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Microsoft Posts 'PC vs. Mac' Section to Windows 7 Website
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Every AM3/LGA1156/LGA1366 motherboard that has come out in the last few months has USB3.
My girlfriend loves her pink Dell. I gave up OS X because I missed the ability to customize it.
What's ironic is that a company that prides itself on design doesn't offer any design options besides... silver and white.
Well, in order to do my work, I need to have a Windows VM running on my Mac. However, I do not need a Mac VM on my Windows machine. As much as I love my mac, the stability, the fact that it doesnt slow down over time, the fact I can recover it in minutes and not hours, I still need Windows to do my work.
There's nothing ironic about it. Apple gives us what they think is the best looking design. If they think colors fit into that, then they give us the option for that product. Obviously not everyone agrees with this philosophy...but it's not irony.
So what models are those? I have yet to find anything in a Best Buy or similar stores (where it seems most people buy computers) that have usb 3.0 in them.
"PCs are designed for work and play, with features you need to get things done on the job or at school and have fun at home or on the go. From easily sharing Microsoft Office documents to watching HDTV and Blu-ray movies, PCs help you do it all."
Yep PCs can do it all oh right, including viruses and a boatload of worthless shareware. Oh yeah I want that!
BTW, wasn't Apple supposed to be starting a new Mac campaign already themselves?
Yep PCs can do it all oh right, including viruses and a boatload of worthless shareware. Oh yeah I want that!
BTW, wasn't Apple supposed to be starting a new Mac campaign already themselves?
Is this really such a bad thing? Apple needs good competition, and Microsoft are coming out with some great new features in Windows. Without these features, don't expect to see anything equal or better in Mac OS. Companies don't bother improving something to such a great extent if they don't need to.
Blu-Ray is a good reason to use Windows. So what if Jobs doesn't like it? It'd be nice if you had the option to play them, and not just left in the lurk.
I also love the snap to resize feature. I use Cinch to get this in Mac OS
All that aside, Mac OS is still infinitely better
Blu-Ray is a good reason to use Windows. So what if Jobs doesn't like it? It'd be nice if you had the option to play them, and not just left in the lurk.
I also love the snap to resize feature. I use Cinch to get this in Mac OS
All that aside, Mac OS is still infinitely better
Well, I appreciate your kind words about my posting style.
I've said this before about the Windows era dying, and in the past I've pointed out that we still have mainframes in use, but we're hardly in the mainframe era any more. So Windows will be around forever in one form or another just as COBOL is still around, but the mindshare will move on.
I don't think people have realized how rapidly computing is about to change. The touch era is just beginning, and for Windows to think Windows 7 is the answer on a tablet is as laughable as if Apple was trying to push OS X on the iPad. Apple is not trying that, but Microsoft is. Clueless to the end.
Anything by Gigabyte, ASUS, MSI, ASrock, BioStar, Zotac (etc etc) released in the last few months has USB3. Hundreds of PC boards with USB3 on them.
I could've written that myself (remove iPad and replace Mac Pro with iMac). I love being on Mac now, but the rabid Apple fans delayed the switch by a couple of years. I shuddered at the thought of joining such a cesspool of fear, hate, smugness and knee-jerk reactions.
True, the "I'm a Mac" commercials were pathetic and often misleading. "10 reasons why you'll love a Mac" is every bit as silly and full of half-lies and hyperbole as this MS stuff. It's clearly aimed at soccer moms, not power users.
I wish MS would get down to hardcore details and point out some of the true shortcomings of OS X (in the hope that Apple might address them), like the fact that Apple takes forever to fix serious bugs (from 10.6.2 to 10.6.4, SL couldn't write files to SMB drives... for 6 months!), the fact that Finder is very primitive and backwards in places (if you copy or move a large number of files on Windows and something is screwy with one of the files, Windows Explorer pauses the process and lets you fix the problem. Finder just plain gives up and throws you a cryptic error in the usual way, e.g. "Error -13"), the fact that Software Update is about as sophisticated as Windows Update in Windows 2000/ME and won't let you uninstall individual updates, the fact that nothing can ever be patched, you have to download the whole bloody application again every time Apple releases some microscopic X.X.1 bugfix, the fact that there is no unified install/uninstall location or procedure (you can drag the app to the trash but that won't remove the gazillion associated files scattered all over the Library), the fact that Apple boasts zero maintenance yet you find yourself repairing disks, repairing permissions and flushing Safari caches until you sit there with a clogged-up system that crawls (sometimes due to fragmentation of the 'unfragmentable' disk)... and then you get the "try archive/reinstall, silly" from the same people who before insisted that an OS X installation will remain in mint condition for a billion years...
Their blothed backs and their bardigans and their transistor radios, complaining about the tea or they don't make it properly, do they? And stopping at endless Majorcan bodegas selling fish and chips and Watney's Red Barrel and calamaris and two veg. And sitting in their cotton sunfrocks, squirting Timothy White Suncream all over their puffy, raw, swollen, purulent flesh, 'cos they overdid it on the first day.
