Firefox just pegged my CPU at 100%...

[teh_pwnerer795]

Ye i can believe it, sometimes i got 96%.. which sucks but i usualy end task it and continue on.. to be honest... i really dont care about it spiking ever once in a while cuz FireFox.. is ten times better then IE!!

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by JBotAlan

Yeah, I knew about the game animation being rendered by Macs, and I got a PM from Dave asking me why I posted like I did...I'm not going to counter this because I don't want a Mac vs. PC war thread. I'm sure there are many of those already.

Just out of curiosity (and maybe I'm contradicting myself here by starting a Mac/PC war...) what do you see in a Mac over a PC?

(puts earplugs in to cover up sound of negative rep whooshing in)

JBot

EDIT: Here's my stance. I like feeling in control. With a Windows machine, I can control every little bit of my system, from what happens when I pop a CD in, to which drivers load on startup. From what I've seen (I have only used a Mac for maybe an hour) the Mac OS covers up the little details that I like controlling. Also, I love freeware. It is just plain hard to find freeware for the Mac, whereas I have at least 4GB of freeware apps on my computer now.

EDIT AGAIN: Do Macs have serial ports? I somehow doubt it. And I *hate* USB to Serial adapters...

Sheesh, I steer away from 100% neutral posts for one minute to joke a bit, and everyone wants to smack me...sorry to those whose nerves I struck--I didn't mean it like that.

Just to answer your questions on the edits:

1. Mac OS X is very customizable, partly because of its UNIX under prints. Look at http://www.macosxhints.com/ and http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ for examples. There are many more websites out there that might focus on a particular subject. Lots of customization stuff is done at the CLI level with the terminal, but there are some apps that do some of that stuff. Two in particular are onyx and Shape Shifter. One thing I also do is to put my mac into verbose mode. Verbose mode tells everything that is being done at startup, and gives you a good indicator if there is a problem. There is also a lot of freeware for mac os x, they might be different software from windows but there is most likely an equivalent available. Fink and Darwin Ports provide lots of UNIX packages (source/binaries). Also there is a large developer base that provides decent software for free/low price. Sites like http://www.macupdate.com and http://www.versiontracker.com have a good collection.

Macs never came with built in serial ports. Before USB they had their own proprietary "printer & modem ports" Serial is an old and obsolete port. Only a few embedded devices still use it. I have only used one usb to serial cable with my cell phone, and it was a bit of a pain to work with.

[JBotAlan]

Okay, I'm just going to do this, it needs to be done:
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I'm sorry for making the immature comment about Macs "sucking" and about Yahoo Pool being lame. I don't know why I posted these comments; I know they hurt people, and I apologize for this. I am not qualified to mention anything about Macs because I have not used one for very long; I have no idea what I might be missing. And I've never played Yahoo Pool in my life. So both could be sweet; I was just being immature.
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With that out of the way:

Re: the Mac thing: I am more convinced (after some much needed research) that Macs are really capable machines, and I may buy one when I get more money. I will try to find a friend who has a Mac and try it out.

Re: why I hate USB to serial adapters: Windows. It's pretty ironic, I know. If I don't have the right drivers, Windows will crash, horrendously. And I will bet (I don't know this) that a Mac will just chuck the bad driver out and keep running as Windows should. A real serial port, at least when it comes to Windows, is much easier to manage than a USB to serial adapter.

Everyone has a right to their own opinion, buying an Apple today is more like just buying a Dell or an HP. Where when they were using PowerPC it was more of a commitment to a lifestyle.

I'm beginning to see that and I'm considering getting a Mac. Just goes to show you how wrong the crowd can be.

I'm sorry if this post seems overly dramatic. I know it doesn't need to be. It ruffles my feathers when I ruffle other people's feathers, especially if I didn't mean to.

Sorry.
JBot

PS. I might try Opera. I've had other people tell me it's faster, but, like Macs, I haven't tried it for more than a few days, and that wasn't fair--I was running it on my old laptop. I'll give it another chance.