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[martymidget]

Needs to be one about Narmour..failing. :P

[J]

But then Nary would hog every comic.

Nah, just replace the "FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-" with "UUUUUNNNNNNNDDDDDEEEEERRRRRWWWWEEEEEEIIIIIIGGGGHHHHHHHTTTTT"

[NFX]

Needs to be one about Narmour..failing. :P

I did that one on page 37! =D

[frezal]

I adjusted to it fine, I just didn't like it.

Fair enough.

I didn't know that about the mice.  The one I used in school was a one button.

In 2005, Apple released the Mighty Mouse which looks like a one button mouse with a scroll nipple, but it's really a three button mouse with a squeezable fourth button on the sides. Although the whole shell clicks, it has touch sensors so it knows what part of the mouse you're clicking.

They just recently released the Magic Mouse which reduces the "buttons" to two, but adds a bunch of multi-touch gestures to its glass surface.

And of course, any bluetooth or USB mouse will also function with OS X.

As for the part about more complicated functions, I'm sorta gonna have to go on a little tandem to explain.
One of the things I had to do on one of these computers was use a word processor (I think it was a Mac version of MS Word, ironically enough).  Now, I don't know if it's changed since then (it's been some time) but the interface was pretty much blank.  Well this is just fine if all you want to do is type and save crap, however the teacher wanted us to muck about with text properties and add images and do a bunch of other stuff.  This was stuff I could do rather easily with the cluttered windows interface, I knew what all the little buttons did and how to use them.  However, the mac interface was blank.  I had to either navigate through the dropdown menus or bring up a little tool window that just floated around in limbo until you used it.

It's kinda like that analogy picture comparing the mac and PC to the tricycle and motorbike.

Word 2004 looks like this:


All of your formatting needs are on screen without having to navigate through drop down menus. Somebody probably closed the formatting box window on the machine you used.

Well perhaps they can be upgraded, but I most certain the amount of customization you can have on a store bought mac isn't on par with that of store bought PCs (unless you get a Dell, lol at their nonstandard parts).  Also, I like how everything is external on PCs whereas everything is internal on macs.  Sure, you get the cool looking computer-all-in-one package for macs, but what if something (say a microphone or webcam) breaks?  Then you either gotta open it up and fix it yourself, which is probably gonna be a pain, or send the whole thing in to apple.  With a PC you just unplug the defective part, fix/replace it, and plug it back in.

When I upgrade my RAM, I just buy the regular old PC stuff from Newegg. On my MacBook, I just pop off the battery, and the compartment is there. On my PowerMac G3, there is a door on the side that has a handle. A simple pull on the handle opens up the door where I have access to literally everything. The motherboard (or "logic board", as Apple likes to call them) is on the door. The Mac mini is a little bit harder, but it can be opened without much effort.

As for everything being external, what the are you talking about? Macs have been USB compatible since the original iMac. If your mic breaks, buy a Logitech USB one for like $20. Web cam breaks? Buy a USB or FireWire one for like $20. Most of the time, you don't even need to install any drivers. And if you haven't noticed, built in webcams and mics are pretty much standard with non-Macs these days as well.

[martymidget]

Needs to be one about Narmour..failing. :P

I did that one on page 37! =D

Oh damn, you did. Well another one, like using it as a cast or something. :P

[Noodle]

Word 2004 looks like this:
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All of your formatting needs are on screen without having to navigate through drop down menus. Somebody probably closed the formatting box window on the machine you used.

When I (and everyone else) opened word, it didn't have the formatting palette on the side there by default.  When I (and everyone else) opened the formatting pallet, it floated around over the white space.  Even after putting it on the side like that, it's still annoying.  I don't like windows floating around in limbo like that.

If it suits you better for it to be organized that way, thats fine by me I suppose.

When I upgrade my RAM, I just buy the regular old PC stuff from Newegg. On my MacBook, I just pop off the battery, and the compartment is there. On my PowerMac G3, there is a door on the side that has a handle. A simple pull on the handle opens up the door where I have access to literally everything. The motherboard (or "logic board", as Apple likes to call them) is on the door. The Mac mini is a little bit harder, but it can be opened without much effort.

Well yes, that's ram.  That's a pretty universal computer part, and it's easy as to upgrade on all computers.  I don't think, however, it's as easy to upgrade the video card or something like that.

As for everything being external, what the are you talking about? Macs have been USB compatible since the original iMac. If your mic breaks, buy a Logitech USB one for like $20. Web cam breaks? Buy a USB or FireWire one for like $20. Most of the time, you don't even need to install any drivers. And if you haven't noticed, built in webcams and mics are pretty much standard with non-Macs these days as well.

