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machinegunkelly · 10-23-2012, 08:10 PM

I've been having some horrible noises coming from my 27inch imac lately, and last week it failed to boot on me, and just this weekend I got an email from Apple

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/20/hard-...-of-1tb-imacs/

You can check if your HD is cleared for replacement here.
http://www.apple.com/support/imac-ha...0-192397&sr=em

Happy to get this email... fucking grinding sound has been driving me nuts.

Just thought I'd share this here.

Mr Pheer · 10-23-2012, 09:07 PM

Apple haters enter in 3... 2... 1...

Supz · 10-23-2012, 09:12 PM

I will have to check my old ladys iMac. Not sure what size it is.

2MuchMark · 10-23-2012, 10:15 PM

Thanks for the tip, machinegunkelly! I checked it and sure enough my machine has a potential bad hard disk.

Apple Haters : You lose. Tell me you would ever get this kind of service from your local clone store. And before you blame Apple, don't. It's a Segate product that is defective, not an Apple product.

I'm going to go have sex with an Apple right now.

Dirty F · 10-23-2012, 10:23 PM

Look how the fanboys are already crying about Apple haters while nobody is even saying a thing. Pathetiiiic

georgeyw · 10-23-2012, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by **********

Thanks for the tip, machinegunkelly! I checked it and sure enough my machine has a potential bad hard disk.

Apple Haters : You lose. Tell me you would ever get this kind of service from your local clone store. And before you blame Apple, don't. It's a Segate product that is defective, not an Apple product.

I'm going to go have sex with an Apple right now.

Please go through and let us all know what parts Apple itself actually builds in its own factory.

^^

This should be good!

v4 media · 10-24-2012, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Pheer

Apple haters enter in 3... 2... 1...

But, But it just cant be true.. quick get on the gay message boards and offer support to stop people killing themselves.... Apple products fail too!

tony286 · 10-24-2012, 05:59 AM

I call bullshit magical machines that are works of art dont have problems.

geedub · 10-24-2012, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

Look how the fanboys are already crying about Apple haters while nobody is even saying a thing. Pathetiiiic

Exactly. Just goes to show the kind of people that end up as fanboys.

nico-t · 10-24-2012, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Pheer

Apple haters enter in 3... 2... 1...

Apple. It just works.

nico-t · 10-24-2012, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by **********

Apple Haters : You lose. Tell me you would ever get this kind of service from your local clone store. And before you blame Apple, don't. It's a Segate product that is defective, not an Apple product.

- Apple has great service.
- What broke is not really an apple product.

The arguments you guys come up with...

machinegunkelly · 10-24-2012, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by nico-t

- Apple has great service.
- What broke is not really an apple product.

The arguments you guys come up with...

I'm not gonna get involved in the trolling, but I've never had any other company email me up a year after warantee expires offering to fix something free for me.

I call that great service.

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by machinegunkelly

I'm not gonna get involved in the trolling, but I've never had any other company email me up a year after warantee expires offering to fix something free for me.

I call that great service.

The least they could do if you pay twice as much for their products, right?

geedub · 10-24-2012, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by machinegunkelly

I'm not gonna get involved in the trolling, but I've never had any other company email me up a year after warantee expires offering to fix something free for me.

I call that great service.

Seagate drives come with 5 year factory warranties, just sayin.

Mr Pheer · 10-24-2012, 12:02 PM

You guys call me an Apple fanboy as I'm sitting here posting on GFY from my PC, and ordering a new nVidia GTX-660Ti videocard at the same time. That card isnt for an Apple product.

You guys make me laugh with your silly presumptions

geedub · 10-24-2012, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Pheer

You guys call me an Apple fanboy as I'm sitting here posting on GFY from my PC, and ordering a new nVidia GTX-660Ti videocard at the same time. That card isnt for an Apple product.

You guys make me laugh with your silly presumptions

Nice video card, I have a few 550s and 1 660 and the 660 is way faster when rendering video.

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by geedub

Seagate drives come with 5 year factory warranties, just sayin.

