A complete lie. Xerox tried to sue Apple. They lost. When Apple tried to sue MS, they lost on the same exact grounds, via the same exact judge.
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A complete lie. Xerox tried to sue Apple. They lost. When Apple tried to sue MS, they lost on the same exact grounds, via the same exact judge.
Funny, a few months ago I was looking for a virus for my Windows XP virtual machine, since it can be shut down without saving any changes, as if it never happened, and I simply could not find one. Apparently viruses are things that you can simply Google.
no way. NO WAY.
First you spout off nonsense, then you call me a troll, so I ask you to provide ONE virus sample that I, and really the world, can examine, and you give me this crap?
ugh. I expected proof. You sounded pretty adimate about it (well, you people typically do).
dang. I was really, really hoping to have some proof this time
Actually yes they did sue, but Xerox gave them the concept from the Alto computer, because the Xerox board couldn't understand something as simple as a mouse. So they gave it to Apple in exchange for Apple shares. I bet they where kicking themselves
so I bet they only sued when the realised how popular the Mac had become
I've commented about this elsewhere, but Microsoft's campaign here is ineffective. They give poor reasons for staying with Windows, apart from the Blu-Ray support. This isn't the first time Microsoft had a ridiculous Mac vs PC page, either; I recall something from 2004 or 2005 that had a page featuring a professional writer (represented with a stock photo) who was paid to write about how she'd switched back to Windows from Mac OS X.
Microsoft sells software, not hardware, yes, but they're protecting their interests by advertising computers from PC OEMs. (Although the Windows versions that come with these PCs are almost always crippled versions of Windows; I was looking at PC specs online, and the majority of OEM PCs, even high-end ones, come with Win7 Home Premiumor if you're lucky, Win7 Proinstalled.) You'd be giving MS more money if you bought Win7 Ultimate by itself and installed it on your Mac. Microsoft knows that they'll get money from a Windows licence if you buy a stock PC with it loaded, even if you wipe Windows off and replace it with Linux, or hackintosh the machine. If you buy a Mac, you may or may not buy Windows, which makes it a less certain deal for MS.
For the record, my Mac running Firefox also has the same page glitch.
Microsoft sells software, not hardware, yes, but they're protecting their interests by advertising computers from PC OEMs. (Although the Windows versions that come with these PCs are almost always crippled versions of Windows; I was looking at PC specs online, and the majority of OEM PCs, even high-end ones, come with Win7 Home Premiumor if you're lucky, Win7 Proinstalled.) You'd be giving MS more money if you bought Win7 Ultimate by itself and installed it on your Mac. Microsoft knows that they'll get money from a Windows licence if you buy a stock PC with it loaded, even if you wipe Windows off and replace it with Linux, or hackintosh the machine. If you buy a Mac, you may or may not buy Windows, which makes it a less certain deal for MS.
For the record, my Mac running Firefox also has the same page glitch.
no way. NO WAY.
First you spout off nonsense, then you call me a troll, so I ask you to provide ONE virus sample that I, and really the world, can examine, and you give me this crap?
ugh. I expected proof. You sounded pretty adimate about it (well, you people typically do).
dang. I was really, really hoping to have some proof this time
Adimate is not a word to begin with.
And just because I am not familiar with viruses doesn't change the fact that people who claim they are not susceptible to viruses are completely wrong.
My experience predates OS X? I am using a Macbook Air to type this message....one that I bought in December of '09.
I wonder what their answer to the question in the image is, considering it's on Microsoft's website.
YOUR Completely wrong
to this day there has NEVER been a virus on Mac OS X. There has been trojans, but not viruses. Viruses & Trojans are different. Yes there are issues out there, but not to the extreme of Windows
Most threats get solved quickly & easily. I've been using Macs for 13 years and never had an issue. I've also used PC's I got a PC in 2004 brand new and within the first week it had a virus even with Norton on. I scrapped all my PC's back in Jan 2008 & have been PC free since then in my household, which makes things a lot easier
I laughed at this stupid website for 10 minutes earlier today. At least Microsoft accomplished one thing.
