sdenike Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 anyone email the little ****** yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silversky Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 (edited) Methinks he would have spent his money better on a $3000 wintel. A person can get a lot of wintel for $3000 nowadays. This reminds me of my origionally $5,100+ dell laptop (circa 1997) that a friend gave to me for free because he got a new hp... Edited January 28, 2004 by silversky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 anyone email the little ****** yet? Yea, yesterday, but no response as of yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris123NT Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Ahhh man, i don't use mac but this made me want to puke. How could you even think of destroying such a POWERFUL machine?!! God damn. Well if i was the friend i'd see if i could order a G5 case from apple. Then rub the thing in this kid's face. He has no idea what he gave away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted January 29, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 29, 2004 anyone got a mirror? nm. now it works. dammit, now page two doesnt work. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyfrog Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 is there like an g3 or something that still has the aqua theme and stuff? Probably the cheapest way to go would be to buy an older PowerPC or a clone like the Motorola Starmax and upgrade them to a G3. I don't know if you could make one powerful enough for running OS X and doing things like video editing, but it may be worth checking into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 I stumbled on this thread when searching for something for something else and YOU ARE ALL OWNED! Read the article again Ed NOTE: I just received this email from Andy:"I have been feeling a little guilty about causing so many people out there to have nightmares, depression and sickness from my little joke. The reaction of people word wide has blown me away. I never intended for such a thing to happen. My in box went from 1% to 100% in 2 days (1300 messages). So many people were pointing out what a stupid thing to do, so many people were telling me of feeling sick, some even said they cried. I felt bad for those people. It was amusing to read things like "I should be hung by my testicles and lit on fire" or the constant reference to "Taking a Porsche and replacing the engine with a KIAs". Most people cried out in horror and carefully pointed out the error of doing such a silly thing. I am sure you are wondering why this all took place. Are the pictures real? Yes. Is it my own G5 case that has been cut and hacked? Yes. Did I give away two G5 2GHz processors (IBM PC 970)? No! So what happened? I got a free G5 shell from a buddy of mine and pulled a prank on a Mac loving friend. He got so upset. I wrote up a little story, my imagination and warped sense of humor kicked in. I sent it to OC.com just to see the reaction. I honestly didn't think it was going to be posted. I cannot believe how fast or how far it has spread on the internet. There are an amazing number of people who are emotionally attached to inanimate objects such as computers. Mac fans seem to be much worse that I ever expected. The G5 is amazing, I would never dream of really doing that ;) Andy - G5 Killer" ED NOTE: I posted this because I thought this was about the craziest thing I had ever seen; well, it turns out it was a little too crazy. What fascinates me is the overwhelming reaction among the Apple community. I have read about the zeal among Mac users, but the reaction to this story is a real eye-opener. I hope Andy's confession soothes those who felt so strongly about gutting a perfectly good G5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsbury Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Those comments were added AFTER most of these posts.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noir Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Those comments were added AFTER most of these posts.... Of course they were but what's interesting is how many strong reactions this caused, I mean if those were pictures of people hurting animals or something but a Mac... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetman Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 still doesnt explain the shell, all g5's are still under warrenty, so unless someone had some sort of accident that is nto covered someone had to have trashed a g5 for no reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oik Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 (edited) wait... they're all 'owned', but you're just a moron because you brought up a 3 month old thread? i mean, thanks for letting everybody know it was fake. i don't think anybody realized it 3 months ago, and perhaps that's the reason why the thread died in the first place. Edited April 14, 2004 by oik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted April 14, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 14, 2004 Move along people :sleep: Thread Closed Radish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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