Yeah, well, where's my flying car?
It's 2008. There were supposed to be flying cars. I don't see any flying cars.
Why? WHY? Why.
Posted on 04/19/2008 4:29:09 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper
The Apple Mac runs Windows Vista better than a PC, according to a shootout conducted by Popular Mechanics magazine.
The publication tested two all-in-one desktops and notebooks, one Mac and one PC in each category, using a panel of testers ranging from experts to the I-just-want-it-to-work type of consumer. The results were published in the magazine's May issue.
The testers assembled the machines right out of the box and then rated their experiences in performing everyday tasks, such as Web surfing, document creation, uploading photos, downloading Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) Acrobat files and playing music and movies. The magazine created its own suite of tests to measure the speeds in which the machines handled these tasks.
While there were some differences, the Gateway desktop and Asus notebook were evenly matched with their Mac counterparts -- an iMac and MacBook, respectively.
"In both the laptop and desktop showdowns, Apple's computers were the winners," the magazine said.
Surprisingly to the magazine, Apple's user interface for its OS X Leopard didn't outshine Vista among the testers, who liked the look and feel of both operating systems, but showed a slight preference toward OS X. The real differences were in the speed trials, where Leopard "trounced" Vista in important tasks such as boot-up, shutdown and program-launch times.
"We even tested Vista on the Macs using Apple's platform-switching Boot Camp software -- and found that both Apple computers ran Vista faster than our PCs did," the magazine said. "Simply put, Vista proved to be a more sluggish operating system than Leopard."
Another surprise was the price of the systems. While the Apple Mac is often seen as more expensive than the PC, Popular Mechanics found that the Asus M51sr cost the same as the MacBook, and the Gateway One cost $300 more than an iMac.
"That means for the price of the Gateway you could buy an iMac, boost its hard drive to match the Gateway's, purchase a copy of Vista to boot -- and still save $100," the magazine said.
Detailed benchmarks are available on the magazine's Web site.
It may seem trivial, but I’ve never felt comfortable with a one-button Apple mouse.
Then replace it with a two button mouse.
I decided not long ago my next computer would be a Mac....it’s only a matter of time now. :)
I didn't want to deal with Vista.
I bought a Mac Book Pro last year and while it did take a little while to get used to how it did things and how you got places with it as compared to the windows based computers, I can say that I will NEVER go back to a windows based computer again! Mac is light years ahead of them all. as far as the two buttons, if you want to right click just hold down the apple key and click your button or buy a plug in mouse.
Yeah, well, where's my flying car?
It's 2008. There were supposed to be flying cars. I don't see any flying cars.
Why? WHY? Why.
Not trivial at all. I have a MacBook Pro. That single button touchpad would be a pain if OS X didn't have a finger movement that simulated a right click (two fingers on the touchpad while clicking).
Macs haven’t shipped with a one button mouse for years now. The mouse that ships with the current lineup of desktops is a 2-button mouse with scroll wheel (and a 3rd button of sorts located on the sides of the mouse;I alway disable that button).
You can buy that mouse in either wired or Bluetooth versions from Apple, for a MacBook or MacBook Pro laptop.
Shhhhhhhh . . . . the airlines and the military-industrial complex have conspired together to squash the flying car project.
Shhhhhhhhh . . .
“it’s only a matter of time now.”
I recently took the plunge after giving up on Vista. My MacPro hooked up with my home network in less than 5 minutes.
After 3 weeks, I still couldn’t get my Vista “enchanced” HP laptop to connect with my other PCs or TIVOs.
Last year at Oshkosh WI fly in, I did see a couple of concept cars that this year should be there, ...or not.
I would love to use a Mac, both at home and at work, but many apps haven’t been ported to the Mac, and overall the Mac machines are alot more expensive than PCs, especially if you build your own PCs as my husband does. I will say that once you’ve made the hardware investment in a Mac machine you don’t have the obsolescence worries that you have with Windblows.
The Mac time machine backup is about the coolest thing I’ve ever seen lol
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For those interested in a Mac, I've migrated from PC to Mac last year and am very happy. I use the MacBook Pro (Intel Chip) and use Parallels(tm)($79) to run a Virtual Machine that can run Win XP, Linux and many other OSes. You do need a LEGAL copy of the OS, but I can switch from Mac Leopard to WinXp in a second and do processing in either at will.
You can also run Windows/Linux etc. off of the Mac (Intel Chip) in "Boot Camp" but that means rebooting to run either OS whereas Parallels (and VM Ware - don't own but have heard is good) let you run 'seamlessly' without reboot.
Note to the wise, if following this route, get maximum memory - Virtual Machines NEED IT!
Don't know if that's accurate. We bought our iMac less than a year ago and it came with the one-button "Mighty Mouse". I didn't even learn until recently that you could use a conventional two-button mouse, and by the time I did, I was used to the one-button.
The really neat thing about the Mac is how versatile it is.
This is a stupid premise from Popular Mechanics.
Of course Macs will run Vista better...they use basically identical hardware to each other.
PCs have multiple mainboard types, multiple processors, multiple types of cpu’s, hundreds of possible video drivers, thousands of possible peripherals, etc.
ANYTHING will run better on a MAC due to hardware simplicity.
The Mighty Mouse is NOT a one-button mouse. There are two buttons on top, and two buttons on the sides, and a scroll ball.
You have to go into System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse, and set the right-hand button as a secondary button. Then you can right-click instead of Control-click to find all those useful contextual menus.
Didn’t read your user guides, huh?
What’s your point?
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