Another lame advertisement. I can't find any great difference between a PC and Mac except 99% of the time the Mac looks better. <Rant>BTW want to say the Mac laptops in college... Fad... They look better and seem to represent a higher class or indie than a PC. Most I know with them spend their time frustrated with the speeds when my yes uglier but cheaper and faster computer is already done compiling</Rant> Also to the no virus comments... They might not be as common but they are coming the same as they are on the PC's. If it was not so late I would post some links but I wish Mac users would not think their comps are immune to a virus... Just seems to be asking for trouble.
He's effectively done so for the past decade.
Even more so, considering that MS's Macintosh Business Unit is one of their most profitable divisions.
Counterproductive²
I actually had a virus on my Mac - it was referred to as VISTA. As soon as I erased the partition, all was restored.
W7 is also a clunker when it comes to touch-screen functionality - not surprising, as it's a desktop OS with touch capability bolted on.
If you say so.
Funny how droves of them make new purchases from Apple's Stores each day.
Last, and certainly, least.
oh these ridiculous adverts work on the very uneducated computer consumers.
Picture a nephew is heading to college in the fall so we're dropping the grand for a new 13 MBP ($100 off, and sell the ipod touch)...so his mom, my sister-in-law, calls and says "don't spend that much money on a laptop, they've been showing all over the news that the antenna doesn't even work on an apple."
Picture a nephew is heading to college in the fall so we're dropping the grand for a new 13 MBP ($100 off, and sell the ipod touch
)...so his mom, my sister-in-law, calls and says "don't spend that much money on a laptop, they've been showing all over the news that the antenna doesn't even work on an apple."In general, trying to argue that any software on Macs is better than on PC is a losing proposition. PCs just offer so much more software. Here are a few points:
1 - Take a look at Snipping Tool (Windows 7) This one comes with Windows 7. Allows to capture any shapes (including free hand). In addition, there are dozens of tools for Windows that can do it. Many are free.
This is too trivial. The more interesting question would be - on OS X, can you prevent any/all tools from making a snapshot of a screen? You can do it on Windows and corporations use it in secure sensitive environments. They want to make sure that when you are viewing secret document, you can not make a copy.
2 - Again tons of options. Here is a video guide for PrimoPDF. Use it to save any document, web page or entire web site to PDF file. Or use Firefox if you prefer.
3 - not much to discuss. Easier on Windows because it's easier to re-arrange windows on the desktop in Windows 7 in general.
LOL i find the opposite with my MacBook Pro
I am the only one who has a Mac laptop in my Media class when I'm doing compiling everyone has Acer's & Sony's and because my MBP has 8 gigs of ram gets the exporting done in about pretty much instantly, as compared to the PC's. It took about 20 min on my computer to export a 18 min HDV file into a quicktime .mov file. On one of my classmates sony laptop it took over an hour for the same file in Premier CS4 I think it was actually effective, but not in the eyes of people who love Mac. Effective, because judging by some of the comments here, it kind of pinned point some of the troubles that Windows users face when going to the Mac. And I saw a lot of new to Mac users on this thread better articulating those frustrations. As a result they will better express themselves in the future to other Windows users looking to get a Mac. Similar to the Mac vs PC commercial that Apple used to make, where most Mac users would repeat the same claims over and over again here on this forum. Only that those Mac commercials had a lot of FUD, and it's actually the main thing that turned me off to Apple. Not because I care about Microsoft, but because of how they try to manipulate people into buying Macs, by comparing pre Windows 95 problems with snow Leopard.
ahh sorry for the typo. i typically don't care for spelling and punctuation after 10:00 PM PST.
but thanks for proving my point. Like I Said, when you want to show me one thats running rampant through the wild right here, right now, you will probably be on Good Morning America or some other show with the headline "Man discovers debilitating os x eating virus!". I've been searching for such a beast myself but typically come up fruitless.
lol. you win. excuse me whilst I restart into winblows on my overpriced status symbol.
I find the font rendering is a little easier on my eyes.
Well thats up to you i couldn't care less what you buy, the fact is that my old PC got a virus & my Macs never have.
Although something else you say is wrong
The PC getting the virus wasn't through me, it was a family system so my younger sister was also using it too etc.
Well thats up to you i couldn't care less what you buy, the fact is that my old PC got a virus & my Macs never have.
Although something else you say is wrong
So you were fapping on /b/ and you got a virus...?