Found this image, Microsoft vs Apple

[RobHague]

Thought it was pretty nifty. :D

[shadowmoses]

Sums things up pretty nicely, i like the simplistic ON/OFF switch,

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[Doozy]

I like it. The apple car looks like an older imac

[fayans]

Interestingly simple representation! :) Where did you find that?

[katie ta achoo]

That's so cute! :)
I like it!

[Crikey]

That's fun. It might be more accurate if it compared the Windows user tinkering with the Apple user actually speeding down the highway, though.


Crikey

[stoid]

I think that it is a perfect analogy.

Yes Apple is simpler, but when something does break deep down, it's much harder to get to , and requires a lot more effort and expertise.

[mduser63]

I think that it is a perfect analogy.

Yes Apple is simpler, but when something does break deep down, it's much harder to get to , and requires a lot more effort and expertise.

I think this is simply wrong. I spent years and years with Windows, and feel like I'm pretty good at troubleshooting problems with it and fixing them. After a year with OS X though, I feel MUCH more comfortable with how OS X works. It's UNIX so you can change just about anything you want to. Troubleshooting has so far been incredibly easy compared to Windows. And on a more abstract level, OS X uses an open source kernel, so if you really want to you can tweak fundamental parts of the OS. Windows is entirely closed off, and for the most part, its internals are completely hidden from the user.

[stoid]

I think this is simply wrong. I spent years and years with Windows, and feel like I'm pretty good at troubleshooting problems with it and fixing them. After a year with OS X though, I feel MUCH more comfortable with how OS X works. It's UNIX so you can change just about anything you want to. Troubleshooting has so far been incredibly easy compared to Windows. And on a more abstract level, OS X uses an open source kernel, so if you really want to you can tweak fundamental parts of the OS. Windows is entirely closed off, and for the most part, its internals are completely hidden from the user.

Oh yes, software problems, but hardware.... Apple really likes to keep the user locked out of hardware upgrades. They're getting more open, especially with the iMac G5. It's to be expected though, since Apple is a hardware company and they'd rather you buy a new machine than stick newer parts in the one you've got.

[carpe diem]

how old is it?

[tech4all]

Imagine having a nice shiny Apple logo on the front of you car :cool:


Cool picture btw!

[decksnap]

Oh yes, software problems, but hardware.... Apple really likes to keep the user locked out of hardware upgrades. They're getting more open, especially with the iMac G5. It's to be expected though, since Apple is a hardware company and they'd rather you buy a new machine than stick newer parts in the one you've got.

Have you SEEN the inside of a Powermac? These systems are the cleanest and easiest to access I've seen. Even the G4 towers with the fold-down side were brilliantly laid out.

[DaftUnion]

Nice. Love the artwork. Sums up Apple and Microsoft in one picture.

[jer446]

"a picture is worth a thousand words" i think thats the how the cliche goes..lol

[AP_piano295]

Have you SEEN the inside of a Powermac? These systems are the cleanest and easiest to access I've seen. Even the G4 towers with the fold-down side were brilliantly laid out.

powermac very easy every other desktop very hard but thats partially because they have style that no pc's that I can think of have. Laptops are hard to get at for everyone so they dont count.

[mduser63]

Oh yes, software problems, but hardware.... Apple really likes to keep the user locked out of hardware upgrades. They're getting more open, especially with the iMac G5. It's to be expected though, since Apple is a hardware company and they'd rather you buy a new machine than stick newer parts in the one you've got.

Oh OK, I thought you were talking about software (after all, MS is a software company). I mostly agree with you. However, my Power Macs are very easy to work on, and while I haven't had anything go wrong with them, I feel pretty confident that unless the logic board goes out, I'll be able to fix them. Also, Apple does sell (http://www.apple.com/support/powermac/doityourself/video.html) parts for Power Mac G5s. Things like fans, replacement optical drives, replacement modems, bluetooth modules etc.

[EricNau]

I also like this one...

[NewbieNerd]

Imagine having a nice shiny Apple logo on the front of you car :cool:


Cool picture btw!


My fiance is going to get one of those Mini Coopers within the next year or so probably, and we're going to take one of our apple stickers that comes with the iPods and put it on her back glass. I think it would look sharp right in the middle of the back glass, but we'll see what she thinks, hehe. :p

[NewbieNerd]

I also like this one...


