RunningAHEAD - Topic: GPS topic - Eric is gonna kill me. (page 3)

ABCGreys

My dogs are fast, not me

posted: 3/24/2007 at 8:48 AM

Done.

Robin

Wingz

Professional Noob

posted: 3/26/2007 at 1:35 PM

So, Eric: How close are we to our fundraising goal? Big grin

Roads were made for journeys...

Mississippi

posted: 3/26/2007 at 1:43 PM
modified: 3/26/2007 at 1:44 PM

Wingz - Growing kittens in the back yard now? Oh wait....is that a dryer?

Michelle

Wingz

Professional Noob

posted: 3/26/2007 at 9:25 PM

Well, you know how much cats hate getting wet... Evil grin

Roads were made for journeys...

eric :)

posted: 3/26/2007 at 9:49 PM

We are now up to $350. I've been checking out 'em Macs on Ebay and watching 'em Mac spoof ads on youtube. Pretty funny stuff. Can any Mac guys recommend something decent for that much? We can go over because I'll be chipping in my share too. Anyway, thank you everyone for your generosity! You are the reason why this place is special! eric Smile

Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 3/27/2007 at 12:19 AM
modified: 3/27/2007 at 12:20 AM

Good work folks, we are making progress. Don't listen to Eric, he has no business contributing to the cause, he already gives all his time! Eric, the Mac mini is perfect, small, powerful, Intel inside and reasonably priced.

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

mikeymike

posted: 3/27/2007 at 8:58 AM

Eric, keep the $350 and get yourself something nice. Don't waste it on a Mac. Those things are toys. Mac people are used to not knowing if things will work on their platform, it's one of the reasons they chose it. Evil grin

Runners run

Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 3/27/2007 at 9:15 AM
modified: 3/27/2007 at 9:27 AM

Unlike the PC platform, on which all the things designed specifically for it crash the system. Roll eyes

(yes, I have several PCs as well) Wink

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

zoom-zoom

rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 3/27/2007 at 9:16 AM

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

mikeymike

posted: 3/27/2007 at 9:28 AM
modified: 3/27/2007 at 9:29 AM

Yeah but he already has a PC, probably more than one. Eric, get yourself a new iPhone! Or 1/4 of a 32" LCD HD TV with 3000:1 contrast ratio! Or a new set of cookware! Or 5 pair of running shoes! C'mon, you've earned it. If these suckers want to send you their money you should take it and run. Evil grin

Runners run

Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 3/27/2007 at 9:36 AM

Don't bother with an iPhone. It remains vaporware. I prefer callit iCandy. The Mac Mini? One of the cheapest, fastest PCs around when running Parallels. Oh. And it also runs Mac OSX natively Cool

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

eric :)

posted: 3/27/2007 at 9:43 AM

Quote from mikeymike on 3/27/2007 at 9:28 AM:

Yeah but he already has a PC, probably more than one. Eric, get yourself a new iPhone! Or 1/4 of a 32" LCD HD TV with 3000:1 contrast ratio! Or a new set of cookware! Or 5 pair of running shoes! C'mon, you've earned it. If these suckers want to send you their money you should take it and run.

You shouldn't be encouraging me. The GPS work is a little harder than I expected (probably because I don't know enough about the USB protocol). Topped with the thought of developing on a Mac, it feels like I'm preparing to run a 100 miler with Lynn - I'll get to the finish line, but I'll be cussing and hurting much of the way. The money's specifically for the GPS project and if I do anything else with it I'll like the US Congress people, earmarking it for other purposes. We all know how annoying that is. By the way, we're up to $410 as of this morning. Trent: I do like the idea of a mini because it's small. I have no need for another big thing in my tiny living room. I'm searching Ebay as I type this. Something like this Apple Mac Mini 1.66Ghz Intel Core Duo would be nice. It also has the correct OS version for the development tools I've found.

Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 3/27/2007 at 3:42 PM
modified: 3/27/2007 at 3:44 PM

Wow, looks good. I wonder how they can sell it less than the $599 retail. Confused

If you want to put Windows on it, that requires an OS install disk and Parallels (~$80). I assume you have a monitor, keyboard and mouse. If not, you can get a switch to flip an existing set between the Mac and a PC without replugging everything back in. Mac will soon come out with the next OS, 10.5, possibly in June. You may elect to upgrade to that (or wait for it), which will be a few more bucks too.

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

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