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10/23/09
(I use both... they're about comparable, give or take a few points.)
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As a Windows user for much of the 90s and what I've read about Mac OS before OS X, using a computer was generally a harrowing experience.
I'm getting "This program has performed an illegal operation" flashbacks just thinking about it. #appleads
10/23/09
Windows NT, at the time, offered preemptive multitasking. I'd call that superior. #appleads
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10/29/09
I think we're all agreeing. Windows WAS the better OS in the 90s, as development on Mac OS 8 was stalling, Windows 95 next to System 7 was no comparison. My point was that it still wasn't perfect, and that a lot of the problems still persisted.
Whether this give this ad merit is up to you, but I still see it as just that: an advertisement.
If I were to pinpoint the time when OS X began to lead I would point to 2005 with the release of Tiger. A year later I bought my first Mac. #appleads
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Windows 7 is good.
The end. #appleads
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seriously, windows 7 will never stack up to OS X. it's plain and simple an inferior platform with less usability for the average user. i'm not talking about über-geeks who want to be able to skin their whole computer and OS to look like the matrix here, i'm talking about your mom (again), or the average office drone. the arguments for using windows are losing ground every day, and the people who cling to it are just doing it out stubbornness more than anything. all of my geekiest "PC" friends have switched to mac (and were disowned by their other "PC" friends for it), and would never go back now. whenever someone tries to show me what's so great about windows, they're always like, "see, it can do this so much better/faster than mac, wait, no, like this, see... oh shit, hang on a sec. damn. nevermind."
mac mac mac mac mac. #appleads
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I've owned a Macbook Pro, and an iMac, and guess what I use now? Windows 7 and Ubuntu.
Everyone else in this thread has been so civil, having a discussion and respecting peoples opinions. Then, one person remarks on your comment and you freak out with childish insults.
"Your mom!" - Mac Fanboy
Real intelligent, and it's about noon now so go take your nap. #appleads
10/23/09
@uandme1019: Obviously that's because Windows isn't fluent in Japanese, it's fine in English...
@Benjamin Posch: If they were real geeks they would have faster PCs hackintoshed so you're obviously telling stories. No self respecting "geek" would pay more for slower hardware unless we are talking about a laptop where size/weight is a concern.
People can run whatever they want, but in all that text you didn't make one valid point, you just spent your time talking about PR bs.
I love my MB, but it does the same stuff my other computers do so what exactly is the point? For a laptop they are great if only because of the size, weight, and multitouch.
As far as my Mom goes... Before she died last year she had been using a 5 or 6 year old Dell and didn't have any issues. Hell it even had a wireless card in it to share the internet connection with their laptop and that too worked flawlessly.
A computer is a computer. Macs break as well as Windows PCs, but when you have so many more Windows boxes, it makes more noise.
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as far as the slower hardware myth that so many people love to spout, it's been disproved long ago. benchmarking isn't always something to go on because mac software uses the hardware differently than windows, which i assume you already know since you use both. real world tests show an altogether different story to the one you're telling. and of course it depends on the 3rd party software you're using, mac is slower in some things because they weren't written for mac using all the benefits of writing for OS X, but rather simply ported and tweaked from an existing windows app.
hackintosh? really? yeah, i know people who are car geeks, but they don't all mod them down to the rims. no one knows those hackintosh guys, simply because they're in the basement all day, building their hackintosh.
(big breath)finally, windows doesn't work as well because of the myriad of 3rd party hardware out there, that simply can't always work together the way it should. no one is perfect, and so something gets missed, and the driver doesn't get written to work with another hardware that's installed, and bang, meltdown. macs work better and last longer because they keep a lid on how much modding you can do on system relevant hardward, and for good reason. it's simply a matter of fact. #appleads
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@UnderLoK: This troll isn't worth your time. It would be nice to have a thread without any vicious remarks from either side. We had a good start, but there will always be people who have to prove something. I mean, why try to sell us on an OS we already have? I use SL daily, and I assume you do also.
10/23/09
#1 computer in public satisfaction? WHAT? Since when?
I'm not saying that macs suck, but, COME ONE, can't you be more smug than that? In the next commercial, Justin will tell you that macs get you laid. #appleads
10/23/09
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10/23/09
Then again I'm one of the few people on earth who didn't hate Vista. So what do I know. #appleads
10/23/09
And i didn't have any problems with 3.1
and if you liked vista then you're obviously an advanced user that was able to fix some or most of it's flaws. Nothing like the general public.
Apple has a ton to be smug about.. rapidly gaining market share. their best quarter ever. sky rocketing stock. the best phone in the world. the best laptop in the world. the best os in the world. come on.. seriously.. wake up. #appleads
10/23/09
Vista was fine once SP1 hit pull your head out of the sand. Just because it's an "Apple" doesn't mean it's problem free, it's still a computer so quit pretending it's all sunshine and rainbows, leave that to the PR guys who get paid to believe it, you should know better. #appleads
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Sudo sucks; I live on the wild side and su root, hell on the weekends I even go on IRC as root... #appleads
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Exactly what I expected from Apple. Instead of the mature advertising method of "Hey! we got this! its cool! Buy us!" they are always "Well they suck! Don't buy them!"
Can't they have one effing ad that actually talks about the OS and its features, instead of being arrogant douches? It's this same attitude over and over that makes me despise that company.
Sure, Microsoft is no angel either, but their "I'm A PC" ads were a brilliant reversal of what Apple considered derogatory, and made it into a wide range of users being proud to be a PC.
They just released some new ads called "7 second tips" or something of the sort, very short, sweet, and to the point about FEATURES of Windows 7, not stupid attacks at Mac.
This whole schpeal resembles an elementary school playground. With MS chillin on the swings telling kids how they can totally jump off the swing and that they have a holographic Charizrd. Then Apple runs over and tells everyone MS wet its bed last night, so they should play with Apple instead.
Apple really needs a swirly. #appleads
10/23/09
Apple, you're grasping at straws now and are just making yourself look pathetic. #appleads
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Bottom line is this, Apple makes great products which are a good fit for many people, but if all they can do is take cheap shots at the competition that's not exactly a strong argument for their computers, is it? Please show a little maturity guys and take a page from Microsoft. They're actually showing off something new, and not just pushing smarmy, misleading propaganda.
Actually, I've heard that Apple did have a campaign like that all setup and ready to go, but then someone logged into that computers guest account, and the whole thing just up and vanished. Guess thats why we're getting more of the same. #appleads
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It is not an easy task to upgrade from XP, if you want to save all your data.
I would say, about 25-30% of the home machines we sell and about 60% of the business machines we sell all want XP instead of Vista.
NOTEThose are just the numbers our store does, and may or may not represent the rest of the known world, but thems the numbers I gots to work with.
Those are significant numbers. A lot of people will be unwilling to upgrade because they don't have the time, the patience, the extra drive to store data or just don't think the effort is worth it.
A lot of business that still use XP won't upgrade because of the cost in time that it will take.
I really think MS made a large mistake by not figuring out how to do a direct upgrade from XP.
Sure, you would have to update drivers and programs, but that would leave data in place, removing a large barrier from the upgrade path.
I'm a hardware repair man, and the software I know is Apples, but it seems logical to me that if you can upgrade from XP to Vista, and from Vista to 7, you should be able to upgrade directly from XP to 7.
But, what do I know. I've only been in IT for 20 years. #appleads
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