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Why do Window users hate macs?

Ignorance and silly comments exist on both sides. Windows users say that Macs cost too much, Mac users say Windows crashes too much.

And since being a mac user for 5 years now I certainly know that Macs cost too much and Windows isn't as crash happy as Mac users say it is :rolleyes:.
 
raggedjimmi said:
And since being a mac user for 5 years now I certainly know that Macs cost too much and Windows isn't as crash happy as Mac users say it is :rolleyes:.
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Quite right.

I have to admit, if I were to buy another desktop I would probably build my own and install OS X on it, since it's so much cheaper, however I do rather like the laptop range. For laptops, Apple is good for me. Desktop wise, they are not.

I think mostly it's OS X that does it for me. If Apple sold they're laptops just with Windows, I wouldn't buy them. If a PC company sold sturdy well specced laptops with OS X, I would most likely buy it.

I guess the expense just for the premium Apple brand does put a lot off.
 
barcaly said:
I am a moderator at a forum (called MyP2P Forum) and everyone there just simply hate macs, They keep on saying that there is a lot of stuff one can't do on a mac and also that a mac can't be customized. I myself own a macbook pro, and find it the best purchase I ever made.

Is it because people can't afford a mac, and they hate it? Isn't that just stupid then?
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People "hate" Macs not because of the computers or products themselves, but because of it's (mostly) smug user base. Nothing kills me more than seeing a Mac fanboy spew "winblowz sucks!!1! MACs hav no viruses lolololol", or they put their blinders on and only see Apple and immediately outright hate on anything Microsoft related. And then they wonder why everyone hates them! I mean even every platform is going to have some kind of idiot fanboys, but still.

I love Apple. I love Macs. But I find myself having a hard time disagreeing with people when they say most Mac users are smug. I know Macs are awesome, and I would love to have more people use them. But you can't be a douche about it. Instead of putting down Windows or telling Windows users their wrong, invite them to try out OS X.
 
Im an osx/windows user and I am not being bias in any way by saying osx seems to handle graphic design, video and audio editing much more efficiently than a windows based machine. But when you start typing up charts and spreadsheats thats where windows shines. I know Im stating the obvious but its true.:D
 
I find that the main reasons are:
  1. They strongly dislike anything they don't know much about -- probably not just Macs but dozens of other things in life.
  2. They are over-defending their decision to buy a PC.
  3. They are used to PCs so they think Macs work "wrong" because they work differently. By hating Macs they protect their own way of doing things.
  4. They are mad about a bad experience they or someone they know had with an Apple product.
  5. They don't like Apple the company, e.g., for political reasons, because they don't like what they read about Steve Jobs, because it dominates the online music market, or because they think Apple overcharges to make excess profits. They transfer dislike of the company to dislike of the product.
  6. They believe false or exaggerated stories that others tell them.
  7. They don't like any product that appears to have cult or clique status (unless it's a group they are in) or they are firing back for particular Mac users who act superior. They transfer dislike of the users to dislike of the product.
That excludes the people who have actually compared the pros and cons, weighed the tradeoffs, and decided they simply don't prefer Macs. They don't hate Macs; they just don't buy them.

These are also reasons a Mac user may claim they "hate" PCs.
 
i have a better question

why does everyone hate everyone

and why does everyone post duplicate threads about the same thing week by week.

Mac is better than PC, PC is way better than mac

why can't we all get along

why pc's suck

why mac's suck

why i'm taking back my mac


etc
 
Im a window's usr, and I don't hate macs, in fact I want one, not because i hate windows but because i want a MBP 13" so i can have both easily. And also, I think most windows users except some, don't share the same ridiculous obsession with windows products as mac users do eg i know a mac user who gets up at 3am to be "the first to know" about the new macbooks or ipods.
 
We have one computer at home and it's a Mac. My wife uses a PC all day at work. When she comes home and uses the Mac she gets frustrated by the differences. ie: no right click on many screens, the different layout of toolbars, setups, keystrokes etc. There are some significant differences in using a Mac over a PC and I see her point. It's tough to convert sometimes when you use both.

I still like my Mac, though....
 
raggedjimmi said:
Ignorance and silly comments exist on both sides. Windows users say that Macs cost too much, Mac users say Windows crashes too much.

And since being a mac user for 5 years now I certainly know that Macs cost too much and Windows isn't as crash happy as Mac users say it is :rolleyes:.
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I would definitely have to say this sums my opinion up pretty well.

I see just as much Windows hate from the Apple crowd as I do Apple hate from the Windows crowd.

Funny thing is that a large number of the Windows crowd I see hating on Apple have an iPod or an iPhone, and a large number of the Mac crowd I see hating on Windows either run Windows via boot camp/vm ware/parallels or have a separate Windows box.

