I always get a kick out of those that knock Microsoft Windows.
not knocking it for the hell of it, windows had made computers what they are today, sadly its not all good, but generally its been progress
The majority seem to be anti big company or the fact Gates has made billions as if Apple and Steve Jobs are not, lol.
this may well be a point, however consider this.. I have over various years god so fed up of windows that I spent twice what I needed to in order to avoid it, being called a criminal by the 'genuine advantage' malware was the last straw
Top that off with the biggest complainers are computer nerds that push things to the limit and don't have anything better to do except complain or people who paid too much for an Apple Mac and have to justify it by believing it is better when all they do is surf the internet and send email.
the mac is more expensive to buy, but cheaper to own.. how much does upgrading to vista cost??? I can get OS X for under £90, full version. yes linux is pushed by nerds, and undoubtedly is not ready for the mainstream, it is cheap however. windows could be thought of as a middle ground in many ways. the mac is a better machine, windows generally has better software, pay your money etc.
I have 6 computers going at my house, 5 XP professionals and 1 Vista. I have never had any issues hooking up to wifi.
I doff my cap to a superior brain, however having to spend an hour to install 'plug and play' devices, and having it forget all the settings for each reboot is just irritating. btw this is with the drivers that came with it, I've more of less got it sorted now, thankfully I have a clue how to drive msconfig... glad you have yours working though. this mac required me to click an icon on the menu bar, select the wifi network i wanted froma list and drop the security key in, everything else was automatic. I've seen it done that fast on windows, I guess it depends who makes the hardware. vista was easier to setup though, so its progress to a degree
There are some people even when their hands are held can't seem to comprehend instructions and make more out of it than it really is.
this is very true, but this technology is sold as being easy to use... umm yeah right, I spent about 6 hours a month supporting my windows machine, rebooting, spyware scans etc. reinstalling software that some how or other died. the mac has had less than that in a year. not all microsofts fault I'll grant you, indeed a windows machine with *just* microsoft stuff on it generally runs well
As for the Adobe issue, Adobe sucks and is slow to update their software when windows changes. Adobe is the problem, not Microsoft.
adobe sucks on the mac too.
As for the virus stuff, that is because hardly anyone uses MACs! The hackers want to be noticed and since hardly anyone uses Macs, why bother.
this always makes me laugh, consider linux (OS X is a sort of linux, well close enough for this anyway) and of course there are no websites run by servers on linux at all.. so no target there then.. actually if windows software was written to run as a limited user windows wouldn't have half the security issues they have.
besides the mac is close to 3%-4% of the market according to the last figures I saw, odd there are *no* viruses in the wild for them, i.d expect fewer than windows for sure. but of course the kudos to bring the mac community down?? someone would go for it if it was easy. not saying macs are un crackable, nothing it, but they are much more secure by design.
The next issue on Macs is that everything is proprietary and costs more than it should. Face it, Apple screwed up by controling everything in the beginning and people want to say MS monopolizes stuff, geez.
everything costs more? well the hardware is expensive I'll grant you, but its cheaper to run (OS updates cost a hell of a lot less, and don't always need a new machine) over time they probably still cost more, but less than you may think.
Apple have a very rough record over the years, they have done many odd things.
overall depends what you want to do.
browse the web & send email? get a cheap machine with linux for maybe under £100
graphics work: mac every time
office work: windows based PC
games: get a console
its not windos that is the problem, well the security issues are, but the badly written rubbish that runs on it.
oh and being that open to spyware/malware yeah whatever.
I dropped windows as a main machine over a year ago, not looked back.
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