Deal! Though, with the way *I* throw tantrums, you may end up with a guest on your couch!
Thanks! :)
Yeah, that's true ... I'm just sensitive about it because a few years back, Apple stopped supporting Serial ports in their OS - and because of that, Wacom (the people who make my graphics tablet - and boy, are those things expensive - at least, at the time they were - upwards of $500-750) stopped supporting them, too. So kajillions (you know, the technical number) of graphic artists were outta luck and left in the cold with worthless but NEW equipment that wouldn't work under Mac OS.
Now, don't get me wrong ... I LOVE new gadgetry - and anything Apple is AWESOME and a "gotta have." And Apple has always gone out of their way when it comes to customer service (another reason I'm a Mac person and will never go back to PCs) ... but it's still annoying.
With Tiger and Leopard, they left out some machines on the upgrade/sys requirements, and others left in - no real rhyme or reason. Like my DD's G3 - it's the ONLY iMac that can't have it's processor upgraded. They purposefully made it obsolete right out of the box. A OLD 233MHz can be upgraded theoretically to a 1.6GHz. But hers (600MHz) is left out of the loop.
The average (or at least in the old days) Mac-head LOVED upgrading their machine. I've taken mine apart (and probably paid more in the end in upgrades than I would have a brand new one - but where's the fun in that?? LOL) literally dozens of times. I've added newer and better drives, processors - even replaced my power supply (all easy as pie on a Mac - harder than training a demented monkey with a PC)! I've built Macs from older machines! But, too many times, Apple's ignored the fact that a lot of Maccers love to get their hands in the innards and play around. The Mac Mini (have one) is a nightmare to mod. It's even worse than a PC. You darn near have to break it to get inside.
But they did, from everything my buds have told me, do the MacBooks right. Them you can mod six ways to Sunday. I've been told that if you ever want to change out the processors yourself, it's a matter of unscrewing a few screws, unplugging a few cables and Voila! you've modded your machine.
Yeesh ... sorry for getting so geeky. But at least, maybe you can tell that if you ever have a Mac hardware issue, I can help you! ;)
Not that you'd want me to touch your baby! :)
Yeah, I understand that ... and Windows is a different animal. Their OS isn't Unix based like our OS is so it's harder for them to program for multiple instances of their language. But Unix ... it's open-source and EASY. Well ... not easy for me, but moderately easy for those who can program in Unix! :)
*rolls eyes* I may have just done that up there ... I tend to get mouthy about stuff like that. Sorry!If I go looney like that again - just smack me with a rolled up newspaper - that usually works. ;)
Ooooh! Math for Quilters! Finally - maybe I can get and absorb what all those formulas are in figuring out yardage requirements, scaling triangles, etc. I always have to look up cheats when I design quilts - it'd be nice if they became second nature! :)
And I have YOU to thank!! So the next time that I'm designing a quilt and can just figure out the math without screaming, pulling out hair, or drooling like an idiot, I will have YOU to thank! :)