Sly · 10-24-2012, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Pheer

You guys call me an Apple fanboy as I'm sitting here posting on GFY from my PC, and ordering a new nVidia GTX-660Ti videocard at the same time. That card isnt for an Apple product.

You guys make me laugh with your silly presumptions

The 660 is bad ass, I love it. Thinking about getting another one.

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sly

The 660 is bad ass, I love it. Thinking about getting another one.

Buy this one. I picked it up recently, it's amazing.

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product...04G-P4-2673-KR

2MuchMark · 10-24-2012, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by georgeyw

Please go through and let us all know what parts Apple itself actually builds in its own factory.

^^

This should be good!

Actually George, even *I* am impressed. Check this out:

- I went to Apple's website, found the "Segate HD replacement program" and entered by Serial number (found by clicking the Apple logo then "about this mac").

- I was instantly told that my machine qualifies.

- I had questions so I followed the support link (1 click) I entered my phone number onto the website and Apple called me within 30 seconds. Wow!

- I asked if instead of taking the machine to a store, if they could just ship a new hard disk to me and let me swap it myself. They said YES.

- I asked if it is a new hard disk or a refurbished hard disk and they said NEW, with a 5 year warranty.

So now get this. They are shipping the new HD to me, just like that. I don't need to send the old HD back. The entire experience was less than 5 minutes. I was so happy I ordered a solid state Hard Disk as well. Since I have to open it up I'm going to turbo-charge it.

APPLE ROCKS!

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by **********

Actually George, even *I* am impressed. Check this out:

- I went to Apple's website, found the "Segate HD replacement program" and entered by Serial number (found by clicking the Apple logo then "about this mac").

- I was instantly told that my machine qualifies.

- I had questions so I followed the support link (1 click) I entered my phone number onto the website and Apple called me within 30 seconds. Wow!

- I asked if instead of taking the machine to a store, if they could just ship a new hard disk to me and let me swap it myself. They said YES.

- I asked if it is a new hard disk or a refurbished hard disk and they said NEW, with a 5 year warranty.

So now get this. They are shipping the new HD to me, just like that. I don't need to send the old HD back. The entire experience was less than 5 minutes. I was so happy I ordered a solid state Hard Disk as well. Since I have to open it up I'm going to turbo-charge it.

APPLE ROCKS!

Amaaaaazing! They sold you a bad HD and now give you a new one in return! I never heard of such a thing before! This truly is a special service by Apple!
From now on no more cheap pc's! I'm gonna pay twice as much for my stuff!
God, this story brought tears to my eyes!

machinegunkelly · 10-24-2012, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

The least they could do if you pay twice as much for their products, right?

I don't mind paying a premium for a great product.

Worth every cent

Slappin Fish · 10-24-2012, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by **********

So now get this. They are shipping the new HD to me, just like that.

Why wouldn't they in all probability Seagate foot the bill

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by machinegunkelly

I don't mind paying a premium for a great product.

Worth every cent

You saw my thread where i bought an Apple screen without the Apple logo for 350 dollars or something?
You paid 750 more. Why?

machinegunkelly · 10-24-2012, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

You saw my thread where i bought an Apple screen without the Apple logo for 350 dollars or something?
You paid 750 more. Why?

I like nice things?

Saw the thread yes.
how many dead pixels did you have again?

Apple's not as over priced as people think... if the quality wasn't there, I'd have bought something else.

( you know I love ya Frank!, just don't get why people hate on Apple so bad )

I was a PC guy for years ( 20 ) and I'll never look back.

I don't like fucking with things, and expect them to work.
My PC's , no matter how often I bought, never fucking worked properly.

5 years now, 2 imacs, 2 mac minis and only 1 problem, which is now being fixed for free, off warrantee.

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 01:36 PM

I don't hate Apple. Not at all. I'm typing this on my Iphone. I hate fanboys.

BareBacked · 10-24-2012, 01:37 PM

did you name yourself after the rapper ?

