[sdiy] Bootcamp . Parallels/ off patch over priced Mac rubbish

[Paul Burns]

It was meant to be tongue in cheek and see how many FanBois leapt on the
hook...

Still it is mostly (99percent) truthful .. I shall chop these dead Macs up
and enjoy very moment of it...and I shall make something useful... plant
pots beckon...

Where this started is in that I have had so many students ask me to install
BootCamp or Parallels, and when I ask why they need to run real world
software, when I ask why they bought a Mac in the first place , their answer
is always " because they look cool"

So to the Youf Culture of today Mac is all about street cred, not
performance usability or longevity...

Get a grip ... I hate you , Steve Jobs... 

regards

Paul

----Original Message-----
From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Scott Gravenhorst
Sent: 14 September 2010 17:24
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Bootcamp . Parallels/ off patch over priced Mac rubbish

"Paul Burns" <paul at fitvideo.co.uk> wrote:
>I have four dead Mac systems on my deck at the moment ...towers and 
>laptops both ....
>
>They really are not worth repairing ... mainboards are blown in all four
...
>all the expense goes in the looks , not what is under the bonnet 
>...they run way too hot and burn out ...
>
>So now I understand why there is a market for Parallels and Bootcamp... 
>that is so that at least when they are alive any Mac can run Windows 
>and something useful like Autocad (I find this really funny in that 
>students all want Macs, convince their daddies to buy at horrific 
>prices, but they know when they are at Uni they are going to have to 
>get in the real world , hence run real world software , ergo have to 
>run Parallels or Bootcamp...hilarious)...
>
>I might chop the boxes up and make something useful out of them... some 
>kind of rack system, they are pretty enough, if indeed a little to 
>effeminate for my tastes, but I am sure they appeal to some... perhaps 
>plant racks or a goldfish bowl if I can seal it up. Who knows? I shall
recycle somehow ...
>
>regards
>
>Paul

Thanks Paul, I found this post quite humorous!



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