True ... sorry, still use to the older Macs that had no option for such. but if you do install over their OS you pretty much lose the benefit you are paying for, the extra customer support. Now however, as I said, they are going Linux/Unix more each new release and soon they may be completely Linux, but still, I like my PCs with Linux, I like to customize the hardware a LOT and change it up frequently, just can't do that with Macs as much since I didn't grow up with them.
The ridiculous condescending attitude you have towards MAC users is typical of geeks. Great, you spend your life focused on everything about computers, who gives a shit? I don't care about building a computer system, I also don't want to build a car or an airplane, I just want to use them to get what I need out of them. I also want for them to work all of the time, in a logical way, look good on my desk and show a great amount of creativity in their design........ inside and out.
You use Linux, good for you, enjoy it. I use OSX on an IMac and don't have to waste time I can be using to do something else, working on my computer, I work with it. The time you have spent working on computers is great, good for you, hope you make a good living at it. But...... others have also spent their lives learning what they enjoy and shouldn't be denigrated for not being a computer geek. The fact that you parrot the bullshit excuse for lack of viruses in MACs tells me you know less than you think. Are we really suppose to believe that the type of asshole that creates viruses wouldn't want to create one for MAC just to shut people like me up? I have no fire wall, no virus protection....... I open all email, have downloaded over 5,000 songs and movies and never had a hiccup on my old G4......... never a crash with OSX. That makes owning a MAC worth it to me, but then again, I don't play games and couldn't give a crap about putting tacky little lights and liquid cooling in my machine.
Your reading comprehension is VERY poor ... so very very very poor ...
You don't even realize that I have endorsed Macs a lot do you? You don't seem to notice that for all new computer users who are not interested in becoming geeks I always recommend Macs ... do you?
As for the virus "excuse", it's not an excuse, it's a fact. Until they went Unix/Linux core they had no security, but then they didn't need it because sensitive information was not commonly stored on them, considering that all the government agencies HAVE to use Microsoft only products thanks to a contract they signed a long time ago, which I don't think should be valid anymore but meh, besides the point.
Um ... "Print Screen" ... it's right on the keyboard. In Windoze it copies to a buffer which you can paste into whatever pain program you like, in Gnome it opens a dialogue allowing you to choose what to do with it. As I said, Mac is for people who just don't want to know how the machines work and like having access to customer service, that's what you pay for with it. Windoze is obsolete now, and quickly all the popular Windoze programs (even the games) are being ported to Linux for PC's. Mac is even converting, just again, you will get customer service with Mac, PC with Linux you are pretty much on your own.
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This line isn't condescending? I have never used customer service for anything, haven't needed it because I know how my machine works and if I don't there is plenty of literature to help me figure it out. I buy MACs because I like the way the Operating System works and as an extra plus, their machines are beautiful inside and out. Apple doesn't do cheap, I like that.