sitarro said:
OK fuzz, why do MACs suck. Mine has never had a virus and my internet connection is on 24 hours a day. I don't run antivirus software or even know what a firewall is. My MAC hasn't crashed once since I installed OS-10.
good for you...
umm, my internet connection in on 24 hrs too...its called cable internet, and has been around for a while now.
the reason you don't get viruses is because virus creators would waste their time because not enough people and/or companies in the world have macs (thank God), thus the virus would not be worth the time in creating.
The new MACs with the intel chip is capable of running in Windows(I have no idea why anyone would want to use that archaic OS but some do)and the infinitely superior OS-10 or Tiger. The new Mac Book Pros are 1 inch thick but still come with a dvd burner, a built in camera, a lit keyboard, Garage band, iPhoto, iDVD, iMovie, iTunes and the best screen I have ever seen on a portable. They also build the best looking equipment, no little bullshit lights that do nothing, just great design that works when you need to get something done.
it took apple how long to get an Intel chip in their machines? mac books can't be connected to any other brand of notebook, neither can any other mac. At least with pc's, you can buy or build what you can afford, and still be able to network with other people or even other companies.
all that extra stuff on the notebook is nice, but MOST people don't use a lot of it, even a DVD burner. I know I don't and would not. Now, I do have to say the lit keyboard is a nice feature that I would not mind having on my Dell, but I have gotten by just fine with my standard.
Bullshit lights that do nothing? What would those be? I have yet to see a light on either of my PC's that has no use.
I have never needed the CDs that come with external harddrives, my digital cameras, etc. In the 20 years my brothers have used MACs in our business, we have never had any problems except when we corrupted them using that pathetic Internet Explorer, they hate microsoft crap. I believe we have gone through about 25 of them.
i don't need the CD's either for my camera. My Dell printer accepts ALL chips from ALL cameras, as well as the USB connections. I don't even have to turn on the computer to use it to print, copy, fax, or scan. My laptop and desktop are the same way. No cd needed to get photos off the camera to the computer either.
The iMAC is easily one of the most perfect designs I have ever seen, just wish it was available in black.
Designs? come on. The mouse is definitely not comfortable to use, and has only one button, thus no way for shortcuts. No respectable business person would have one because of the fruity colors they come in. I know I would not be taken seriously with my clients.
When you own one you drive evryone crazy trying to convert them because you just know they would be much happier as a MAC person. And of course the coolest people use them ..... Artist, Architects, Musicians, Real Scientists, Mathematicians and people that use their computers to make money rather than playing games.
The 'coolest' people use them? What is this, middle school? Maybe cool by your definition, but just because they are in a specific line of work, does not make them cool.
Maybe if you wouldn't drive people crazy trying to convince them, they would be more likely to listen to you. Who are you to say you know the person without one would be much happier using one? I know I would not be, because then half my programs would not work on a mac, and I could not network with my husband's desktop. My husband would be miserable because macs can't handle half the games he plays, which are role-playing/simulation, high memory/graphic use games like Call of Duty. His brother is a computer network administrator for his mom's employer. They play simulation games at their monthly LAN parties. nearly every one there has a different brand of PC, many with their own hand-built ones. Good luck getting to play with them if you have a mac. actually, you would be laughed back to your car if you showed up with one, because you couldn't use it to play anyhow.
And of course they work seemlessly with the iPOD.
ipod sucks too. they are way overpriced for what they do. My dell axim palm pilot does the same stuff as the ipod, same amount of memory, plus extendible with additional disks, for half the price, and you can do more with it-email, document creation, calendar/date book, voice recording/playback, games. and you can use it with other computer brands, no cd needed to install anything. This means I can transfer files from my laptop at home to my PC at work, with no problem.
oh, and just for good measure:
Top ten ways that life would be different if Apple built cars:
10. Cars would be priced higher than they are worth and come from a single source just like they do now. But Apple would continuously advertise that buying one of their cars is an escape from that kind of old-style paradigm.
9. Apple would be continually lobbying the government to subsidize the donation of cars to schools for driver education.
8. Cars would need excessive horsepower to operate more than one accessory at a time.
7. Many accessories would operate differently but owners would ignore this and boast to their friends that all of their accessories have an identical look and feel.
6. Help regarding the operation of their accessories would be only marginally better than those who drove UNIX cars but the owners would boast that this is of no concern because all of their accessories have an identical look and feel.
5. Owners manuals would be very small. Maintenance manuals, needed to add an accessory yourself, would come in seven large volumes.
4. Owners would make fun of how complex it is to add an accessory on other cars. Owners would not have a clue just how difficult it was for them to add an accessory to their own car themselves. Very few owners of Apple cars would add their own accessories.
3. Periodically a little picture of a bomb would appear on the dashboard and the car would come to a stop. Loyal owners would rarely, if ever, admit this and would convince themselves that this sort of thing happens to owners of other cars all the time.
2. People who could never drive before would begin driving, join auto clubs, tell everyone else how to drive, and generally become insufferable bores.
And the number one way life would be different if Apple built cars...
1. Using the fruits of a larger company's focused research and development effort cars would be introduced that were 10 years ahead of their time. After release, they wouldn't change for over 10 years.
