Absolutely! My sister, a very nice homemaker cannot deal with tech gadgets. I can understand that. This is a perfect example of a gag that was so well played even a commenter's 85 year old grandfather forwarded it to him.

...and here's why some people must have the iPhone 5:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMsLArefSOw&feature=share

Some people are not well informed or smart, but others know about the camera's and the touch screen's resolution, still and video capabilities, quaIity of the lens, battery life, ammount of RAM [on] and speed of the new processor, size, weight, apps, ease of repairs, waranty/customer service and even prior art (patent/copyright issues).

Recently sarcasm has been incrisingly becoming ironic, as if the new generations and some of the old ones are forgetting definitions or never knew them.
I hope it's not your (generic) case.

that too : )
but wait a minute, FB's stock is down but analysts are hopeful

http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/26/technology/Facebook-earnings-preview/i ndex.htm

Never saw that... but can imagine However, one has to give Apple full marks for the kind of media and (blind) customer hype they can create...

Since Windows, many, many more.

It's like the difference between Sony Beta VCR vs VHS. Sony was the better machine but VHS cornered the market. How? They got media to produce for VHS.

The drive to MS x86 was led by multi-sourcing. I was around the EE world when the decision was made. Many engineers had their pet computers including Apple, especially Apple. But the need for networking and the plethora of machines that could not talk together forced a common denominator, and that was the MS x86, because of the great multi-sourcing and specific configurations possible.

Apple's superiority was Apple's to lose. But they survive and thrive. Good!

This has worked on a Mac also,
but I just found it on one of the many Windows jokes sites:

"Bang on the LEFT side of your computer to restart Windows"

Sounds like a compliment to Apple.

You know, all these Windows bashers have forgotten one, rather important I'd say, fact:

When Steve Jobs came back to Apple and it was about to fold up... who bailed him out? Quietly, with no fuss and no arm twisting?

Bill Gates... that's who.

Wow!!! You rock!

It's all kind of moot anyway, because both companies are moving decidedly away from making serious software to chase the toy market.  Bill Gates is no longer leading, and the businessmen are raping Microsoft, so the Microsoft bashers need only wait about a month to see how Windows 8 looks.

Unix is unfortunately not the future.  But I don't know what is.  Maybe someone will resurrect VMS or a derivative of the core of Windows to take serious computing into the future.

Meanwhile we dinosaurs continue to try to do work on our desktop computers.

All in fun, LTsFolly - I just wanted you to know that there are those of us who grin at your jokes about Windows because we really do know better. 

-Noel

It seems to me that this is becoming magnanimous country for those who consider themselves elite.

Just try to parse this (if you can; I know you can't : )
Macs run Windows and Linux.
(how it that not superiority?)

Also, if you remember (I know you don't : ) I didn't start this miniature war, a Windows fanboy did, not long ago; look up!

Oh,back to jokes...a sports one. Liverpool Football Club was 18th in the 20 place English Premier League, their worst start to a season since 1911, inspiring someone to make this addition to the airport sign.

QPR = Queens Park Rangers football (soccer) club in London.

If you say that everyone should be like you and should know what they're doing TO computers, I say: that would be nice, but there are many who know how to do many things ON computers without building them, upgrading components, protecting them against malware…
That's the reason why automatic transmissions were put on cars. Not everyone is a race car driver or mechanic.
When the Knoll brothers started working on Photoshop, they consulted not only other programmers but printers and painters and photographers, not knowing if they were going to learn the intricacies of cybernetics, or be able to do a better job with the new tool.
Do I have to be a metallurgical scientist to use a hammer or a cisel? NO.

I was just testing immage insertion in HTML. Disregard it! : )

I don't think I was making the point that you have to be an engineer to use Windows. My point was malware. The condition is that if it's going to be a distraction to getting work done,Macs are an excellent solution. I never take an "brand loyalty" approach, but a toolbox approach. Pick what gets your work done and realize some tools do require somewhat more know-how than others.

One recent example:

I just got a Dell laptop. One problem is that on Windows 7, PSD files display as icons, not thumbnails. Without debating whether Microsoft or Adobe should be fixing this, I buy a third party codec package. All is well. Almost. There is a PDF codec in the package that kills Acrobat's PDF thumbnails. I uninstall and reinstall with the PDF codec unchecked. Now I'm back in business.  I don't think Mac users have to deal with this.

While there are those Windows users that prefer towers and all kinds of modding, I own laptops because I do want to get on with web surfing and many other programs like Photoshop. The ability to upgrade memory and drives are enough for me.

As to whether others prefer Macs or Linux, I don't sweat it. I assume for the most part they know what they are doing.

LTsFolly: The forum spell check is in there, but I'll admit to forgetting to run that before posting.

On the the right side of the posting screen.  As long as the Edit option is at the bottom of your post, you can always tidy it up.

Perhaps shunith can explain "fried meat in a bun" for those of us who don't get it.

gener7 wrote:

 

Perhaps shunith can explain "fried meat in a bun" for those of us who don't get it.

Mac = fried meat in a bun

BK* = grilled meat in a bun

Hinted at it in an earlier post - # 2218 posted on 29/09/2012

*BK = Burger King

This is not a joke, but a visual/audio oxymoron.
The jokes may follow in posts or thought:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68M-dgVq7fY&feature=related

Looks like a tribute to Liberace and Andres Segovia.

Terrific Twitter Topics, #boringhorrormovies:

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