Posted on 05/12/2009 8:57:34 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Only in Macland do the slappies rejoice over the same old, same old, same old, commercials. They were cute years ago, time to move on Apple.
Excellent post, thank you. This is why I turned my primary laptop into Linux. I have no problem with the features and functionality of Windows (well, Vista can be annoying) but as you said it takes the fun out. Even if your PC is fully protected, I just hate the endless amount of time is spends booting up all the crap-ware, and the resulting endless updates that interfere with my concentration when I am working and the little icons pop-up.
Ubuntu would be the best if there was an MS Office for Linux suite.
OpenOffice word works just fine for me.
OpenOffice spreadsheet is ok for simple spreadsheets, but not for anything complex that needs to be shared with people.
Open Office presentation blows chunks.
Does anyone know if Office will run well on this WINE thing I have been reading about?
An interesting observation. It used to be that if I posted that on a Mac thread it would provoke a solid 20-30 comments of righteous indignation, followed by a mini-flame war.
Now it hardly gets any reaction at all. Clearly a sign, imho, that Windows is dying.
You said — It used to be that if I posted that on a Mac thread it would provoke a solid 20-30 comments of righteous indignation, followed by a mini-flame war.
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Ummmm..., there are too many FReepers who have Macs to be calling all of them gay... LOL...
You might as well call them Gore-lovers, too, along with believers in Global Warming. :-)
Yeah, their market share went from 95% to 94%, what with the rise in the acceptance of homosexuality and bisexuality, the 0bama administration buying tens of thousands of new computers.
It starts somewhere.. the point is people are starting to accept that there are alternatives, even if they haven't made the switch yet.
You said — ... the 0bama administration buying tens of thousands of new computers.
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Well..., if you mean that the Obama Administration is buying Macs — that’s the first time I’ve heard of them *doing something right*.
It’s nice to see them doing something right for a change... :-)
I figured they are so pro-gay, they’d naturally choose macs.
:)
Well..., then..., you’ve got a “phenomenon” to explain as to how so many FReepers can be choosing those computers, too.
I wouldn’t want to be attributing to those FReepers, that they were pro-gay..., mind you... :-)
Soccer us a great game for girls. Mac is the same
Yup, and that people are just plain tired of it. It's gotten old.
Hello. I'm a Mac.
I'm a Megan.
You'd better check because your reply is definitely GAY!
bttt
I’m getting a Big Mac pronto!
I guess I’m doing it wrong.
I don’t get viruses on my Windows machines, and they all run fine. Vista runs well, W7 runs well, XP, 2000 Pro, ME and, no I finally ditched the Windows 98 and 95 installations.
I never get viruses. I no longer use any anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-crapware of any kind. I’m behind a router/firewall. That’s it.
I have had bluescreens on all but Vista, and W7. I’ve had kernel panics on many of the LInux distros I’ve tried.
Linux is no easier than Windows, but it’s kind of fun. In fact, many is the time Linux needs extra work during an installation that Windows does automatically, especially W7! The release candidate nearly installed itself. I have way less concern about any infection using Linux, but I don’t get any using Windows.
I’ve had two viruses in all my computing years, both because I downloaded a “free” game off of a questionable website. I.e. I invited it onto my computer. I don’t do that anymore, and all is well.
I’ve had two viruses in all my computing years, both because I downloaded a “free” game off of a questionable website. I.e. I invited it onto my computer. I don’t do that anymore, and all is well.
There is an irreducible threat to all computers under any operating system - the user him/her self. A Trojan Horse program can sucker a user into doing something stupid, and there's no telling what that might do to his system.In fact, I have to confess that that once happened to me. But the reason the Trojan attack worked was that I was paranoid about viruses. No credible virus threat, no success with that particular trojan.
Consequently, although a Mac is just as vulnerable to a trojan as a PC is, I as a user of a Mac am less vulnerable to a trojan than I was as a user of a PC. Less stress, more fun, less vulnerability. Add in graceful hardware design, and good quality backed by good customer service that I can look in the eye, and you have a package that is worth more than the sum of its parts. To me. And at least until Obama gets to it, it's still my money.
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