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Posted by michael on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:02PM from the going-dutch dept.

Hack Jandy writes "Anandtech - the PC hardware site - took the Apple challenge and tried a Mac out for a month. The result was the most indepth Macdate I have even seen. As quoted by Anand, 'In the end, Apple has developed a very strong platform.'"

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Office 2004 for PC? (Score:3, Funny)

by Rosyna ( 80334 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:08PM (#10473722) Homepage

He keeps mentioning things like iCalendar, Office 2004 for the PC and Outlook 2004 for the PC. But I can't seem to find these anywhere? Am i going insane?

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McDate (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:12PM (#10473769)

Have McDonalds started selling girlfirends?

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Re:20 IE Windows?!!! (Score:3, Funny)

by sgant ( 178166 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:15PM (#10473821) Homepage Journal

Um...RTFA...he was talking about his Windows experience...and yeah, he is a Windows user that used MacOSX for a month...hence the name of this article and the whole fricken point...

RTFA

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Re:Macdate? (Score:2, Funny)

by RangerRick98 ( 817838 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:19PM (#10473860) Journal

I'd think up a better reply to your post than this, but my head is still swimming from the irony.

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I take it... (Score:3, Funny)

by Beek Dog ( 610072 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:19PM (#10473866)

They're not using an Xserve.

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Supersize me! (Score:1, Funny)

by October_30th ( 531777 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:21PM (#10473890) Homepage Journal

tried a Mac out for a month
You mean like this [imdb.com]?

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Re:20 IE Windows?!!! (Score:4, Funny)

by Tenebrious1 ( 530949 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:22PM (#10473894) Homepage

20 IE Windows??? Man, this guy has got to get a copy of Firefox and learn the joy of tabbed browsing.

Or just stop going to the porn site that spawned them.

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Maybe he should try Mac OS X Server (Score:5, Funny)

by Gogo Dodo ( 129808 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:24PM (#10473918)

We've /.'ed his Windows servers. I've always found the Anandtech site to be rather sluggish. Must be a Windows thing.

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Re:20 IE Windows?!!! (Score:3, Funny)

by Tyler Durden ( 136036 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:40PM (#10474110)

Bad day?

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Re:McDate (Score:4, Funny)

by ajrs ( 186276 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:45PM (#10474161) Homepage

do you realy want to pay money for a McBride?

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Re:McDate (Score:4, Funny)

by Dolly_Llama ( 267016 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:50PM (#10474220) Homepage

Yes, but they come "Super-sized" by default.

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Oh, way to go, guys! (Score:3, Funny)

by d_jedi ( 773213 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @04:55PM (#10474270)

You've /.ed my favourite hardware review site.
What else am I supposed to read when I'm supposed to be working??!

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Re:mac = suckage (Score:5, Funny)

by Tsiangkun ( 746511 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @05:12PM (#10474453) Homepage

I just wish the mac had a start menu so I could find the shutdown option.

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Re:A recent switcher (Score:4, Funny)

by ravenspear ( 756059 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @05:12PM (#10474454)

A recent switcher...
disclaimer: apple employee :)

You are an Apple employee and you "just switched"?????

That's it. Upon order of the field of distorting forces of reality, you are hereby commanded to turn yourself in to ye Supreme Ruler of the Universe and Master of All to receive your severance package.

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The biggest problem with OSX... (Score:4, Funny)

by el-spectre ( 668104 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @05:20PM (#10474538) Journal

Is that Mac finally put out a good OS. How am I supposed to sneer at crapintoshes now?

Oh well... I can still badmouth windows.

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Yet another recent switcher (Score:5, Funny)

by halosfan ( 691623 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @05:22PM (#10474555) Homepage
Until about half a year ago, I had never even thought about buying a Mac. Then I broke a bezel [slashdot.org] on my laptop. Ultimately, that forced me to evaluate every laptop I could get my hands on for durability. A couple months and about $3K later I was a happy 17'' Powerbook owner. The only downside to that was that another couple months later my lady decided she can't live without a Powerbook either...

And then it occurred to me:
- 12-inch Powerbook -- $1.6K
- Memory upgrade -- $100
- Brenthaven shoulder bag -- $140
- Not having to support Windows -- priceless
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Re:Linux user considering buying an iBook (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @05:25PM (#10474583)

The "Desktop Sucks Ass" feature is definitely missing from OS X. You'll have to stick with Linux if that is a deal-breaker.

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Re:A bit underwhelmed by the review... (Score:3, Funny)

by jayhawk88 ( 160512 ) writes: <jayhawk88@gmail.com> on Friday October 08, 2004 @05:47PM (#10474799)

No, Macs aren't overpriced against other name-brand manufacturers. (I'll grant you that if you build your own and zealously look for bargains you can build a slightly cheaper PC.)

You really need to stop buying your PC's and PC equipment at Tiffany's.

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Re:McDate (Score:3, Funny)

by the_weasel ( 323320 ) writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @05:54PM (#10474861) Homepage

There is bound to be a website for you somewhere......

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Re:thorough and fair (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @07:15PM (#10475510)

If you did use OSX, however, you'd have automatic spell-checking in your web browser, so you wouldn't look like such a moron... That aside, the new interface features in OSX more than make up for the ones lost from OS9.

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Re:I am not surprised (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @08:11PM (#10475966)

After all, when was the last time you installed your OS and everything worked as expected on first boot?

Every time. Maybe you just need to lower your expectations for Windows.

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Re:Macdate? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday October 08, 2004 @09:39PM (#10476438)

Here's what a Mac date looks like. [tow.com]

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Office 2004 for PC? (Score:3, Funny)

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Re:Macdate? (Score:2, Funny)

I take it... (Score:3, Funny)

Supersize me! (Score:1, Funny)

Re:20 IE Windows?!!! (Score:4, Funny)

Maybe he should try Mac OS X Server (Score:5, Funny)

Re:20 IE Windows?!!! (Score:3, Funny)

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Oh, way to go, guys! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:mac = suckage (Score:5, Funny)

Re:A recent switcher (Score:4, Funny)

The biggest problem with OSX... (Score:4, Funny)

Yet another recent switcher (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Linux user considering buying an iBook (Score:3, Funny)

Re:A bit underwhelmed by the review... (Score:3, Funny)

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