Best sniper rifle

**ak-dave** · 14 May 05, 10:46

MAC's are great. The main issue is that it is IBM (PC) world out there. Gave up Apples in 1993 because of the software market, <10% were available in MAC.

It's kinda like the VHS vs. Beta wars. Beta had better technology and quality, forcing VHS to catch up. Apple screwed up and lost market presence by not allowing open architecture, kept it too proprietary. I think giving computers to schools saved their bacon for years, now Dell is supplying the schools. Mr. Wang missed the turn from dedicated word processors to PC’s, bankrupt by the end of the 80’s.

Apple has driven the digital video market. How many digital video productions were created on Apples? Who was the first to let you author and burn videodisks at home? Who had the first home networking? Remember AppleTalk? I think Apple will hang in for awhile longer.

**sniperdude411** · 15 May 05, 00:06

Apple invented the first:
-simple to use computer
-personal computer with a 32-bit proccessor
-personal computer with a 64-bit proccessor
-computer with a GUI (which came with an unheard-of 1 MB of RAM)
-PDA
-AND the DIGITAL CAMERA.

Apple's software is so much more secure than Windows (or even linux), and is much more simple and straight-forward. Much more logical. Also, Macs are virus-proof (almost, maybe about 3 or so existing out there; one requires you to type in your password to activate it).

And the "3% marhet share"? Well, Microsoft has only 42% of the market share. Those facts include other computers not used in homes and such. Such included data is computers like self-check-out machines, ATMs, etc. For home, business, and educational use, Apple has just over 10% of the market share right now.

You should go to www.apple.com to check-out some features in Tiger (Apple's newest OS); pretty amazing. That, iLife, iWork, and Studio Pro apps, are all absolutely amazing.
BTW, the Xbox "360" uses PowerPC proccessors. And Nintendo Revolution, and MACS.
Much more efficient than any x86 proccesor out there.

Anyways, I could go on forever, so I'll cut it short.
Other than software (although you could get VirtualPC), Macs are better than PCs.

**TopHatter** · 15 May 05, 04:13

I loved our Mac Classics and Mac IIs back in high school (circa 1990

)
The only thing I like about clones is the availabilty of software and it's what most businesses use.

**leib10** · 15 May 05, 04:17

Wow, this thread got off topic...

**TopHatter** · 15 May 05, 04:25

Originally Posted by leibstandarte10

Wow, this thread got off topic...

Yeah it did lol!

**sniperdude411** · 15 May 05, 17:46

It does go off-topic indeed. Does that not happen to almost every thread?

**Fury** · 15 May 05, 21:19

Get used to it.

**sniperdude411** · 16 May 05, 00:36

Already have.

**bonehead** · 18 May 05, 03:07

Originally Posted by illusha

WAHHH? Mac is a horrible computer, almost everyone I know saids that and not a lot of people want to use it. I am not sure how to zip a file in a mac but I do know how to do it on a PC

I have found that most of the people who say that have never really used a MAC. Apple has more patents and design awards that all the other computer manufatures put together. Lastly, If you want to know the future of wondows look at tiger OS. Windows will be at that level in a few years. Bill gates/Microsoft never innovates. He just pirates and absorbs what everyone else does and adds it into his borg-like windows OS. Macs are much more user friendly than PCs/software and are built to last. True there is much more software for PCs but quantity is not always better than quality. PDF format and MS office make data transfer between Macs and PCs seemless. The bottom line is that Macs are wickedly fast and with the Unix based OS, the macs are ultra stable. They are often linked together to make inexpensive supercomputers that a six year old could build. Everytone has different needs, wants, and tastes. That is why it is important to have and explore the options that are available. For some, Apple computers are the way to go. Others are comfortable with Pcs and that is ok as well. Back to the first fork in this thread.

Sniperdude411
G4 dual 1.41 GHz. I tried to hold out for a G5 but could not wait. It turns out that all I needed was about 10 seconds with the mac help to get the file compressed. The original file is around 120 MB and only covers the operation and not the creation of the flap. I hope I can get this uploaded with my horribly slow dial-up connection.

So far I am getting the "can't not connect with the server" when downloading the file. I will try again later. Again, any helps will be appreciated

**sniperdude411** · 18 May 05, 04:03

Originally Posted by bonehead

I have found that most of the people who say that have never really used a MAC. Apple has more patents and design awards that all the other computer manufatures put together. Lastly, If you want to know the future of wondows look at tiger OS. Windows will be at that level in a few years. Bill gates/Microsoft never innovates. He just pirates and absorbs what everyone else does and adds it into his borg-like windows OS. Macs are much more user friendly than PCs/software and are built to last. True there is much more software for PCs but quantity is not always better than quality. PDF format and MS office make data transfer between Macs and PCs seemless. The bottom line is that Macs are wickedly fast and with the Unix based OS, the macs are ultra stable. They are often linked together to make inexpensive supercomputers that a six year old could build. Everytone has different needs, wants, and tastes. That is why it is important to have and explore the options that are available. For some, Apple computers are the way to go. Others are comfortable with Pcs and that is ok as well. Back to the first fork in this thread.

Sniperdude411
G4 dual 1.41 GHz. I tried to hold out for a G5 but could not wait. It turns out that all I needed was about 10 seconds with the mac help to get the file compressed. The original file is around 120 MB and only covers the operation and not the creation of the flap. I hope I can get this uploaded with my horribly slow dial-up connection.

