Which Computer System Do You Use?

Poll Poll Which Computer System Do You Use Most Often From Home To Access This Forum?

  • 3. Linux

    Votes: 1 1.8%

  • 1. PC

    Votes: 38 66.7%

  • 4. Other

    Votes: 1 1.8%

  • 2. Mac

    Votes: 17 29.8%
  • Total voters
    57
  • Poll closed .
Jees it's been like 3 hours since I replied and it looks like world war 3 is on the cusp of kicking off lol!
Apple are great in the consumer space as people there are happy to pay more for what they see as value / style / coolness / functionality / ease of use whatever they see in the product. However when you look at the Enterprise space it's a completely different kettle of fish (for the majority I might add). Business look for compatibility first and foremost with user integration a close second. Everything works with a PC and EVERY single user has a PC at home therefore they can be productive at work without excessive assistance needing to be provided by IT. Until there is a shift in this "Market share" you are always going to see MS based PCs at work.
My hat goes off to Steve Jobs, very tidy empire he's built. He pretty much owns me :-) no other peripherals deliver on what Apple's do!
 
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USB was created by a core group of companies that consisted of Compaq, Digital, IBM, Intel, Northern Telecom, and Microsoft. Intel produced the UHCI host controller and open software stack; Microsoft produced a USB software stack for Windows and co-authored the OHCI host controller specification with National Semiconductor and Compaq; Philips produced early USB-Audio; and TI produced the most widely used hub chips. One of the co-inventors of USB was Ajay Bhatt, who was later given credit in an Intel television advertisement, though this overstates Intel's role in the development of USB. Compaq and Microsoft played roles equal to Intel, and Microsoft in particular focused on improving the user experience and enabling hot Plug and Play of devices.
The USB 2.0 specification was released in April 2000 and was standardized by the USB-IF at the end of 2001.
 
lacroupade said:
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USB was created by a core group of companies that consisted of Compaq, Digital, IBM, Intel, Northern Telecom, and Microsoft. Intel produced the UHCI host controller and open software stack; Microsoft produced a USB software stack for Windows and co-authored the OHCI host controller specification with National Semiconductor and Compaq; Philips produced early USB-Audio; and TI produced the most widely used hub chips. One of the co-inventors of USB was Ajay Bhatt, who was later given credit in an Intel television advertisement, though this overstates Intel's role in the development of USB. Compaq and Microsoft played roles equal to Intel, and Microsoft in particular focused on improving the user experience and enabling hot Plug and Play of devices.
The USB 2.0 specification was released in April 2000 and was standardized by the USB-IF at the end of 2001.
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USB was one of the lucky ones to make it. There have been so many connector types produced by consortiums over the years. Look at FireWire one that did "make it". It didn't exactly gain the same level of popularity or adoption did it....nice wiki paste ;) hardly a peer-reviewed source :poke: hehe
 
lacroupade said:
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USB was created by a core group of companies that consisted of Compaq, Digital, IBM, Intel, Northern Telecom, and Microsoft. Intel produced the UHCI host controller and open software stack; Microsoft produced a USB software stack for Windows and co-authored the OHCI host controller specification with National Semiconductor and Compaq; Philips produced early USB-Audio; and TI produced the most widely used hub chips. One of the co-inventors of USB was Ajay Bhatt, who was later given credit in an Intel television advertisement, though this overstates Intel's role in the development of USB. Compaq and Microsoft played roles equal to Intel, and Microsoft in particular focused on improving the user experience and enabling hot Plug and Play of devices.
The USB 2.0 specification was released in April 2000 and was standardized by the USB-IF at the end of 2001.
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I give up, you win.... I can't compete with red text :surrender:
 
lacroupade said:
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USB was created by a core group of companies that consisted of Compaq, Digital, IBM, Intel, Northern Telecom, and Microsoft. Intel produced the UHCI host controller and open software stack; Microsoft produced a USB software stack for Windows and co-authored the OHCI host controller specification with National Semiconductor and Compaq; Philips produced early USB-Audio; and TI produced the most widely used hub chips. One of the co-inventors of USB was Ajay Bhatt, who was later given credit in an Intel television advertisement, though this overstates Intel's role in the development of USB. Compaq and Microsoft played roles equal to Intel, and Microsoft in particular focused on improving the user experience and enabling hot Plug and Play of devices.
The USB 2.0 specification was released in April 2000 and was standardized by the USB-IF at the end of 2001.
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Who popularised USB? :thumbsup: I shall not be beaten :rofl: :rofl:
 
BlackOut said:
Jees it's been like 3 hours since I replied and it looks like world war 3 is on the cusp of kicking off lol!
Apple are great in the consumer space as people there are happy to pay more for what they see as value / style / coolness / functionality / ease of use whatever they see in the product. However when you look at the Enterprise space it's a completely different kettle of fish (for the majority I might add). Business look for compatibility first and foremost with user integration a close second. Everything works with a PC and EVERY single user has a PC at home therefore they can be productive at work without excessive assistance needing to be provided by IT. Until there is a shift in this "Market share" you are always going to see MS based PCs at work.
My hat goes off to Steve Jobs, very tidy empire he's built. He pretty much owns me :-) no other peripherals deliver on what Apple's do!
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I work for one of the largest OIL companies in the world and our IT people have to be the busiest people on the planet.... no macs here. Perhaps that's why they are busy..? When my late wife was with another slightly smaller Oil company (Gulf Oil , now Conoco) her department was all MACs, she never came home with computer complaints....after they switched she started whining...again, I wonder ?
 
WOW....this has turned into something like a Roadster vs Coupe debate.... :D

I just want to know what the mix of computer systems being used was.... :o
 
WLH said:
WOW....this has turned into something like a Roadster vs Coupe debate.... :D

I just want to know what the mix of computer systems being used was.... :o
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S'ok, I'm just making a list of names for the Ban Bus :D
 
All I can see is discussion. Nobody is being insulting or personal (which must be a first for a mac v pc debate) :D ? :?
 
I use both ... one as I run a business with "real" applications, and the other for play time and it does not slow down.
 
Wonder if you could use the same "style over substance" argument about buying a Z4? They are expensive, they have niggles and failures etc... just a thought :)
 
playalistic said:
All I can see is discussion. Nobody is being insulting or personal (which must be a first for a mac v pc debate) :D ? :?
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i think if you were all in the same room, by now there would be bust noses and broken jaws lol
 
pvr said:
gannet said:
aint choice great :D
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You must have typed that on a PC as the Mac does an automatic spell check :poke:
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ah busted :oops: to be fair - google chrome does a spell check automatically, but I ignored it :D

I've never found a need to spend the extra on a mac....
 
I'm pretty new to the forum and I have to say that at least everyone who is contributing is coming up with (vaguely ;)) intelligent arguments. I like it!! Plenty of other car forums I've been on would have banned the IPs of half the people because it would have got way out of hand.
I'm a PC and Windoze was my idea ;)
 
BlackOut said:
I'm pretty new to the forum and I have to say that at least everyone who is contributing is coming up with (vaguely ;)) intelligent arguments. I like it!! Plenty of other car forums I've been on would have banned the IPs of half the people because it would have got way out of hand.
I'm a PC and Windoze was my idea ;)
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The problem with banning IP's is a lot of people are on PC's, which we all know crash all the time, and if they are on a connection that is not via a router it will often result in them picking up a different IP when they eventually re-connect. As PC take an age to boot there is a strong chance the lease on the IP will have expired by the time they get a connection.

Banning by e-mail is the way forward :thumbsup:
 
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