Arguing against the notion that it's magical and failure proof is arguing against a strawman. People like the hardware for being reliable. Nobody says it's invincible.

The pros switch between the integrated graphics (for heat/power saving) and a GeForce GT depending on how much load is being put on them.

EDIT: Looks like the 13 inchers don't have that feature actually. Instead you just pay the extra $600 for a faster processor, something that weighs 1 pound less, has a 7 hour battery…

I'm not sure what to make of the snarky tone of this article. For the most part I avoid shit targeted at women not because it makes me insecure, but because I interpret over-the-top feminized marketing as just being a lot of pink packaging and cloying sweetness (if it's food) or fragrance (if it's a body product)…

1.6GHz and integrated graphics vs. 2.5GHz and a dedicated GPU on the Mac.

Good comparison!

Given that the pricing of the new Mac Pro hasn't even been announced yet, I'd like to see the crystal ball you have that's letting you make price comparisons. The MacPro has historically sold for around $2.5k, and similar Windows workstations that use ECC memory run at about that price. See Lenovo: http://www.colamco.c…

If you found any of those tasks to be difficult on OS X I think the problem might just be that you're an idiot. Can you actually computer or are you working off Fischer Price?

And the fact that you think the upgrades to OS X have just been service packs is hilarious. They stick to calling it OS X because "X" looks…

Anecdotes aren't data. The fact is that Apple's products boast higher customer satisfaction and lower failure rates than most competitors: http://www.zdnet.com/consumer-repor…

(Asus gets a bad rap on this survey, but most other sources I've seen have put it on par with Apple. Other vendors, though, continue to lag…

Vote: SteelSeries Kinzu.

It's $50. It feels nice, it's responsive, and it has a simple design that is free of the loud branding and garish frippery that's common with gaming peripherals.

MOBAs also kind of scratch the itch D2 used to, only in a more competitive and instant-gratificationy way.

Did you read the rest of the comment? I didn't talk about finding out when events are going on. I talked about finding time where two busy people both just happen to be free AND it happens to coincide with the timings for a free event that both of them are likely to be interested in.

I'm pretty big on safe-sex so I wouldn't actually stop using condoms until everyone's been tested and we're monogamous. By that point, we're not really worrying about who is paying for what anyway. The issue with who pays on a first date, or early in a relationship is more about how much investment people should be…

Feeling guilty and for doing what you know to be right isn't at all weird. It's something people don't think it right, but society/culture tells them it's something they have to do. So they dislike it and feel guilty for disliking it. Anyone raised Catholic, Jewish, or from a large ethnic family will understand.

This is usually how it shakes out with girls I date. But that is because these days I tend to date feminists (not on purpose, it just turns out that way) who are pretty thoughtful about things like this. 50/50 the first date and then alternate.

It only perpetuates essentialist notions of the differences between men and woman which persist perhaps most starkly in the context of heterosexual dating.

Seriously. My naive ass decided to forego income to work at a poverty reduction NGO for peanuts and even if I went on a dates with lawyers or girls in top-5…

Condoms aren't exactly cheap. . .and usually it's men who buy them. Also, early on in a relationship everyone should be using them. For safety.

For the most part I just like going out and doing fun things with fun people. If I've not known you for more than a few hours then you're not on my radar as someone I want to "treat." I don't know you. You're not on my radar as someone I want to invite into my house. Once again, I don't know you. That's the point of a…

Very well. I'll relegate myself to only dating during the 4 months of the year where one can have picnics.

Dates exist to get to know people. You "care" about folks too easily which suggests it's a pretty superficial level of "caring."

Cooking involves coming over to my house. If it's a first date and I don't know you well I don't want you to come over to my house. That's my personal space. Plus few people would feel safe going to the home of a strange man they only talked to for a few hours at a party.

Plus, a man needs to go on just as many first…

It's a first date. How have you decided whether you care about them yet or not?