Huh? MS was founded just under exactly one year before Apple. And Apple definitely led the technology advances early on. Did I miss something? Perhaps I'm too tired to catch sarcasm?
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Gah! Why don't they make the Zune mac compatable?
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Huh? MS was founded just under exactly one year before Apple. And Apple definitely led the technology advances early on. Did I miss something? Perhaps I'm too tired to catch sarcasm?
Umm....so? If I ran a business, I wouldn't allow a competing product into my workplace either. How would it look if you walked into a McDonalds and all of the employees on their lunch break were sitting down eating Burger King?
Ok, I tried. I got this:
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2005/02/66460
Which says:
Frowning on != banning. Do you know of a change in that policy since that article was published in 2/05?
Back in 1997 when Apple was headed down the toilet, it was MS who bought some Apple stock and invested around $150 million, effectively saving the company.
Ah I totally forgot about that. Thanks to Google I found a random transcript of PBS NewsHour talking about it. Thanks for the explanation.
Agree on both points.
Some MS bashing is tolerable, but when it gets like this, it's too much.
Microsoft's products are usually of fairly good quality, especially their mouses and keyboards.
When Apple made the iPod Windows compatible people who had never used a Mac were now using Apple hardware (the iPod) and software (iTunes). Many of them found these to be superior to other hardware and software and subsequently switched to Macs.
If Microsoft make the Zune Mac compatible there will not be a corresponding shift to Windows. The software would be the usual MS bloatware and the Zune is at best no better than anything Apple makes (or by the look of thing, worse).
If Microsoft make the Zune Mac compatible there will not be a corresponding shift to Windows. The software would be the usual MS bloatware and the Zune is at best no better than anything Apple makes (or by the look of thing, worse).
I think it was actually the promise to keep developing software for the Mac for the next five years that saved them. The $150 million was a help to be sure, but having Microsoft Office was a big help.
I used to think that till my Habu mouse broke. Neither MS or Razer want anything to do with it.
Yep, the $150 million was just a guarantee signature, the promise to keep developing Office for the Mac kept Apple alive long enough to develop the iMac and OS X.
Like Safari for Windows?
Yep, but it sounds like you're criticizing me for stating my opinion, even though you stated your own.
DoFoT9 said:
no sorry, i wasnt critisizing you. i just think that safari in winblows is quite exceptional for a bunch for mac coders who were asked to write the program in windows code.
Safari is a piece of crap in OSX, I can't imagine how bad it is on Windows.
Firefox > *
u really think so?? wow ok.. what kind of experience is that from? a bad one lol?
Yes, I've found it to be slow and clunky and doesn't have nearly the amount of customization abilities as Firefox does. Maybe Safari's improved since the last time I've used it, but I don't plan on using it ever again.
oh ok tahts fair enuf. i find safari to be really resposive, albeit running flash on it will slow down a tad...but never drop frames or anything.
i used FF for a while on my mbp, found it to be quite lousy and slow.
but yea personal opinion.
Exactly! I don't feel they're crappy. They don't suit me, and that's why I have my iPhone.
Seriously.
Since when does Microsoft make anything Mac compatible?
That's what I thought.
Ummm....Office, all their keyboards and mice, Virtual PC, Internet Explorer (last 2 are discontinued, but still...), their Sidewinder gamepads (do they still make those?) and probably more stuff