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Apple's Problem to market share?

  • Speed?

    Votes: 44 57.9%
  • Price?

    Votes: 31 40.8%
  • Design?

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Software?

    Votes: 1 1.3%

  • Total voters
    76
  • Poll closed .
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Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
NOT TRUE. as i said before just because you are not willing to figure things out doesnt mean it doesnt work.

my point that ive stated,is not the 'problem' you claaim exist, as these are all rong. the problem as i stated, is misconceptions. and its hard to say its a problem in the first place because apple knows about it and is addressing it. its not like apple is blind to it.

im sorry my last post was so long as it seems clear you didnt read it.
OK, let's clear this QT/avi thing.

I have a whole bunch of avi's that I can play on my PC without any trouble. No messing around with codecs or converters. Just open up Media Player and viola!

When I try them on my Mac, the same exact avi's will not play on QT Player. Hell, they won't even play on Media Player for Mac. I've downloaded and installed various codecs and plug-ins, without any success. The only way that seems to work is to convert them to a mov file and futz with the sound track.

In this scenario, doesn't it seem easier on the PC? How is my stated problem "all wrong"?

I'm sure that Apple is working on the problem, but the claim that "everything is easier" on a Mac is out there. In this case, it clearly is not easier on a Mac.

And to completely dismiss my point as me not trying to figure out a problem is quite short-sighted. Why don't you go back and read what I wrote back on the 2nd page.

I wrote that Apple's biggest problem is what the average joe thinks about the platform. Ask anyone unfamiliar with Macs why they won't buy one and it's likely that they'd answer, "because they aren't compatible". I never said that it was true (with the exception of ActiveX and many avi's).

It's not like I didn't look into these problems and just gave up. I tried to get ActiveX to work. I've tried to get an easy way to view avi's. I've looked into it.

You're just being stubborn.
 
AVI is a proprietary Microsoft format

And anyone supporting it should think twice about it.

AVI quality is very poor compared to Quicktime.
Quicktime is crossplatform and works crossplatform.
Quicktime is free as well. Write the webmasters who use AVI and ask them to use Quicktime instead. It isn't that difficult.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime

Older versions of AVI are easily converted to Quicktime with a free software called Video For Windows:

http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2200-892955.html?tag=lst-0-1

Quicktime 4 and 5 support the AVI found on digital cameras anyway. Many digital cameras include a copy of Quicktime with their software.
 
ftaok: my problem with you is you come in here acting like you have all the answers and half of what you say is not even true. if you need help, the people here are very helpful. ask questions before you condemn. i dont "attack" newbies. and few here woudl ever be rude to someone for asking a question, but thats not what you have done here. you are assuming much and thinking little. and you better believe im being stbborn — im right.
 
Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
ftaok: my problem with you is you come in here acting like you have all the answers and half of what you say is not even true. if you need help, the people here are very helpful. ask questions before you condemn. i dont "attack" newbies. and few here woudl ever be rude to someone for asking a question, but thats not what you have done here. you are assuming much and thinking little. and you better believe im being stbborn — im right.
I don't have any answers, just opinions.

What have I said (in this thread) that isn't true? Please, tell me, because I believe every word that I've typed.

And I've never said that you attack newbies. That's the other guy. You know who I'm talking about.

BTW, I don't have a problem with you at all.
 
Originally posted by ftaok
I don't have any answers, just opinions.

What have I said (in this thread) that isn't true? Please, tell me, because I believe every word that I've typed.

And I've never said that you attack newbies. That's the other guy. You know who I'm talking about.

BTW, I don't have a problem with you at all.

He could be talking about me, but I am pretty sure that he is talking about Alpha.
:D
 
Originally posted by ftaok
I don't have any answers, just opinions.

What have I said (in this thread) that isn't true? Please, tell me, because I believe every word that I've typed.

And I've never said that you attack newbies. That's the other guy. You know who I'm talking about.

BTW, I don't have a problem with you at all.

:) np. you know it seems one of the big problems with the boards here (getting off topic i know) is that often we write things casually and then when people read it it sounds very harsh. and then people respond purposely harsh because they think someone is attacking them and it just escalates. sorry if some of my posts seem rude, and sorry if ive responded in a hasrh manner at times.


the biggest wrong thing i was seeing is the continued use of 'i cant play avi on apple' qt plays the majority of avi files. what it doesnt play you can always download a player for. i woudlnt consider this harder than the pc, because there are files on the pc you need different apps or codecs for. quicktime for example. on the pc you have to go download it. just doesnt seem like a fair critisism. (im also guessing the avi files you are trying to view are not 'legal' in the strictist use of the word, which could be why it takes a lil more effort --ie downloading a player)

and in general i think thats the biggest problem with all of the above (yours and others) mac versus pc (thats what this has turned into) debate. people look at the peecee then look at the mac and want it to work the same way. but they are different. if they were the same there would be no reason to use one over the other. you mentionw ebsites that macs cant view. i believe these are few and far between because mac browsers do recognise web standards just as well as pc browsers. sure you can find a site or two that uses some nonstandard codethat wont work on mac, but as i said before im know of a few sites that ie on pc cant rendre either. but the overwhleming majority of sites will be viewable on both. and the few sites that use obscure code most likely arent worth yor time (if they are i would seriously consider writing the webmaster).

its a two way street and people sometimes get lost in the pc does this can the mac match that same behavior exactly. becasue usually the answer is no, the mac does it differently. but most of the differences are positive ones. sure there are a few negatives, but they are rare, and often being addressed actively by apple.

if you really have usability issues (like avi problems) start another thread in the help section and ask people for help. some people here live to answer people's questions. but when you start off by saying "this is the problem with apple..." people often get hostile because we are tired of hearing it. many of us get attacked daily at work or by 'friends' for using amc, and we come here and see pc users or mac newbies saying the same things and it gets unnerving. i apologise for that, but its the way things are. you are in a great mac community here, try to sue the knnowledge base rather than attack it.

and guyus lets try to take it down a notch, some of the posts here are really enough to make me consider closing the thread, but im holding off because i guess im hoping some good can come of it.
 
Most of the information listed on this web site is speculation.

All of the **** I say is what I have been thru!!!!

Since some of the people on this web site only have macs, they think that Apple have no flaws, but all technology has flaws!!!
 
Originally posted by xrhajj
Most of the information listed on this web site is speculation.

All of the **** I say is what I have been thru!!!!

Since some of the people on this web site only have macs, they think that Apple have no flaws, but all technology has flaws!!!

Well, this is a rumors site, thus the speculation. You are relaying experiences that do not speak for ALL Mac users, thus you may have a problem with your system as earlier stated. Most of us either work on PC's at the office, or own one. There is not such thing as a perfect computer, you are right there, but I would much prefer OS X to anything Microsoft can create.

Oh, an I do know what I am talking about. I am a Network administrator and an MCP. We have over 400 Macs on the network and 200 PC's.
 
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