Tell me ONE thing that a Windows machine can do that a Mac cannot. I don't mean specific programs or games, but any real work. Developing Windows software and malware doesn't count either.
Please, you can't possibly be that narrow minded. Your definition of "real work" might be different than mine. For example, the Fry's Electronics store next door to me here has about 9 isles of Windows software, one-half isle of Mac software, and maybe one or two Linux titles. Doesn't that pretty much say it all?
Sure, you can be in denial like most Mac and Linux users by saying "what linux won't do, I don't need to do", but that is just denial. Anybody that uses anything but windows is giving up a whole lot of software choices.
Yeah, if your whole computer experience is limited to browsing the web, email, usenet, irc, and some word processing... any OS will do that and do it relatively well. I'm talking about other types of software.
Ok, you wanna talk Mac? True, Mac OS X has better software choices than Linux for the average user, but there are still many categories of software where the choices for the Mac suck by comparison.
Microsoft Streets and Trips. There's something that has no Mac alternative. Bible study software sucks on the Mac, so does ham radio software. Both IRC clients and usenet readers on the Mac are inferior to their windows counterparts. Face it, as a Mac user you are tolerating second-rate software in many departments. That's because most developers don't develop for that platform. But then with a 5% market share, you can't expect that they would.
Have you ever compared Quicken for windows with Quicken for the mac? There is no comparison. Quicken for windows is a very full-featured nice program with a very nice look and feel. Quicken for the mac was simply an afterthought thrown together by Intuit. It's not even close to being the same program.
Also, many people keep using Windows because they just don't understand what's happening.
I think you're forgetting one primary reason people use windows... there are MANY categories of programs out there that only come in a windows flavor. Having been a linux and mac os x user for several years, that's why I run windows. With alternative OSs there are just too many things one can't do. That's because you don't have the software choices. I've used windows for over 10 years and never had a virus or any spyware. It's really not that tough.
If you do what you think is best you're doing the right thing, regardless of what the law or anyone else says.
This is complete crap. Why do you think we have laws? It's so that each Joe Blow doesn't get to decide for themselves what is right and what is wrong. I think they call that Anarchy. People have widely varying ideas of what's best. Not all are legal.
You wouldn't take a 500 MHz iMac over a 3 GHz Dell if you needed to keep 10 memory-hogging apps open at the same time.
The amount of memory is pretty much the only hardware factor that effects how many "memory-hogging" apps you can have open comfortably. So a 500MHz iMac would do just fine given enough memory.
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Yeah, you could do all that... or you could just get a Mac. Much easier IMHO. :)
Tell me ONE thing that a Windows machine can do that a Mac cannot. I don't mean specific programs or games, but any real work. Developing Windows software and malware doesn't count either.
Please, you can't possibly be that narrow minded. Your definition of "real work" might be different than mine. For example, the Fry's Electronics store next door to me here has about 9 isles of Windows software, one-half isle of Mac software, and maybe one or two Linux titles. Doesn't that pretty much say it all?
Sure, you can be in denial like most Mac and Linux users by saying "what linux won't do, I don't need to do", but that is just denial. Anybody that uses anything but windows is giving up a whole lot of software choices.
Yeah, if your whole computer experience is limited to browsing the web, email, usenet, irc, and some word processing... any OS will do that and do it relatively well. I'm talking about other types of software.
Ok, you wanna talk Mac? True, Mac OS X has better software choices than Linux for the average user, but there are still many categories of software where the choices for the Mac suck by comparison.
Microsoft Streets and Trips. There's something that has no Mac alternative. Bible study software sucks on the Mac, so does ham radio software. Both IRC clients and usenet readers on the Mac are inferior to their windows counterparts. Face it, as a Mac user you are tolerating second-rate software in many departments. That's because most developers don't develop for that platform. But then with a 5% market share, you can't expect that they would.
Have you ever compared Quicken for windows with Quicken for the mac? There is no comparison. Quicken for windows is a very full-featured nice program with a very nice look and feel. Quicken for the mac was simply an afterthought thrown together by Intuit. It's not even close to being the same program.
Also, many people keep using Windows because they just don't understand what's happening.
I think you're forgetting one primary reason people use windows... there are MANY categories of programs out there that only come in a windows flavor. Having been a linux and mac os x user for several years, that's why I run windows. With alternative OSs there are just too many things one can't do. That's because you don't have the software choices. I've used windows for over 10 years and never had a virus or any spyware. It's really not that tough.
If you do what you think is best you're doing the right thing, regardless of what the law or anyone else says.
This is complete crap. Why do you think we have laws? It's so that each Joe Blow doesn't get to decide for themselves what is right and what is wrong. I think they call that Anarchy. People have widely varying ideas of what's best. Not all are legal.
You wouldn't take a 500 MHz iMac over a 3 GHz Dell if you needed to keep 10 memory-hogging apps open at the same time.
The amount of memory is pretty much the only hardware factor that effects how many "memory-hogging" apps you can have open comfortably. So a 500MHz iMac would do just fine given enough memory.