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t-homo · 01-25-2010, 10:42 PM

I would love to build a gaming PC, half just for the experience of building it. I have gone through and picked out each of the parts a couple of times but never gone through with buying it all and putting it together. Pretty fun really.

Archren · 01-25-2010, 10:43 PM

I used to hate MacOS... but it's grown on me. The fact that iMovie and GarageBand came installed on my Macbook were HUGE bonuses. iMovie makes creaing professional-looking movies insanely easy... and I can plug my electric guitar into my laptop, tune it, and download guitar lessons to play along with since I'm a guitar n00b.

Yes, I could get something just as good in a regular PC, but it does require a lot of know-how in finding the computers, or building one from scratch. I may, down the line, build a faster than shit PC for playing those windows-only, graphics-intensive video games.. but it will be a single-purpose computer.

Avatard · 01-25-2010, 11:09 PM

OK, your E-penis is bigger, Mr. Engineer...but I too know how to build PCs, was my only point - it's just that Apple does it better (and smaller, and more elegant, and more efficient), but for not much more money...and all with far less hassle for me.

Frankly, that's all it took for me to wanna move on to more important things (I no longer "like" doing that shit).

For me, I deemed it worthwhile (~$1500 a room for integrated Mac/Win/TV). YMMV.

Trip · 01-25-2010, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Avatard

OK, your E-penis is bigger, Mr. Engineer...but I too know how to build PCs, was my only point - it's just that Apple does it better (and smaller, and more elegant, and more efficient), but for not much more money...and all with far less hassle for me.

Frankly, that's all it took for me to wanna move on to more important things (I no longer "like" doing that shit).

For me, I deemed it worthwhile (~$1500 a room for integrated Mac/Win/TV). YMMV.

Yes, I know, I have already said multiple times that I agree with you that apple is less hassle. I am not the one that started the whole computer consultant crap. Any tom/dick/harry can build a PC if they can read, it's not hard. Hell I think I built a PC before I even knew what an Ohm was...

It's always easier to spend money to buy something vs putting in the time to build it right. I could build a lot of computer components myself, but the cost and quality of a homebrew is totally idiotic vs buying it online on newegg.

I think it is fair to say everyone on this board understands the whole Cost vs Time concept.

pauldun170 · 01-25-2010, 11:26 PM

Actually....Macs are only middle of the road when it comes to hardware reliability. Some might say they are POS
Sony, Asus and Toshiba are ahead of Macs when it comes to reliability.

Avatard · 01-26-2010, 02:25 PM

Fanboy? That can only be directed at me. Maybe you missed the part about Windows, and Linux, and need to go back and read for comprehension. I used to be a PC consultant. I am not a fan of ANY motherfucking computers [anymore]. I never even said the shit would last longer than 5 fucking minutes (someone mentioned longevity). I wish people would stop projecting their Mac fears onto me.

I just said that you plug that fucking shit in, and it works, and that leaves ME to get back to what the fuck it was I was doing...living my life.

In particular this resonates with me as it has to do with my sheer motherfucking disdain for the literally thousands of hours I've lost in my fucking lifetime to badly made hardware, badly written software, and stupid incompatibilities.

FUCK building PCs out of parts, and FUCK getting proprietary shit from assholes.

Apple finally went Intel, full-industry-standard hardware, and their shit WORKS. It works, it's quiet, it costs 18 watts to run when it throttles back - what's not to love?

But trust me, fanboy I'm not. I'm sooooo not a fan of computers, that my studio will feature a RADAR system from Otari. For those who don't know what that is, it's basically a "tapeless tape machine". While in the box you will find a PC, it runs all proprietary shit, and has just STOP, REW, PLAY, FF, REC transport controls.

No plug-ins, no emulators, no updates, no conflicts, just a big fat red button to hit, when you wanna stick fucking music in the box.

I will have a computer (running ProTools and Logic), but it will be OFF most of the time music is being made (Via a lightpipe>IEEE1394 interface, the RADAR actually dumps right into the computer for mixing and editing)

Do I sound like a fucking computer fanboy?

karl_1052 · 01-26-2010, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Avatard

Fanboy? That can only be directed at me.

That is the other problem with fanboi's, they think the whole world is directing hate at them only.

