Apple has run into a problem dealing with pc users. Although not as clueless as they may appear, they are crippled by their dependance on inferior platforms and operating systems. Therefore, Apple must set up their OS so that the pc users who are waking up from intellectual stagnation and buying macs will not be totally lost.
By putting inferior products that are rampant in the windows community on the base configuration of MacOS, such as AOL, anything MS, and control panels for tons of printers(since inserting a disk is too much for some) it is slowing down the OS.
After actually taking the time to customize a mac and learning how to use it(any educated person can do it) anyone can test it against the silly behemoth 1G chips, and it will blow them away.
One more thing, if you are looking for the ultimate in speed and power, look into the G4s, not the iMacs. They are incredible machines, don't get me wrong, but not the speed demons the G4s are....currently running:
1 dual processor G4/500 512MB/90GB
2 G3/450 512MB/12GB
1 Powerbook G3/500 256MB/18GB
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Apple has run into a problem dealing with pc users. Although not as clueless as they may appear, they are crippled by their dependance on inferior platforms and operating systems. Therefore, Apple must set up their OS so that the pc users who are waking up from intellectual stagnation and buying macs will not be totally lost. By putting inferior products that are rampant in the windows community on the base configuration of MacOS, such as AOL, anything MS, and control panels for tons of printers(since inserting a disk is too much for some) it is slowing down the OS. After actually taking the time to customize a mac and learning how to use it(any educated person can do it) anyone can test it against the silly behemoth 1G chips, and it will blow them away. One more thing, if you are looking for the ultimate in speed and power, look into the G4s, not the iMacs. They are incredible machines, don't get me wrong, but not the speed demons the G4s are. ...currently running:
1 dual processor G4/500 512MB/90GB
2 G3/450 512MB/12GB
1 Powerbook G3/500 256MB/18GB