- Snowboard Club UK Menu
- About Us
The Club Website
Snowboard Club UK
Welcome to the website of Snowboard Club UK.
Launched in April 1997, the site grew to become the definitive UK resource for information on slopes, events, riders and more.
We love snowboarding. Our aim is to keep you informed and get you involved both on and off the hill.
Our online and offline communities are friendly and enthusiastic. Create a free account and start building your profile.
Club Membership
Our Club launched in October 2004 to enable UK riders to get more from their snowboarding. Our members save £100s on equipment, holidays and slope time.
Club Bashes are a great opportunity to meet like-minded people and have a laugh on the slopes in the UK and abroad.
In 2015, Action Sports Club launched, providing more discounts across more sports for all members.
- Save Money
Quick Links
Joining the Club will have you saving money quickly across many sports. If you snowboard, save £35 on a new snowboard, £50 on a week away, £20 on an avalanche transceiver and £5 per session at your local indoor slope... It soon adds up!
Join the Club for just £15 a year.
Discount Categories
- Info
Quick Links
You'll find heaps of wisdom throughout the website, but we'll point you at the wisest bits here.
General Information
Snowboard Terrain
Equipment Guide
- Community
Quick Links
The Forum is a place for the exchange of opinion and information. Friendly and moderated with a light touch.
Snow Leopard
Add a reply
Log in or create an account to add a reply.
Club Membership
That's why Apple won't allow Flash to run on the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad - it would just run too slowly and drain the battery too quickly.
As an alternative they're supporting HTML5 video and quite a few websites are adopting this as their standard.
Maybe Adobe should make a 64-bit version of Flash then? Mac OS-X is a true 64-bit operating system - they ought to get with the new technologies
You're training to work in IT! I thought you were playing with the kiddies?
Still, if you're doing that you're virtually guaranteed lots of work as Windows needs so much maintenance to keep it going
N yeah, there's a great market for IT Support and Windows, as it's a bloody good operating system - the reason why almost 90% of everyone using a computer in the world has it, more people using it = more people likely to have an issue.
surely thats a bit short sited though sidge, with the growth of mac year on year, many businesses are now moving to mac
especially those in a graphic/magazine design, animation and multimedia spheres
also apple are winning the war in the schools, their one2one programme is growing year on year, so a new generation of kids are using macs at school and will take that knowledge and experience into the workplace (that's how we ended up with the first one)
to restrict your future use in the computer industry with such a shorted sited view seems a bit silly
the UK site of the company had approx 2500 PC only machines on site 2 years ago, there are now 60-80 macs and more are being added as the PC's reach there life expiry (we're one of the worlds largest helicopter companies so not a media based industry)
although PC specialists, all our IT geeks are doing mac courses (and most own a mac at home anyway)... so whilst i'm sure you find it funny to bate the macgeeks... don't restrict your future in IT by restricting your capabilities on either platform
There is a market for support of Window because everyone always have problems with it.
Sidget, have you ever used a mac for more than a couple of hours?
Don't forget that Mac's are the only computer than can run Mac OS, Windows and Linux on the same machine - Windows PC can't run Mac OS so are limited in the software that they can run
although PC specialists, all our IT geeks are doing mac courses (and most own a mac at home anyway)... so whilst i'm sure you find it funny to bate the macgeeks... don't restrict your future in IT by restricting your capabilities on either platform
this is very true and is becoming ever more so aparrent.
Even when I only used PCs I though windows was sh1te!
I think if the Mac OS could run on a 'normal' PC Microsoft would panic big time.
I got fed up with Windows over the years with it slowing down, getting in a mess so having to reinstall it etc so thought I would give a Mac ago and I wish I did years ago.
When I first used a friends mac I couldn't use or find anything on it. When I got my own and changed the set up of it to the way I like it, it became the easiest thing to use.
I use a Window PC at work and a mac at home and the only thing I find that catches me out in where the @ button is.
why??? the original question was answered (i think) and people are just chewing the fat... it's the inn not a proper board anyway.
It happens every time, because it's a debate that will never die.... unlike your PC!!
You can only compare Mac OS with another Mac OS as PC's don't use it so people that have PC's can't comment about it.
It's like a thread on Flows and people saying they are crap even if they have never used them or last time they did was over 10 years ago.
Ghanaian m8 according to Wikipedia (a man's best friend)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana
Would you care to substantiate that outrageous claim with some evidence, Sir?
I'll admit up front, I'm a PC user and not a fan (generally speaking) of Apple products. Having said that, everything has their place. At the end of the day, the OS is the most significant part of Apple's computer line (in my personal opinion) as the rest of it's just matched hardware that runs together well.
Any decent (read: decent) company worth their salt selling pre-built PC's can provide you with a stable machine specifically suited to your needs. Macs and PC's often share the same hardware manufacturers too, obvious as that is it's often overlooked. This for my tastes means this is actually a debate of Windows VS Mac OSX/Snow Leapord and somewhat akin to the Windows VS Unix in general debates.
