The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XX

[cardgame]

Alienware are just as bad as Apple on a price basis... just get a normal comp with good hardware.

 

[madviking]

You can tell which girls are in the engineering school solely by which computer they have.

 

[Grendeldef]

Apple does make personal computers, but PC has come to mean all computers running Microsoft OS's.

This in not true.

Definition of PC has nothing or very little to do with the OS - it's about the architecture of the processor(s)(and chipset to an extent).
Originally PCs manufactured by IBM came with IBM's PC-DOS rather than MS-DOS which was used by clone manufacturers. Later with graphical UIs Microsoft OSs where almost always the preinstalled OS on a x86 computer but there still were OS/2, Linux & BeOS. All still PCs but not necessarily anything to do with Microsoft.
On the other side a wide variety of computers like ATM machines, coffee machines (not the personal ones) etc were ran by MS NT4, a slimmed down version but nevertheless a MS OS and those certainly are not personal computers.

G

 

[hobbsyoyo]

This in not true.

Definition of PC has nothing or very little to do with the OS - it's about the architecture of the processor(s)(and chipset to an extent).
Originally PCs manufactured by IBM came with IBM's PC-DOS rather than MS-DOS which was used by clone manufacturers. Later with graphical UIs Microsoft OSs where almost always the preinstalled OS on a x86 computer but there still were OS/2, Linux & BeOS. All still PCs but not necessarily anything to do with Microsoft.
On the other side a wide variety of computers like ATM machines, coffee machines (not the personal ones) etc were ran by MS NT4, a slimmed down version but nevertheless a MS OS and those certainly are not personal computers.

G

It is true colloquially. I'm not talking about formal definitions - I'm talking about the way ordinary people use the acronym PC. They apply it to all non-Apple, Microsoft OS computers in American English and you can't refute that.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I agree with everything you said. +!


Anyone here recmommnding my buying a Alienware computer for gaming?

No.

You can build your own computer that is more powerful and much cheaper than an Alienware rig.

I am not at all computer proficient, but with a few hours of research, handy youtube how-to videos and common sense, I was able to build a mini-supercomputer for $1800. It doesn't have the bells and whistles of flashing LED lights and crap, it doesn't even have a blu-ray drive or a wi-fi card. But it will play any game that will come out at max settings for a couple of years at least and I can upgrade it easily.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

It is true colloquially. I'm not talking about formal definitions - I'm talking about the way ordinary people use the acronym PC. They apply it to all non-Apple computers in American English and you cna't refute that.

I perceive "computers" as coming in three forms.

Dedicated gaming consoles
Big rectangles with monitors and mouses (PC's)
Thin, shiny Apple stuff

 

[Cutlass]

Is Croatia,Italy and Switzerland a nice bunch of nations to live in?

It very much depends on what you want. Switzerland is expensive to live in compared to many other nations, but has many other advantages. Depending on what you are looking for, some of those advantages and disadvantages balance out, or come out ahead.

 

[Grendeldef]

But you probably couldn't replicate the experience of having nearly flawless OS and interconnectivity with other devices (iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc.) without spending serious bucks and also figuring out how to get it all to play nice together.

When you go Apple, you get the entire ecosystem that works together well. That is worth the upfront cost for many people and probably is cheaper and more efficient in the long haul versus trying to hodge-podge that kind of ecosystem together with a PC and various other products.

If their own products were not compatible with each others it'd a very sad glimpse from the past, mainly regarding to IBM products.
The other view is that buying an Apple forces one to commit oneself to a variety of products solely by Apple - not an ideal scenario.

G

 

[hobbsyoyo]

If their own products were not compatible with each others it'd a very sad glimpse from the past, mainly regarding to IBM products.
The other view is that buying an Apple forces one to commit oneself to a variety of products solely by Apple - not an ideal scenario.
G

This, totally. That's one of the big reasons I don't buy into them. Hell, you even have to buy special seperate cables and such.

 

[Grendeldef]

It is true colloquially. I'm not talking about formal definitions - I'm talking about the way ordinary people use the acronym PC. They apply it to all non-Apple, Microsoft OS computers in American English and you can't refute that.

This is true to an extent - the lack of knowledge of uneducated masses always saddens me. However, the question was why is it PC vs Mac, a concept which predates the domination of MS OSs, and that's the question I answered.

G

 

[ELITEOFWARMAN8]

I like to get my own custom made wrestling belt to accommodate one of my 3 Clan War Belt title wins. Am I nuts for doing this ?

http://topropebelts.com/

 

[Borachio]

Yes. Cashew nuts.


And milk.

Is this a bit too much like spam? I should stop. But Mr E keeps asking questions, and, helpful as I am, how can I stop answering?

 

[ELITEOFWARMAN8]

Yes. Cashew nuts.


And milk.

Is this a bit too much like spam? I should stop. But Mr E keeps asking questions, and, helpful as I am, how can I stop answering?

Well, Just wait until I can get the 1,000th post and I be making another one of these!

 

[Borachio]

Is there like an ownership thing going on threads? I never realized. Anyone want to buy some?

 

[ELITEOFWARMAN8]

Send the checks to me !

 

[Quackers]

benefits and costs of a low-carb diet? and a no-carb diet. no propaganda please.

..and i appreciate it farmboy.

 

[Farm Boy]

benefits and costs of a low-carb diet? and a no-carb diet. no propaganda please.

..and i appreciate it farmboy.

Benefits? It actually works to achieve weight loss if you are religious about following it. And you might actually follow it if you like the foods allowed to be eaten well enough.

Cons? If you screw up and add carbs accidentally or in a lapse you have also eaten about a zillion high fat things as well that will be more than happy to convert themselves to fat while your body processes the carbs. More importantly on the cons side, it isn't a diet your body is designed to handle living on - this is why you lose weight. You get all sorts of fat and proteins but not some of the basic nutrition your body needs. So it converts rather inefficiently what it is getting into what it needs instead. This is hard on your body, and the chemical reactions will probably give you horrible breath. You can't just brush your teeth, your body will just smell bad because you are converting fuel with fallback chemical processes.

This is just kinda a lay explaination - I'm not a nutritionist/dietician, but my sister is, and there are pretty good reasons most of them hate this type of diet.

 

[Quackers]

Hmm, so low carb is pointless then? It's sensible carbs or no carbs at all. Looks like i'm going for the old fashioned slow but effective eating healthily and exercising frequently...

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Hmm, so low carb is pointless then? It's sensible carbs or no carbs at all. Looks like i'm going for the old fashioned slow but effective eating healthily and exercising frequently...

That's really the only way to do it. If it were any easier, there wouldn't be an obesity epidemic.

 

[Quackers]

Well Christian Bale ate an apple a day to get into shape for a starvation role