Ugh, I am so glad Apple doesn't have those ugly colors on the apple symbol anymore. I might refuse to buy macs just for that! :D

[rickvanr]

Ugh, I am so glad Apple doesn't have those ugly colors on the apple symbol anymore. I might refuse to buy macs just for that! :D


I loved that logo! Your right though, the multi colour apple would look bad on a nice Cinema Display instead of the silver mirror finish they currently have.

[maxterpiece]

I loved that logo! Your right though, the multi colour apple would look bad on a nice Cinema Display instead of the silver mirror finish they currently have.

Yeah, I have to say that the rainbow apple was much cooler than the apple today. It represented innovation to me. The new apple represents slickness. Slickness is cool, but not as cool as innovation.

[rickvanr]

Yeah, I have to say that the rainbow apple was much cooler than the apple today. It represented innovation to me. The new apple represents slickness. Slickness is cool, but not as cool as innovation.

Couldn't agree more. I just wish I said it myself.

[steelfist]

aw. those two pics are cool! this should be: "funny windows vs Mac OSX and PC vs MAC pics" thread. il start looking around for some more entertaining ones.

[GroundLoop]

While I do like the first pic, I am growing very tired of computer-car analogies. I think we need a new forum rule about this. A Mac is not a BMW, Benz, <insert luxury car of choice here>. It is a computer.

</rant>

Hickman

[Macmaniac]

Great find! The mac side looks like an old iMac or iBook. I bet this was drawn for a magazine comparison of the two OSs. I like the other picture too, the trash lol....

[PCMacUser]

Ah, it's amusing to see apple fanaticism reach such levels :p

Windows isn't that bad folks! :rolleyes:

[EricNau]

I know this isn't the same type of pic...but I still like it :)

[katie ta achoo]

I know this isn't the same type of pic...but I still like it :)


Oo! that's so cute! :)

[EricNau]

Ah, it's amusing to see apple fanaticism reach such levels :p

Windows isn't that bad folks! :rolleyes:
It's not terrible... but think about all of the people that like Windows and HATE Apple, but what about the other way around, there aren't as many of those.
All of us here need to make up for the 19 to 1 ratio. (Did I get that right?)

[Aarow]

Apple needs to redesign their car. It's ugly!

[EricNau]

Apple needs to redesign their car. It's ugly!
gasp! :eek:

[steelfist]

i never heard of apple designing a car. there's a difference between analogies like the 1st picture posted in this thead and real products.

if you look around, there are tons of windows/microsoft/bill gates bashing sites.

[PCMacUser]

It's not terrible... but think about all of the people that like Windows and HATE Apple, but what about the other way around, there aren't as many of those.
All of us here need to make up for the 19 to 1 ratio. (Did I get that right?)
I do have a few colleagues at work that don't like Apples (heck, my boss put my brand new Powerbook in a metal bin once). But it's mostly because they don't understand them very much, and they're also gamers - and we know that Apples don't fare too well in that arena (no pun intended).

Yeah I think you got the ratio right. I'd like to see the ratio that is specific to home users (as most businesses use PCs). And then a separate statistic divided up by countries. Apples are designed by Americans, for Americans. So it's likely that the ratio would be higher in the USA than in other countries.

[Dagless]

I do have a few colleagues at work that don't like Apples (heck, my boss put my brand new Powerbook in a metal bin once). But it's mostly because they don't understand them very much, and they're also gamers - and we know that Apples don't fare too well in that arena (no pun intended).

Yeah I think you got the ratio right. I'd like to see the ratio that is specific to home users (as most businesses use PCs). And then a separate statistic divided up by countries. Apples are designed by Americans, for Americans. So it's likely that the ratio would be higher in the USA than in other countries.

they're designed for Americans? how so? I know entire secondary schools, colleges and universities that are packed to the brim with Apple machines. and the people who attend those places too! *you should speak to the lecturers on my course!

btw; Love the pictures in this thread!

[PCMacUser]

they're designed for Americans? how so? I know entire secondary schools, colleges and universities that are packed to the brim with Apple machines. and the people who attend those places too! *you should speak to the lecturers on my course!

btw; Love the pictures in this thread!
I'm not sure your lecturers have anything to do with the hardware used at your school/university (it's probably the IT department that does that!), so would most likely not be interested in talking to me. Unless I started enthusiastically talking to them about <enter your course subject here>.

[Chip NoVaMac]

Nice. Love the artwork. Sums up Apple and Microsoft in one picture.


I would love this as a DT picture!