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 01:40 PM

Oh the dead pixels are basically non visible. You can pay 50 bucks more and have a zero dead pixel guarantee. Still 600 cheapet than the same screen with an Apple logo.
See, that's what bothers me about the fanboys. How can you possibly say it's not that overpriced? Any sane person can see it's terribly overpriced.

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 01:41 PM

Can't you just buy your Apple stuff and admit they are not some kind of god? Do that and you will notice there will way less "haters".

georgeyw · 10-24-2012, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by machinegunkelly

I'm not gonna get involved in the trolling, but I've never had any other company email me up a year after warantee expires offering to fix something free for me.

I call that great service.

It's warranty bloke

If you actually think Apple is paying this bill, you're sniffing the best fairy dust Donald Duck has ever made.

Seagate will be getting their rim slammed until it bleeds over this. No way Apple is footing one cent out of the bill for this.

Which is fair enough, however you are slipping your tongue down the trousers of Apple when it is Seagate who is replacing your HDD .

Sly · 10-24-2012, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

Buy this one. I picked it up recently, it's amazing.

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product...04G-P4-2673-KR

Gaming or video editing? Would like to compare benchmark notes with you on video editing if that's what you are doing.

The 660 took a 3 min. task and turned it into a 1 min. task for me.

machinegunkelly · 10-24-2012, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

See, that's what bothers me about the fanboys. How can you possibly say it's not that overpriced? Any sane person can see it's terribly overpriced.

Price is relative..

It's only over priced if I feel I paid too much.
Which I don't..

I just got tired of having to build a good machine, and all the problems that come with winblows.

nico-t · 10-24-2012, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by machinegunkelly

My PC's , no matter how often I bought, never fucking worked properly.

i always wonder when someone who is converted to apple says this, if it was a hardware problem or a user problem. Because in 10 years of using pc's i never had one that didn't work properly.

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by nico-t

i always wonder when someone who is converted to apple says this, if it was a hardware problem or a user problem. Because in 10 years of using pc's i never had one that didn't work properly.

How old are you? 16?

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by machinegunkelly

Price is relative..

It's only over priced if I feel I paid too much.
Which I don't..

I just got tired of having to build a good machine, and all the problems that come with winblows.

You're stuck in 2003. Know how many problems i have with my pc and w7? As much as you on your twice as expensive imac.

nico-t · 10-24-2012, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

How old are you? 16?

not counting hobby years with no extensive use, but no problems back then either.

machinegunkelly · 10-24-2012, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BareBacked

did you name yourself after the rapper ?

Yes.

I used my wonderful Imac to travel back to 2001 and tell myself about the rapper so I could use that name

( the answer is no. And fuck that rapper for screwing up my gmail)

machinegunkelly · 10-24-2012, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

You're stuck in 2003. Know how many problems i have with my pc and w7? As much as you on your twice as expensive imac.

Possibly... honestly it was vista that pushed me to the "dark side"

I find window 7 to be good and stable, but after using osx for 5 years now.. i find windows very clunky and counter intuitive

Also, for me as a designer/developr ot just makes seNce to have one machine that can run all OS's

Mr Pheer · 10-24-2012, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by geedub

Nice video card, I have a few 550s and 1 660 and the 660 is way faster when rendering video.

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Originally Posted by Sly

The 660 is bad ass, I love it. Thinking about getting another one.

I'm sure it's going to blow away the 9800GT that it's replacing. I've had that card forever and would still be using it if the fan hadnt stopped working, allowing the card to overheat and lock up my PC a few times.

Since the new videocard will drive 4 monitors, I'm actually replacing two videocards with it. I'll be yanking out the 9600GT I'm on now and then I'll have all three monitors going again.

2MuchMark · 10-24-2012, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

Amaaaaazing! They sold you a bad HD and now give you a new one in return! I never heard of such a thing before! This truly is a special service by Apple!
From now on no more cheap pc's! I'm gonna pay twice as much for my stuff!
God, this story brought tears to my eyes!

Lol... you are so stubborn. You really don't understand at all.

I bought this computer almost 4 years ago, from Apple.
Apple told me today that the HD COULD fail, and offered a free replacement.

