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

[Steve Carter]

Odd that you should hate someone so much you don't even know and for a 'crime' of great industrial design.  Nobody in the synth world is hated that way.  I admire Jobs for his innovative use of materials and thinking about quality before price.  Anyone can buy a cheap PC and use it as a tool in the lab but there is a place for a well engineered product as an alternative for those of us that are cultured enough to appreciate it.  Unfortunately t's a lost cause for those who can't.  I always though that the first manufacturer to bring out a PC that's twice the size it needs to be and painted it in a military style camouflage colour scheme would have a success on their hands. 

Just for the record, I've used Macs since 1984 and (touching wood) never had one fail yet.  My current Intel Mac isn't clogged with anti-viral software and if I have to run Windows software for any design applications, it runs them under Parallels faster than on an equivalent PC which I still use in the lab. I'm not bothered particularly what OS I use as there's not a great deal to learn in order to become familiar enough to be a fluent enough user.  It's only like being able to use different modular synths!

This whole Mac vs PC thing should have died years ago - they're just computers for godsakes - that's where you should be getting a grip!

Steve


On 14 Sep 2010, at 17:43, Paul Burns wrote:

> 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!
> 
> 
> 
> -- ScottG
>