sold my g4

So, let me get this straight: verlorenengel switched platforms simply because it's easier to find pirated software for Windows?

Does anybody else find this somewhat depressing?
 
well, i have good friend who bought a pc instead of a mac for that reason. he drools over my osx but then rationalizes to himself how much more fun it is to pirate on a pc. :rolleyes:

(the funny thing is he is always asking me how to work certain software that i have never even heard of :p )
 
I love my G4! but not the fact I purchased all my software.

I have a PC and I can't even remember the last time I spent a single $ in software.

Should I feel guilty for my money saving ways??? :confused:
 
Guilty? I guess so. I mean, I wouldn't hand a single dime over to Microsoft, but the makers of Windowshade X got their $7 from my mom. If you use something, and like it, don't programmers deserve compensation for their work?

Next thing you know, you'll see a bum on the street holding a sign, "Will code for food."
 
True>>>>But it's hard to resist the temptation because as I user I feel far removed from the idiologoical world. It's hard to fork out big$ when you know your mate will give you a copy.

Would you say no? really.......
 
sold my g4 And now using my windows box.. All I can say is.. windows rocks for warez.
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When it was time to replace my Performa 6200, I wanted a computer that would come with CDRW capabilities. That meant... PC. I had an HP for a couple of months, or was it just one? Anyway, I just couldn't get myself used to it. Being online was no longer something I'd enjoy, for in the past I'd spend a lot of time visiting mac sites.

Fortunately, the monitor malfunctioned, so I had a legitimate excuse to return it. It was replaced with an Indigo iMac. I had come to I realize that the Mac way was the only way.

Return to us in a month or two, and share your sentiments. I'm curious to see if someone who digs macs, to the point of being a member of a mac discussion forum, can get over them with ease.
 
so Dusky, you're saying that there is still a price to be paid for free? ;)

Langley, perhaps it seems easier to rationalize piracy in the pc world since there are probably enough other consumers who have a moral value system that won't allow them to deprive a developer of their compensation. in the mac wolrd we need to support our developers and show our appreciation because there just aren't enough 'other people' in our community to make up for the ones who don't feel they hve to pay. if we don't support our developers, then they won't bother to support us.
 
Getting a PC is the biggest regret of my life. Though OS X is getting on my nerves sometimes, but it is not as bad a the PC.

My point of view. Don't flame me for it. I just cannot "connect" with a PC. Therefore that makes me a Mac person.
 
Ed Spruiell,

I'm not trying to rationalise anything. piracy is wrong>>>I bet an upstanding citizen like you has never burnt software ever:rolleyes:

I'm not saying it's ok to pirate on the PC platform. I used to be a PC user and since 'switching' to Mac YES i do feel a moral obligation to purchase I software>>>>and I do. It's just when I was I PC user it seemed ok cause I had little 'understand' and 'respect' for peoples hard work.
 
Actually I loved my mac.
I sold it to buy a motorbike.

I will buy a mac again in a year or two, the current crop of processors run apps that I use poorly.

I had a dual ghz machine and I found these things frustrating:
Internet Explorer was dog slow.
Every other competing browser kind of sucked in some way or another.

Entourage was dog slow.
Mail.app eventually became slow (lots and lots of emails - IMAP server).

The menus I found to be pretty slow and unresponsive also.

Then there is the terminal - it's pretty slow for a terminal :)


I have had a mac since OSX was first released- starting with a dual 500 -> then to a dual 1ghz.


I will not buy another mac until apple changes to another chip manufacturer or motorola does something spectacular with clock speeds.

FYI I had 1GB ram.

So yeah, comparatively to a windows equivelant machine, or even "lesser" machine, windows ran the software I use quicker.
(Surfing, Email and Terminal).


Hopefully Apple will have killer hardware by 2003, and hopefully they do.

:)
 
have fun swimming through porno ads and other such crappiness. i'll stick to my classy pirating ^_~.
 
Hmm... Is there a reason that people feel more obligated to buy software for the Macintosh than for the PC? I mean, of course there simply are more Windows users, so there are more places to find warez and it's generally easier, too. I also don't want to say that Mac users are 'better' than Windows users in that way. But I do think that generally Mac software just feels more familiar. It fits its operating system better. There are many Windows applications that bend the Windows GUI (or GUI guidelines in General). Maybe this could be a reason?
 
>>windows rocks for warez.
i guess you're looking in the wrong places for MAC stuff. The is plenty out there
 
Originally posted by cabbage
>>windows rocks for warez.
i guess you're looking in the wrong places for MAC stuff. The is plenty out there
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I can't help but agree with Cabbage, Limewire is "GREAT" but shhhhhhhhhhhhhh it's a secret right...
 
Fryke,

I think that Mac users really love their macs unlike pc users do. I used to be an Atari user and their userbase was very devoted too. I never hear pc users say ' i love my pc'
Every day i use my Macs i'm amazed what they can do with no problems at all. I think this explaines why we are more enclined to pay for our software to keep all this wonderfull stuff going. The alternative is to go to 'the dark side' ;-)
 
After two months without a mac I'm f*cking sick of PCs.
I regret selling my mac, but I look forward to buying a new one in 2004, or 2003. Depending how long I can last.
 
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