I was going for the "if you have that many Macs lying around and you're not using them, they probably broke and therefore are not a quality product" route, but you flew right over it into a loop.
Either way, I'm just bustin' yer balls, man. Lighten up.
I got the iMacs from my prior employment. They were being taken out of their prior settings, so I rescued from a potential life of destruction. For a short time I was using the Blue Dalmatian as a dedicated BitTorrent machine. Its future purpose is unknown at this juncture.
The iBook I also obtained from prior employment. It was my primary work machine, but it's a little rough around the edges and wouldn't have been of much use to them, so they gave it to me as a going-away present.
I found the Cube at UC Davis' Bargain Barn for dirt-cheap. I intend to employ it as an entertainment center machine (sort of a poor man's Apple TV).
The clamshell iBook was my mom's, but she didn't care for its relative pokiness (compared to her Mac mini), so I'll be taking it back the next time I'm around. I intend to use it as my primary portable, on account of the convenience of the carrying handle, the latchless lid (my iBook G4's latch broke, and that's a pain when you're on the go) and also I like the way it looks.
Well done. You went from what appeared as "I am wasteful and rich" to "I have a knack for receiving free computers," which as a character trait is significantly more awesome.
I'm glad to see I've regained your respect. If I was rich, I would have bought a Mac Pro some time ago and thrown the eMac out the (proverbial) window. Despite my resistance to games like World of Warcraft, I would like a machine that packed a little more graphical punch for my occasional Ghost Recon-gamin' fix. Plus, I'd be able to play Gunbound again with an Intel Mac.
I suppose an Intel iMac Core 2 Duo would be sufficient. But we are speaking hypothetically being rich here.
If I was rich, I would have bought a Mac Pro some time ago and thrown the eMac out the (proverbial) window.
I should have enough money saved up for one in about july/august. Then, needless to say, not wanting to trash my mac mini or macbook, I will be throwing my dads PC out of the proverbial window. And by proverbial window, I mean offering him the mac mini since I will no longer have any serious use for it.
Because this is the house where computers go to die.
Got any boxes full of 486 motherboards? Any house where computers go to die is not complete without the signature box of 486 motherboards. I assume you have large boxes that are a tangled mass of cords and peripherals whose purpose is completely foreign to modern computers? Do you also have a large stack of monitors? A big drawer stuffed with modems? A stack of floppy drives? A table made from old computer cases? several torn-apart power supplies laying haphazardly on a desk for no apparent reason? A bucket full of little screws sitting on the floor where you just KNOW someone will trip over it? Several old "Frankenstein" computers setup on a couch running various DOS or Linux programs? At least one of which has a large fan blowing into its open case?
...Alright, I'll stop. I've seen a house that was not so far from the above description though. Thankfully my friend has since gotten rid of most of that junk.
I have a shelf, which I have just dubbed the nostalgia shelf, as just calling it the shelf full of old computer bits is silly.
But yes, it contains an atari ST motherboard, an Atari ST with a broken floppy drive (Could use a standard one, but they put the connector on upside down, so it wouldn't fit in the case properly). It used to have a commodore 64 on it, but I wanted to play Paperboy, so I plugged it in It also has a couple of old hard drives on it.
I should have enough money saved up for one in about july/august. Then, needless to say, not wanting to trash my mac mini or macbook, I will be throwing my dads PC out of the proverbial window. And by proverbial window, I mean offering him the mac mini since I will no longer have any serious use for it.
Good, because I'm getting kinda sick of you trying to convert me to "macism." I mean seriously, what part of "I can't afford to buy a Mac right now, and wouldn't if I could because there's nothing wrong with my PC" don't you understand? Go convert someone else, please.
I know we must have atleast half a dozen old macs around this house, mostly Classics and Performas, not to mention the hoard of Mac towers (not sure weather they are G3 or G4) and eMacs we have acquired, but most of those aren't at the house.
But the button placement is what makes it so funny compared to other BSOD parodies where people put crap about Windows hates you or something. I mean, god forbid that you actually paid attention to what the BSOD was saying so you could, yano, figure out why it happened and fix it. I've only seen it once in at least 10 years of using different versions of Windows (it happened in Windows 98, I believe), and when I read the screen and did what it wanted, *major shock* it never came back.
