test: How addicted to apple are you

[hubird]

34%.

[Me$$iah]

erm ......0%


i guess thats cos i answered no to everything. no i phone or ipod and definatly no mac
ahh well .... i guess it was a but pointless me taking said test

[wayne]

hubird is my strongest connection to the Apple range of products

[borg]

22%
Silly test, and strange result, as I feel I have no sentimental feelings at all towards Apple.

Got a second hand G3 in 2000, which still holds my Scope cards. Soon to be replaced by a Dual Core PC.
Got a new Powerbook G4 early 2004 or was it 2005. Has saved my and my boss' butt several times. A very decent machine when you work in the theatre business and need it to run audio and video apps at the same time and need to get on the net 5 minutes before the curtain opens. Still not sure if my next laptop will be Apple... most likely not.

[Nestor]

Definetely 0%, and it will stay that way I guess...

[sonolive]

hi mac'ians

MAC WORLD is well known to have much less virusses than PC WORLD ...

but also much more destructive ...

see above what happened to a friend recently infected with the last Mac virus,

impressive !!!

cheers
olive

[hubird]

22%
Silly test, and strange result, as I feel I have no sentimental feelings at all towards Apple.

yet the questions are good for what they are supposed to measure.
Possession of apple products of different kind, attitude toward apple products, and use of apple products by relatives and of friends.
It gives a good picture, in expanding circles.

[alfonso]

22%
Silly test, and strange result, as I feel I have no sentimental feelings at all towards Apple.

yet the questions are good for what they are supposed to measure.
Possession of apple products of different kind, attitude toward apple products, and use of apple products by relatives and of friends.
It gives a good picture, in expanding circles.

My very last Apple product was an Apple II e machine I used do make MIDI sequences in the early 80's.

Actually 0%.

[erminardi]

I REALLY REALLY REALLY hate MACs!!!
I must use it for my job but really hate it!!!

With my (several) PCs I can do anything and plus I have 3 mouse buttons + wheel

Yeah, now with Vista I hate PC too...

[kensuguro]

I never figured why it's such a big deal.. For me it's quite seamless switching back and forth. And now I'm getting used to linux too. (not for audio, but for version control at work) I think it's just a matter of getting used to.

[astroman]

yeah, must be that - not too long and I'll get a copy of XP for developement purpose, too - already trying to get used to the idea...

cheers, Tom

[Nestor]

Ken, you are a traitor!

About 10 years ago, everybody said that Mac computers were superior to work with graphics because they were thought for that task. Then I realized that truly, many designers and important printing homes around the world, used actually Macs.

I remember that buying a Mac was much, much more expensive than getting a PC. So many would chose a PC just because of the price.

Of course, when I initiated myself into the world of computers, I analyzed both platforms in terms of what they could do. At that time, there were very little companies that would offer apps for a DAW to be used in a Mac and again, price was mad… and you had to keep with what you had, as it came, no changes were allowed.

These ideas together were pretty bad to me:
1 – More expensive than a PC to do exactly the same
2 – You could not change or install anything
3 – Very little software was available at the time

Well… of course I chose a PC against a Mac.

I completely agree with Ken in that the important thing is the “results” you are looking for, and not the computer platform.

[hubird]

3 – Very little software was available at the time

This isn't true at all, back in the early nineties (and far on) a pc as a DAW hardly existed.
Terratec and Rebirth gave the start, but Protools was already market leader for years.
Photoshop started on mac, etc. etc.
---------------

Yet I remember you once being absolutely desperate about your pc.
Your exclamation at some point hit the problem exactly on his head:
'how can I even know if I have a software or a hardware problem??'...
a better description of the fundamental disadvantage of a pc can hardly be given.

Now you built a new pc system, this time you're knowledge payed off
But what would you have done at the time if you were in DTP business like you are now?
Thát is the question...

I still keep on saying that the choice for mac or pc is a matter of priorities (which is what you're saying also ).
Mony, satisfaction from building and selfcontroll to every inch, personal aversion against an OS or a company, whatever.
But of course I will also keep on saying the mac is the best solution for quality-ou-of-the-box and has the much better OS.

But you're still free to run Windows on a mac, even parallel to OSX...exactly, Windows as a window...

[hubird]

hubird is my strongest connection to the Apple range of products

at least you didn't qualify for an absolute zero result

I REALLY REALLY REALLY hate MACs!!!
I must use it for my job but really hate it!!!

With my (several) PCs I can do anything and plus I have 3 mouse buttons + wheel

just wanting to know, what is your problem with the macs on your job exactly?
I really would like to know, I'm not teasing you
Is it more than not feeling as home on OSX as you are on XP?
The mouse thing is something from the long past.
I prefer a pencil btw

[darkrezin]

Fanboys are unnecessary and tedious on both sides.

Most arguments against a Mac (or a PC for that matter) can easily be seen as arguments *for* if you value certain things. To imply that this is a mark of stupidity, nerdiness or superficial attitude is a little fascist, no?

I use a Mac with a Microsoft mouse... best of both worlds?

And by the way, I scored 8% but I really like Macs (a computer that is made by Apple). Weird test

[astroman]

Even our strongest Apple supporters are not fanboy enough to think big enough with apple corp's foreseen mindset....

well, you can do a very simple test yourself to find some background about this 'strange' finding.
Enter 'Steven Jobs' as search in YouTube and compare his performance in clips before 1990 and (say) after 2002
25 years ago he had a vision 'for the rest of us' and for sure he was a blessed motivator to push those projects - today he's a boring old fart multiplying shareholder value (imho).

Nevertheless he still made Apple the first company to establish a profitable businessmodel for new ways of music distribution.
Even more stunningly they are the first to receive a part of telcom fees if the providers supply their (Apple's) phone.

Unfortunately his visionary talents seem to have moved entirely towards the business side of things, while it originally focussed on the usability of technology...

The people Jobs won with his (original) Mac idea have never been considered 'fan boys' at all...
like it or leave it, but it remains a fact that the majority was in a leading role in their respective business position - often defending their decision against 'corporate rules'

cheers, Tom

[kylie]

this site is interesting...

http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/files/count ... 01&yr=2008

-greetings, markus-

[Neutron]

0.1% only because sometimes i am FORCED to use quicktime.

[valis]

Nevertheless he still made Apple the first company to establish a profitable businessmodel for new ways of music distribution.

I disagree with this. Imo the model Apple established was using music sales to further drive very profitable hardware sales which predated iTunes as a music store even. Look up the margins that it's believed the store itself runs under, and you'll see why Apple doesn't hesitate to reveal when labels try to push for even better deals. Also why Apple resisted lowering prices in the UK & Eu (because it would mean renegotiating with labels who are already unhappy giving up the minor cut they give to Apple).

[garyb]

0.1% only because sometimes i am FORCED to use quicktime.

nah, use quicktime alternative. it works great.....