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I actually might be interested if the transfer rate is high.]]>Nov 12th 2008 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
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Boy, Belkin constantly puts out seriously overpriced pieces of wire... at least make on side of the wire black...]]>Nov 12th 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
As a bonus, they make me look like a mentally unbalanced person talking to myself on the bus, so I always get left alone :P]]>Nov 12th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/For sure.
My two cents anyway. I still like Belkin.]]>Nov 13th 2008 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/I don't think I've ever seen nice cables as those from Belkin.. there's always some design to them..]]>Nov 13th 2008 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 13th 2008 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
Oh and "air of quiet superiority" should be changed to "air of obnoxious and snooty false-superiority". JK fanboys!

I've always had Macs and other PC's, because I just love gadgets and computers... but I've always been dissapointed with Apple's products. Too much eye candy, not enough functionality, and way too high of a price tag. I remember I had one of the first Apple digital cameras (took horrible pictures but hey, like I said, I love gadgets!), that thing cost thousands of dollars and was less useful than a Polaroid.]]>Nov 12th 2008 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 15th 2008 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
To do any real work, I have to boot off my pendrive into Ubuntu, where I have not had a single crash yet.]]>Nov 12th 2008 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
My company took a hard stance against people breaking their PCs after the CIO had a study done on the amount of money wasted annually on fixing problems caused by stupidity. The stance was: if you break it, you're at the bottom of the priority list and your computer WILL NOT BE FIXED until nothing else needs fixing. If you miss deadlines, etc. because your PC is down, you could very well be terminated.

Oddly enough, only a couple of people had to be let go before everyone realized they were serious. We don't have people breaking their PCs anymore. Fancy that.]]>Nov 12th 2008 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
Is this Skynet's definition of terminated? Sounds a bit harsh to me...]]>Nov 13th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
So, given the numerous agreements signed upon employment that you won't engage in activities that would break your PC, I think it's actually quite lenient of them to wait until deadlines are missed because someone broke their own PC, and IT was too busy fixing real problems to undo your idiocy.

If a UPS driver took a knife and slashed the tires on his truck, and subsequently couldn't make his deliveries on time, how long do you think he'd remain employed by UPS?]]>Nov 13th 2008 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/and having to finance a tank of gas nowadays doesn't make me want to run to the snotty teenager behind the Genius Bar desk and have him treat me as "A PC guy"
spend $75 in gas, or $60 for a dongle.
That was easy.]]>Nov 12th 2008 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
not...]]>Nov 12th 2008 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
You'd be surprised how many times shit just will not network correctly lol]]>Nov 12th 2008 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Right click on C
Check share this folder on the network

In OS X Finder
Drag files from shared folder to wherever you want them

Done..

Of course, I generally store everything on my Ubuntu server and hit it via Samba.

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That's right, OSX doesn't have hardware support worth crap. Almost forgot about that.]]>Nov 12th 2008 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
What are you, an idiot?]]>Nov 12th 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
OSX Just Works with NTFS, right?]]>Nov 12th 2008 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Perhaps I should have chosen a more clear way of expressing my frustration here, let me state it this way.

You shouldn't have to get a new machine to get a decent OS, ergo, you shouldn't have to move files between machines to switch in the first place. I tried to get kalyway to work on my Dell in a dual boot, and it failed miserably; I have come to the conclusion that instead of selling pretty hardware, Apple should be forced by anti-monopoly regulations to either license their OS to third parties without restrictions, or cease to sell it within the United States in any form at all.

Their OS is decent (by way of being posix compliant), but my hate for Apple will not die until either the company does, or they get their heads out of their butts with our without government assistance.]]>Nov 12th 2008 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
The fact that you are so ignorant about OS X that you didn't know it has SMB built into the OS and can speak to any Windows machine natively speaks volumes. You're a tool. And now you're trying to tell me that really your problem is that you want to run OS X on any machine you want.

Boo freakin' hoo. That is not a failing of OS X, that's a failing of your ability to understand why Apple is not going to license OS X. And of course none of this has anything to do with your original post, which was ignorant to the point of being laughable.

In conclusion, cry more. ]]>Nov 12th 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/Nov 12th 2008 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
Sounds sorta fascist.]]>Nov 12th 2008 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/belkin-switch-to-mac-cable-automatically-switches-you-to-mac-gi/
First you said this:

"I'd only be crying if I actually /bought/ a mac."

Then you said THIS:

"would like to be able to consider OSX a competitor in the open operating system market, and won't purchase an Apple product until I can."

You see that last sentence? That is called CRYING. I won't buy an Apple product until they do what I say, waah waah WAAH. You still don't appear to understand that licensing the OS would undermine the company so badly that it would go out of business. Not surprising, as you have shown yourself to be nothing but staggeringly ignorant on the topic of Macs. Did you know that Apple already licensed out the OS once? No of course you didn't, what am I saying? I keep forgetting you're an ignorant tool.

The only reason you would be crying if you bought a Mac is because you're very possibly too stupid to use one. And believe me, that is really saying something.]]>Nov 12th 2008 7:16PM