going Mac? wait ... ponder and ask someone who tried it....

okay guys as i roamed around this site i noticed one thing in common in many blogs and forums... the un dying battle between Mac users and windows users...

1) well usually i can adapt to any OS(windows, Ubuntu Linux...etc), but i found that working with mac is kinda complicated and utterly annoying and altho many people say its inexpensive i have to disagree... the Mac system might be inexpensive but if you look at the overall price of the upgrades u might realize than in fact mac is kinda expensive in a way not to mention the limited amount of upgrades and limited peripherals to it ...

2)next to come is that mac software only form a merely 1% of the markets software even tho nowadays many software companies allow their programs to run on both OS's but many don't 99.9% of the software in the world is made to work on windows and using them on mac can cause to unexpected behavior or non execution of the program... anyways the new features of apples mac include the use of new intel microprocessors instead of Motorola , freescale or powerPC ones thus this problem is slowly vanishing.

2) unattended updates in mac software many software like AOL or MSN messenger even tho they run in mac the mac version are updated rarely.

3) Mac is very lacking in the gaming department (for gamers die-hard ;D)

ADVANTAGES OF MAC:
1) easier to use
2) nicer interface and looks
3) safer (lets face it guys altho windows have a lot of advantages i have to admit that the programmers are kinda lame and did lots of stupid mistakes along the way and left lots of gaps open for hackers to use...they even helped in the development of a lot of new viruses for example the Outlook Meliss virus...)

The main advantages for either side really depend on what you're going to use the computer for. However, I will say that Windows does have better support and a wider range of compatible hardware/software. Also, as I read somewhere else, normal PCs are more customizable because you can choose which operating system the run (and come with), and set up the hardware the way you want it, whereas Macs are pretty much pre-assembled and can't be changed (nearly as much).

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Permalink Reply by Johannes S. on November 15, 2009 at 8:01am: Depends on the game and PC. I've had so much trouble getting something to run on Windows while the same thing runs on a Mac without problems.
Wait a minute... did you even READ my post? On a Mac you DRAG a file from one folder to another to install. There is NOTHING simpler. I even brought an example from a real life situation.
And no, it doesn't auto-install. It's not like Windows unattended installs which have it all automatically. Not games. Never. At least not any game I've ever tried...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dan on November 15, 2009 at 8:26am: I read everything. I'm just giving my point of view. I'll sacrifice a nasty old "install" for great performance. These are just minor details and differences to me, which I really don't care about, and I think most other real gamers don't either.

And just for the record, many games really do not have to be installed, it's just there for convenience sake. I've "dragged" a number of games from a CD or DVD to my hard drive and ran them just fine. Other games are compressed and need to be decompressed with installers to run.

In fact, once a game is "installed" all I have ever done to move them to a different computer is 'drag' the entire folder to a portable drive, copy it to another computer... and it runs perfect.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nathanael on November 12, 2009 at 8:54am: I've never had a software problem with Mac and this thing is loaded! iWork iLife ProTools Reason Maschine some old video game emulators etc. lol; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by TonyZMGLM on November 15, 2009 at 4:47am: well my friend believe me there are =_= but its vanishing rapidly but its still there; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cookenstein on November 15, 2009 at 5:50am: I have told this little story many times in the past year here at Geeks,,,
You will certainly have those (especially here) whom will tell you the things they feel are wrong with Mac. I used Windows almost exclusively since 2.0 back in the late 80's, as well building, and troubleshooting hundreds of PC's as a small,(this a story in of itself) small business of sorts. But let me just say, in 2005, I finally woke up. I still use Windows in virtualization, for certain things but that represents a fraction of my computing needs anymore. Since making the switch, productivity has been much greater. Managing the O.S. has become a thing of the past, and soon you'll feel the same way. The learning curve is a little one, and you will get through that in a short sprint, and then ask yourself, why did I wait so long?

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Permalink Reply by Dan on November 15, 2009 at 6:33am: On this end, I have seen FAR more people come to Windows then go to Macs. Some of them even learned on Macs as far back as OS 5.xxx something (like me). One man who was a HARD CORE Mac user for many years, but just got sick of them (like me) left here a couple years ago and learned PC IT, got certified and is currently a PC tech, he loves it last time I talked to him. So, you can see it works both ways. Here is his exact words on Macs "Best Mac ever made was a Quadra". :D; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dan on November 15, 2009 at 5:53am: I sort of agree on some points, but as a long time HEAVY user of both, I see some inaccuracies in your statements.

Windows coding is not "bad coding" because it can be attacked, ALL code can be attacked and manipulated, the big difference with Windows is that it is THE target market for hackers.... BUT... now that OS-X has become more visible, it is an easy target for hackers because Apple simply does not have the experience that MS does in making more bullet proof code. If you look at the escalation of Malware and attacks for OS-X this year, it is at an all time record, and I'm very sure it will more then double next year. http://www.macworld.com/article/132733/2008/03/hack.html

And, as a graphics specialist for the last 15 years, I have learned that Windows can do ANYTHING a Mac can do in that regard, and from my experience, with more stability and more choices. I have yet to find something I can't do with Windows as far as computing goes.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by medinamatt on November 15, 2009 at 9:47am: Another one? I'm sorry if you had some trouble with a Mac, but I've only had one problem, and that was my fault.

1.) Inexpensive? If you are talking about Snow Leopard, yes, but if you are talking about getting a computer with everything on it (OS, iLife, etc.) then it is more expensive than any Windows or Linux based PC you can buy.

2.) There are always alternatives on the Mac [or even a Linux-based PC for that matter]. And the problem is vanishing, as you stated, and eventually will be gone completely.

2.) Well, there are always multi-protocol IM clients that work very well. Like Adium, Proteus, and Pidgin.

3.) Yes it is. Can't argue there.; ▶ Reply to This