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Wall Street Journal: Mac vs. PC

Posted by pudge on from the no-such-thing-as-too-many-pundits dept.

cpk0 writes "Walt Mossberg is taking a few days to discuss the differences between Mac and PCs, and which is suitable for whom. He begins by saying the tides have definitely turned in regards to Apple's state as a computer which he will recommend. This is the first in a miniature series of articles by Mossberg touching base on the Apple vs. PC situation (but don't worry, it's not at all about bashing one side)."

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  1. *sigh* by PhysicsGenius · · Score: -1, Troll
    Not this old hokum again. Computers are a tool, people. They exist to solve problems and help us with our jobs. Comparing Macs to PCs is pointless and trollish. What you need to do is ask what task you need solved.

    For instance, my mom needed a computer that she could use to check her email and maybe do a little web browsing. The iMac is perfect for her.

    I need something that will let me run a quality office suite, a standard development environment and all the latest games but not cost me an arm and a leg. The only rational choice for any of those things is a PC running Windows XP.

  2. A key point that the WSJ missed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    From the article:
    Most home Windows users tempted to switch to a Mac could do so without losing anything, and might well gain.
    Unless you don't feel that becoming a homosexual is "losing anything". When will these Mac fanboy journalists bring out the truth about the massive manlust that resides in the Mac community? The gay agenda will stop at nothing in winning new anuses--whether through fashion, music, or computers.
  3. ahh, a spoonful of sugar... by Newtlink · · Score: 0, Troll

    to go with the steaming fistful of bullshit served up in print, again..

    "Slower processor speed.."

    --
    as relative to what?? to a shit peecee??

    peecees need the extra freq to deal with shitty memory management.. and all the shitty india-borne crap win-coding from some dirt hovel in bangladesh.. "100,000 more lines of code before you get your bowl of rice, Patel.."
    --

    "All come with Mac OS X, the new Apple operating system, which rarely crashes and is on a par with Windows XP.."

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    ON PAR?? yet more bile from the bowels of an inferior sub-human windows cretin..

    using xp is like a really bad case of the beer-shits..

    --

    "It's easier today than ever to use a Mac in a Windows world and to share information. This is true partly because the Internet and e-mail don't distinguish between computing platforms. As users spend more time online and less time running boxed software, compatibility with software becomes less of an issue.."

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    this actually has to be explained to the win-cretin set.. the center of the universe does not revolve around redmond, washington..

    yet, this is another arguement FOR middleware and that passive-aggressive shit branded ".net"..

    so, i this is not positive press for the Mac or Apple..

    this is a case of "they are still 5% trying to fit in OUR windows world, but as MSFT tells us, we are number one.. they are shit with pretty boxes that still don't work."..

    so FUCK him, FUCK the WSJ and FUCK MICROSOFT..

    and if your a x86 peecee user..

    FUCK YOU, YOU COMPLETE IDIOT RAT-BASTARD.. DIG YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR RECTUM, WIPE THE SHIT FROM YOUR EYES AND FINALLY REALIZE THAT YOU'VE BEEN DUPED..

    and you passive Mac users make me sick.. sip your high-priced lattes and passively accept this shit from your win-cretin "friends" and the popular press.. but, feel good about it all..

    FUCK YOU. I USE A MAC.

    WWW.APPLE.COM/FUCKYOU

    That should be the new ad campaign..

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    i hate microsoft.