What don't you understand?

- They are being pro-active.
- They are giving amazing support and care for their customers
- They are telling me BEFORE my hard disk dies.

You go right on ahead buying shitty clones, fight it to run windoze and deal with the poorly written drivers, pop-ups, memory leaks and malware every day, and pat yourself on the back because you think you saved a few bucks. I and every other Mac owner will keep right on being productive on computers that work properly and backed by a company that gives a shit, thank you very much.

2MuchMark · 10-24-2012, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Slappin Fish

Why wouldn't they in all probability Seagate foot the bill

They probably are. I used to sell computers a long time ago and manufacturers like Seagate honoured their warranties without problems. If a customer brought a machine in with a bad HD we swapped it for a new one, sent the old one back to the distributor, and received a new one soon afterwards.

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Originally Posted by machinegunkelly

I don't mind paying a premium for a great product.
Worth every cent

Neither do I. Our company has 6 iMacs + 3 Mac laptops. Money very well spent.

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

You saw my thread where i bought an Apple screen without the Apple logo for 350 dollars or something?
You paid 750 more. Why?

If it doesn't have the Apple logo, its probably not an Apple product. It's probably a clone, and you probably got hosed.

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

I don't hate Apple. Not at all. I'm typing this on my Iphone. I hate fanboys.

Do you love your car? I bet you do and you brag about it to everyone who will listen so stfu. don't feel bad, everyone does it.

2MuchMark · 10-24-2012, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by machinegunkelly

Possibly... honestly it was vista that pushed me to the "dark side"

Same here. Vista was awful. I switched back to XP.

[QUOTE=machinegunkelly;19272540]
I find window 7 to be good and stable, but after using osx for 5 years now.. i find windows very clunky and counter intuitive[QUOTE=machinegunkelly;19272540]

Same here! I work much faster on my Mac than I ever did on Windows. Very intuitive.

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Originally Posted by machinegunkelly

Also, for me as a designer/developr ot just makes seNce to have one machine that can run all OS's

Bingo! Our accounting Mac has Parallels to run both OS and Windows 7. It does it perfectly too, and even better, it runs both at the same time. Who would have guessed that running Windows inside of a window on another operating system would work, let alone work so well?

Anyway, sorry haters. Trash us Mac users all you want. You're the ones who are losing out, not us.

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by **********

You go right on ahead buying shitty clones, fight it to run windoze and deal with the poorly written drivers, pop-ups, memory leaks and malware every day, and pat yourself on the back because you think you saved a few bucks..

Wut wut wut???

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 07:44 PM

Mark, i have a perfectly fine computer that's most likely faster than your Imac and way cheaper. I have the same screen as you do and i paid 650 less. I have an OS that works fast as hell and never crashes. Malware? Wtf are you talking about man?
You Apple freaks scare me really. What kind of fantasy world do you people live in??

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 07:46 PM

My guess is all your fanboys are stuck 10 years ago when indeed pc's had all kind of problems and Imacs had less. Things changed dude, a lot.
And the stuff you people come up with only makes you look real stupid and ignorant tbh.

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by **********

Anyway, sorry haters. Trash us Mac users all you want. You're the ones who are losing out, not us.

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by **********

If it doesn't have the Apple logo, its probably not an Apple product. It's probably a clone, and you probably got hosed.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1225919/y...p-monitor-club

Make sure to read the faq you ignorant tard. I am willing to bet you any amount you wouldn't notice the difference between my screen and your Apple screen. Wanna know why? Because they are the same. Difference is i paid 650 less.

And you are the one making fun of me?

Notice the irony fanboy

Sly · 10-24-2012, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

http://www.overclock.net/t/1225919/y...p-monitor-club

Make sure to read the faq you ignorant tard. I am willing to bet you any amount you wouldn't notice the difference between my screen and your Apple screen. Wanna know why? Because they are the same. Difference is i paid 650 less.

And you are the one making fun of me?

Notice the irony fanboy

Do they have 30 inch? I found an HP with a real nice resolution. It's $950 new, but I see it on sale every now and then used for $650.