I see no reason for hate towards any side. Let people use what works for them, because how does that have any effect on you really? Anytime I see someone talk about switching from one side or the other, there's an army of people there trying to change their mind...why?

I've been a Mac user for about 5 years now, and in that time I have learned that they are not as perfect as we all make them out to be. Each side of the fence has it's own problems, and each side of the fence needs to get over themselves and realize (as stated earlier in this thread) that these machines and the software on them are merely tools.
 
gilkisson said:
Because Macs are the "great unknown", and people too often tend to fear things of which they are ignorant.

Bene Gesserit Litany against Fear

Quote them that. If nothing else, you will enjoy the confused look on their face... for a few seconds...
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This post defines you as the ÜBER-GEEK.
 
This is a silly topic. People use/prefer one OS over another for a multitude of reasons. Who cares?
 
I've learned that Windows users will go out of their way to bash Macs and point out why Macs are overpriced, virus prone, blah blah etc etc.

I've never seen the opposite happen however.

Maybe Mac users are just more enlightened.

:cool:
 
The answer is in a couple things.

For one, many Windows users don't hate Macs -- mainly the geeks do, however. And also, there is a certain generation of people who don't like Macs. There was a time where Apple wasn't making very good products (during the mid-90s), and these products were in many schools where kids were growing up using Macs.

These Macs had many problems, would freeze all the time, incompatibility... etc. The students of that time have now grown into their 20s, and many of them are still scarred from what they grew up knowing about Macs.

Things have changed a lot since then, and the current generation of kids in schools are seeing Macs for being the great computers they are. When they're in their 20s, the computer world will be a very different place.
 
scotty96LSC said:
Agree. I have both on my work desk right now. Each brand with its own purpose. Though the MACs I do prefer.
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I have three Macs and a PC in front of me. Any guesses which ones are turned on? ;) I agree totally with the right tool for the right job. I find there are a good number of MacRumors members who have considerable experience with both platforms.

There are PC users hung up on OS 8 and Mac users hung up on Win 95 (or XP, or Vista...)- and neither have taken a second look since.
 
"Sour grapes" syndrome: I think Macs are superior. I want one but can't afford one. So... I hate them (or at least say I do).
 
I prefer both OSes [did I use that right?] I generally use Windows for light web browsing. I'm planning on using my just-ordered MBP on heavy web browsing, school presentations, and multimedia projects on it. Bottom line, I'm not hardcore for any of these brands, but I prefer Macs [from my experience with them at the Apple Stores:):):)]
 
I've never known anyone to hate Macs, I did know a guy that hated pc's. All he ever used were Macs, he said that Bill Gates stole the idea for his os from Apple an all who use it are thieves. In my profession I've never even seen a Mac. They never had the software to do what I do, at least economically. So I've always used a pc. The Mac I have now is my first. It's been a really cool learning experience. It beats the pants off of winXP with Norton hogging up all the memory.
 
Cost.

Thats it. When you really get into it with a Mac hater, the ONLY thing they have to fall back on is "your Mac cost way more than my PC!" Thats all. In my experiences anyway. Its not lack of customization (it can run Windows, Linux, etc after all). They just think it costs more.

Boy oh boy. WRONG. I often tell these people my switching saga and reasons, as well as why I remain a Mac user even though my work is mainly with PC's and how the cost argument is bogus.

Also, Microsoft does give college students better incentives to keep using Windows in comparison to Apple. So due to these incentives, it may appear as if Microsoft is easier on the wallet than Mac counterparts, but at the end of the day the costs are negligible.

PC users, please let the cost thing go, it gets old.
 
MacDawg said:
Invariably when you do that, the first time they encounter an issue, a lack in software or functionality, a difference in interface, they will point the finger at you. I don't want or need that.
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Couldn't agree more.

Want to hear my crazy story? Good, because I'm telling it anyway :p

When our PC died early 2008, I convinced my parents into getting an iMac. They were both impressed by it, until one day when my dad got a Windows media file in an email and it wouldn't play. He literally came up to me and said "thanks for making us waste $1,600 on that piece of **** that can't even play video". I had to remind him that he was trying to play something designed for Windows (he's computer illiterate, basically), and a quick install of Flip4Mac fixed it up nicely...but saying that, a few weeks later he forked out money to get the PC fixed and I've had the iMac all to myself since. I think it's a bit extreme to 'disown' a computer just for the sole fact that it didn't, by default, support a codec designed for a totally different OS...but that's my parents for you, same people that, when we bought the iMac, asked the guy in the store if "it's possible to install Google on a Mac"... :rolleyes:
 
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