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Macintosh does have it's short coming and annoyances, they're just a hell of a lot less of them and they are easier to deal with then the ones in Windows.

Hm, thank you...
I think, mac is like a son for windows... Not a rival! Do you think so? It's like my grandma who don't know how to use windows. The people who don't get into the habit of doing some-thing new, will use windows. But I love studying new things and I want to buy mac...
On the same site I've read about the possibility to put windows on it. Do you think is it necessary? http://www.apple.com/getamac/windows.html

setta wrote:

Hm, thank you...
I think, mac is like a son for windows...

If you want to use a family analogy look at it this way:
The Mac would be a good child always works hard and helps when ever possible. He generally gets good grades but every so often gets into a little trouble.
Windows on the other hand, is the smurfed up older stepchild who screws off everyday and is always messing up. But because the older child is more well known, (because of age and because he acts up) ...  mac always must be compared to it.

mac the son of windows ... yeah NO

Last edited by mrreet2001 (2008-01-24 10:35 am)

I've been running a game on my iMac by booting into Windows XP. I get a BSOD about every other time. I've yet to get a crash while booted into OSX during the same time period.

Another cute thing about XP is the assumption that you have (and need) an expert that you can call to solve your computer problems. And don't get me started on those annoying pop-up balloons that eagerly tell you stuff that you already know.

Brother analogy might work except for one thing, it wouldn't even be the younger brother. The Mac system software actually predates Windows 1.0 by about 22 months.

ScifiterX wrote:

NAG wrote:

Yeah, it is kind of like Windows is congratulating itself for noticing you plugged in a USB device. As if it working is a special event.

It working IS a special event.

agreed
remember when gates was demoing usb and win 98 and when he plugs the scanner in during the demo it BSOD

robco wrote:

I've had the same experience with NT/XP and OS X. I've never had the OS crash. I've had apps lock up or crash, but they didn't bring down the whole system.

On another note, recently I've had issues on a few occasions now when scrolling in Safari using the arrow keys where my MacBook Pro will become unresponsive. The pointer disappears, I can't force quit Safari, the Finder, or even bring up the option to do so, and need to do a force restart by holding down the power button. (Yes, I do run Cocktail routinely.) So OSX , like any software, especially after a major upgrade (Leopard), can have issues that bring the entire system to it's knees no matter what Apple claims. I sure as hell hope 10.5.2 fixes this issue I'm having, as rare as it may be.

Nevertheless, I use Windows XP and prior 2000 at work so I have plenty of experience with Windows and OSX. That being said, I find OSX more reliable, and just as important, just more intuitive. It's just a MUCH MORE pleasurable experience working on a Mac, a different more positive vibe if you will.

Last edited by wellfleation (2008-01-24 12:35 pm)

My wife bought herself a laptop, running Vista 3 weeks ago, and in it's FIRST week and with a fresh, new CLEAN install, it crashed more often than my 1.4 Ghz upgraded Quicksilver has in it's lifetime.

She then ran Norton Utilities (yah, I know, bad idea, but I wasnt around to stop her) to help her recover from what seemed like a "dark grey screen of death" and noticed Norton scanning 3,900+ startup items....

We also love the fact that Vista will not work properly on anything less than 1 gig of ram for the OS alone!!! 

Made me appreciate my old but stable Mac even more.....

Actually, you are wrong. If you include the Lisa, it's 2 years 10 months. I base this on the following:
    Lisa: January 1983
    Macintosh: January 1984
    Windows 1.0: November 1985

ScifiterX wrote:

Actually, no. If you include the Lisa, it's 2 years 10 months.
Lisa: January 1983
Macintosh: January 1984
Windows 1.0: November 1985

Oh, November 1985; I read as January.

setta, just buy the Mac (you know you want to). I will guarantee that you use Windows less and less everyday.

If you take out the 100% part, then it's true.  As everyone has already said, nothing is perfect, and there are a few issues here and there, but, again, as everyone has said, it's nothing compared to the configurations and scanning and the rebooting you have to do with PCs.  I used to work as a PC guy, and still consider myself as a PC enthusiast (for particular games), but I've been recommending the mac to many and many of my friends.  It really is a lot easier to work with, and will give less headaches (especially for me!  I don't need to fix stuff as often ;-) ).  This article might help:

Me and My Mac by John C Dvorak.