Dirty F · 10-24-2012, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Sly

Do they have 30 inch? I found an HP with a real nice resolution. It's $950 new, but I see it on sale every now and then used for $650.

Yes, check Ebay but they are pretty expensive as well i believe.

New 30" Inch Crossover 3020MDP Pivot DP HDMI 2560x1600 S-IPS Monitor

748 dollahs

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-30-Inch-.../130741074860?

Killswitch · 10-24-2012, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

I don't hate Apple. Not at all. I'm typing this on my Iphone. I hate fanboys.

THAT'S A GOD DAMN LIE! Everyone know's no matter how you spell iPhone, the iPhone auto-corrects it to iPhone.

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Originally Posted by Dirty F

Can't you just buy your Apple stuff and admit they are not some kind of god? Do that and you will notice there will way less "haters".

Many of us do, but most Apple haters jump on you saying you suck Steve's dick blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda...

Apple haters are the ones who created the whole "Apple fanboy" persona, not Apple users.

10-23-2012, 08:10 PM	#1
machinegunkelly Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 3,283	PSA : 27inch iMac owners, check for recall. I've been having some horrible noises coming from my 27inch imac lately, and last week it failed to boot on me, and just this weekend I got an email from Apple http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/20/hard-...-of-1tb-imacs/ You can check if your HD is cleared for replacement here. http://www.apple.com/support/imac-ha...0-192397&sr=em Happy to get this email... fucking grinding sound has been driving me nuts. Just thought I'd share this here. __________________ dead.

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2MuchMark Videochat Solutions Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 48,777	Thanks for the tip, machinegunkelly! I checked it and sure enough my machine has a potential bad hard disk. Apple Haters : You lose. Tell me you would ever get this kind of service from your local clone store. And before you blame Apple, don't. It's a Segate product that is defective, not an Apple product. I'm going to go have sex with an Apple right now. __________________ Custom Software \| Server Management \| Integration and Technology Solutions https://www.2much.net

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Mr Pheer I got bored here. Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 20,880	Apple haters enter in 3... 2... 1...

10-23-2012, 09:12 PM	#3
Supz Arthur Flegenheimer Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 11,056	I will have to check my old ladys iMac. Not sure what size it is.

10-23-2012, 10:23 PM	#5
Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	Look how the fanboys are already crying about Apple haters while nobody is even saying a thing. Pathetiiiic

10-24-2012, 05:59 AM	#8
tony286 lurker Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 57,021	I call bullshit magical machines that are works of art dont have problems.

10-24-2012, 12:02 PM	#15
Mr Pheer I got bored here. Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 20,880	You guys call me an Apple fanboy as I'm sitting here posting on GFY from my PC, and ordering a new nVidia GTX-660Ti videocard at the same time. That card isnt for an Apple product. You guys make me laugh with your silly presumptions

10-24-2012, 01:36 PM	#26
Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	I don't hate Apple. Not at all. I'm typing this on my Iphone. I hate fanboys.

10-24-2012, 01:40 PM	#28
Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	Oh the dead pixels are basically non visible. You can pay 50 bucks more and have a zero dead pixel guarantee. Still 600 cheapet than the same screen with an Apple logo. See, that's what bothers me about the fanboys. How can you possibly say it's not that overpriced? Any sane person can see it's terribly overpriced.

10-24-2012, 01:41 PM	#29
Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	Can't you just buy your Apple stuff and admit they are not some kind of god? Do that and you will notice there will way less "haters".

10-24-2012, 07:44 PM	#44
Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	Mark, i have a perfectly fine computer that's most likely faster than your Imac and way cheaper. I have the same screen as you do and i paid 650 less. I have an OS that works fast as hell and never crashes. Malware? Wtf are you talking about man? You Apple freaks scare me really. What kind of fantasy world do you people live in??

10-24-2012, 07:46 PM	#45
Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	My guess is all your fanboys are stuck 10 years ago when indeed pc's had all kind of problems and Imacs had less. Things changed dude, a lot. And the stuff you people come up with only makes you look real stupid and ignorant tbh.