hahahahahahaha NO

[spookyevilone]

And yet again, I ask myself and my audience why people buy Macs. The chassis design of their notebooks is really, really awful.

Received emails back from Apple and MicroCentre - smallest quote was $700, that's IF they can find the parts, because I'd have to replace the entire screen. Apparently this is a common problem, and once it hyperextends (which, granted, happened before I got it), the little wires tend to get severed and the only way to replace them is to replace the whole screen.

I was warned that one day, I'm going to open the case and the screen will be dead. They were surprised it wasn't already.

So. I guess another computer is in my immediate future, unless I can do something to this one to make it live a little longer. Ouch.

It was a good experience, having this computer. It let me use a Mac long enough to realize that I don't really like them. I suppose they're great for keyboard-centric users, but I find having the command key where it is to be completely inconvenient - I can't reach it without completely shifting my hands out of standard typing position. It wouldn't be so bad if I only had to hit that key, but with combined keystrokes, that's really just a bad place for it. I would have put it where the function key is.

We'll see if I can eke another week of life out of this before it is retired for permanent.

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[hypomanic-poet.livejournal.com]

You think Macs are bad, try a Linux one of these days. You'll end up screaming in horror and running back to the Mac and you'll hug it and kiss it and tell it to never leave you again.

Well, maybe not. :p
But Linuxes really are bad.

[spookyevilone.livejournal.com]

Uh.. I usually run Linux. Have for years. The reason I don't like Windows is that they dumbed it down for people who don't know how to use a computer. Macs are even worse. The programs for this machine are just bloody awful. It's an older machine, so maybe newer ones can run better software, but after using it for awhile, I'm underwhelmed and can't imagine someone paying so much money for what amounts to a piece of shit chassis and retarded software.

[hypomanic-poet.livejournal.com]

Oops! I found the Linux rather complicated and not user-friendly at all. I grew up using a PC. I guess I'm just used to it. My dad uses Linux at his work. I tried it a few times, and each time I was VERY glad to have my lovely PC. :D