So far I am getting the "can't not connect with the server" when downloading the file. I will try again later. Again, any helps will be appreciated

Most important things first:
Bonehead, you say that the way it should be said. Mac's are built to last (I'm posting this on my 5-year-old computer; no firewalls, or anti-virus software), more user-friendly (it way seem backwards, but actually if you have never touched a computer before, the Mac makes much more sense; I taught my 80-year-old step-grandma to surf the internet, check mail, and play music all in 10 minutes. She didn't even know what a computer mouse was when she started.), and most important of all, VIRUS-PROOF. If you connect both a Mac and PC to the internet, browsing the same sites, the Mac will not get a virus, where the PC will contract a virus within an hour.

Secondly: Can you surf the internet right before trying to connect? Are you downloading or uploading the file? If you are uploading the file (120 Mb at 4Kbs it should take 8 hours), then make sure you are connected to the internet (and try accessing this site first by uploading a very small file). You really shouldn't have a problem uploading the file if you can surf on the same site. If you can't, then try uploading it onto a different site.

**Franco Lolan** · 18 May 05, 04:44

Originally Posted by sniperdude411

Most important things first:
and most important of all, VIRUS-PROOF. If you connect both a Mac and PC to the internet, browsing the same sites, the Mac will not get a virus, where the PC will contract a virus within an hour.

Why is it "VIRUS-PROOF"?

btw, nice of you to teach your grandmother.

**Terran empire** · 18 May 05, 15:54

Originally Posted by Franco Lolan

Why is it "VIRUS-PROOF"?

btw, nice of you to teach your grandmother.

Time for another mac user to chime in
Technically nothing is "Virus Proof" most of it's protection is from the fact that Window's is Such a Common system ( almost universal ). that Pretty much every Hacker Writes there viruses For windows based systems, so when a windows virus tries to effect a Mac it finds it's self Lost. It went looking for a Elephant but found a hippo. That is not to say that it is flawless it still needs up dates and There are a few Viruses that could make trouble, yet where on windows the Odds of a virus are so stacked it's a sure thing to get one, on mac it's more rare. If mac Were a more common platform the odds of viruses would would also increase.

**Franco Lolan** · 18 May 05, 21:10

ok. thx

**leib10** · 18 May 05, 22:42

I worked on computers a lot in high school, and that work included finding and eliminating viruses. I have to agree that the Mac had far fewer problems than the school's PC's. The Sasser virus was particularly prevalent.

**TopHatter** · 19 May 05, 15:26

Originally Posted by sniperdude411

Just eat lots of carrots - I do that all the time, and my vision's great.
About 15-17 baby carrots per day will help your vision a lot. Some pilots during WWII told their secret about their accuracy during night bombing - They ate a lot of carrots.

To drag up the eyes and vision portion of this meandering thread

This was just released on Snopes.com. It's rather long, but very interesting.
(Bold type added by meself.)

Claim: Eating carrots results in improved vision.

Status: False.

Origins: Carrots have long been touted for their efficacy in improving eyesight, and generations of kids have been admonished to not leave them on their plates lest they end up needing glasses. But are carrots the sight-boosters popular wisdom asserts them to be? And if not, where did this belief begin?

While carrots are a good source of vitamin A (which is important for healthy eyesight, skin, growth, and resisting infection), eating them won't improve vision. The purported link between carrots and markedly acute vision is a matter of lore, not of science. And it's lore of the deliberately manufactured type.

In World War II, Britain's air ministry spread the word that a diet of these vegetables helped pilots see Nazi bombers attacking at night. That was a lie intended to cover the real matter of what was underpinning the Royal Air Force's successes: Airborne Interception Radar, also known as AI. The secret new system pinpointed some enemy bombers before they reached the English Channel.

British Intelligence didn't want the Germans to find out about the superior new technology helping protect the nation, so they created a rumor to afford a somewhat plausible-sounding explanation for the sudden increase in bombers being shot down. News stories began appearing in the British press about extraordinary personnel manning the defenses, including Flight Lieutenant John Cunningham, an RAF pilot dubbed "Cats Eyes" on the basis of his exceptional night vision that allowed him to spot his prey in the dark. Cunningham's abilities were chalked up to his love of carrots. Further stories claimed RAF pilots were being fed goodly amounts of this root vegetable to foster similar abilities in them.

The disinformation was so persuasive that the English public took to eating carrots to help them find their way during the blackouts.

There is at least a bit of something to the carrots/vision presumption: Beta-carotene, which is found in the vegetable, may help reduce the risk of cataract and macular degeneration. However, it needs be pointed out that studies which have posited this link used doses of Vitamin A or beta-carotene that were higher than what is found in the standard diet. It would be quite difficult to eat the requisite number of carrots to match this level of intake. Also, among those who suffer a Vitamin A deficiency, nyctanopia (also known as nyctalopia or night blindness; the inability to see well in poor light) can be at least somewhat helped by adding carrots to the sufferer's diet.

Megadosing with carrots, however, is a bad idea. Large doses of Vitamin A can be toxic, and though such an overdose rarely kills, it has on at least a few occasions. Also, too much beta-carotene will result in carotenemia, a condition that turns skin yellow or orange. Normal coloration returns once the increased intake of beta-carotene is reduced.

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