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Pegasus1
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I wanted to donate to some kids "notebooks" "laptops" etc. They only need for e mail and maybe downloading pictures. What is least expensive that would fit above needs??? They are for Thailand...
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 5:30 pm on Nov. 29, 2009
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bkkz
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I bought the Acer Aspire ONE for only 12,000 B. It's a netbook, it's so small and light. Perfect for simple tasks.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 9:39 pm on Nov. 29, 2009
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koolbreez
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Mac went to the Intel processor not to run their current Unix operating system, but to run Windows, so yes, the Intel processor based Mac is open to the same Windows threats, but currently at about $1k difference in price for the same features.......lol.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 12:36 am on Nov. 30, 2009
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DaffyDuck
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Quote: from Pegasus1 on 6:30 am on Nov. 30, 2009
I wanted to donate to some kids "notebooks" "laptops" etc. They only need for e mail and maybe downloading pictures. What is least expensive that would fit above needs??? They are for Thailand...
Get 'em a cheap PC for a couple of hundred $$ - then, after a few weeks they'll just sit around, unused, because the systems are hopelessly infected and unusable. The kids will be thankful.
As an example, I have a friend who bought his girlfriend a WIndows PC - "because it was only $450". First of all, it came with Vista, nothing worked, and he had to work to get it usable. Then it repeatedly 'broke down', as his girl clicked on every pop-up and the machine was quickly frozen into paralysis by infections; then, after repeatedly fixing it, she gave it the coup the grace by having it taken to Panthip or MBK, to have WinXP installed on it - smart idea, bad execution. The system is now unusable.
In contrast, I bought two girls MacBooks (the white plastic versions). Yes, they were $800 each, but after an initial sitdown, and getting them each a book (in Thai) on how to use Mac OS X, it's been smooth sailing since they got it. Their systems have never had any downtime, there are no infections or malware (much to koolbreeze's dismay, I'm sure, despite using intel CPUs), and the girls constantly surf the web, do vee-day-oh chat, and use their systems a lot - once in a while, I have them do software updates, but in generally they hardly ever need to reboot the system. In fact, once I on subsequent visits I checked uptime on one of the boxes, and she didn't even reboot the system in over 4 months between visits.
Yes, I may have paid $350-$400 more for the system, but in return, there have been zero problems, nor anything that consumed or wasted my time.
So, in summary, if you want to throw a couple of hundred dollars out the Window, send them to me, and I'll tell you what a great person you are -- or spend a little bit more, and give them a system they will actually be able to use, day in, day out.
Quote: from koolbreez on 1:36 pm on Nov. 30, 2009
Mac went to the Intel processor not to run their current Unix operating system, but to run Windows, so yes, the Intel processor based Mac is open to the same Windows threats
Maybe you'd like to explain to us how that works out, exactly, since you have it all worked out - albeit only in YOUR head.
Apple went to intel processors because intel provided them with a better and more reliable partnership, and technological roadmap - Mac OS X has been able to run on PPC or intel processors since 1998. One of the keen side-effects of this switch was the ability to allow emulators to run natively on the intel CPUs, which greatly accelerated the performance of being able to run Windows software alongside Mac OS X. The real benefit of going to intel CPUs was better performance, better CPUs, and a more reliable supply chain than IBM or Motorola were offering.
Please stop making stuff up, koolbreeze.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 1:41 am on Nov. 30, 2009
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DaffyDuck
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Quote: from jingjo on 8:31 am on Nov. 29, 2009
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yeah, let's actually take a look at that link Jingjo posted:
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Feature/92605,32-reasons-why-pcs-are-better-than-macs.aspx/4
Thanks, Jingjo!
1 - Cheaper in the long run
The oldest Macs that can run Apple’s latest operating system have just celebrated their eighth birthday, yet all but a handful of the oldest Vista-ready PCs were still just kit and components this time last year. Macs are often criticised for being overpriced, but when you spread the cost over their respective working lives, the Mac comes out cheaper than a PC.
2 - Greater stability
Macs do crash, and anyone who tells you they don’t is a liar, but the tightly controlled Unix-based operating system is far more capable when it comes to isolating and terminating problematic applications than Windows. PCs come from the baby-and-bathwater school of conflict management and throw out the whole lot – data, app and OS – in exchange for a garish blue screen and a forced reboot.
3 - Mac Office is better
The very first version of Office was out a year before the PC, and it continues to innovate under Mac OS X, with many features appearing on Apple hardware first. Plus, the operating system’s built-in support for creating PDFs means Mac users have been rolling out their spreadsheets as Acrobat files for more than half a decade, while Windows workers have only just been granted that feature with Office 2007 (and even then, it’s an optional download).
4 - More secure
For one thing the operating system is built on a Unix core, with all the restricted and tiered permissions management that affords. For another, the fact it has a smaller user base than Windows counts in its favour, since for the last 20 years hackers and script kiddies have largely left it alone. Long may that continue.
