I had to use one for a year and a half with my last job. I don't think OS X is bad, but its nothing to shout about.
I found actual 'Finder' itself more clumsy and akward to use than explorer. Certain basic things just don't exist, like when you are in a .dir with 1000+ files and want one begining with F, u cant press F on the keyboard to take u through them
Or the fact it lacks a 'Cut' functionality with Cntrl X or right clicking
or the fact that if u delete something from an external device and dont empty ur 'Trash Can' before you unplug it, you can then not remove the file from ur system due to a permissions error, unless u have that device and plug it back in again.
The list goes on, I know windows has its fair few bugs, but It doesnt have basic usability issues like mac.
What is the attraction with them? I just dont understand... is it because system files are all hidden away and to install programs u just have to drag/drop an icon?
I can understand people having a preference of one over the other, but its like a religion, some people almost go out and knock on peoples doors to preach 'macism'. wtf is this all about?
Oh, Mac is bad. There's no question about that. Same as with iPod/-Pad/-Phones, I never understood the fashion phenomenon behind them. They are shit, and there are much better, analogous products available whose manufacture doesn't violate human rights. _________________ QUICK_EDIT
I have to have a mac for school. I personally prefer windows, but this gives me the best of both worlds. The intuitive interface of mac, and the applications of windows. It lets me copy/paste etc from windows app to mac app, and I never have to boot into bootcamp.
Just makes life a lot easier for me. _________________ PreRA2 Dev Lead QUICK_EDIT
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BTW, I can't undestand Mac fanboyism, but what I can understand is the hate to windows, because of its unstability, its extreme slow speed, that gets slower when you install more programs, the high amount of disk space that uses, the bad graphics, the BSODs, the bad GUI, its excessive cost etc etc... While there are better alternatives around there.
But for now I'm tied to this crappy OS just because of the games. _________________ Inactive Projects >> Tiberian Sun: Tech Level War http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/index.php?f=843
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because of its unstability, its extreme slow speed, that gets slower when you install more programs, the high amount of disk space that uses, the bad graphics, the BSODs, the bad GUI, its excessive cost etc etc... While there are better alternatives around there.
But for now I'm tied to this crappy OS just because of the games.
BTW, I can't understand if your hating on mac or windows here...
So here's my thoughts on your statements, even though I try and stay neutral, I must say I prefer Windows or even linux or unbunto over mac.
If you find my opinion biased or my arguments unsound, please find a technical breakdown, "google is your friend here," with benchmarks etc to go feel satisfied with yourselves on this debate.
Excessive cost to me is MAC, since its usually proprietary and uses name brand parts, while building a tower yourself you can shop and get better parts for cheaper while still being able to customize and upgrade your system. Further specs per cost analyst always result in better value for a PC your build yourself or at least can customize or upgrade yourself.
Crappy OS, whether referring to MAC or Windows or any OS is opinion based in nature. And while we can run benchmarks etc to see which operates better etc, both have their flaws and each OS caters to different people.
Bad GUI is another opinion based statement, and is usually debatable base don the user.
Instability and extreme slow speeds, I have seen many slow and fast computer, and I remember macs suffering from the same slow downs we see in windows. As a techie, I fix all my own computer problems and even sometimes fix other people's issues, so I never see these issues. I think with windows, it is a lot more customizable, and easy to configure then macs, but at the same time, if end users try to mess with these options without having the proper knowledge, then they can cause instability and slowdowns due to their own inexperience. "mac's offer less out in the open customizations which led to the problems which occur with windows, in my opinion, macs are a dumb mans computer; but they can also be used for applications by pro's as well, they are just less prone to malfunction caused by inexperienced first time users.
High amounts of disk space can cause slow downs, however most computers built today have more then enough hard disk space to alleviate this problem, remember as a rule of thumb, always leave 20% of your hard disk free and run defrags monthly.
If you meant ram, yes newer versions of windows OS do use more ram, but then again most OS's do, this helps to boot programs and applications faster etc. If you find yourself using too much ram, it's easy enough to buy more ram for a custom PC, or even a store bought pc, then a mac bought with proprietary hardware that invalidates your warranty if you so much open your case.
So these are my thoughts. I tried to stay neutral, but if anyone wishes to add information or provide evidence that my information was incorrect feel free to correct me below. _________________ Grab my Map Logic Expansion Pack 5.2 here!
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Excuse me what is Parallels?
I can understand is the hate to windows, because of its unstability, its extreme slow speed, that gets slower when you install more programs, the high amount of disk space that uses, the bad graphics, the BSODs, the bad GUI, its excessive cost etc etc... While there are better alternatives around there.
But for now I'm tied to this crappy OS just because of the games.
Jumping on the fashionable anti-windows train are we? My experiences with Windows ever since Windows XP have been positive. Even though XP did get a bit slower as time went by, but not as much as the DOS based versions of Windows. I've had Windows 7 installed on my laptop for three years and on my desktop for two years (never formatted) and I've never had any slowness, instability or BSODs. Windows 7 doesn't get slower with time unless you installed tons of stupid applications.
I've never seen a mainstream OS being faster or slower than Windows either it be BSD (Mac OSX, PCBSD) or Linux (Ubuntu, OpenSUSE). The only times I've seen a OS being faster is if you use something like Arch and use a lightweight window manager like awesome.
The only flaw I've seen with Windows is the ridicules cost they are charging for it... _________________ QUICK_EDIT
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:21 pm Post subject:
no best IMO, i use both windows and mac on my macbook, thats why i use virtualbox. . i just prefer mac as my main OS just because windows infected with local virus is too mainstream here -__-
however its just your personal taste. its always good to have choice _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Linux doesn't get slower when you install more and more applications. Some distros uses very little space in your hard-disk, while some others use a lot, you can choose. That way you can install an up-to-date OS in an old machine.
I talked about windows's bad graphics and bad GUI because of the great graphical desktop environments that look a lot better than the windows one without slowing down the machine, like KDE and Gnome 3. But of course if you have a slow PC, you can choose less-good-looking DEs like LXDE etc etc...
Has anyone tried Gnome 3? That's innovation, that's a good looking GUI, not like Windows that doesn't innovate anything or at least a lot less than Gnome.
Perhaps, I've became a linux fanboy and a windows hater, but it's just because of my experience for lots of years trying both operating systems. But I'm still tied to windows because I wanna play games LOL!!! _________________ Inactive Projects >> Tiberian Sun: Tech Level War http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/index.php?f=843
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All Mac is PC basicly, you just have operating system that has far less support and has common usability issues as outlined by few here like smiff...
Fair enough I am anti-apple and Mac is among the most pointless different hardware along its OS, why bother when plain usual PC is far more universal and
Windows while hated, has most software support and if OS was reason for Mac... you could just use Linux... QUICK_EDIT
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I hate to admit, but developing for iOS (iPad, iPhone) is surprisingly fun and interesting, and has a large market. The only downside is that I now have a shiny MacBook Pro QUICK_EDIT
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