Computer Jargon

[Madaz]

yeah thats what turned me off mac's was there OS on the iMac was very clumsy to the garbage im used too XP that is

oh and the only 1 mouse button which ment no right clicking

[kralster]

The OS is one of the key reasons i'm interested in getting a mac. You don't need a 2nd mouse button, and it's a million times more stable than a microsoft OS and very easy to use.

[Madaz]

so how do you get the properties of a file

and mac games cost so much more than PC if that was all the family had (excluding you)

[Cubes]

The difference with macs is it just works.

Spend a little time with the latest macos and you'll grow to it.

Common look and feel. Windows has its own as does Mac. So going from a pc to a mac without any real prior experience feels clumsy as you say. The same goes when going from mac to windows.

[Madaz]

yeah true just too used to windows

[Pauly33GTS-t]

a FPS on a one click mouse is like china without rice.

[kralster]

It will not be used for games what so ever.

[Pauly33GTS-t]

then buy the equivalent of a 486 dx2 66, with a turbo button.

[Cubes]

My first attempt at overclocking was with a 486sx25. Got it to 50mhz and was stable too.

That was my first comp after the old Amiga 500/600 and then 1200. Who rembers the old Test drive? Loved that game.

Memories of the old amiga club meets with external disk drives stacked as high as a monitor all running off copies.

[Pauly33GTS-t]

My first attempt at overclocking was with a 486sx25. Got it to 50mhz and was stable too.

That was my first comp after the old Amiga 500/600 and then 1200. Who rembers the old Test drive? Loved that game.

oh yeah baby

i remember my commodore 64... or my 286 with "elevator" LMAO and "frogger" and last but defintely not least... "Leisure suit larry"!

[Cubes]

lol Leisure Suit Larry. I can't remember which one it was but I could never get all that far in it. I was either arrested for forgetting to do my fly up or dick fell off from an STD. lol

[kralster]

i remember when dad bought home a 486 DX2-66 processor, that thing flew it was unbeleiveable.

I still only had a 386 SX33 with 6 mb of ram and an AdLib soundcard.

[Cubes]

Screen shot time.

Chop a da head and squirt a da blood.

And the game that used to get the hairs on the back of my neck standing on end..

Shadow of the Best

[kralster]

Best OS ever

[Pauly33GTS-t]

I remember when we got our first 2x CD-ROM and SoundBlaster32, it was a Creative labs, and it was a big deal. it came with like 8 games, and heaps of manuals lol, and the box was the size of the box that youd normally find a case inside.

good old days. where small things came in big packages and were exciting.

[kralster]

yeah i miss the old days of computing.

I remember our first single speed cd rom that was external, was absolutely huge and needed caddys for the cd's.

those were the good old days.

[KISIN]

who leases laptops ? decided its a better option 4 me rather then buying. And whats a w00p ass lappy, when not taking cost into consideration ?

[kralster]

macbook pro

thats what i'm thinking of getting

[Guest]

This says all...

A:\>_

If you were lucky to have 10Mb hard disk brick. You had to park your hard disk before you can turn off your PC.

For laptops, if your work offers salary sacrifice purchase, do it.

It means, your work buys it for your use, company claims it on tax, you pay the company price of the laptop minus tax to be claimed, out of your salary.

You end up with a laptop over 40% cheaper - even better if you buy a laptop with "cashback" offer.

I bought a brand new cheapo laptop costs $998, for just over $315. You can only salary sacrifice a laptop once a year.

[ecenshu]

Depends on what size you're thinking of getting and for what purpose.

MBP is nice for a 15 incher

Dell 1330 is really nice for a 13

Alienware mALX for those who don't like mobility