Mac vs. PC
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My friend used a Dell for the longest time.. and as with any computers and him not being tech savvy he had issues.. So in the whole hype that Macs are amazing he decides to go and buy a Mac Book Air...
First thing he did was pay $500 at Apple store to get his shit transfered and running at peak speed because he was told it's the best way to keep his Mac properly organized and installed and would give him a piece of "mind". He says it's worth it so he doesn't deal with it.. I say ok.. it's your choice and your money.
So, he pays that, and during the installation and transferring process he calls me 4 times and puts me on the phone with the Apple genius who I'm starting to explain what to do and how to set shit up.. He knew some basic stuff and about emails but it started getting really annoying because these guys are glorified sales reps and this illusion and marketing where they call them "geniuses" is something that is ridiculous. So not only my friend paid $500 for them to set this shit up, now I'm talking to them and telling them what to do..
Then, he got everything set up finally and goes home and for 2 days (as long as it took him to install the other software and garbage he usually puts on Dell computer and Windows) he had a blast and kept telling me how everything was awesome and shiny (typical new Apple-user reaction see bouncing dock and swooshing windows going into the dock)..
Then, comes Monday, and we start getting on the conference calls, him using Skype and this software he needs to use in every day life. Machine starts crashing and he needs to reboot it at least 3 times while we were talking.. Naturally, the only response he gets from Apple support is to bring the laptop in for "testing" at Apple store..
He gets annoyed because not only he has to be out of his new laptop until they try to reinstall shit for him to "solve" the crashing issue, he is paying for this shit.
HIs response, that ultimately explains the Mac in comparison to Windows PCs "This shit crashes too man, LOL what a bullshit".. But unlike with PC where Dells guys actually came to him, and cost him 3 times less than a Mac, plus $250 for Apple Care, cough, tax.. and another $500 to keep his machine in "top shape".
Macs suffer from the exact same issue Windows PCs do.. whoever says otherwise is full of shit..
Actually, for the time I've been using Windows 7.. the machine never stalled, crashed or anything.. I didn't have to reboot it for cool month or more and it's sitting right next to my Mac..
I use Mac every day and this shit has to be rebooted 5 times a day because of some wicked weird behavior with Finder and all kinds of other shit like network drive mapping and recognition and so on.
The ONLY thing, that Apple does great is design.. and this is something I hope every other PC manufacturer starts copying more.. Windows 7 is already a slick, modern, fast, stable OS that can go head to head with OSX in terms of appearance.. but outweighs it by far with compatibility, openness in hardware, sheer raw performance and support for next gen technology.
It's really as simple as that. What was 10 years ago is irrelevant.
But you stil have 5 games on a Mac and most Mac users end up rebooting into Windows on their macs, which is a very good showing of how inapt OSX is for a regular user.
- you wrote all that... for this thread?scarabin
- just had to write that since it just happened yesterday.Boz
- ease off scarabin, ease off manprophetone
- I feel you, I have to reboot to windows constantly, my mac doesn't run Internet Explorer.raf
- at end of the day i tall comes to users abilities and user errorphatwrx
- i'm just in awe of how much people actually care about this topicscarabin