pic: WOW! 5 laptops+1 IPoD We must be rich!!!

[Astronouth7303]

Originally Posted by Austin

They'd be fine with only the iBook or Powerbook if they could run C. Macs don't fail, at least compared to their PC counterparts. lol.

That's because MacOS is almost a closed system. Apple only has to support itself. Microsoft has to support everyone else. not to mention the fact that pcs are (fairly) easy to upgrade, so when someone writes crappy drivers, Microsoft gets blamed. Plus, the odds of something crashing are mutch more likey (Microsoft has, what, 75% of the market? that's 1.5 times the odds of a mac crashing). Sensing the pattern yet?

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

That's because MacOS is almost a closed system. Apple only has to support itself. Microsoft has to support everyone else. not to mention the fact that pcs are (fairly) easy to upgrade, so when someone writes crappy drivers, Microsoft gets blamed. Plus, the odds of something crashing are mutch more likey (Microsoft has, what, 75% of the market? that's 1.5 times the odds of a mac crashing). Sensing the pattern yet?

Recent rumors say that C and .Net will be supported in the 10.4 version of XCode

[Astronouth7303]

Originally Posted by JosephM

Recent rumors say that C and .Net will be supported in the 10.4 version of XCode

-C support for alpha proc is entirely compiler dependent
-.NET sucks. Good 'ole VS6 all the way!
-What's XCode?

[tkwetzel]

Wow...I am suprised no one has mentioned this yet. It makes me wonder if what I am seeing is correct or not. Are there not 7 laptops there (2 of them being dirty macs)?

[dez250]

Originally Posted by tkwetzel

Wow...I am suprised no one has mentioned this yet. It makes me wonder if what I am seeing is correct or not. Are there not 7 laptops there (2 of them being dirty macs)?

At first i thought the same thing then noticed it is another teams seperate pit and they are talking about only thier own equiptment in their pit.

[geo]

Originally Posted by dez250

At first i thought the same thing then noticed it is another teams seperate pit and they are talking about only thier own equiptment in their pit.

That's correct

[MrToast]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

-C support for alpha proc is entirely compiler dependent
-.NET sucks. Good 'ole VS6 all the way!
-What's XCode?

XCode is Apple's Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that comes free with every new Apple computer. You can also download it (warning, BIG download) from Apple's website.

MrToast

Originally Posted by MrToast

Hahahahahaha.......

My iBook: What you get when you mix gravity and laptops.

I guess I found the advantage to PCs over Macs....

I wonder how a iBook would work after a 200 pound man stands on it for 5 minutes or drops it from 5 feet up

Long Live Toshiba!

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

That's because MacOS is almost a closed system. Apple only has to support itself. Microsoft has to support everyone else. not to mention the fact that pcs are (fairly) easy to upgrade, so when someone writes crappy drivers, Microsoft gets blamed. Plus, the odds of something crashing are mutch more likey (Microsoft has, what, 75% of the market? that's 1.5 times the odds of a mac crashing). Sensing the pattern yet?

No... your logic is flawed in its entirety.

MacOS is almost a closed system:

What does this mean? Windows is more of a closed system then mac is. At least Mac OS X is based on open standards.

Apple only has to support itself.:

Again no. Apple supports a lot of third party developers to ensure the best compatibility.

not to mention the fact that pcs are (fairly) easy to upgrade, so when someone writes crappy drivers, Microsoft gets blamed:

So are macs. If you go to www.xlr8yourmac.com you can get info on almost any custom configuration. In Mac OS X and WinXP you shouldn't have to install any drivers, almost all the drivers are found on the system.

Plus, the odds of something crashing are mutch more likey (Microsoft has, what, 75% of the market? that's 1.5 times the odds of a mac crashing). Sensing the pattern yet?

Macs crash less because of its UNIX under printings, and other reasons too.

I guess I found the advantage to PCs over Macs....

I wonder how a iBook would work after a 200 pound man stands on it for 5 minutes or drops it from 5 feet up

Long Live Toshiba!

Ugghh Toshiba are one of the worst labtop manufactures out there. I have had a lot of problems fixing them for people. Personally I think IBM makes the best labtops.


I have to agree that this thread is getting off-topic.

BTW: That is a nice set of equipment there.

[Lindsey]

I feel better I'm not the only one who uses multiple laptops. I made the scouting DB for my team and Friday night at nats I had all five laptops going at once while I compiled the data.
Lindsey

[geo]

Originally Posted by Kyle Fenton

Ugghh Toshiba are one of the worst labtop manufactures out there. I have had a lot of problems fixing them for people. Personally I think IBM makes the best labtops.

I have a Toshiba labtop that is at least 7 years old and it's still in good shape. I never had any big problems with it. It runs Windows 95.

Originally Posted by Kyle Fenton

BTW: That is a nice set of equipment there.

Thanks

[Astronouth7303]

We used 2 laptops for comps only; we have a full desktop for regular work. 1 was MPLAB, the other was Dashboard!

[MrToast]

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

I guess I found the advantage to PCs over Macs....

I'd like to see any consumer laptop that survives a drop unscathed.

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

I wonder how a iBook would work after a 200 pound man stands on it for 5 minutes or drops it from 5 feet up

All you need to do is go here:
DieBook

Originally Posted by DieBook

YOU STAND ON YOUR iBOOK:
Surprisingly, nothing happened when we tried it. Our laptop creaked a little, but no parts broke.

Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck

Long Live Toshiba!

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