Aug 14, 2010, 12:55 AM
Clearing some misconceptions:
1. Mac Pro's are shit, people who are mac fans know they're shit, Apple won't admit their shit but treat them as shit.
2. You can upgrade your macs (when the hardware isn't integrated) without voiding your warranty. This includes RAM, HDD, etc.
3. BSD != Linux. One is Unix, one is Unix like. And Apple regularly gives back to the OSS community, so they're not complete dicks.
4. Support your local geek shop all you want. But in the world of big box manufacturers you need certification for each company to repair it under warranty and get parts RMA'd under that warranty (granted the certifications are stupid easy). This goes for Apple as well as Dell, HP, etc.
4.a. If you realize that the parts you're buying are the same as you can buy from somewhere else to upgrade, don't by them from the expensive source you're getting them from. See point 2.
4.b. They're not some magical devices that require a special torx wrench to get in to. If I can replace a dead HDD in my iMac, any idiot can.
(Here's a pic of the process, right before I removed the LCD to get to the drive)
![[Image: 1000060j.jpg]](http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4293/1000060j.jpg)
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5. Macs are not marketed as some beastly machines that live on the bleeding edge of computing. They are high end machines, sure, whose graphics might live at the medium range of the current generation, but not meant to be some insane gaming rig meant for 'teh h4rdc0r3'. They're meant to be stable machines that give the same experience possibilities to mom-and-pop users to the hardcore Unix user.
6. Moving away from the stupid bike analogy, if we're talking Cylons, macs would be the fleshjobs. They aren't as strong or fast as the toasters, but are more sophisticated software side. And hotter.
1. Mac Pro's are shit, people who are mac fans know they're shit, Apple won't admit their shit but treat them as shit.
2. You can upgrade your macs (when the hardware isn't integrated) without voiding your warranty. This includes RAM, HDD, etc.
3. BSD != Linux. One is Unix, one is Unix like. And Apple regularly gives back to the OSS community, so they're not complete dicks.
4. Support your local geek shop all you want. But in the world of big box manufacturers you need certification for each company to repair it under warranty and get parts RMA'd under that warranty (granted the certifications are stupid easy). This goes for Apple as well as Dell, HP, etc.
4.a. If you realize that the parts you're buying are the same as you can buy from somewhere else to upgrade, don't by them from the expensive source you're getting them from. See point 2.
4.b. They're not some magical devices that require a special torx wrench to get in to. If I can replace a dead HDD in my iMac, any idiot can.
(Here's a pic of the process, right before I removed the LCD to get to the drive)
![[Image: 1000060j.jpg]](http://img685.imageshack.us/i/1000060j.jpg/)
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5. Macs are not marketed as some beastly machines that live on the bleeding edge of computing. They are high end machines, sure, whose graphics might live at the medium range of the current generation, but not meant to be some insane gaming rig meant for 'teh h4rdc0r3'. They're meant to be stable machines that give the same experience possibilities to mom-and-pop users to the hardcore Unix user.
6. Moving away from the stupid bike analogy, if we're talking Cylons, macs would be the fleshjobs. They aren't as strong or fast as the toasters, but are more sophisticated software side. And hotter.