No, I understand what you were saying, and understood it before you said it. It just wasn't really relevant to what I was saying. My point is that the air is the epitome of style over substance, and pretty much counter to what the Mac evangelists would have one believe. I'm fully aware that there are a number of people with more money than genitals that buy stuff just so they can tell people they have it. That doesn't make it a quality deal or a quality product, even if the company has managed to corner the rich and gonadless market.
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I HATE PCs SO MUCH!!!
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No, I understand what you were saying, and understood it before you said it. It just wasn't really relevant to what I was saying. My point is that the air is the epitome of style over substance, and pretty much counter to what the Mac evangelists would have one believe. I'm fully aware that there are a number of people with more money than genitals that buy stuff just so they can tell people they have it. That doesn't make it a quality deal or a quality product, even if the company has managed to corner the rich and gonadless market.
It's an awesome product marketed to a niche audience. They sell to that niche audience, so it served its purpose. No need to knock a product that wasn't meant for oyu.
In your opinion nothing, I don't like fender headstocks, and I don't like jazz bass necks either.
Again it's a matter of taste ...
(I don't like the AIR either, but as with fender headstocks and jazz bass necks, I can see it has an audience that find it amazing..)
D.Don
Advise: throw away a user.
Seriously, learn how to use a PC. 99.9% of time it's the user. Trust me.
Seriously, learn how to use a PC. 99.9% of time it's the user. Trust me.
See the problem with IT people and tech nerds alike is they are so obnoxious. "Learn how to use a PC". Gee thanks for the fantastic advice.
I know how to use a PC, I've been using them all my life. I used to be into modding and specs but recently I've fallen out of that loop because I've become interested in other stuff. If you'd care to read through the thread I've said about three times now that I don't download from PvP programs, I don't visit shady websites, all I do is visit TB, a few other websites, and play video games. There is no activity that I do on my computer that could promote infection. Which is why I got pissed off and made this thread complaining about how my PC is now riddled with viruses.
Thanks to the people who actually provided some useful advice.
See the problem with IT people and tech nerds alike is they are so obnoxious. "Learn how to use a PC". Gee thanks for the fantastic advice.
Same can be said about regular folk as well.
"I downloaded limewire or *insert some crappy virus infected peace of software here* and now i have 2390482390423890 virus, dumb PCs!!!!"
IMO, it's a good advise. Learn how to use PC, avoid viruses, install antivirus, if you get a virus, do a google search on it, do a google search on ANYTHING you download and read about it.
Not that hard.
As far as Mac goes and linux, I've seen many users who were able to brake this unbreakable peace of code that is MacOS, linux, freebsd, etc.
and, Windows One care is not going to help you much. It's trash.
AVG or Kaspersky.
Indeed. The proper response is, "PCz R t3h 5uXXOrZ ROTFLMAO!!!11!1!!1!!1", isn't it?
** posted on an old G4 iLamp.
Roon... you are probably on the road to recovery.. unless the actual HDD is simply wearing out.. all hard drives eventually experience a fatal head crash or progressive bearing wear. Download, UPDATE and run the following to help you even further: Also, how much free space is left on your HDD? File swapping bogging down?
1. SpyBot S & D
2. Ad Aware 2008
3. CCleaner
Keep your definitions current on SpyBot and Ad Aware (update..update..update..) Also, CCleaner has a very nice registry repair function on it.. works great.
1. SpyBot S & D
2. Ad Aware 2008
3. CCleaner
Keep your definitions current on SpyBot and Ad Aware (update..update..update..) Also, CCleaner has a very nice registry repair function on it.. works great.
OMFG! I am SO close to throwing my computer out the window.
It's riddled with viruses and adware thanks to running on Avast* for a year or two. I can't ****ing believe how incredibly bad PCs can get. I have friends who have Macs that have been running with no firewalls or virus protection for YEARS and they still boot up in under a minute. Or should I say I hate Windows? It's not like my PC has crap specs. But thanks to a crappy OS and loads of viruses that float around for it, my computer is on the verge of completely dying.
EVERYTHING IS SO SLOW!!!
ARGHHH!!!
*Please, never use this program. Save yourself the trouble and pay for a decent virus protection program like Windows One Care. Avast is PATHETIC, at best.
Sorry for the rant.
Instead of b1tching about obnoxious techies and screwing around on TB, you could actually take a very little bit of time and learn to keep your PC clean, it's not that hard.
OTOH, maybe you do in fact need a macintosh?
No offense, but seriously, what do you expect from a thread like this.
Man, not much space left I can tell you that. Less than 20Gb but more than 10Gb. I can't give you the exact number now because I'm at college but I'll check when I get home. I've been trying to clear off stuff I don't need (old games, etc), but it's gonna take a while to clean it right up. I'm tempted to just re-install Windows and then only install what I really need (MSN, a few games I play lots).
Laughs. It's a fancy design product, of course it's going to cost more. What do you expect? If you could make think computers out of normal components, then they all would be as thin as the Air, right? And the point of making a thin notebook computer is simply to have a product with something special, and that luxury is what you charge extra for.
You can think about it in the terms of basic marketing - people are willing to pay more, since they see a certain product is actually worth more than the value of it's parts. This is called putting a pricetag on immaterial value. You probably do pay extra, too, when you buy a Fender product for example. A Fender isn't actually much better than the rest of the basses in it's price class (let's think about MIM Standard basses that might be actually poorer than the competition) but you think "it's a original Fender" and dump the cash on it - you are not only paying for the bass guitar parts it takes to make it, but also to get the Fender brand, represented by the Fender decal on the headstock.
In the similar matter, you are paying for extra value on a Air, and that extra value comes from the thin design, light weight etc, and partially from uniqueness. Actually, not in case of the Air, but luxury products as a whole, high price itself can be a value too, since you get to show off your wealth and know that the average person probably can't afford a similar product.
And so, if there are people who are willing to pay to get a luxury product, you make one and sell it to them. That's why you have stuff like Bentley, Rolex and Louis Vutton, or builders like Ritter around.
I wouldn't be surprised if Apple didn't make too much profit on the Air - the marketing value alone is huge. It's a highend product that they can use to stand out from the crowd and to generate market buzz. Just think about the tons of internet discussion it has generated - we're even talking it right now, even though it's been on the market for months!
You've "been using PC's all your life"? Dude, you're 17. Windows XP is almost that old....
(Hope you find the solution you're looking for, but it may be easier to find help with out snapping...)
(Hope you find the solution you're looking for, but it may be easier to find help with out snapping...)
Agreed. Also, try and recognize that other experienced users aren't simply harassing you when claiming it's a user error!You've "been using PC's all your life"? Dude, you're 17. Windows XP is almost that old....
(Hope you find the solution you're looking for, but it may be easier to find help with out snapping...)
Good call.You've "been using PC's all your life"? Dude, you're 17. Windows XP is almost that old....
(Hope you find the solution you're looking for, but it may be easier to find help with out snapping...)
Unless you're like me and have been using PC's since the days of Windows 3.1, seen every operating system in between... 95, 98, ME, NT, XP, 2000, and Vista. Wow, I've used a lot of OS'es in my short time on earth...
Because Bill Gates is such an angel.
I'm no Windows fanboy, but Gates gets too much crap. Too many people jump on the hate-bandwagon.
Do this, go to Google, type in "bill gates charity"
And then tell me how much of an evil bastard he is.
Yeah, he's a capitalist. His software is overpriced and flawed.<insert long list of rants about Windows and Gates that has been regurgitated over, and over, and over, and over...>
But the man gives away more money than most of you will believe.
