Apple today takes the MS pain away

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 6/13/2006 | GRAEME PHILIPSON

[Swordmaker]

Another Tech Columnist switches to Macs... PING!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[SlowBoat407]

Apple is as arrogant as Microsoft but at least its stuff works as advertised.

What more need be said?

[newgeezer]

I've had it with rebooting my notebook and my desktop constantly because my applications crawl to a halt. I've had it with reformatting my drives every few months to get rid of all the stuff that accumulates on them.

Either this guy is stuck on Windows Me, or he's downloading too much porn.

[spower]

No, actually just through normal use the drives fragment enough over time that reformatting becomes unavoidable.

[Mr. Blonde]

How does the saying go? It's not bragging if you can back it up?

[HAL9000]

"I don't care if Bill Gates is the world's biggest philanthropist. The pain he has inflicted on the world in the past 20 years through lousy products easily outweighs any good he has done."

Well said.

[pageonetoo]

I have friebnds in the sign business. they have 4 pc-s (windoze) networked. They have a tech into the shop every other week, and they have rebuilt too many times.

Does anybody have good experience with the Intel macs and Bootcamp? I have them almost talked into going Mac, but they have a lot of stuff that makes signs on Windoze...!

[newgeezer]

No, actually just through normal use the drives fragment enough over time that reformatting becomes unavoidable.

I must be doing something wrong, then, because I haven't ever had to reformat a drive because of fragmentation. Defragment, yes. Reformat? Anyone who reformats due to simple fragmentation is either obsessive or ignorant.

You're just bashing.

[avg_freeper]

"I've had it with rebooting my notebook and my desktop constantly because my applications crawl to a halt. I've had it with reformatting my drives every few months to get rid of all the stuff that accumulates on them.

It's not an everyday thing but I have to log in as Admin and do a full Onyx maintenance run or my G5 iMac will start to sputter and run slow. I do an Onyx run which is followed by a reboot about 1-2 times a month.

Maybe I'm more picky about it but there's a definite difference in performance afterwords.

[spower]

Bashing by stating an opinion ? That's a stretch...

[ecurbh]

No, actually just through normal use the drives fragment enough over time that reformatting becomes unavoidable.

Really? Hmmm, I've never had to reformat since I installed Win2000 about 5 years ago. Defragmenting every couple of months keeps things running just fine.

[HAL9000]

Anyone who reformats due to simple fragmentation is either obsessive or ignorant.

The article says nothing about disk fragmentation. The author was probably referring to the plague of viruses, worms and spyware on Windows computers.

Sometimes, even Microsoft's "best engineers" can't repair the damage - Microsoft Official: Malware Recovery Not Always Possible

[newgeezer]

The article says nothing about disk fragmentation.

My statement about fragmentation wasn't a reply to the article.

[newgeezer]

Bashing by stating an opinion ? That's a stretch...

If your opinion is based on little or no experience, but presented as if to imply you're some sort of authority, then yes, it may well be bashing.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

...or he's downloading too much porn.

Even so, that doesn't affect my Mac. :-)

[Mr. Jeeves]

I've had to reformat/reinstall or buy a new machine about once a year with Windows workstations, both at home and in a corporate environment.

[L98Fiero]

Interesting article. It's sad but my company still uses windows 95 boxes. Surprizing for one of the most high-end retailers in the country.

According to this author, all those 11 year-old machines shouldn't be working but they are. They are not eaten up with viruses or malware. Perhaps the author should not open questionable email attachments or surf porn sites.

I'm not knocking Macs. I do find it interesting that Mac's ad campaingns are always about knocking PCs. I think that fits into the "smarter and better than you" attitude so many Mac users seem to have.

[Terpfen]

"It is a complete rewrite of the operating systems, with different file structures and different naming conventions.

"It will be a bigger change than the move from Windows 98 to Windows NT nearly a decade ago. This will present nightmares for many users, particularly those in large organisations who will need to co-ordinate the shift across hundreds or even thousands of machines."

Um... what? This is totally delusional. Vista is not a complete rewrite, it does not have file structures and naming styles that are significantly different from XP/2003, and it is not that large a change.

[Terpfen]

I do find it interesting that Mac's ad campaingns are always about knocking PCs. I think that fits into the "smarter and better than you" attitude so many Mac users seem to have.

Not that I like the ad campaign, but what exactly was Apple supposed to advertise if not the differences between the Windows PC and the Mac?