We don't need no applications

[asheep_uk]

I bought a new computer yesterday (a MacBook Pro 15") as my ageing PowerBook (1.33GHz PowerPC, yeah!) isn't quite up to the task of handling HD video or anything too fancy like, anyway the point is that I haven't bought a new computer for about 4 years.

I turned it on, great. Downloaded Coda and Firefox. Installed a few Adobe apps. Installed iWork. And that's it, I'm pretty much ready to go.

Suddenly realised how back in the day one spend a lot of their day setting up their new computer, and now one can be up and running within minutes! Keychain synced with MobileMe, so all my username and passwords for websites were remembered, as are my bookmarks and address book.

Not like back in the day...

How to install Windows XP in 5 hours or less

12. Boot screen. Choose between “Windows XP Professional” and “Windows XP Professional”. Brilliant. Pick one. The wrong one. Boot into ****ed Windows XP install. Hard reboot. Pick the right one. Make mental note to hack boot.ini later.
45. “30 days left for activation!” Click. Yes, I would like to activate Windows over an active internet connection, now that I have one. No, I would not like to register with Microsoft. Yes, I have read the privacy statement and agree to give up my computer, my civil rights, and my first-born child. I wasn’t using my civil rights anyway.

Anyway, point is, the web is taking over.

[gerbick]

Your post could have skipped the WinXP FUD. Seriously, if you cannot get WinXP up, running, secured, and optimized in under 4 hours, you're either an exclusive Linux user, an exclusive OS X user, or a cretin that shouldn't be allowed admin access on any computer plugged into any power and/or communication outlet whatsoever.

Glad you got up and running on your new Mac. Drop the Windows propaganda. I got Win7 up, running, secured and production ready in 3 hours. WinXP around two. Vista, around 4. OS X... around 6 - my install is way different than most others, where how I manage my fonts being the biggest slowdown.

And that's in this day... I've slowed down actually. With the use of scripts and/or RIS (remote install) I can trim that down to under 2 hours in Windows desktop and server iterations.

[asheep_uk]

It was for nostalgia, not warfare. Close the thread if you think I'm here to battle.

[hanratty21]

[gerbick]

It was for nostalgia, not warfare. Close the thread if you think I'm here to battle.

No battle. Just hate FUD.

[asheep_uk]

No battle. Just hate FUD.

My point was how many applications you had to install, and I picked two funny quotes from the article, of which both are negative, I can see that now. Apologies.

[silverx2]

wait im sorry, i don't own a mac but do you have to do a fresh install when you buy the laptop? like you get the mbp and you get the os x software and then you install it?

Because i just had an xp machine arrive at work, and i turned it on, and i put in the computer name, and wham its working in under 15 minutes.

[asheep_uk]

No the point is that back in the day you used to have download a million apps to get anyway, but now all you need is a browser!

[asheep_uk]

The point of this thread is totally lost. Can somebody like delete this or something, I can't stand looking at it.

[silverx2]

because your a mac lover! FANYOBYYYYYYISMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

[asheep_uk]

Better than being a g**t lover.

Yeah, you heard me.

[gerbick]

fill in the asterix time...

goat
gift
gist
glut
gait
gout

I'll think of more later...

[Frets]

The last thing I want to see is this

Therefore I'm closing the thread.