Well Johnny, you've just put your foot right in it haven't you? Haha! You don't even have to tell me what computer you do or don't use and that PC Fanboi inside you has already risen to the bait! ;)
The Mac is a product, which also happens to be a very good PC. Mac owners blurt on about Macs all the time, because they are good machines, tools that work very well- not necessarily because they are more stable- there're not, but more because of the user experience and workflow of Mac OSX. Yes, Windows has got a lot better, and Windows 7 is a far better OS than clunky XP, although 7 still doesn't have that 'liquid' experience that Mac OSX carries.
I've so many friends who were Windows users and then have bought iPods and iPads, and because of the iOS user experience, they now want Macs (especially as they can still run Windows alongside- although most don't bother). they initially moan that mac's are too expensive, until that is, they see my Mac Mini (which is TINY!). Those who hack OSX on their PC's, although find that OSX in many cases runs faster (because Apple underclock stuff to improve and maintain battery life and so many other 'standards', don't get the same user experience because essentially they are still running OSX on a clunky PC designed for any old OS, so the hardware isn't optimised for the software, and that's where the dreaded driver comes along- good bad and usually very ugly.
How many other PCFanboy biters do we have out there? Or maybe this thread is too old now? :D
What? You made this bait just for me?.. and I fell for it?..
DAMN YOOOOUUU TOOoooooOOOM!! :D
But I was kidding, not every Mac users are smug and likes to brag about it.
"The Mac is a product, which also happens to be a very good PC."
I wish everybody knew that, but Apple spends so much marketing money to tell people that they are not, so most people believe that a Mac is not a PC, and that it runs on magic. Usually those people call me for help saying "how come its not as easy as they say in the ads?" (I do support for Macs).
Personnally I don't like the workflow in OSX. I don't like having only one menu for every open programs. I guess its good if you only use program at a time, but when I have a lot of opened windows its really annoying.. and on a dual monitor setup its just not functional (to my tastes, minds you :)
And the Mac mini, as cute as it is, is really not powerful enough to my tastes. But if someone really must have OSX, its the only option under 1000$.
I run OSX inside VirtualBox (its handy when I do support for Macs), and I installed it on a few laptops at work to try building Hackintoshes (and to show some people that it could be done). But its only good for people who are really good with computers, I would never propose a hacked OSX to a simple ordinary user.
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Quality. Better than any official marketing and saved me 2 hours sitting through the WWDC Full Keynote video!
The PC fanboys will hate this.
I loved it! :)
Wish I had thought of that .... but then I would have ruined it with my singing .... so I'm glad they thought of it first :)
Well done!
...crows goes "oooooooo", that was funny :)
@Tom
PC fanboys don't exists, they are simply computer users. Mac users on the other hand..
You probably heard this joke before : How do you know someone owns a Mac? They will tell you :D
Well Johnny, you've just put your foot right in it haven't you? Haha! You don't even have to tell me what computer you do or don't use and that PC Fanboi inside you has already risen to the bait! ;)
The Mac is a product, which also happens to be a very good PC.
Mac owners blurt on about Macs all the time, because they are good machines, tools that work very well- not necessarily because they are more stable- there're not, but more because of the user experience and workflow of Mac OSX. Yes, Windows has got a lot better, and Windows 7 is a far better OS than clunky XP, although 7 still doesn't have that 'liquid' experience that Mac OSX carries.
I've so many friends who were Windows users and then have bought iPods and iPads, and because of the iOS user experience, they now want Macs (especially as they can still run Windows alongside- although most don't bother). they initially moan that mac's are too expensive, until that is, they see my Mac Mini (which is TINY!). Those who hack OSX on their PC's, although find that OSX in many cases runs faster (because Apple underclock stuff to improve and maintain battery life and so many other 'standards', don't get the same user experience because essentially they are still running OSX on a clunky PC designed for any old OS, so the hardware isn't optimised for the software, and that's where the dreaded driver comes along- good bad and usually very ugly.
How many other PCFanboy biters do we have out there? Or maybe this thread is too old now? :D
@Tom
What? You made this bait just for me?.. and I fell for it?..
DAMN YOOOOUUU TOOoooooOOOM!! :D
But I was kidding, not every Mac users are smug and likes to brag about it.
"The Mac is a product, which also happens to be a very good PC."
I wish everybody knew that, but Apple spends so much marketing money to tell people that they are not, so most people believe that a Mac is not a PC, and that it runs on magic. Usually those people call me for help saying "how come its not as easy as they say in the ads?" (I do support for Macs).
Personnally I don't like the workflow in OSX. I don't like having only one menu for every open programs. I guess its good if you only use program at a time, but when I have a lot of opened windows its really annoying.. and on a dual monitor setup its just not functional (to my tastes, minds you :)
And the Mac mini, as cute as it is, is really not powerful enough to my tastes. But if someone really must have OSX, its the only option under 1000$.
I run OSX inside VirtualBox (its handy when I do support for Macs), and I installed it on a few laptops at work to try building Hackintoshes (and to show some people that it could be done). But its only good for people who are really good with computers, I would never propose a hacked OSX to a simple ordinary user.
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