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Re: The coolest thing I've seen this week
« on: October 19, 2008, 06:41:51 PM »
I have a  nice shiny new MacBook Pro on order... my god... that is a thing of beauty...

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Re: The coolest thing I've seen this week
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2008, 07:17:53 PM »
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Yeah the Macbooks are nice, but i can't agree that with the price tag they are worth it.  I have used a lot of computers and operating systems and honestly yeah the OSX is nice (at least the last two releases of it) but Mac is still over priced and since there really is no hardware distinction anymore all your buying is a regular PC with a different operating system.  Personally i'd rather buy a used laptop and put SUSE on it lol.  


It's the engineering that's gone into it and how good it looks that counts.

2 GPUs... 2.8Ghz Dual core CPU... 4Gig RAM... 320gig HD... LED  backlit display... yeah the price works fine for me... Actually the single-unit aluminium case alone is worth the price for me...

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Re: The coolest thing I've seen this week
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2008, 02:43:18 PM »
Hahaha :lol: yeah because using out of date technology makes a computer so much more special!

I'm happy Apple now use the latest technology, now I can use the best tech in a machine that looks like a work of art.

Oh, and MacOS X isn't "just BSD with eye candy", I suggest reading up on the Coca application framework and the XNU kernel... Wikipedia will help here.

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Re: The coolest thing I've seen this week
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2008, 03:49:31 PM »
@Raffaele

Ok, I do in some way agree with you... I love the Amiga, but you have to remember why I fell in love the Amiga. It was the best machine of its time.

The amiga is a retro hobby machine now, it supliments my serious computing needs. This site isn't an exclusive club, it's an inclusive club for those who need help with Amiga stuff or want to talk about amiga stuff... Regardless of wether or not people even own an Amiga any more.

 

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Re: The coolest thing I've seen this week
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2008, 04:04:37 PM »
@Raffaele

But I love technology... That love of technology got me into the Amiga... I'm not going to stop loving technology just because the Amiga died. Most of the Amiga scene was built around people who love technology, people I can relate to... They are still here and we still keep on top of the latest developments...

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Re: The coolest thing I've seen this week
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2008, 05:44:14 PM »
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While vaste majority here is nuthing than a bunch of nostalgics who are here on Amiga.org to cry about Amiga, and to ask suggestions on how they can emulate retrogaming.

Pathetic...



I call that keeping the Amiga platform alive...

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@Raffaele

But I love technology... That love of technology got me into the Amiga... I'm not going to stop loving technology just because the Amiga died. Most of the Amiga scene was built around people who love technology, people I can relate to... They are still here and we still keep on top of the latest developments...


If you believe that Amiga is dead, then why are you here?

We are here beacuse Amiga is alive, being sold on the market, and still evolving despite the poor amount of money that actual firms could invest in it...
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We are all that keeps the Amiga alive by still remembering it. But as a serious computer platform it is dead, even my Mobile Phone is light years beyond anything the Amiga has ever achieved.

I'm here because I still love the platform, I lvoe the community and I like to help out users set up classic Amiga environments... either Emulation and/or real/FPGA hardware...

The new MacBook is lovely, it evokes everything I loved about my first Amiga... get over it.