Hillarious review of a Mac Mini by a Windows person. - Computer Programmers, Programming Forum

callumjones · #1 02-07-2006

Head over to http://www.divisiontwo.com/articles/MacMini2.html and you can read a review of an article written by a person who is obviously very nieve or stupid.
He is reviews the Mac Mini with many biased views such as,

-The belief that MSN is standard compilance and that Safari is a non compilant browser after not rendering it properley.
-"Stupid Apple" forgot to provide the user with Anti-Virus
-When you install IE (if you are game enough) it is buried in the "c

applications" folder
-No Windows XP/PS2 ports/Serial ports
-" the unit makes no sound whatsoever. This could make it very difficult for a novice user to know whether or not the computer is on"

But this is my favourite line,
The Mini boots up into a stripped-down operating system which Apple calls OS X, similar to the stripped-down WindowsCE OS found on many handhelds. The mini OS is going to be a significant hurdle for many buyers who are used to Windows or have favorite Windows software packages they need to use. Think of it more as a first computer for your daughter or niece than as a machine to get any serious work done and you’ll get the point of the Mini and its target market.

Thought a light read and a view of idiot on a Mac.

sirjavabean · #2 02-07-2006

Quote:

In fact, it took our techs about fifteen minutes before we realized the unit itself was operating normally and it was the monitor that was not plugged in properly. It turns out the Mini uses a weird kind of display connector on the back that requires a special adapter if you want to plug it into a PC monitor. We used a 15” Compaq VGA display.

What an idiot...

hot_cakes · #3 02-07-2006

It must be a joke. I followed one of the links at the bottom. One line in particular of the Barbie OS review made me laugh out loud at work. Embarassing:

Quote:

This year, Mattel is upping the ante by making the B-Book into a full-fledged desktop replacement targeted specifically at toddler through preteen girls who are currently Windows users but may be seeking alternatives, possibly due to increasing licensing fees or out of a desire to break free of vendor lock-in

From http://www.divisiontwo.com/articles/barbieOS.htm

Edd

darkecho · #4 02-07-2006

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hot_cakes originally posted:

It must be a joke. I followed one of the links at the bottom. One line in particular of the Barbie OS review made me laugh out loud at work. Embarassing:

From http://www.divisiontwo.com/articles/barbieOS.htm

Edd

ugh... what is this world coming too.. for the mac guy, what an idiot.. *smacks guy in the back of the head..

go figure, a mac not having a regular pc style monitor connector. never woulda guessed :o

Quote:

Mini is first turned on, during normal operation the unit makes no sound whatsoever.

i wish my pc was like this...

sirjavabean · #5 02-07-2006

i don't think it is a joke... have you seen the homepage???

http://www.divisiontwo.com/

you can't really write a joke about a massive humanitarian crisis

hot_cakes · #6 02-07-2006

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sirjavabean originally posted:

i don't think it is a joke... have you seen the homepage???

http://www.divisiontwo.com/

you can't really write a joke about a massive humanitarian crisis

The homepage only serves to strengthen my opinion! Look at it closer!

Edd

sirjavabean · #7 02-07-2006

yeah i know half of the authors look like they're from cartoons - but i still don't see how any joke about suicide bombers, people dying and torture can even claim to be funny. some of those articles are sick.

hot_cakes · #8 02-07-2006

It's called satire!

Edd

eazman · #9 02-07-2006

wow. that guy is extremely stupid

its really anoying actually because i want to tell him how stupid he is, but i can't contact him.

Trilobite · #10 02-07-2006

The entire site's a huge spoof. This is a quote from one of their other articles.

Quote:

[...] earlier today Bush signed the Privatization of Freedom initiative to turn over the federal government�s handling of the Iraq occupation and its related activities to private defense contractor Halliburton.

Halliburton is an oil company. The articles are jokes.