I mean when someone wants their broken internal webcam or internal mic fixed without spending the money to buy a new one, they have two options.  They can either repair it, or send it in (if its under warranty).  If you own a mac, and your internal webcam breaks, and you want to send it in, you can't take apart the computer, send in the webcam, and expect to get a fixed one back for nothing.  You'd have to send the whole thing in.  If you bought a webcam bundled with your PC and it's covered by warranty, all you need to do is detach the cam and send it in.  You can keep using your computer while someone in india fixes (or in most cases, replaces), your broken hardware.  Say you want to try and fix it yourself instead.  Fixing a usb webcam is going to be a pain (if possible), but its going to be more of a pain fixing a webcam that you have to open up your entire computer in order to get to.

[frezal]

I mean when someone wants their broken internal webcam or internal mic fixed without spending the money to buy a new one, they have two options.  They can either repair it, or send it in (if its under warranty).  If you own a mac, and your internal webcam breaks, and you want to send it in, you can't take apart the computer, send in the webcam, and expect to get a fixed one back for nothing.  You'd have to send the whole thing in.  If you bought a webcam bundled with your PC and it's covered by warranty, all you need to do is detach the cam and send it in.  You can keep using your computer while someone in india fixes (or in most cases, replaces), your broken hardware.  Say you want to try and fix it yourself instead.  Fixing a usb webcam is going to be a pain (if possible), but its going to be more of a pain fixing a webcam that you have to open up your entire computer in order to get to.

At least with notebooks/netbooks, most PCs also come with built in webcams and mics. Example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220700

Tearing into that would void the warranty just as much as tearing into an Apple. If a built in webcam breaks on your Apple or other brand of PC, the options are the same: 1) Do nothing. 2) Void your warranty and tear into the thing. 3) Send it in for repair. 4) Just buy an external webcam.

Oh, and not all Apples have built in webcams. The Mac mini (which now has an easy to unscrew bottom) and Mac Pro (essentially an Apple branded tower PC) only have built in webcams if you buy an Apple branded monitor.

[freeziez]

*cough cough*

*cough*

...

Back on topic here?

[Noodle]

At least with notebooks/netbooks, most PCs also come with built in webcams and mics. Example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220700

Tearing into that would void the warranty just as much as tearing into an Apple. If a built in webcam breaks on your Apple or other brand of PC, the options are the same: 1) Do nothing. 2) Void your warranty and tear into the thing. 3) Send it in for repair. 4) Just buy an external webcam.

Well yes, that's just the way notebooks and netbooks work.  It's a necessary to make them compact and easy to travel with.  It's also a huge pain in the butt if it breaks.

Oh, and not all Apples have built in webcams. The Mac mini (which now has an easy to unscrew bottom) and Mac Pro (essentially an Apple branded tower PC) only have built in webcams if you buy an Apple branded monitor.

Of course they don't.  I'm just criticizing the way they generally do things.

[frezal]

The remainder of their computers include three notebooks and an all-in-one. Built in cameras and mice are standard for these types of devices.

[Sparkey98]

The remainder of their computers include three notebooks and an all-in-one. Built in cameras and mice are standard for these types of devices.

*starts fight about weather or not the Ipad is a computer*

[FOTEPX]

The remainder of their computers include three notebooks and an all-in-one. Built in cameras and mice are standard for these types of devices.

*starts fight about weather or not the Ipad is a computer*

It isn't.

[frezal]

The remainder of their computers include three notebooks and an all-in-one. Built in cameras and mice are standard for these types of devices.

*starts fight about weather or not the Ipad is a computer*

It's a computer in the sense that a phone or a Kindle is a computer. I don't think anybody (including Apple) considers it a computer in the traditional sense.

[Jack Daniels]

Part one of a three part epic trilogy.

This is dedicated to System32

[Badnik96]

LOL

and your drawing of Stagfish=WIN

[Hydro]

HAHAHAHAHA

Brilliant...

[Naryar]

Wait. Dedicated to S32 or SB ?

[Jack Daniels]

Wait. Dedicated to S32 or SB ?

S32.  He's been begging for a comic that continues rather than stops at the end.  So, he's going to get a 3 part comic with this one.

I don't think he will be in the comic though... but we will keep that secret between you and me.   

[J]

JD, I <3 the way you drew Stagfish/ACAMS.

Though ACAMS in panel 3 looks like hes blushing, rather then getting mad(IMO).
Regardless, his shocked-face in panel 4 made me LOL

[Naryar]

And minesweeper is not green :P