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FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for August 12, 2010
August 11, 2010
August 13, 2010
Transcript:
Jason: This is the computer you want?? And iFruit??
Andy: It's so darling. I mean, look at what it says when you start it up.
Jason: "Welcome to iFruit. Hug me" ithink iwill b sick.
Andy: Oh, hush, I've seen you do this.
I have two (count āem, two) Sony VAIO laptops (a friend suggested I call this black, angular one Darth VAIO), but next time Iām definitely getting an Apple that also emulates PCs.
i bought mine from a kids computer camp. paid cash money, got a great deal, and helped out the kids at the same time. just need to get speakers (maybe) and a printer/scanner which i would have bought anyway. as long as youāre happy with what you get, who cares about the brand name?
ā i ā remember this story arc now! This is where his mom bought him the āi-fruitā, a parody of the apple i-mac monitor computer (with built-in modem) that came in eight āflavorsā (colors). It has been in this strip series ever since dispite the fact Apple have long stop producing those models.
For years I used a pc. Then my son bought me a Mac for Christmas three years ago. Since then it hasnāt crashed once. Every morning when I go in to see my favorite ātoons it works perfectly and is quick about it! Having said all of that, I must say, I miss Excel and Word. Mac has ācomparableā software but cannot hold a candle to Excel. Especially when one has a need to use their VBA(Visual Basic Apps). A very powerful package!
Iām with twypsi - Iām a nerdnik engineer and do a lot of stuff with Visual Basic in Excel,,, nothing comes close.
Nabu - normally agree with the recommendation on waiting on getting the bugs out,, but just recently (on the recommendation of an IT guy I trust) had both my computers purged of Vista and installed Windows 7 from scratch (not an upgrade)ā¦ Itās early, but gotta admit Iām pretty happy so far - not an endorsement because everything could go to Purgatory tomorrow,, just an observation.
twpsi,
have you tried Office for Mac? Iāve used it for years and the Word and Excel programs are excellent. Plus Iāve ported documents and spreadsheets between Macs and PCs without any problems..
Valerie,, the weak link is the Visual Basic. Microsoft stopped putting it into the Office for Mac versions. I understand the upcoming release will have it, but the bottom line is ā unfortunately for us consumers ā the Mac versions of Microsoft programs will always be subject to the whims of Big Brother Billā¦
āNever buy an operating system from Microsoft unless itās at least 2 years old. XP, for example, couldnāt run most software until service pack 2 came out. Then it was an excellent OS. Had to wait for the bugs to get worked out.ā
I pre-ordered Windows 7 and installed it the day it came out. I upgraded my system from XPx32 to 7x64. My computer just āworked.ā It has continued to work excellently. I would never ever ever ever go back to XP. Theyāre starting to get things right. It doesnāt crash. Since I actually know what Iām doing, it doesnāt get viruses, either.
With Windows, I can play games on it and Steve Jobs doesnāt get to tell me what I can and canāt put on it. =\ I run Linux Virtual Machines, too. Iād run a Mac VM, too, if Jobs actually allowed his software to run on anything but a stringent set of specific hardware. I had an NVidia video card burn out and I replaced it with an ATI. Windows kept working smoothly.
I will always be a person who believes that every system has its strengths. I would never ever sign up for Windows Hosting for a website: Linux is better for servers, and I would more likely than not recommend Macs for anyone who doesnāt tinker with their computer.
I never could figure out why they sued MIcrosoft for bundling their operating system with a web browser when,at the same time, Apple was bundling their operating system with a computer.
Vista Bill Raley and Cometā¢ over 14 years ago
Jasonās a Windows guy! PCs are the only way to go!
Rakkav over 14 years ago
PCs are the only way to goā¦crazy!
I have two (count āem, two) Sony VAIO laptops (a friend suggested I call this black, angular one Darth VAIO), but next time Iām definitely getting an Apple that also emulates PCs.
yyyguy over 14 years ago
i bought mine from a kids computer camp. paid cash money, got a great deal, and helped out the kids at the same time. just need to get speakers (maybe) and a printer/scanner which i would have bought anyway. as long as youāre happy with what you get, who cares about the brand name?
Lyons Group, Inc. over 14 years ago
ā i ā remember this story arc now! This is where his mom bought him the āi-fruitā, a parody of the apple i-mac monitor computer (with built-in modem) that came in eight āflavorsā (colors). It has been in this strip series ever since dispite the fact Apple have long stop producing those models.
