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I'm really not sure, but I very definitely had an Atari 2600 as well.

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(yes, we've just hijacked this thread to talk about old video games. deal with it.)
 
You are killing me Logic! and taking me back! I had a 2600 as well and one of my favs on it:
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I didn't have that one... on the Atari this is the other one that took up a lot of my youth:

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And then back to the C64, I actually burned my Commodore out playing this:

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C64.. Bah!

Vic-20 baby! Because 23 columns is all you need! :D
 
Warthaug:
"accidental" loss of major system files (who came up with the idea of deleting file names with just one click anyways?),
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After a year, I still can't figure out how to delete a file on my mac with just one click. Please share.

Warthaug:
None of these problems happen with the PC's - crashes are rare and usually just the program crashes. Compatibility is not an issue, with the exception of a few mac-specific file formats, system files are protected from "accidental" deletion and modification
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I'm confused. Are you talking about Windows? Usually just the program crashes? Thats a new one.

Warthaug:
The few linux systems I manage are a dream come true - as of this morning we've had one system running continually with zero down time for 38,332hrs (thats over 4 years). In the time we've had that system the only "service" its needed is the creation/deletion of user accounts and one upgrade.
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I totally agree with the linux thing. Its a great OS for a server. Lousy as a workstation though...

Some of my customers have expressed an interest in switching to Mac. This has me worried because I make a fair amount of money from solving their many issues with windows...
 
Ice9:
After a year, I still can't figure out how to delete a file on my mac with just one click. Please share.
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Who said anything about deleting files? You can rename with one click, which means that without meaning to you can easily rename an important file to "k" (or whatever keyboard button your hand accidentally touches). Strangely enough, renaming important files tends to cause the computer to be unhappy.

Ice9:
I'm confused. Are you talking about Windows? Usually just the program crashes? Thats a new one.
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Are you still working with win3.1? We have multiple XP systems here at work, and system crashes are extremely rare. I can only think of one or two times I had to do a hard boot in the past month. I had to hard boot (which in mac terms means unplug) both mac systems in my lab already this week, and I've only been at work 1.5 days...

Ice9:
I totally agree with the linux thing. Its a great OS for a server. Lousy as a workstation though...
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IMO, linux exceeds both mac and pc in workstation capabilities, although my uses are much different then the average home user. No, you cannot play games on them, but you can run several multi-spectrum deconvolutions in parallel without the system choking on you - macs and PCs can't even begin to run one. Most scientific software is written for linux, and not just cause its a geeky thing to do :dork2:- in many cases linux is the only OS which has the capabilities we need. Cluster processing, 64bit computing, shared processing, distributed processing, customized distros, system-specific compiling, and a lot of stuff which maximizes computing output is easy on linux, but difficult if not impossible on PC/mac. And they have the best stability and best multi-user controls in the business, which in my facility is the beginning and end of running our systems efficiently. Neither Mac, nor PC, can even come close to those capabilities. Yes, if you want to edit a video, balance your checkbook, or load songs onto your ipod, linux is not the best. But for technical computing, or anything requiring a bit of power, it is the best system out there.

Bryan
 
I've run UNIX, Windoze and Mac boxes. Initially I was a strong DOS/Windoze supporter (when I wasn't using UNIX) and felt there were a number of reasons not to use Mac's. Now that Apple has removed many of those reasons and created boxes that can run all three major OS'es, and have greater integrity in their integration, I'm thinking of switching at least my video editing functions to a Mac system. I'm just having too much unnecessary trouble with video editing on a variety of Windoze platforms. For the rest of my work I'll stick to the PC's and UNIX boxes.
 
drbill:
I've run UNIX, Windoze and Mac boxes. Initially I was a strong DOS/Windoze supporter (when I wasn't using UNIX) and felt there were a number of reasons not to use Mac's. Now that Apple has removed many of those reasons and created boxes that can run all three major OS'es, and have greater integrity in their integration, I'm thinking of switching at least my video editing functions to a Mac system. I'm just having too much unnecessary trouble with video editing on a variety of Windoze platforms. For the rest of my work I'll stick to the PC's and UNIX boxes.
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Dr. B:

if you are ever on the mainland when they have a meeting, check out the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group:

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

I started with premiere, and it was OK. I tried FCP and have been a user since version 2 - it is that good.
 
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