Macs might spoil your fun.
There are some things you simply can't do out of the box with a Mac like watch, pause, rewind, and record TV like a DVR.
Who the hell would want to do that? Either we'd have the media already recorded on our machines, or we'd go and watch it on our TVs.. with our DVR?
It's showtime.
You can't get a Mac that ships with a Blu-ray player, TV tuner, Memory Stick reader, or built-in 3G wireless. You can with PCs running Windows 7.
Blu-Ray playback isn't that much of a big thing; don't most people these days have an HDTV and a Blu-Ray player or something similar?
TV Tuner, yes I know how
everyone loves to brag about their TV Tuner in their custom rig..
Any third party memory stick reader will be instantly understood, so we don't need a crapload of ports that are barely ever used adorning the side/front?
3G dongles don't exactly cost much, and even if they did, there isn't a PC out there that will have all three of the above?
Game on!
Most of the world's most popular computer games aren't available for Macs. And Macs can't connect to an Xbox 360. PCs are ready to play.
Um, what? Yes they can..
Direct TV connection.
Most Macs can't hook up to your TV unless you buy a converter dongle. Many PCs running Windows 7 are designed to connect directly to TVs, so you can watch movies and see photos on the big screen.
Nice use of deliberately convoluted language, you mean 'adapter'? Neither can most PCs, not that many still come with VGA, and only a few come with HDMI. Quite a lot of TVs support DVI, which MiniDisplay port is directly related to.
Macs can take time to learn.
The computer that's easiest to use is typically the one you already know how to use. While some may say Macs are easy, the reality is that they can come with a learning curve. PCs running Windows 7 look and work more like the computers you're familiar with, so you can get up and running quickly.
Better the devil you know, you mean? They
can come with a learning curve for some, sure, but I know plenty of people who are non-computer literate people who moved to the Mac very quickly, that works both ways.
Working smoothly.
Things just don't work the same way on Macs if you're used to a PC. For example, the mouse works differently. And many of the shortcuts you're familiar with don't work the same way on a Mac.
This is stooping pretty low, it's
very slightly different, it's not going to blow anyone's mind. Shortcuts don't work the same way? What does that even
mean?
Use Windows 7 to simplify your life.
Windows 7 was designed to make it simpler to do the tasks you do every day, with features that the Mac doesn't have. For example, the new Snap feature makes it easy to view two documents side by side.
Snap is pretty useful, I agree. So is quicklook, so draw?
Touch and go.
Unlike Macs, many PCs running Windows 7 support Touch, so you can browse online newspapers, flick through photo albums, and shuffle files and foldersusing nothing but your fingers. PCs with a fingerprint reader even let you log in with just a swipe of your finger.
Oh this is just laughable. Touch is definitely in its infancy being incorporated into an OS, and in the Windows implementation, it's not even finished.
Macs don't work as well at work or at school.
If most of the computers in your office or school run Windows you may find it harder to get things done with a Mac.
Sorry? If 'I' have a Mac, I think I'd know how to use it? That's like someone telling you people here speak Spanish, so you won't be able to think in English, even if you're English?
Sharing documents and spreadsheets.
If you use Apple's productivity suite, sharing files with PC users can be tricky. Your documents might not look right and your spreadsheets might not calculate correctly.
I don't have much experience with iWork, but Office:Mac works just fine because it's
exactly the same thing as Office.
Giving presentations.
You'll have to buy a separate hardware dongle to plug your Mac into a standard VGA projector. Most PCs with Windows 7 hook up easily.
It's a legacy connector, and the adapter isn't exactly expensive?
Protecting your drives.
On a Mac, out of the box, you can only encrypt your home folder. With Windows 7 Ultimate, you can encrypt your entire hard drive and even USB drives. So your stuff can be safer wherever you go.
You can encrypt your Mac with FileVault which comes with OS X.
Macs don't like to share.
At least half the fun of having a computer is sharing the stuff that matters to you with other people. This is harder to do on a Mac.
Is it really? How do people mostly share things? With the Internet. Usually with a Browser, or perhaps with something like Dropbox?
Securely share your movies, music, and photos.
With a Mac, it's harder to set up secure sharing for your photos, music & movies, documents, and even printers with other computers on your home network. With HomeGroup, it's easy to connect all the computers in your house running Windows 7.
HomeGroup? All I have to do is tick a box and I can share my music library, or photo library, how is HomeGroup easier than that?
Macs might not like your PC stuff.
Plain and simple, if you're a PC user, lots of your favorite stuff just might not work on a Mac. With PCs outselling Macs 10 to 1, the reality is that most computer software is developed to run on PCs.
Whilst it's true most software is developed for Windows, I can't think of an example where there is functionality at all that OS X lacks that would prevent productivity?
Hassle-free files at work.
Apple's productivity suite file formats won't open in Microsoft Office on PCs. This can be a real hassle for Mac users sharing work documents with PC users.
iWork can save in Office formats just fine, as can OpenOffice, as well as Microsoft's own Office for Mac products they seem to have briefly forgotten about?
Points I've missed out I didn't even think of as worth challenging as they're just ridiculous.
