FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for August 12, 2010

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    Vista Bill Raley and Cometā„¢  over 14 years ago

    Jasonā€™s a Windows guy! PCs are the only way to go!

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    Rakkav  over 14 years ago

    PCs are the only way to goā€¦crazy!

    I have two (count ā€˜em, two) Sony VAIO laptops (a friend suggested I call this black, angular one Darth VAIO), but next time Iā€™m definitely getting an Apple that also emulates PCs.

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    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 youā€™re happy with what you get, who cares about the brand name?

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    Lyons Group, Inc.  over 14 years ago

    ā€ i ā€ remember this story arc now! This is where his mom bought him the ā€œi-fruitā€, a parody of the apple i-mac monitor computer (with built-in modem) that came in eight ā€œflavorsā€ (colors). It has been in this strip series ever since dispite the fact Apple have long stop producing those models.

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    Colt9033  over 14 years ago

    You guys realize this thing came out before the big ā€œI (insert generic name)ā€ became the fade right? Mr. Amend predicted the FUTUREā€¦..

    Never know, they may make a IFruit..

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    Sandfan  over 14 years ago

    Flashy forms and colors over content? Worked for Detroit for about a hundred years.

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    MittensRhino  over 14 years ago

    The ifruity computer is a sissy one

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    kilioopu  over 14 years ago

    I switched back to Macs because the software is so much easier to maintain by yourself. Itā€™s 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.

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    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 hasnā€™t crashed once. Every morning when I go in to see my favorite ā€˜toons it works perfectly and is quick about it! Having said all of that, I must say, I miss Excel and Word. Mac has ā€œcomparableā€ 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!

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    GeraldTarrant  over 14 years ago

    The difference between a Mac and PC: http://img.kyon.pl/static/img/remiq.net_7082.jpg

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    jackmatt  over 14 years ago

    Iā€™m with twypsi - Iā€™m 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€¦ Itā€™s early, but gotta admit Iā€™m pretty happy so far - not an endorsement because everything could go to Purgatory tomorrow,, just an observation.

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    vsqrd  over 14 years ago

    twpsi, have you tried Office for Mac? Iā€™ve used it for years and the Word and Excel programs are excellent. Plus Iā€™ve ported documents and spreadsheets between Macs and PCs without any problems..

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    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€¦

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    Xane_T  over 14 years ago

    Hmmā€¦ I believe these strips came out long before Mac was using a Unix-core OS.

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    Jaedabee  over 14 years ago

    ā€œNever buy an operating system from Microsoft unless itā€™s at least 2 years old. XP, for example, couldnā€™t 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 ā€œworked.ā€ It has continued to work excellently. I would never ever ever ever go back to XP. Theyā€™re starting to get things right. It doesnā€™t crash. Since I actually know what Iā€™m doing, it doesnā€™t get viruses, either.

    With Windows, I can play games on it and Steve Jobs doesnā€™t get to tell me what I can and canā€™t put on it. =\ I run Linux Virtual Machines, too. Iā€™d 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 doesnā€™t tinker with their computer.

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    treBsdrawkcaB  over 14 years ago

    The iFruit is a Whack-N-Crash with a cute wrapperā€¦

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    amingv  over 14 years ago

    ā€œThink fruityā€ is right. Jason will be running GNU/Linux on it within minutes.

    Oh, and Bill (not Amend) hasnā€™t been big brother for a while now, just a FYI :)

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    jackmatt  over 14 years ago

    Yeah,,, but itā€™s so much fun to keep blaming himā€¦

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    dancedood  over 14 years ago

    Do not put down an Apple product Jason!

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    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.

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    Dapperdan61  Premium Member over 14 years ago

    I love to hug my i Pad

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    vaspen14  about 13 years ago

    YEA I LOVE THE iFRUIT! I always looked forward to a comic with the ifruit in it :)

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    ElJorro  over 3 years ago

    I have always liked the font play Amend utilizes.

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    Are2Dee2  3 months ago

    iFruit ā€” Haha

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