Consumer Whorgasm

[singleentendre]

I love how sometimes the universe kicks you in the face at the most face-kickingest moment possible. Like last Friday, when my 4.5-year-old Dell laptop died not one minute after I'd just spent eight hours reformatting its hard drive and reinstalling software.

Fortunately, there's a consolation...

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[setch]

w00t. I have the 20". In fact, I think I've had every iMac ever, except the weird one that looked like a desk lamp.

Have you installed Windows via bootcamp? If not, wait a couple of months before you do it. Seriously. I lolled like, so hard when I saw how gimpy Vista looks, versus OS X.

[singleentendre]

We'll have San Francisco-like weather in hell before I install Vista on my Mac, or, well, ever buy Vista for any reason. I have Vista at work, and Officemate Ann and I LOL at the inaccuracy of its weather widget.

As for XP, I'm determined right now to get by for as long as possible without it. I bought Office 2008 and Photoshop CS3 for the Mac so I wouldn't need Windows, although there are a couple compelling reasons, such as Java 6 support (Macs are stuck on 5 because they do it themselves, unlike everyone else who lets Sun do it), a richer LJ client (Semagic for OS X, PLEASE!), and streaming movies via Netflix. (Okay, I'm laughing at that last one because nobody likes watching movies on their PC.)

[setch]

I do not understand your compelling reasons, but I haven't returned my netflix in over a month, and I don't use an LJ client.

The only reason I installed Windows was for a class (I needed a 3D modeling app that was in-between Mac versions). I hate to be a Gloaty McGloaterson, but using Windows after seven years of having a Mac is like going from central heating to tending a camp fire. When I first heard that startup chime, my head hit the desk.

[singleentendre]

Porn through headphones? I hope they're wireless ;)