Now that is hilarious!
My brother in law has a Win7 notebook, and he drools when he sees my 17" MBP.
He did not have a choice as his company provided his notebook for him.
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Why do people buy Macs in 2011/2012?
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Now that is hilarious!
My brother in law has a Win7 notebook, and he drools when he sees my 17" MBP.
He did not have a choice as his company provided his notebook for him.
kazmac
macrumors G4
sounds like personal preferences
Our PCs were recently upgraded to Windows 7 at work and I still do not like using Windows. For me, Macs are all about ease of use.
I was a little worried about Lion until I actually started playing around with it while waiting for my MBP to be upgraded yesterday. It makes using a laptop much easier and painless (I have had so many issues with trackpads, but with the nifty shortcuts in Lion I am not over extending my wrists etc.). I don't see much of a difference from SL to Lion honestly, but the differences I do notice I really enjoy.
I am glad I took the risk.
To every person a personal preference. I politely disagree with you about Windows winning.
Our PCs were recently upgraded to Windows 7 at work and I still do not like using Windows. For me, Macs are all about ease of use.
I was a little worried about Lion until I actually started playing around with it while waiting for my MBP to be upgraded yesterday. It makes using a laptop much easier and painless (I have had so many issues with trackpads, but with the nifty shortcuts in Lion I am not over extending my wrists etc.). I don't see much of a difference from SL to Lion honestly, but the differences I do notice I really enjoy.
I am glad I took the risk.
To every person a personal preference. I politely disagree with you about Windows winning.
wrinkster22
macrumors 68030
Dear OP:
If you are going to insult an apple product or flame it for no real reason, dont bother posting anything.
Yours truly, Macrumors Users
If you are going to insult an apple product or flame it for no real reason, dont bother posting anything.
Yours truly, Macrumors Users
GuitarG20
macrumors 65816
that is incorrect. it is "by".
BTW OP, what did you expect to happen? you're flaming Apple on the MacRumors forums. don't expect us to look kindly on you.
theSeb
macrumors 604
I assume that in your little world we should all eat only what you think is best and do only what you like to do? How mighty egotistical of you. Your opinion does not equate to fact.
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If it was "by" then the context was wrong and the OP should get a lesson in english beyond the extent of spelling. I've seen 3 year olds who can structure sentences better than "Why do people by Macs in 2011/2012?". I thought it seemed fairly obvious that the OP was intending to use the verb buy.
Anyways the OP changed it now.
GuitarG20
macrumors 65816
We were talking about two different places. I was talking about in the post, and now it is clear to me you were talking about the title.
And here at MacRumors, I believe it is the policy to not insult people that use english as a secondary language, simply because they may not have a complete mastery of grammar.
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I bought a mac purely for two reasons:
1. Windows doesn't have Helvetica font, even if it does it the rendering is so terrible you cannot read it.
2. OS X Graphic User Interface is sleeker than Windows
1. Windows doesn't have Helvetica font, even if it does it the rendering is so terrible you cannot read it.
2. OS X Graphic User Interface is sleeker than Windows
That's their prerogative. The First Amendment applies to the US Federal Government, not to private individuals or groups such as MacRumors.com.
If you don't like it, start your own rumors website.
You, ma'am are absolutely correct. I don't like it. You are also incorrect and probably not from the U.S. or as ignorant of the law as most Americans are.
DonMega signing off to "start my own rumors website"... 🙄
1. What? The Windows font is just thinner and not an option unless you type it into the word processor. It still looks the same and it is not "rendered terribly". The windows PC is 1920x1080 and the Macbook Pro is 1440x900. 11pt Font in Pages for Mac and Word 2010 for Windows.
2. I agree OS X is more appealing and much more "modern feeling" however I like that Microsoft has stuck by their original design pretty well. It hasn't changed much for a really long time and that isn't really a bad thing.
I bought a Mac because I wanted a good, stable laptop that was portable, looked good, ran a good OS, and had applications I could take advantage of like Coda. I also wanted the option of exploring iOS development at some point. To me it was a matter of personal preference and I have plenty of Windows machines in the house so why on earth would I buy another? I don't NEED it.
I like Mac for browsing, school, and work related things. I also like having the ability to freely hop between OS X and Windows. I don't think either is "better" than the other but they are certainly better suited for different tasks.
My Windows machine is a 2600k @ 4.3Ghz, 8GB of RAM, and 2 overclocked GTX580s in SLI. It is plenty "snappy" for me in windows and I am well aware I can run OS X on a PC if I jump through hoops while standing on my head but it is much easier, and much more legal, to simply purchase a macbook pro for a couple hundred more than an equal quality laptop from the windows camp that can run OS X.
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Not to mention dells, since one of their dell AIO Inspiron models match the hardware of the low-end iMac for £800
Or are you talking about price 😉
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Not to mention dells, since one of their dell AIO Inspiron models match the hardware of the low-end iMac for £800
Or are you talking about price 😉
Didn't appear like that for me when I was using a Windows machine, I have to say it wasn't legitimate files that I got... 😀 Just got it from a blog website, it was made by HP for their printers. Gosh unless I was looking at the text at font sizes +40, it looked very bad.
But now that I know the reason, the case is closed. 😉
I can still justify my reasons for buying a Mac because of that font though - I looked at Linotype website and having seen the cost...
http://www.linotype.com/526/helvetica-family.html
Might as well buy a new computer.
Haha, I changed nothing. When you attack someone on an error, make sure you're not the one who is wrong. Suggesting I changed the title is admitting that you got it wrong. 🙄
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Yep. Lion is the greatest OS according to Macrumors. I beg to differ.
Mark28-
It's personal preference. Some people like Windows, other people like Macs.
I have found that OS X does a better job with multi-tasking and battery management. I am more efficient and can manage multiple applications easily when using OS X vs. Windows 7.
Not discounting Windows 7 at all. It's a great operating system, but whenever I go to my bootcamp partition, I feel like I took a step back.
It's personal preference. Some people like Windows, other people like Macs.
I have found that OS X does a better job with multi-tasking and battery management. I am more efficient and can manage multiple applications easily when using OS X vs. Windows 7.
Not discounting Windows 7 at all. It's a great operating system, but whenever I go to my bootcamp partition, I feel like I took a step back.
If you didn't, someone else did.
I wasn't attacking anyone, and I was right.
Even if I was wrong about what you had put, I was still correct on what I was saying.
buy
verb /bī/
bought, past participle; bought, past tense; buying, present participle; buys, 3rd person singular present
Obtain in exchange for payment
- we had to find some money to buy a house
- he had been able to buy up hundreds of acres
- he bought me a new dress
- had no interest in buying into an entertainment company
Taken from here.
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Fubar1977
macrumors 6502a
Well, thank you for the exhaustive and definitive OS comparison.
I now no longer need to read anything more on the subject and will now buy all new windows machines and set fire to my now obsolete Macs. 🙄