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Hehehe, sounds like you guys are having some fun on your systems. Somebody I was talking to today mentioned they had a virus, and what to do. I said I am currently using a mac, and don't know; get a mac? They said no pc is best! Is there logic in that?
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doesn't have logic, that whole 'buy a Mac and stay virus free' argument. It's utter ********. The dominant OS will always be the one attracting virus writers. Why not tell them to use the most obscure OS around if you want to help him avoid viruses? Because you do know that along with Symbian for phones, OSX is next in line behind Windows to be the platform of choice for trojans, malware, worms and viruses right?
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| Seriously, for most computer users a Mac is easier to use. I'm glad to see vista has been making leaps and bounds. I can't wait to get a PC and pirate it. I hope it's relatively easy. Any word guys? |
Aww come now. It took me all of several days to learn how to navigate Windows 95 and do tasks like browse the web or start games. I was around 7 or 8 at the time. My sister who's about 9 can do everything a person her age should have to do on the XP PC. Paint, browse the web, log on or off, start Word, save her work, start Sims.. I don't know, I don't recall Einstein being on my family tree.
OSX may in fact be more intuitive from the get-go, but considering that from the sheer popularity of Windows alone, kids in the developed are likely to encounter a computer running Windows first. In their school's cafeteria, library, study areas, classrooms, home, meaning OSX would actually be one extra thing to learn, instead of a real alternative for a first-time computer user.
You probably copied this argument from the thousands of other mindless fanboys online, so I wouldn't place the bulk of the blame on you. But please, next time when you use this argument, modify it so that it says 'why the masses should use Mac', instead of suggesting 'why an individual should use a Mac at this point in time'. Otherwise, at least have some prove that OSX is indeed more intuitive. Reports from labs specialising in cognitive abilities showing that it's easier for most people across all age groups to pick up OSX. Because I for one know that if you googled, you'd find that just about every large organisation or company, government, publicly or privately held, and place of learning in the developed world employs Windows based computers meaning that in school, at work or on leisure, a person will likely encounter PCs, ensuring that in his lifetime he'll probably have to be familiar with the Windows GUI anyway.
By the way, discussion of piracy here doesn't make you cool.
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| I really just wish that M$ would make a great OS with a lot of innovations and not just wait for the other guys to make all the good **** and then rip them off to make the $$$$$$$ |
Yawn. I just wish Macintosh had more success at the beginning so that it would actually be the most commonly used computers outside the niche sectors like advertising and audio and video production.
I don't care if a bus manages to contain a swimming pool, a presidential suite and a mini theatre.. on top of handling like a sports car and possessing an engine that does 100mpg, because it takes up six lanes it's pretty useless in my country where main roads max out at three.
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| You know what I hate even more!!! It's the fact that the two companies are in this together, creating a duality so we have to CHOOSE. ****, just make one computer, have the hardware be the OS and then have MS and apple create some bomb ass programs and work with other hardware vendors to have some kind of uniform smth. Guess that's what the future is.. |
Wow! One monopoly isn't enough, we have to destroy what little competition there is too!
