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Posted on 05/26/2009 11:04:51 AM PDT by Gomez
Who says I’m not running Linux, Unix, or MacOS on my PC box? That’s the great thing - I get to choose what I want.
The savvy computer user knows which files to open and which to not open. I never run antivirus on any of my PC’s and have yet to get a virus. Of course, in an office environment, it is a necessity since many users don’t know what they’re doing and could compromise the network with a few clicks.
The only reason Mac’s don’t have a big issue with viruses is because most people don’t use Macs. Virus scripters create viruses that will cause the greatest impact and are written for the operating systems with which they are most familiar - Windows.
The worst thing that could happen to you is that everyone starts buying Macs. When power users start using them, the viruses will follow.
MAC’s have never been pushed in the advertising market like PCs.
Sorry, Gates and Micosoft suck in my world. PC programs are over simplified.
One size fits all.
And I have never had a virus problem in 18 yrs. of MAC use.
I know lots of PC say it’s easier just to throw their cheap PC in the “trash”
so to speak and start over because they had become so damaged.
But, my PC grandson and I have a kiddingly good time putting down each others computers. LOL
One pays one's money and lives with the result.
yup has been for awhile but they at least are still kerneling Linux
College kids are susceptible to hip pop-culture trends and slick advertising. Surprise.
This is true. It's also true that Macs are designed with the user in mind. If you like their end product, then you're in luck. If not, well then good luck customizing it.
In general, the first thing that I do when I get a PC is take an hour to remove all of the bloatware/shareware/freeware/crippleware crap that gets put on the build by the manufacturer. I blame Compaq/Dell/etc for this...not Microsoft.
Once that's completed, I strip the OS down to do what it's supposed to. If it's an IIS server, then it runs IIS....not FTP, Windows Media, MSN, and whatever else Bill tries to cram in there. Generally, I wind up with a pretty decent machine.
Server 2008, with its minimalist approach, might mean that MS is waking up to the fact that users generally don't WANT 10GB of garbage programs cluttering up their OS. We'll see.
sorry you mis-understood, I got IWork 09 the complete package, and the upgrade from iLife08 to iLife09, a big difference,,
so you never have to get upgrades for you PC software,, WOW..
Speaking as a “Mac”, I hereby offer myself to any of the UVA sorority sisters who want to join the ranks of “Mac users”.You won’t be sorry.....
; )
have you read the windows 7 reviews?
I have NEVER had a PC/Win problem i couldn’t figure out in less than a half hour and really I have had 0 problems as far as i can remember.
But yes i know, PC’s aren’t hip.
Re: “Macs are overpriced and a closed architecture”
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All I know of Mac is what I’ve seen in the mall Apple stores — packed with kids checking out the merchandise.
What I also know is that for some reason those Macs are hauled back into the stores constantly — any time I am in a mall that houses a Mac store, there they are, kids marching through the mall(s), lugging their Mac computers.
I know every brand has its issues, but when I go to other stores that carry PCs, I don’t see so many people hauling them in while I’m there.
>But yes i know, PC’s aren’t hip.
Neither is fiscal responsibility.
>This is true. It’s also true that Macs are designed with the user in mind. If you like their end product, then you’re in luck. If not, well then good luck customizing it.
Yeah, that lack-of-customizability could be frustrating. However, let’s look at a smaller piece of software for a bit: WinAmp.
WinAmp was designed to play media files (ie with a user in mind), and with plug-ins was very flexible in adapting to new formats. It was highly customizable (appearance-wise) with its skins, and yet was not in regards to control arrangement (the play/stop/pause button-set was always the same configuration).
So, do you get the distinction I’m trying to make? It may just be me being nit-picky, but I’m trying to get the idea out into words so that I can write it down [as a guideline to my own OS design].
Over the past year the company I work for hired 9 engineers almost directly out of college. Each one was given a stipend to buy a laptop of their choice. Every single one bought a MAC. Engineers, mind you.
“Insofar as the incoming freshmen are primarily artists and musicians, not engineers and scientists, I’m not surprised.”
Actually, engineers now favor MACS. They can run windows OS on a MAC, so they have the software they want on a very well designed and durable platform.
The reason you see people hauling their computers into Mac stores is they can get free tech support at the Genius Bar. I don’t know any PC store that offers that.
RE: :” The reason you see people hauling their computers into Mac stores is they can get free tech support at the Genius Bar. I don’t know any PC store that offers that.”
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Thank you for the clarification — I thought lots of owners were having big trouble with their Macs and returning them.
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And exactly how much have you used a modern Mac?
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