About the only thing I could use
is an Apple TV box, whatever they're called. I've got so many old PC bits at home though, so why would I buy something specialised for something I can build for free?
( Kroney, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 11:49, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

because you already know about computer stuff
or can be bothered to learn? I don't, and I can't be arsed, and I have better things to do with my time. So, mac mini with an iRed into an AV amp also connected to my TV, HD box, DVD player and xbox. Run the whole thing from my iPod touch as a universal remote control. Piece of piss.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 11:53, Reply)

Fair enough, really.

( Kroney, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 11:55, Reply)

The problem is
people think if you have Apple stuff you're automatically some kind of fucking Apple fanboy and start going on about Apple shit and they I have to kill them and it takes ages to get the blood out of my jeans.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:00, Reply)

I just have issues with the way they present themselves.
It's like anything else, you buy what does the job best for your needs. If that's Apple, fine, at least you've researched it.

Anybody who buys anything simply because a particular company makes it, craps on about how great it is and cheers at release parties when said company reveals four year old tech in a pretty dress is a vacuous twat, whatever company they may be worshipping.
( Kroney, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:05, Reply)

I agree here wholeheartedly
But anti-apple fanboyism is just as tedious as apple fanboyism.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:09, Reply)

totally.
But because I own things doesn't mean I worship at their altar, and doesn't mean I wish to be engaged in conversation about the release date of OS XXXIV Scottish Wildcat by a complete stranger just because I have two products in front of me with the same logo.

leave me alone and I'll leave them alone.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:14, Reply)

I agree here
I specialise in Mac forensics, so keep up to date with all things Apple, but I can't stand the rabid Apple fanboys you get in the Apple store.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:17, Reply)

Indeed. I like PCs because they can do anything you want, if you know how.
Apples always have a limit.

But sometimes, in an extension of the old "PCs = toolbox" metaphor, all you need is a screwdriver.
( Kroney, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:15, Reply)

My desktop/gaming machine will always be Windows based
My laptop will always be Apple.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:18, Reply)

Again, fair enough, really.

( Kroney, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:25, Reply)