I did read your whole post about failing clone hardware, and have never experienced any hardware failures in over 15 years of working with and using PCs. But you don't see me shoving that in everyones face.

Mac users are as annoying and in your face as PETA.

Archren · 01-26-2010, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by karl_1052

That is the other problem with fanboi's, they think the whole world is directing hate at them only.

I did read your whole post about failing clone hardware, and have never experienced any hardware failures in over 15 years of working with and using PCs. But you don't see me shoving that in everyones face.

Mac users are as annoying and in your face as PETA.

So.... does that make you a PC fanboi?

karl_1052 · 01-26-2010, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Archren

So.... does that make you a PC fanboi?

Nope, I don't praise PCs in every random thread about computers. Find me a thread about computers that does not have a Mac fan 'offering' their opinion on why Macs are better.

t-homo · 01-26-2010, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by karl_1052

That is the other problem with fanboi's, they think the whole world is directing hate at them only.

I did read your whole post about failing clone hardware, and have never experienced any hardware failures in over 15 years of working with and using PCs. But you don't see me shoving that in everyones face.

Mac users are as annoying and in your face as PETA.

You must be the exception. Pretty much everyone I know with a PC (storebought or custom built) has had at least a hard drive fail on em. I know of 1 mac user that this happened to.

01-25-2010, 10:43 PM	#2
Archren Sham WOW Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: ATX Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098 Posts: 2,741	I used to hate MacOS... but it's grown on me. The fact that iMovie and GarageBand came installed on my Macbook were HUGE bonuses. iMovie makes creaing professional-looking movies insanely easy... and I can plug my electric guitar into my laptop, tune it, and download guitar lessons to play along with since I'm a guitar n00b. Yes, I could get something just as good in a regular PC, but it does require a lot of know-how in finding the computers, or building one from scratch. I may, down the line, build a faster than shit PC for playing those windows-only, graphics-intensive video games.. but it will be a single-purpose computer. __________________ Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

01-25-2010, 11:09 PM	#3
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	OK, your E-penis is bigger, Mr. Engineer...but I too know how to build PCs, was my only point - it's just that Apple does it better (and smaller, and more elegant, and more efficient), but for not much more money...and all with far less hassle for me. Frankly, that's all it took for me to wanna move on to more important things (I no longer "like" doing that shit). For me, I deemed it worthwhile (~$1500 a room for integrated Mac/Win/TV). YMMV. __________________ Insert free thought here.

01-26-2010, 02:25 PM	#6
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	Fanboy? That can only be directed at me. Maybe you missed the part about Windows, and Linux, and need to go back and read for comprehension. I used to be a PC consultant. I am not a fan of ANY motherfucking computers [anymore]. I never even said the shit would last longer than 5 fucking minutes (someone mentioned longevity). I wish people would stop projecting their Mac fears onto me. I just said that you plug that fucking shit in, and it works, and that leaves ME to get back to what the fuck it was I was doing...living my life. In particular this resonates with me as it has to do with my sheer motherfucking disdain for the literally thousands of hours I've lost in my fucking lifetime to badly made hardware, badly written software, and stupid incompatibilities. FUCK building PCs out of parts, and FUCK getting proprietary shit from assholes. Apple finally went Intel, full-industry-standard hardware, and their shit WORKS. It works, it's quiet, it costs 18 watts to run when it throttles back - what's not to love? But trust me, fanboy I'm not. I'm sooooo not a fan of computers, that my studio will feature a RADAR system from Otari. For those who don't know what that is, it's basically a "tapeless tape machine". While in the box you will find a PC, it runs all proprietary shit, and has just STOP, REW, PLAY, FF, REC transport controls. No plug-ins, no emulators, no updates, no conflicts, just a big fat red button to hit, when you wanna stick fucking music in the box. I will have a computer (running ProTools and Logic), but it will be OFF most of the time music is being made (Via a lightpipe>IEEE1394 interface, the RADAR actually dumps right into the computer for mixing and editing) Do I sound like a fucking computer fanboy? __________________ Insert free thought here. Last edited by Avatard; 01-26-2010 at 02:31 PM..

01-25-2010, 10:42 PM	#1
t-homo WSB Champion Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 7,146	I would love to build a gaming PC, half just for the experience of building it. I have gone through and picked out each of the parts a couple of times but never gone through with buying it all and putting it together. Pretty fun really.