I've been a member ever since Rob took flight from the MacFixit forums back in the day and brought forth this site. As you can see I don't post much and I'm not sure I've posted for a number of years. But every now and then I wander by and take a look. Howdy!

a long time...
 

I think I joined in 2001 or 2002. We had just made the jump to warp speed by purchasing a G4 tower to replace an old PowerMac running OS8.6. OS X was a strange new world, and a Mac IT bud suggested checking your site for tips on how to make this new-fangled UNIX-based OS work. I've been here ever since.

The G4 tower got retired just this year. It still runs, but 567 mhz doesn't buy what it used to. We found a 24" iMac on sale and made the upgrade. My Powerbook, purchased in 2004, continues to chug along with its replacement battery and upgunned 2 gigs RAM.

So it's been fun. Thanks for helping me keep the Macs functional..

I remember when I first saw OS X. I worked at a computer store in their service department and had to fix Macs in and out of warranty. In fact, I was not even a Mac person or user as I did not like the classic OS at all, but since our "mac guy" quit my boss made all of us learn Mac so there was never a "mac guy" anymore as we were all able to work on them.

I remember the nice Open GL dock, and was like well it looks pretty. When about 10.2 came out I started really getting into the Unix side of Mac. I was a lurker here, but ultimately joined. I have learned so much in the past 10 years working with Macs and this forum has definitely help a lot.

Well, 3 that do much posting. Maybe a few more lurkers? mnewman up in Korat, ThreeBKK in BKK and me down here in Songkhla. There must be more somewhere. I have recommended the site to quite a few people over the last few years, so maybe some are content to just read the latest news and views?

Yeah sorry I never actually counted, but if I had to guess I would say at least 5 of you?

Interesting. I haven't noticed anyone else, but, that said, not everyone publishes their location.

I'd love to see a Google Analytics of this particular site. I wonder where we get the most hits from...

My money would be on CONUS. Probably by a high %, too.

China most likely. Asia in general. They are quickly catching up to the Internet which means so many of them are now very interested in computers. Plus like 2/5 of the worlds population is in Asia.

But the vast majority of China doesn't speak an appreciable amount of English. Which isn't bad (not at all, I speak Japanese for example). But it does make them less likely to visit this particular forum. My personal bet would be the US and England neck and neck.

who needs to speak english when whole websites can be translated for you these days into any language you want?

I can see your point, and yes it can be translated, but a couple of thoughts. Firstly, translations software is barely decent (last I checked), especially between Asiatic languages and English. With that in mind: Secondly, why go to a translated site (which could be a pain), when you can go to one that is in your native language just as easily?

All of that being said, I may be entirely wrong. That's why I'd love to see a Google Analytics of this site :). Maybe some happy moderator will fullfil my request... ???

PS -- Just a quick example from Asahi Shimbun. It's somewhat readable, but the structure of Japanese sentences makes it really hard for a computer to get a proper translation to English. At least at the moment... (I somehow imagine that will change.)

courtesy of Yahoo Babelfish. English to Chinese Traditional and back.