Your gaming station contains several games lined up on the edge of a dresser? Seems a bit precarious to me. You should maybe find some sort of storage unit.
heh heh heh. Unfortunately not at my apartment at the moment are my Gensis, SNES, and N64. they usually go on the bottom shelf, but they're at my parents' place right now.
CHING!
CACHING!
CACHING!
SHAKLING!
Did you catch the pattern? (I'll give you a hint.... none of a certain company's hardware or things that would run their software.) My only regret - the mariachi dudes don't play music.
P.S. Just noticed my copy of Sideways somehow ended up in with my Cube games... I'll have to go fix that now. Oh, and if anyone mentions not having a wii, i'll kill you and take yours. it'll be easier than buying one.
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Either way, I'm just bustin' yer balls, man. Lighten up.
I got the iMacs from my prior employment. They were being taken out of their prior settings, so I rescued from a potential life of destruction. For a short time I was using the Blue Dalmatian as a dedicated BitTorrent machine. Its future purpose is unknown at this juncture.
The iBook I also obtained from prior employment. It was my primary work machine, but it's a little rough around the edges and wouldn't have been of much use to them, so they gave it to me as a going-away present.
I found the Cube at UC Davis' Bargain Barn for dirt-cheap. I intend to employ it as an entertainment center machine (sort of a poor man's Apple TV).
The clamshell iBook was my mom's, but she didn't care for its relative pokiness (compared to her Mac mini), so I'll be taking it back the next time I'm around. I intend to use it as my primary portable, on account of the convenience of the carrying handle, the latchless lid (my iBook G4's latch broke, and that's a pain when you're on the go) and also I like the way it looks.
I think that covers everything.
I suppose an Intel iMac Core 2 Duo would be sufficient. But we are speaking hypothetically being rich here.
I should have enough money saved up for one in about july/august. Then, needless to say, not wanting to trash my mac mini or macbook, I will be throwing my dads PC out of the proverbial window. And by proverbial window, I mean offering him the mac mini since I will no longer have any serious use for it.
Got any boxes full of 486 motherboards? Any house where computers go to die is not complete without the signature box of 486 motherboards. I assume you have large boxes that are a tangled mass of cords and peripherals whose purpose is completely foreign to modern computers? Do you also have a large stack of monitors? A big drawer stuffed with modems? A stack of floppy drives? A table made from old computer cases? several torn-apart power supplies laying haphazardly on a desk for no apparent reason? A bucket full of little screws sitting on the floor where you just KNOW someone will trip over it? Several old "Frankenstein" computers setup on a couch running various DOS or Linux programs? At least one of which has a large fan blowing into its open case?
...Alright, I'll stop. I've seen a house that was not so far from the above description though. Thankfully my friend has since gotten rid of most of that junk.
No computer case table though. That'd rock hard.
But yes, it contains an atari ST motherboard, an Atari ST with a broken floppy drive (Could use a standard one, but they put the connector on upside down, so it wouldn't fit in the case properly). It used to have a commodore 64 on it, but I wanted to play Paperboy, so I plugged it in
Good, because I'm getting kinda sick of you trying to convert me to "macism." I mean seriously, what part of "I can't afford to buy a Mac right now, and wouldn't if I could because there's nothing wrong with my PC" don't you understand? Go convert someone else, please.
P.S. This is the best damn "blue screen of death" joke I've ever seen. (not really hard to do, seeing as how most of them are "lol windows thought you were having fun so haha")
I'm getting really side-tracked, though... Hey look! It's my DS Lite!
Yes, it's cracked, and no, I don't care. I wouldn't even know it was cracked to this very day if a friend hadn't pointed it out to me.
This is different one than the one I drew.
I don't appear in the mirror, because I am a Vampire!
Bad Feng Shui, AC.
Also, are those pokémon posters on the wall?
CHING!
CACHING!
CACHING!
SHAKLING!
Did you catch the pattern? (I'll give you a hint.... none of a certain company's hardware or things that would run their software.) My only regret - the mariachi dudes don't play music.
P.S. Just noticed my copy of Sideways somehow ended up in with my Cube games... I'll have to go fix that now. Oh, and if anyone mentions not having a wii, i'll kill you and take yours. it'll be easier than buying one.