Does Anyone Else Miss the Good Ol' Days of Mac?

[HellScream63]

It doesn't feel as special anymore to own a Mac. It used to be that I'd be sitting in an airport terminal or coffee shop, or on the side of the street. And if I saw another Mac user we'd silently acknowledge each other. Maybe a nod, or smile, knowing we used a "better computer" :p .

And people would be like wow, you use a Mac? What's it like. (Or. EW, you use a WHAT? Get away from me, Mac fanatic.) I'd tell them all about the G4 (Subsequently, the G5) processor, and the megahertz myth. (Some of you will know what I'm talking about right off the bat, I'm sure. We're the people who freaked out about the Cube. ;) )

But now so many more people use Macs. And they use Intel processors, powerful, but nothing special. The mystique is kinda gone.

It was kinda elitist. And I was a stereotype in flesh. But I kinda miss it. -- Don't get me wrong, though. I still love my Mac.

Anyone else feel the same way?

[Gamerhomie]

Yeah, I've never owned a Mac but most people used to be so smug about their Apple computers and they used to think so highly of themselves when they would show any Apple product in class. Not anymore though and I'm pretty glad to be honest, lol.

[LightIdea]

I miss the good ol' days of DOS and the games that were made in the 90's...

[kyro]

uppity elitist. Die Die Die!!!!!!

/sarcasm.

[EnzoFX]

I know the feeling, but I wasn't glad that smug-ness came with it...

[instant.human]

good ole days.... :(

[osirisX]

For stupid elitism and OOOOHHH! AAAAHHHHH! demos, iPhone is where it's at.

[Steeley]

It is kind of funny. I had a mac for a few years and knew how great it was...nobody else cared. Nowadays it's the coolest thing to own a mac and everybody tells you how great they are like it's news. Hello!

[Richard Hammond]

It doesn't feel as special anymore to own a Mac. It used to be that I'd be sitting in an airport terminal or coffee shop, or on the side of the street. And if I saw another Mac user we'd silently acknowledge each other. Maybe a nod, or smile, knowing we used a "better computer" :p .

I stopped reading right there....and i cant be bothered with a retort i will probably get a warning for.

[Berserk87]

I miss the good ol' days of DOS and the games that were made in the 90's...

i miss the good ol days of when macs where black and white, and we played cannon fodder and spectre in class :p and that app that said 'spoke' words you typed phonetically. ( :shiftyninja: )

[Richard Hammond]

Actually i miss the good old days when Macs were actually bought for a purpose like video editors or designers.

Now the iSheep buy it because its the cool thing to have, its all shiny and pretty even though it costs a good chunk more.

I dont mind mac owners, its just the smug elitist bumholes who think that the Mac is the best thing ever that annoy me.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

Maybe a nod, or smile, knowing we used a "better computer"

Or rather you knew that you had paid over the odds for proprietary machines. Well done you!

[Kami-]

SAD MAC FACE!

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[Berserk87]

SAD MAC FACE!

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and " x x " for eyes :rofl:

[monkey13]

I like the way that they are now more common and less innovative (hardware wise). Yet the people who have now jumped on board the Mac bandwagon think they are special and better than other computer users.

The Mac, for me, lost all credibility when it became about style over substance. iMac I'm looking a you.

[sundayx Veteran]

SAD MAC FACE!

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[osirisX]

SAD MAC FACE!

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[The_Decryptor Veteran]

The good ol' days, when the OS sucked and the hardware was sub-par!

[Joseph B]

The good ol' days, when the OS sucked and the hardware was sub-par!

It still does, just a better paint job.

[Julius Caro]

I like the way that they are now more common and less innovative (hardware wise). Yet the people who have now jumped on board the Mac bandwagon think they are special and better than other computer users.

The Mac, for me, lost all credibility when it became about style over substance. iMac I'm looking a you.

if only those mac laptops were not ridiculously overpriced :( macbooks I'm looking at you!

[crazzyyfool]

:rolleyes:

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

It still does, just a better paint job.

I have a fondness in my heart for the PPC architecture.

My G3 desktop sucks, my G4 eMac doesn't.

[Ricardo Gil]

It doesn't feel as special anymore to own a Mac. It used to be that I'd be sitting in an airport terminal or coffee shop, or on the side of the street. And if I saw another Mac user we'd silently acknowledge each other. Maybe a nod, or smile, knowing we used a "better computer"

I'm speechless.

But I can still write this much: If you really feel that then you don't deserve to use a Mac. Honestly.

It feels special to use a Mac because of the overall experience, it's something personal. You just like to show off I guess. :no:

[zhangm Supervisor]

Sometimes you just need to stand back and see how absurd you sound - for everyone talking about Macs as if they were something special and only certain people "deserve" to use them.

Macs are machines, built by Apple. They are one type of computer, among many. The people who use computers built by Apple are similar to the ones who use computers built by Dell, or HP. People who use Dell computers or HP computers can also use Apple computers, and vice versa. You are not a god because you use an Apple-built machine. You have not somehow elevated yourself above other people, who may use Windows or Linux. There is no Apple Fairy who goes around with her magic wand, bestowing the blessings of Apple to the deserving few.

If your choice of personal computer means so much to your perceived self, then maybe it is time to examine your priorities in life.

[HawkMan]

I'd tell them all about the G4 (Subsequently, the G5) processor, and the megahertz myth.

Did you tell them the truth about the megahertz or the modified version where Macs where faster in everything at lower megahertz ? :p

the RISC base powerPC processors where aferall optimized for handling color table conversions, hence, really fast at photoshop work, filters and other imaging stuff. Hence why apple allways used Photoshop as the benchmark. but that didn't ake the PowerPC better at everything, though being a risc it did have a general per cycle advantageon many things, though, not as great as on color table conversions where it was particularly bad.

Outside of photoshop this was outbalanced by the wintel(and amds) fairly eary though, by having higher megahertz, and as AMD created the first gen of the more optimized x86 CPU's (before intel caught on to the idea of no just increasing megahertz as well). This and higher Megahertz helped push them beyond PowerPC speed in PS as well.