[AGL] Mac Attack

[bakhirun bakhirun]

On 3/6/07, Bill Irwin <billi at aloha.net> wrote:

>

>  If you only have limited funds to spend on photography the best

> investment is the camera and accessories rather that the computer.  Any

> computer that can run Photoshop will do just fine,  memory is the most

> important thing - get 2-4 gigs at least.  If resolution is important, and it

> generally is if you are going to make prints, then the most economical way

> to go is an automatic film camera such as the Cannon Elan7 ( generally less

> than $300) and a film scanner that can scan 4000 DPI, this will get you very

> near to film grain.  A comparable digital camera will cost you over

> $25,000.  Computers don't make photographs, photographers do,  you can make

> a damn good photo with no computer at all.  If you like hype get the Mac,

> either one will do a good job.

>

> If we are going to do reviews of home appliances shouldn't we expand a bit

> and cover other appliances?  My toaster is better than your toaster and my

> toast tastes better than your toast.  My vacuum cleaner really sucks also.

> Ewie

>



Sir, I will have you know the expression is "Nothing sucks like an
Electrolux".

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(funny they stopped using that slogan - those Scandinavians are a riot)

----- Original Message -----

> *From:* bakhirun bakhirun <bakhirun at gmail.com>

> *To:* survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> *Sent:* Monday, March 05, 2007 12:33 PM

> *Subject:* [AGL] Mac Attack

>

> I am trying to remember the quote from Spanish. It goes something like

> "...lo que sabe el burro de matematika..." (but it is probably dirtier).

>

> I too have a rather long history of rasslin' with personal computers.

> Artist friends in Montreal first baptized me with a creaky Mac 512 in 1986.

> I well remember the mental agonies required, at the age of 45, in having to

> learn to follow every tiny rule and neat keystroke. Then I moved in with an

> old pal in New York and used her MultiMate, on DOS. When I came to Indonesia

> and started working as a copywriter I had to use WP5.1 because everybody

> else was. Bye-bye Maccy at that point.

>

> But I am basically a visual expressionist and the lure of the wild has

> always hovered at the (event) horizon. I took a look at the iMac 24. Jeez,

> it looks like a home theatre. And all the reviews, even from the non-Mac

> crowd, are replete with wows.

>

> So I'm going for it. As we used to say at the Campus Guild, "Faint heart

> never screwed the cook."

>

> Thankee

>

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>

> On 3/6/07, Gerry <mesmo at gilanet.com> wrote:

> >

> > You know about as much about computers as I do about horses...

> > G

> >

> >

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: "michele mason" <yaya.m at earthlink.net>

> > To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

> > <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 1:45 PM

> > Subject: Re: [AGL] The Baron is either (a) or (b)

> >

> >

> > That's okay. But, not flexibility, or bang for the buck—know where to

> > buy and from whom. Software/hardware, maybe, maybe just a little

> > inferior.  One may get used to a corncob, but I prefer Charmin.  Yes, a

> > macsnob, but I don't mind.  mm

> >

> > On Mar 5, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Gerry wrote:

> >

> > > <<Macs are better in every sense!<<

> > >

> > > Except cost, bang for the buck, flexibility, general availability of a

> > > huge

> > > selection of software and hardware, etc.

> > >

> > > The one and only area that Macs established an early following and

> > > have been

> > > able to keep it is graphic arts...oh yeah, and cuteness...

> > >

> > > Not intending to start a "my computer is better than yours war" but

> > > resisting such an extreme statement as yours.

> > >

> > > On the DOS platform since 1985,

> > > G

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > ----- Original Message -----

> > > From: "michele mason" < yaya.m at earthlink.net>

> > > To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

> > > <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> > > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:38 AM

> > > Subject: Re: [AGL] The Baron is either (a) or (b)

> > >

> > >

> > >> Macs are better in every sense! That's my story....and you know.

> > >> Sincerely, I am a Mac-person and wouldn't have anything else. Its

> > just

> > >> a matter of which one you need. That ?, I would direct to Dave

> > >> Moriaty.

> > >>

> > >> Best regards,  Michele

> > >>

> > >> On Feb 15, 2007, at 5:49 AM, blacky at cbn.net.id wrote:

> > >>

> > >>>

> > >>> I have decided to plunk down two thousand clams for a 24-inch iMac,

> > >>> primarily to use for photo work and video editing.

> > >>>

> > >>>

> > >>> (a) Hooray for you, Byron. Go for it.

> > >>>

> > >>> (b) Yer bonkers, mate.

> > >>>

> > >>> Considering that all the furniture in my house is waterlogged, and

> > >>> that

> > >>> this sum represents a prodigious amount of dough for me, my esteemed

> > >>> colleagues and most valued peers are staring at me like I have lost

> > >>> my

> > >>> fucking mind.

> > >>>

> > >>> Wish me luck folks. Anyhow the way I look at it since I spend 25% of

> > >>> my

> > >>> waking hours staring at a stupid screen it may as well be a

> > >>> whizz-bang

> > >>> one.

> > >>>

> > >>> Any, er, comments? Feedback? Warnings?

> > >>>

> > >>> BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

> > >>>

> > >>

> > >>

> > >

> >

> >

> >

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