HardOCP Spends 30 Days With MacOSX

boyko.at.netqos writes "Hardocp.com has published "30 days with MacOSX" — with the same author from "30 days with Linux" and "30 days with Vista" doing the evaluation. Ultimately he likes the stability and security but other concerns keep him from recommending it. From the article: 'The hardware lock-in and lack of quality freeware makes owning and maintaining a Macintosh an expensive endeavor ... Mac OS X has some amazing capabilities, but you spend a lot of money. Indeed, it seems the preferred method for solving Mac computer problems is to buy your way out of it. Slow computer? Buy a new one. Want to convert a file? Buy a utility. Want to do simple tasks? Buy a commercial program. Peripherals don't work? Buy replacements.'"

Comments

security and stability is a fallacy

[teh_chrizzle]

PC security and stability is easy. take the money you would have paid for a macbook and buy 2 dells. then, if you get a virus or any sort of error, you can swap it for a brand new one while you are having the other one fixed. 100% uptime, guaranteed.

i sold my broken dell on ebay and keep my spare in it's case wrapped in $400 cash money like tycho from penny arcade does with his CD player.

Amen

[codepunk]

Amen to that, buy a mac and you got a expensive brick..till you buy some software that will
actually make it do something.

Re:Editors, this article is pure flame-bait...

[Queer Boy]

MAN you are self-sycophantic. you write the article post it to slashdot then troll the comments? Go mentally masturbate somewhere else.

Re:what's that smell

[Slightly Askew]

Of course, how could he have been so stupid?

Do me a favor, go repeat that statement to 100 random strangers, count the number of glassy eyes and slack jaws, and divide by three. That is the approximate percentage of people who will never run Linux on the Desktop in its current evolutionary state.

I always wondered...

[briancnorton]

As pointed out, Macs are expensive.

I always wondered why Apple thinks that an (arguably) poor segment of society (artists) would want very expensive computers.

As unofficial computer fix-it man for my friends, I can say that I hate having to fix apple problems. Mostly it's because I don't have any clue how to do it at first, but also because the answer I get from the knowledgeable apple-types is typically "it won't work." Bad answer man...