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the reality of mac
By Small Club of True Believers (IP: ---.dsl.snlo01.pacbell.net) - Posted on 2005-04-11 10:48:46
I bought a Mac coming from years of Windows. And got a bunch of software for it. And found after using it some months, I have come to see that it is mostly just a toy. It is slow, it is cranky, it doesn't wake up from sleep reliably, it takes more upkeep than Windows XP, it doesn't handle multi-monitor worth beans, not all the mouse buttons work right in all the apps, the dock is highly overrated, the lcd anti-alias doesn't work at all well compared to cleartype, etc, etc, etc.

And in some ways I have come to see the genius of Mac. It is designed for people that do not have a good grasp of technology. It really is not for the "power user" sort of person. It is more for the person who is a bit slow with technology and whose brain has to think about each thing they do on the computer otherwise they get intimidated and start to panic. And these situations are where Mac is good.

I guess what really annoyed me the most about Mac was how unreliable it was. My Windows XP box can run months and months without a reboot. Mac OS X 10.3.8 can hardly go 2-3 days or it will start having issues like not waking from sleep. You also have to run "Cocktail" or something like that on Mac or it will have spastic fits more frequently. For all the "UNIX" hype Apple puts out, Mac is not "rock solid". And as we all know, Mac is not a "supercomputer" either. The machine is very slow compared to Windows XP on AMD/Intel hardware.

Overall, Mac is a small club for people who are not able to be masters of technology. I can see Mac being used by people who want to use their iPods/iTunes, do a little email, a little chat, maybe surf the web a bit. I really can't see any use for Mac beyond this shallow level of functionality.

I gave away my Mac and honestly felt relieved. It was not a good fit for me. I got a Linux box to complement my Windows machine and am much much happier. It is speedy, it is stable, the software choice is outstanding, and it is fun. The Mac was not fun. It was just too controlled and too "establishment" to be fun. Apple is very much a small version of Microsoft. You do not want to deal with them. And everything is insane monopoly pricing. Linux is still affordable, free, and a frontier while Mac is the Establishment Sanitarium for the Technology Challenged.

Different things for different people. If you try Mac, always try a base model so you can return it if you don't like it. If you custom order a Mac (i.e. select ANYTHING else other than "add to cart"), you are stuck with it. Caveat emptor.

Lähde: OSNews.

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Huuh mitä puppua. Ymmärrettävää kuitenkin, kun nämä virtuaalipippeleitään kasvattavat Windows-nerot ostavat Macin ja tuttu ctrl+alt+del ja muut tutut komennot eivät toimikaan ja kone pistääkin miehen kyykkyyn eikä toisinpäin niin meneehän siitä maku. Kone on paska kun ei jakseta opetella uusia juttuja (johon Macilla ei menisi edes kauaa). Eläköön Windows.

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