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Old 01-08-2013, 01:17 PM  
edgeprod
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Originally Posted by vdbucks View Post
The only difference you have proven between yourself and I is... While you're calling the customer support hotline asking for help, I already have the answers.
So how would you have fixed a weird video bug in the newest Kext? They introduced the bug as part of a software update, and I wasn't interested in rolling back the Kext to an earlier version.

So you'd invest what -- a few weeks -- in fixing that, when I can just call Apple, and they send me a free video card, just IN CASE it's a bad card and not a software bug? Makes COMPLETE sense, lol.

It's weird that you think I don't do it because I *can't* do it, rather than WHY would I do it? Practice? LOL.


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I could just as easily have bought a Mac Pro. But why waste money that I don't need to waste?
Because, instead, you're wasting your time. I'm working on my next project, and you're dicking around with something that isn't making you money.


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I like building shit. I like tearing things down and finding out how they work. And as an end result, I can run install and run Windows, Linux or Mac on this machine, natively. The choice is mine. And it's people with minds like mine - well, far greater than mine really, but with the same or similar ideology - that make all these things simple consumers such as yourself enjoy.
That's a weird argument, since I was the Vice President of Business Development for the company that released Python 2.0 -- something you use when you install Linux. What contributions have you made, with all of your tinkering? Not trying to be a jerk, just trying to point out why your assumptions are a bit silly.


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Again, while you're on the phone with Apple support, I've already addressed the problem. This is the difference between you and I.
No, you really haven't, unless you have access to Apple's code. You aren't going to be fixing a bug in their OS release. It's weird to imply that you would, or could. What you WOULD be doing is going out to the store to go buy a video card. Me? I'm making a phone call, and in 5 minutes, one is in the mail to me, as well as a follow-up from the engineers to make sure the problem is getting fixed, if it's a software problem.

Your arguments are bizarre, I'm really sorry to put it that way.
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