Yeah, but it'll be only $100 to repair my 5 year old Mac that only gets turned off every 6 months or so and runs at least 3 operating systems.

Yeah but the real joke to the Mac heads out there will be when they start using the same Intel processor as the Windows machines...

Actually I am really looking forward to this to finally resolve the issues of "is it the OS or the hardware" that constantly causes crashes.

I understand that Linux users don't have the "blue screen of death" problems that Windows users have... pretty much says the hardware is OK, and the OS sucks.

When an Ultimate Advocate (in his own mind) made OT smarmy remarks about not using Windows machines.

Anyway why not? Don't we have enough posts about what REAL advocates do? Now we can read what REAL computer-cyclist geeks do.


Oh no.

Now we can debate over a new acronym -
CC - computing cyclist

along with VC's, WOL's, BL's, etc.

I imagine the CC debate will rage just the same - with evanelists on all sides Mac / Windows (Unix?) - Laptop / Desktop / PDA...


We could even have CC puzzlers!

Yeah but the real joke to the Mac heads out there will be when they start using the same Intel processor as the Windows machines...

Actually I am really looking forward to this to finally resolve the issues of "is it the OS or the hardware" that constantly causes crashes.

I understand that Linux users don't have the "blue screen of death" problems that Windows users have... pretty much says the hardware is OK, and the OS sucks.
With the Intel chip I could rull all the OSes. That would be cool.

Never seen the blue screen on the Mac, but I did see a kernel panic once. It went away. All computers have their plusses and minuses. But hey, look at me. I ride a Vespa, I'm fond of Mini-Coopers and VW Bugs, I've taken a few graphic design classes, I hang out in coffeehouses... I'm the Mac demographic. Why wouldn't I have one?

I'de rather believe in creative computing, guys.
If you wanted to homebrew a computer out of an nforce mobo with an athalon proccessor, stick a thousand USB ports on the front panel, and run OSX on it, then go for it. In the end, there's no universal 'better', there's only what's best for you and what you want to do with it. There's enough room in the computing world for all colors, and a heck of a lot of room for improvement.
The OS wars are silly. Each has their pros and cons; that's the nature of the digital beast.

I ride safely as conditions dictate, I don't need any third-party proprietary branding attached.


I too ride CC (Chipcom Cycling). :D Live to ride, Ride in a way that I continue to live.

When riding with a group on the road, I am the pillar of sane and safe riding. When alone, I ride sanely, but will break a rule of two without guilt. It is a mute point really. My area is rural and traffic concerns are at a minimum.

In college in B-more, I was an anarchist. Broke the rules just because I could. That was in the 70s. But I was caught being stupid and ended up taking out a windsheild with my body. I smartened up.

OK, so hybrid is a little bit of everything, for those that weren't sure. Ride the arterial and take the lane, use the bike lane or path, use the backstreets or ride in an alley - whatever works for you and gets you there safely. Lights and reflectors a definite plus, helmet as warranted, follow the rules to the extent your safety depends on it; break the rules at your own risk. That's how I voted.OK, so if that's what Hybrid Cycling means, then I am voting 'hybrid'. It's HC™ for me.

I like the way you describe hybrid: "whatever works for you and gets you there safely".

I ride mostly according to the rules of the road - take the lane, establish my position, make vehicular left turns, etc. Someone seeing me might classify me as a vehicular cyclist although I would reject that label (actually, I probably do ride vehicularly as much as many of your everyday self-proclaimed vehicular cyclists).

But I do things that are frowned upon by the VC purists. I ride on bike paths and in bike lanes. I sometimes filter forward rather than waiting in long lines at red lights. I cut through private lanes and ride on sidewalks sometimes (oh, the humanity!). I do whatever works and is safe.

What's important to me is that my legal right to do these things and to ride how I please not be taken away as long as what I do is not unsafe.

As I said in a previous post.

I'm as free as a breeze
And I ride where I please
Saddle Tramp, Saddle Tramp