

Hey Niesha... it was just a suggestion to get back at the guy. Sheesh. Don't take everything so personally.

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 15, 2007, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

Hey Niesha... it was just a suggestion to get back at the guy. Sheesh. Don't take everything so personally.

Sorry.. for snapping.. The girls got him good.. one of them decked him and tonight they are waiting till he falls asleep and painting his nails pink and purple... LOL

centerchannel68 · Jan 15, 2007, 07:26 PM

You guys must like him.

ghporter · Jan 15, 2007, 07:50 PM

I like the "ignore the 19 year old punk" comment. He's a moron and not worth the breath to even tell to shut up. I don't get along with ANYONE who is a closed minded jerk, whether it's about PCs or Macs or anything else. Of course there's also the point that closed minded jerk 19 year olds are typically NOT careful about their PC's antivirus software and you know where that goes...

Brass · Jan 15, 2007, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by Zarqawi's Eye

why would you want anyone's first mac to be a lime green imac from the turn of the century?

heheh... I love that phrase... never though to actually use it since last century... now it has a whole new context! doh!

olePigeon · Jan 16, 2007, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by Brass

heheh... I love that phrase... never though to actually use it since last century... now it has a whole new context! doh!

We haven't seen a computer that old since the last millennia.

IceEnclosure · Jan 16, 2007, 12:49 AM

I had a 333MHz iMac running Panther and it was just peachy. No one would mistake it for a Photoshop Powerhouse, but great for a hundred other tasks.

brokecollegestudentF04 · Jan 16, 2007, 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

I like the "ignore the 19 year old punk" comment. He's a moron and not worth the breath to even tell to shut up. I don't get along with ANYONE who is a closed minded jerk, whether it's about PCs or Macs or anything else. Of course there's also the point that closed minded jerk 19 year olds are typically NOT careful about their PC's antivirus software and you know where that goes...

LOL yeah.. No Antivirus usually means disaster in windows xp..

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure

I had a 333MHz iMac running Panther and it was just peachy. No one would mistake it for a Photoshop Powerhouse, but great for a hundred other tasks.

I set up another student with a 333mhz iMac running panther.. they absolutely love it..