Last Month the Japanese try to retrive this mod a little bit more. They played in the at 2pm CET. At the moment the gametracker,com Server Monitorring is off. Hope soon they turn it on. The ranking seems to work.
Registered Member #727 Joined: [ 10:25 ] [ 12 Nov 2004 ]
Why am I not allowed to say I bought my Macs (I've bought three so far, and will buy a fourth one soon) because they just work? It's what I did. And why the hell are Macs no longer computers?
But let's get into more detail here. The two reasons I really bought my first Mac were a) because the development tools are easy to understand and free. Microsoft has since copied that with Visual Studio Express. b) Because I loved iTunes whenever I saw it on my father's Mac and I wanted something as good myself. Keep in mind that this was years before anyone ever thought of making iTunes for Windows.
Why do I like it so much these days? Well, first of all, there's the hardware side. Macs look good. PCs don't, even when they try to. This is, of course, just a matter of taste and you can freely disagree with me here. Still, there is no other PC with the clean look of an iMac, or for that matter, Mac mini. They also have good fan design and don't get as noisy as my horrible PC.
Another point is that if you buy a Mac Pro (or a PowerMac back in the day), you'll see that exchanging parts is actually easier than on most PCs, because the case is a very logical design that makes sure cables are available but don't get in your way. I've poked through enough small holes on the mainboard side of PCs to appreciate that.
I've also found that Apple's hardware is usually quite reliable. I accidentally poured Cola over my iBook, and not a small amount either, but it still works just perfectly (only the keyboard has gotten a little sticky). It's also fallen down rather often, while working, and hasn't complained ever. I haven't done such stunts with either of my desktop Macs so I cannot comment on them, but my iPods all have had their fair share of falling down and still work.
That Macs are better for general media stuff is a lie, as you all clearly pointed out. Macs are better for everything, including media, and it has a history of being used there much. As a result of this, many professional media applications, like Adobe's Lightroom, are introduced first for Macs. However, you can make newspapers just as well on PCs, if you're willing to put up with all the other crap a PC throws at you.
Then there is third-party applications. As an example, there is Growl, which will display messages about what happens in other applications in ways that don't get in your way, for example by showing a transparent overlay in the corner of the monitor. There is something similar for Windows, but it's not supported by most applications. Applications like Transmit (FTP) work better than their Windows counterparts. And finally, there's Delicious Library, an app to manage books (boring) that allows you to scan in the book's barcodes with the computer's integrated webcam (fun). You can't get that for PC.
It's probably only interesting for me that I think the Mac development tools are better than any for Windows. Still, for me it's a huge point that there is an OpenGL debugger and shader creater integrated for free, as well as a development environment for C, C++, Objective-C, Java, Ruby and Python for free. It's also easier to find the documentation you need on http://developer.apple.com than on http://msdn.microsoft.com/ .
Those are the reasons I use a Mac, from the top of my head.