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1 Million Windows to Mac Converts So Far in 2005
UltimaGuy writes to tell us AppleInsider is reporting that according to one Wall Street analyst over one million Windows users have switched to Mac in the first three quarters of 2005. It is speculated that these numbers are a direct result of the popularity gained through the iPod and related technologies in addition to security concerns from Microsoft. From the article: "According to checks with Apple Store Specialists, Wolf also said a larger than expected percentage of Windows to Mac converts appear to be purchasing Apple's higher-end systems and that their transition is fueled by the epidemic of viruses and malware on the Windows platform."
Why aren't more Mac owners computer literate? They would be, if they had a computer.
How many Mac users does it take to change a light bulb? Four. One to consult the manual that came with it, one to call tech-support, and two to sit and wait for the 'Smiley Face' to appear and say 'Welcome to Macintosh'.
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I think we can keep recursing like this until someone returns 1
Hmmm, I've been using WinCVS on Windows for over 5 years now without any problems.
http://www.wincvs.org/
I do cross-platform development and use Windows, Mac and Linux systems almost every day. I've always been a Windows person but I was perfectly willing to let myself be swayed by my new Mac. From the first time I touched it, it was nothing but problems. The damn mouse accelleration feature could not be configured or turned off so I couldn't even navigate the interface. I eventually found a MS mouse driver that seemed to fix it but OS/X must have not liked it because it's gone now. The system would lock up nearly every day requiring a reboot. I figured out that I just had to not let it go to sleep or something. The rest of the problems I have had are probably due to inexperience with the OS and my inexperience is primarily due to the amount of aggravation I have had with my Mac. I only use it when I have to. Every time I touch it, there's a new irritation I have to deal with.
Yeah, OS/X looks pretty. Nicer than Windows. But, I prefer substance over style. Seems to me that being a Mac user now-a-days is more about being cool and hating Microsoft than it is about productivity. I don't need Apple to be cool. Being cool or not cool is not about what products you buy or what you wear. That's all a bunch of poser crap. There's little that irritates me more than Mac people thinking that they are somehow better then Windows people. It's so absurd as to be laughable yet I see it all the time. "When people see you have a Mac, they know you're a serious artist." I actually read that in a Mac magazine. It's BS. There's a very good reason why more artistic people use Macs than PC's. It's because Macs had the good desktop publishing, graphics and audio editing software before Windows did and so they gained a foothold with desktop publishing, graphics and audio editing people. You can do all that stuff on Windows now but the legacy of Macs still prevails among these users. I have no problem with that. I'm just sick to death of all the anti-Windows talk which is mostly based on completely invalid premises.
If people want to hate Microsoft, that's fine. Disrespecting people based on what OS they use just to make you feel better about yourself (not referring to original poster) is asinine.
Never had OSX crash?
Try plugging a USB hard drive into it. It blackscreens... (not quite a bluescreen.. kinda the equivalent though). Maybe it's just my type of drive but both Windows and Linux have no problems with it.
I had safari die on me the other day too - it died, I tried to force kill it - didn't work (it never works.. hardly worth having the option) and couldn't even kill -9 it from the terminal - had to reboot.
OSX is *far* from perfect.
I love my Powerbook, but I don't want people to get the idea that they should expect to have this particular feature if they buy one.
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