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    New iPhone 3Gi !!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Underpantman, Jul 29, 2009.

  1. Underpantman

    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    Amazing new iPhone just released get the full story here

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    ps

    Obviously Ella isn't a true believer.... and doesn't visit this fine apple forum.
     
    Underpantman, Jul 29, 2009
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    OMG I MUST HAS ONE! WHERE DOES I QUEUE???


    omnomnomnomnom...
     
    Budding, Jul 29, 2009
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  3. Sponsi

    Sponsi Badibade

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    Um.... yeah no. People are weird.
     
    Sponsi, Jul 29, 2009
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  4. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    Fuel for the Apple Fanboy sterotype......nothing more.
     
    Khris, Jul 29, 2009
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  5. MexicanSnake

    MexicanSnake I'm back!

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    Yeah its there! like the invisible car of James Bond!.
     
    MexicanSnake, Jul 29, 2009
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  6. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    So what? We are coolest fanboys on the market :D with preimium support, etc. !
     
    Xirurg, Jul 29, 2009
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  7. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    the sad thing is that stupid people really see Apple customers this way... kind of feel sorry for them.
     
    doh123, Jul 29, 2009
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  8. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    who cares what other people think? will that make your computer work better if they think good/bad things about apple users?
     
    Xirurg, Jul 29, 2009
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  9. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    I don't really care how ignorant they are... it doesn't effect me very often, except when the ignorance is by a buncha people in a software development company and refuse to make Mac products because of their own idiocy.... but that usually just happens in Game companies.
     
    doh123, Jul 29, 2009
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    Games is more because of DirectX, which is much nicer API to use than OpenGL or Core Graphics.

    That said, Objective-C (which OS X is based on) is not a very nice language to use, and Xcode pales compared to Visual Studio.
     
    Budding, Jul 29, 2009
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  11. irishhenshin

    irishhenshin Notebook Consultant

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    I can't afford it :(
     
    irishhenshin, Jul 29, 2009
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  12. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    theres ways around that... code for DirectX right and switch out with SwiftShader and use Cider and its a easy cheap port to OSX, still running a DirectX Windows version... Some game companies are jumping on this stuff Transgaming is doing.

    Objective-C, Xcode, Visual Studio, DirectX, etc... is all more of a preference thing. Same reason a lot of people stick with Windows, is the same reason they only know Windows programming well, and find it better.... it just cuz its what they know. 9 out of 10 Game programmers might say DirectX is the best for making games, but I wouldn't be surprised if 7 or 8 of them didn't know anything except DirectX.
     
    doh123, Jul 29, 2009
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  13. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    For companies, its also a money thing. Having to rewrite games / game engines from scratch to support multiple platforms to get a few percent more sales probably doesn't look very encouraging from their perspective.
     
    masterchef341, Jul 29, 2009
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  14. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    yes, and thats why a lot don't do it.. not realizing that they don't have to do that.
     
    doh123, Jul 29, 2009
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