OSX on a Mac Mini

[TheMagicM]

So I took my son (10) and my little girl (5) to the Apple store.  My son wants a Mac Mini (Core 2 Duo version) so I decided I'll give it a shot.  When I arrived, we found the mini and my son started playing around with Garageband and somewhat knew his way around and was using it.  So I left him playing while I took my daughter to the center of the store where they had a circular desk area w/a few Mac's with kids games.  While she was playing I noticed the "buzz" in the store and it seemed like Apple had got it right.  OSX is a pretty cool operating system from what little I saw.  Their systems are eye appealing and even the kids games were great for my little girl.  I ended up ordering a Mini from BestBuy.com but its a Xmas gift for my son so he cant use it just yet.

At any rate, in the store it felt like the old Amiga days.  There was enough hardware there for anyone to use with a variety of cool apps to check out.  Now I'm a linux user so I wouldnt go run out and get a MacMini for myself but I'm sure my son is going to love his gift.

-Alex

[TheMagicM]

@mauidj:

Your argument makes me laugh.

Who do you think you are criticizing my purchasing habits?  

Is there some sort of rule that states that I must buy something from a certain store if someone talks to me?  When I buy something, its a-hole salesmen that I brush off.  I'm very tech savvy and know what I'm looking at.  I dont need a high school dropout, teenager or salesman to explain the details of a system I know more about than they do.  Yea its like that.  I'm the buyer who interrupts you in mid-sentence and shoo's you away before you can ask me how I'm doing.  They are there one minute, next minute they're waiting tables at a restaurant (I've seen that a few times).

I may not have sat and used it for x amount of minutes but I have read up on it and am very thorough before I make a purchase.

Now, the reason I didnt buy from Apple was because I have a Best Buy card that I can put the Mini on and have I think 90 days or whatever it is to pay it off no interest.  Also, Best Buy doesnt have any Mini's I can see first hand, just laptops.  Since I had $400 I put the rest on the card and will have it paid off next month.  Does that work for you?  Are there any further questions you have about my spending habits?

[TheMagicM]

@stefcep2:

So basically like you and mauidj want uninformed idiots who are easily scammed from their money to walk into your stores that way you can swindle them of their hard earned dollar?  Unfortunately it doesnt work like that.  
If someone chooses the life of a salesman, their inability to provide for themselves or whomever isnt my problem.  With my hard earned dollar I have the freedom to choose where I spend it and how I spend it.  If a local store wants my $, it'll take more than peon salesman to get it.  So save the drama for yo' mamma.  You'll get no sympathy from me.

As a matter of fact I need to go to the Apple store, view some more hardware, then buy online  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:


EDIT:
Now if any of you two feel like talking more trash about how I spend my money, you'll find your post deleted.  That will be the first warning.  (I only give 2, the second puts you on vacation).


Stay on topic.  To jog everyone's memory its:

Apple and OSX got something right.
Ambiance at the store.
Reminds me of old Amiga days.

[TheMagicM]

@clint:

Jesus Christ.. Thank you man!!!  :-)



@all:
It seems as though (maybe I'm wrong), software developers and companies overlook kids games (young kids).  When I look for games for my little girl for her Windows box its all for Win 98 or DOS.  I'm sure there are newer but maybe some kids games for MorphOS and OS4 would be a hit?

[TheMagicM]

@odin:

Sorry man, I dont take crap from anyone.  If you throw some my way, I throw it right back.  Just because I'm a moderator does not mean I have to take what people say to me.  I speak my mind, sorry if it hurt anyones feelings.

[TheMagicM]

nine3o:

Never heard of the hackintosh.. I take it its a x86 based system running OSX.  hmm..I've thought about it since I had OSX running on a VMWare session.

The Mac Mini my son has is a 1.8ghz Core 2 Duo.  I dont think he'll max it out since he uses his Xbox 360 for games.

[TheMagicM]

@stefcep2:

my purpose in deleting posts like yours is because its bashing, off-topic and pointless.  If I hurt peoples or salespeople's feelings by not buying from their store, again, my choice and I dont care.  I've noticed quite often when users whine on this site or any Amiga site they see in their eyes that its "ok" to whine and complain and berate others.  As soon as a authority figure corrects them they complain of censorship.  I can only please one person per day, today is probably not your day.  Again, sorry.


@nine3o:


I havent played around with my VMWare session in quite some time.. I'll have to check it out.  I'll be pretty excited to see how my son adapts and uses this system.  He's pretty good using Garageband.