Personally I'm not a fan of Mac's GUI's and that's one of the principal reasons I've steered clear, as well as the fact I use my PC as my console and no one produces the games for Mac's (Anyone who suggests I use an emulator on a Mac to play games like Crysis etc is a fool!).
At the end of the day it's all personal preference and choice, much the same as everyone has their own fav. board or bindings as it's what's right for them.
Utter bullsh1t
One of the main reasons I don't want to get a Mac is because of how outdated their technology is, for a rediculous price, they are complete, complete, complete RIPOFFS
The basic Mac pro costs £1940 n the PC i build which OUTPERFORMS IT in every single area of performance - CPU, RAM, HDD, GFX cost just £640
Another benefit of me PC, is that I can easily OC it, my 2.6GHz quad is happily running at 3.42GHz -- Without me having to pay Apple ANOTHER £981 FOR THE 3.3GHZ VERSION!!!! Absolute con!
Another advantage is that I can easily upgrade my PC, if I want a more powerful GPU etc, can easily just put a new one in -- Which relates to another advantage of PC -- Gaming, it's the one reason i could never get a mac, I love gaming
Ability to customize -- Have a brilliant 3rd party CPU cooler on me quad, runs silent as anything n allows teh OC'd CPU to stay nice and cool, thousands of various cases that look far better than the giant steel hulk of the mac, INDIVIDUALITY -- something Steve jobs is afraid of
++ End result is something that's mine and unique, and AMAZING VALUE
Macbooks are nice [teh basic one, far better laptops to get if your paying the high end money of the Macbook pro] but Macs from a hardware perspective -- something i've always been extremely interested in, are a complete outdated fail
That's why I run PC. N oh, and because never every single person I talk to has a PC n not a Mac, they don't like being ripped off for low quality hardware sold at a rediculous price
That's why I run PC. N oh, and because never every single person I talk to has a PC n not a Mac, they don't like being ripped off for low quality hardware sold at a rediculous price
Not sure I agree with that but Sidge you've turned into a troll in this thread mate, let it go...
about 5 years ago I would never have dreamed of having a Macbook, and I knew no one with them... nowadays the vast majority of my mates (admitidly we are all an agely 29 years old and upwards) have Macbooks and those who don't are getting them next as you don't have to upgrade them every 2 years.
For someone like you who loves putting computers together and installing different bits of kit I'm sure you can get one for cheaper that runs better.... but most people aren't like you, they like to buy it in a shop, take it home, turn it on and use it... and quite simply of all the computers I've owned the Macbook Pro has been the simplest (lucky for me as I'm dumb).
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
*Edited for accuracy
Who wants a computer that's 2 years old? Extremely outdated...
For someone like you who loves putting computers together and installing different bits of kit I'm sure you can get one for cheaper that runs better.... but most people aren't like you
Will completely agree with you there, if I didn't have my knowledge of hardware etc, I would be more inclined to take more interest in Macs etc
Would happily have teh standard Macbook though, would be lovely for college work, was gonna get one -- but went on the SCUK bash instead =p
Who wants a computer that's 2 years old? Extremely outdated...
Not for what most people use them for mate... internet, e-mail, picture editing and microsoft word...
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
Not for what most people use them for mate... internet, e-mail, picture editing and microsoft word...
Mustt...have... the shiny shiny!
N yeah I guess so, my lil' £400 laptop from 2006 still does alrite with the basics
I think there should be more enthusiasm on upgrading and buying new tech more often though, it helps push the tech markets to develop faster, more energy efficient hardware, and allows software developers -- including Apple and Microsoft to create more innovative software programs and utilities
I never understood this debate
Over the life of a machine, a Mac (with all of it's bundled software, cheapish system upgrades, and very little support needed from engineers (who can charge £100's/hour) works out much cheaper than a Windows based PC.
Doing a simple search for 'Total cost of ownership mac vs pc' on Google brought up loads of sites, some of which I've listed below (and I've deliberately tried to avoid the Mac 'fanboy' sites just to make it a little less biased for you (but if you want to search and read them yourself, please go ahead)
http://techpatio.com/2010/apple/mac/it-admins-total-cost-ownership-mac-l...
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9029458/Ding_Mac_vs._PC_cos...
http://whatan00b.com/mac-vs-pc-a-real-comparison
http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/enterprise-mac-vs-pc-at-what-cost/
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/38285
http://macvspc.info/pages/01f-pc_myths_debunked.html
http://www.epinions.com/content_4255752324
At the end of the day, most Mac users just want to 'do' stuff - not spend hours fiddling with the guts of their machines.
Chaski, hope you find this informative
Sidget, you've not answered my question, have you ever used a Mac and if you have, for how long?
I guess its like thinking Burton are the best until you try someone else.
And as far as the PC / mac debate goes anyone that uses a mac for any time converts. I have a 2 year old mac book and it still runs just as quick and reliable as it ever did. I can never say the same for any PC I've owned even the one with DOS 5 on it.
Also some of the proper mac pro towers are far more advanced than most PC's you'd get at 8 core craziness.