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Mac OS X should be available for the PC platform

MascisMan said:
Ive never seen a Mac user accuse Microsoft of not totally rewriting Windows from scratch for Vista.
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if thats sincere, then you probably didn't read much about mac vs pc threads here.
I have seen Mac users accuse Microsoft of building a new OS that has blatantly ripped off features from OSX.
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Since you didn't read mac vs. pc thread a lot, let me say this, OSX rips off features already in windows and linux alot as well.
shadow copy anyone?
On top of this Vista is generally more expensive than OSX and generally comes with way more problems than Leopard.
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Not to mention you can get windows XP for $70, vista home pre for $99.

Tell me exactly what are the problems you are referring to with vista?
and what are the problems you are aware of about leopard?

Just because Microsoft owns 95% of a market doesn't mean it can spew subpar products out (knowing that people will reluctantly just have to accept it because they are afraid of change to OSX/Linux or have no idea that OSX/Linux even exists).
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The guy who rushed OS out 6 months earlier is apple. again, see my comment right above.
Microsoft should be creating an OS with users in mind instead of rushing a product (Vista) to the market to combat a growing marketshare from its competitor (OSX).
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Again and again, I heard some people bashing vista for unknown or known reasons, "rushing to the market" is a first, since most people laugh at M$ for its "SLOW" not "fast" of delivering vista. Tell me exactly how did M$ rushed it?
 
clevin said:
if thats sincere, then you probably didn't read much about mac vs pc threads here.Since you didn't read mac vs. pc thread a lot, let me say this, OSX rips off features already in windows and linux alot as well.
shadow copy anyone?

Not to mention you can get windows XP for $70, vista home pre for $99.

Tell me exactly what are the problems you are referring to with vista?
and what are the problems you are aware of about leopard?


The guy who rushed OS out 6 months earlier is apple. again, see my comment right above.

Again and again, I heard some people bashing vista for unknown or known reasons, "rushing to the market" is a first, since most people laugh at M$ for its "SLOW" not "fast" of delivering vista. Tell me exactly how did M$ rushed it?
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didn't you copy and paste this from another thread?
 
MascisMan said:
Ive never seen a Mac user accuse Microsoft of not totally rewriting Windows from scratch for Vista.
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it happened a lot right after MS realized they couldn't rewrite the OS from scratch as they said they were doing, and built longhorn (vista) upon the XP core instead. unfortunately, instead of polishing a turd they just stuck random bits to it and tried to sell it as new and improved.
 
I was a Windows/PC user for most of my life, until I found Mac, and have never gone back. Apple should never put OS X on PC, it would be a disaster, takes away the whole appeal of buying a Mac. Not too mention the poor Apple support employees having to deal with the millions and millions and millions of PC issues.

I've got a Mac Pro and MacBook Pro and I don't care what anyone says, it blows the competition away...especially Dell (ihatedell.net). When you buy Mac you truly get the full package.
 
StateCCM said:
a typical 500$ laptop really isnt a low end machine. they have core 2 duos, 1GB of ram etc, and an adequate hardrive.
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:rolleyes:

Yeah and they fall apart. AMD sucks BTW. I have a $500 AMD laptop (1GB of ram) and it's already falling apart under a year of ownership - and It never leaves my house! Mostly never leaves my desk! The CD drive keeps falling out.. and the screen flickers. Not to mention it's slow as S**T. The Graphic card is awful... Barely runs WoW.. I know it runs Vista - a known memory hog - but I don't think It would run OSX any better. It's crap - plain and simple. I only bought it because I was waiting on Leopard and I needed a new machine.

Let me tell you.. I love my iMac even though it's not upgradeable... and it's not the top-of-the-line, either.. I'd buy it again in a heart beat.

Ang
 
gothiquegirrl said:
:rolleyes:

Yeah and they fall apart. AMD sucks BTW. I have a $500 AMD laptop (1GB of ram) and it's already falling apart under a year of ownership - and It never leaves my house! Mostly never leaves my desk! The CD drive keeps falling out.. and the screen flickers. Not to mention it's slow as S**T. The Graphic card is awful... Barely runs WoW.. I know it runs Vista - a known memory hog - but I don't think It would run OSX any better. It's crap - plain and simple. I only bought it because I was waiting on Leopard and I needed a new machine.

Let me tell you.. I love my iMac even though it's not upgradeable... and it's not the top-of-the-line, either.. I'd buy it again in a heart beat.

Ang
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To be fair, I don't think you should blame AMD for the fact that your laptop is falling apart. The manufacturer of the laptop should be at blame (i.e. Dell, HP, Sony, etc.) AMD is only responsible for the CPU that's inside the laptop.
 
Should we call this idea Clone Disaster II or Apple Files for liquidation?

Right now the PC side of the company is raking in money for Apple, doubt it would be doing as well if Apple s-canned the Mac OS on Macs only idea.
 
gothiquegirrl said:
:rolleyes:

Yeah and they fall apart. AMD sucks BTW. I have a $500 AMD laptop (1GB of ram) and it's already falling apart under a year of ownership - and It never leaves my house! Mostly never leaves my desk! The CD drive keeps falling out.. and the screen flickers. Not to mention it's slow as S**T. The Graphic card is awful... Barely runs WoW.. I know it runs Vista - a known memory hog - but I don't think It would run OSX any better. It's crap - plain and simple. I only bought it because I was waiting on Leopard and I needed a new machine.

Let me tell you.. I love my iMac even though it's not upgradeable... and it's not the top-of-the-line, either.. I'd buy it again in a heart beat.

Ang
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my $399 aspire 3680 (now my friend's) has been rock solid for a year now. Fall apart, what brand is it?

Graphic card is awful? please, if you want to talk about hardwares piece by piece, Macs have no advantages at all, they are normal PC hardwares, aren't they?

vista is a memory hog? how much memory does it need to run smoothly? how much memory does leopard need to run smoothly?

PS. Talk about screen flickering, you should really take a look at those rev A MacBooks.
 
I'm just wondering how long it will be until StateCCM starts new threads about "Macs suck cuz they have no second mouse button", "Macs are crap cuz they don't work with Windows PCs", "Macs are useless cuz there's no software for them", and "Macs bite the big one cuz they don't run Microsoft Office".
 
illuminous said:
I was a Windows/PC user for most of my life, until I found Mac, and have never gone back. Apple should never put OS X on PC, it would be a disaster, takes away the whole appeal of buying a Mac. Not too mention the poor Apple support employees having to deal with the millions and millions and millions of PC issues.

I've got a Mac Pro and MacBook Pro and I don't care what anyone says, it blows the competition away...especially Dell (ihatedell.net). When you buy Mac you truly get the full package.
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Agreed, can you imagine how many common PC boxes would be flooding the Genius Bar at the Apple store for support? It would be a complete train wreck if Apple extended Mac OS X support for any old PC box. Thank goodness for small favors.
 
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