Oh wait, wrong rant... sorry.
/Mr. Smoketoomuch
So in other words, next to nothing any average joe consumer would buy/know about.
What devices use usb 3.0 at this point?
Don't get me wrong, I can't wait for usb 3.0 to hit mainstream, but the fact is that right now usb 3.0 isn't even a blip on the screen of consumers who aren't geeks/some sort of professional.
i have no idea why mac users are clamoring for blu-ray on their macs. seriously? a blu-ray drive so you can watch 1080p multimedia on a 15" screen? or even a 27" screen for that matter? seems pointless to me. 1080p is meant to be seen on a big tv, at least 40" or higher.
can you imagine a blu-ray drive on a MB, or MBP? crap battery life, in addition to the utilizing a lot of gpu/cpu power to display blu-ray.
can you imagine a blu-ray drive on a MB, or MBP? crap battery life, in addition to the utilizing a lot of gpu/cpu power to display blu-ray.
I was at the Apple store today. I think they will soon be going out of business. I went early in the morning to avoid the crowds. After I fought my way through the nice people at the door asking me if I needed any help, I had to walk past more people than I could count standing around buying stuff.
Every computer on every table was being used by Apple trainers teaching people how to use their new computers. You could not sit down without an appointment. When I finally got to the checkout counter, I had to wait 20 minutes in line while the other people in front of me paid for their new computers (I will admit, they did have six lines going and the checkout staff was going quite fast. That does not excuse the long wait.)
Apple needs to run off many of their new customers. The stores are getting too popular and is hurting them.
Note: It is getting so bad, you can't even walk in and get a cell phone. The moment they have any in stock, they are already sold out. I can't see how they stay in business.
Every computer on every table was being used by Apple trainers teaching people how to use their new computers. You could not sit down without an appointment. When I finally got to the checkout counter, I had to wait 20 minutes in line while the other people in front of me paid for their new computers (I will admit, they did have six lines going and the checkout staff was going quite fast. That does not excuse the long wait.)
Apple needs to run off many of their new customers. The stores are getting too popular and is hurting them.
Note: It is getting so bad, you can't even walk in and get a cell phone. The moment they have any in stock, they are already sold out. I can't see how they stay in business.
"With PCs running Windows 7, you can play the videos and music stored on your home PC while you're on the go, for free. Apple charges $99/year for its online service."
THIS. MobileMe is ripoff, I would pay 2 cents for it. You get get most of those services for free elsewhere. It needs to be free for Mac buyers.
THIS. MobileMe is ripoff, I would pay 2 cents for it. You get get most of those services for free elsewhere. It needs to be free for Mac buyers.
“man, they cant even make enough iPhones to meet demand and there are all these friendly, helpful people in the store. I guess they are probably gonna go out of business soon.”
Please reread your post and think about it. It truly makes no sense at all.
PCs are clearly better....
Your a lucky one, I got a dell inspiron delivered to me two years ago, first time I turned it on, it blue screened 20 minutes in. I call support they said I would have to return it and pay for it going out or just live with it, I decide to stick with it and hopefully see if it was just a one time thing.
Boy was I wrong...
I lost papers and other stuff like games because it kept blue screening at random intervals, not to mention it slowed down dramatically in just a month.
My macbook hasnt froze once
What Twitter users ALSO said....
From Windows "Twitter": I'm loving #Windows7 nappiiroots from Twitter
Who also said: Is it bad that I really really want a Mac. Damn you Apple for showing me the iPhone! The gateway device in to other Mac products.
8:55 PM Jul 1st via Chromed Bird
From Windows "Twitter": I'm loving #Windows7
nappiiroots from Twitter Who also said: Is it bad that I really really want a Mac. Damn you Apple for showing me the iPhone! The gateway device in to other Mac products.
8:55 PM Jul 1st via Chromed Bird
Judging by your name, that is a major concern.
Unfortunately, as Macs gain in popularity, people will start coding viruses for them.
You should reread the post and think about it. Think about it. Think.
Maybe there isn't a tsunami of USB 3.0 devices hitting the shelves right now, but do you remember the time when Apple used to be first with introducing stuff like USB, Firewire, DVI ports, DVD writers etc, even when there weren't necessarily any peripherals to buy yet? Apple used to take pride in doing that. Now it seems they're trying to be the last. They've updated the entire lineup (except MBA) this year, but USB 3 is nowhere in sight, nor is the next-gen firewire, and they're holding off Blu-ray in the hope that the magical bandwidth fairy will descend and give everyone terabit broadband.
I would like to have one on a Mac Mini or an Apple TV. If you mix them with iTunes, they would make a great set top box. I like downloading TV shows from iTunes. I also like 7.1 channel uncompressed audio and you can't download that from the internet.
Picture an Apple box with a Blu-ray drive running from a network connection from another room. You could use your iPhone or iPad as the remote. They would need to upgrade the Apple TV to 1080p and 7.1 audio.