5 - Triple booting
There are Mac-specific builds of several Linux distributions, but the real feather in the Mac’s cap is the fact you can run Windows, Linux and Mac OS X simultaneously, using virtualisation (see p34 for our guide to running Windows on a Mac). This is a world away from the lame emulation afforded PC users by Virtual PC, and it gives alternative operating systems direct access to the Apple hardware. So, while Windows can barely run three native applications at once, with a Mac you can run The GIMP under Red Hat, Keynote under OS X and Access under Windows on the same screen, at the same time.
6 - One company controls everything
The hardware and the operating system (and often the software too) are all made by a single company – Apple – and so they’re guaranteed to work well together. The OS is optimised for the computer line-up, the mouse and hardware are designed with the OS in mind, and the applications are tuned to take advantage of every tweak and innovation in both. Only a Mac can deliver a smooth, well-thought-out experience end-to-end, and only with a Mac do you know exactly where to go for help and support. With a PC you’ll be batted back and forth between Microsoft and whoever made your ugly beige box, as they spend the next month blaming each other for your problem.
7 - Macs are faster
PC Authority’s own Labs tests proved that the Mac Pro, the current top-end machine in Apple’s line up, was faster running Windows XP than any conventional PC at that time.
8 - Lively developer community
Use a Mac and you have access to the fruits of an incredibly vibrant developer community. The same is true of the PC, of course, but the PC shareware, freeware and donationware market is riddled with ugly, poorly designed, unconventional applications. Mac OS X has so many hooks and resources hidden under the surface that it’s one of the quickest platforms on which to develop, and as finished applications draw on Apple resources rather than being designed from scratch, they look as good as any other Mac app.
9 - Mods don’t rule
Nobody ever thought a Mac would look better with neon lighting and a glowing water cooling system. What does that say about Apple’s eye for design?
10 - Goodies use Macs, Baddies use PCs
Studies have shown that Hollywood has a tendency to make its baddies use PCs, and its heroes use Macs. Fact. That’s why Jack Bauer and his CTU colleagues on 24 solve major terrorist threats using machines built for OS X. And when Jeff Goldblum wanted to infect the Independence Day mothership with a virus to save the world from destruction, what did he use? A PowerBook 5300. Except, of course, you won’t find a virus on a Mac.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 2:13 am on Nov. 30, 2009
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Pegasus1
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Quote: from DaffyDuck on 2:41 pm on Nov. 30, 2009
Thanks for your sound advice. HAve decided to give the school TWO very good PC'S and let them share.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 4:14 am on Nov. 30, 2009
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DrLove
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#10 has simply to do with the fact, that Apple spends more on product placement than brand PC manufacturers.
Furthermore, Macs are more easily recognizable than brand PCs.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 6:13 am on Nov. 30, 2009
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DaffyDuck
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Of course, and if you read through the entire list (as Jingjo most likely did not), you'd notice that most of the list was written very much tongue in cheek, and as a satire of the usual 'PC is better' lists.
Consider such classics as :
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23 - The menu is where?
For an interface that’s supposed to be intuitive, design-led and superior to Windows, Mac OS has some pretty odd quirks. One of the most annoying is that the menu bar for any given application isn’t actually attached to the app itself: it sits at the top of the screen in one of the most bizarre forms of conceptual detachment we’ve seen in a long time.
22 - What is it with Steve Jobs?
Has there ever been such a self-serving, egotistical, irritating man as Apple CEO, Steve Jobs? Yes, he brilliantly rescued the company from the doldrums in the late-1990s, but boy, he doesn’t half bang on about it. (...)
The PC camp, meanwhile, has the fine, upstanding role models of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. Need we say more?
12 - Microsoft’s on your team
Microsoft may be the company everyone loves to hate, and it doesn’t always play by the Queensbury Rules, but if there’s going to be a domineering, cash-rich mega-corporation in the industry, you definitely want it to be on your team. The PC is, of course, Microsoft’s platform of choice, and so the Windows market is the first to benefit from ground-breaking new products such as Office 2007. Mac owners will have to wait until later this year for a new version of Office, and even then it will be largely devoid of the well-received Ribbon interface that Microsoft first introduced into the PC version in January.
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Those are classics indeed, and make it obvious as to the satirical nature of thay article. Seriously, thanks Jingjo, this was a great article -- albeit maybe not quite for the reasons you thought you posted it.
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 3:17 pm on Nov. 30, 2009
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Samsonite
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Quote: from koolbreez on 1:36 pm on Nov. 30, 2009
Mac went to the Intel processor not to run their current Unix operating system, but to run Windows, so yes, the Intel processor based Mac is open to the same Windows threats, but currently at about $1k difference in price for the same features..
Complete, utter rubbish! Sheesh! Another microsoftie Kool-Aid drinker!
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 3:57 am on Dec. 1, 2009
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koolbreez
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Through boot camp a Mac will run Windows natively, Thanks to Intel, thus opening it up to windows based virus threats when you are running windows on your Mac......lolol.
You kind of have to wonder why Apple only has about 7.5% of the computer market, and Microsoft owns I think it's now 47% of their stock........lol.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 12:45 am on Dec. 2, 2009
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