Colt9033 over 14 years ago
You guys realize this thing came out before the big āI (insert generic name)ā became the fade right? Mr. Amend predicted the FUTUREā¦..
Never know, they may make a IFruit..
Sandfan over 14 years ago
Flashy forms and colors over content? Worked for Detroit for about a hundred years.
MittensRhino over 14 years ago
The ifruity computer is a sissy one
kilioopu over 14 years ago
I switched back to Macs because the software is so much easier to maintain by yourself. Itās Unix underneath, and no registry to fight with.
But, I used to work at Xerox PARC when my colleagues were coming up with the window systems that Apple made successful.
twj0729 over 14 years ago
For years I used a pc. Then my son bought me a Mac for Christmas three years ago. Since then it hasnāt crashed once. Every morning when I go in to see my favorite ātoons it works perfectly and is quick about it! Having said all of that, I must say, I miss Excel and Word. Mac has ācomparableā software but cannot hold a candle to Excel. Especially when one has a need to use their VBA(Visual Basic Apps). A very powerful package!
GeraldTarrant over 14 years ago
The difference between a Mac and PC: http://img.kyon.pl/static/img/remiq.net_7082.jpg
jackmatt over 14 years ago
Iām with twypsi - Iām a nerdnik engineer and do a lot of stuff with Visual Basic in Excel,,, nothing comes close.
Nabu - normally agree with the recommendation on waiting on getting the bugs out,, but just recently (on the recommendation of an IT guy I trust) had both my computers purged of Vista and installed Windows 7 from scratch (not an upgrade)ā¦ Itās early, but gotta admit Iām pretty happy so far - not an endorsement because everything could go to Purgatory tomorrow,, just an observation.
vsqrd over 14 years ago
twpsi, have you tried Office for Mac? Iāve used it for years and the Word and Excel programs are excellent. Plus Iāve ported documents and spreadsheets between Macs and PCs without any problems..
jackmatt over 14 years ago
Valerie,, the weak link is the Visual Basic. Microsoft stopped putting it into the Office for Mac versions. I understand the upcoming release will have it, but the bottom line is ā unfortunately for us consumers ā the Mac versions of Microsoft programs will always be subject to the whims of Big Brother Billā¦
Xane_T over 14 years ago
Hmmā¦ I believe these strips came out long before Mac was using a Unix-core OS.
Jaedabee over 14 years ago
āNever buy an operating system from Microsoft unless itās at least 2 years old. XP, for example, couldnāt run most software until service pack 2 came out. Then it was an excellent OS. Had to wait for the bugs to get worked out.ā
I pre-ordered Windows 7 and installed it the day it came out. I upgraded my system from XPx32 to 7x64. My computer just āworked.ā It has continued to work excellently. I would never ever ever ever go back to XP. Theyāre starting to get things right. It doesnāt crash. Since I actually know what Iām doing, it doesnāt get viruses, either.With Windows, I can play games on it and Steve Jobs doesnāt get to tell me what I can and canāt put on it. =\ I run Linux Virtual Machines, too. Iād run a Mac VM, too, if Jobs actually allowed his software to run on anything but a stringent set of specific hardware. I had an NVidia video card burn out and I replaced it with an ATI. Windows kept working smoothly.
I will always be a person who believes that every system has its strengths. I would never ever sign up for Windows Hosting for a website: Linux is better for servers, and I would more likely than not recommend Macs for anyone who doesnāt tinker with their computer.
treBsdrawkcaB over 14 years ago
The iFruit is a Whack-N-Crash with a cute wrapperā¦
amingv over 14 years ago
āThink fruityā is right. Jason will be running GNU/Linux on it within minutes.
Oh, and Bill (not Amend) hasnāt been big brother for a while now, just a FYI :)
jackmatt over 14 years ago
Yeah,,, but itās so much fun to keep blaming himā¦
dancedood over 14 years ago
Do not put down an Apple product Jason!
tsandl over 14 years ago
I never could figure out why they sued MIcrosoft for bundling their operating system with a web browser when,at the same time, Apple was bundling their operating system with a computer.
Dapperdan61 Premium Member over 14 years ago
I love to hug my i Pad
vaspen14 about 13 years ago
YEA I LOVE THE iFRUIT! I always looked forward to a comic with the ifruit in it :)
ElJorro over 3 years ago
I have always liked the font play Amend utilizes.
Are2Dee2 3 months ago
iFruit ā Haha