[Swordmaker]

Another Tech Columnist switches to Macs... PING!

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[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.

[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...!

[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.

[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.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

If he wants an Apple product with problems, get an I-pod 5th generation. Damn thing has been to the shop twice since I got it last December.

[Echo Talon]

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[Ticonderoga34]

This guy sounds like me 9 months ago. Then I switched to Apple and never look back.
Nowadays, I just turn on my computer and never think about the OS.