your mac persuasion

[cooknwitha]

I don't enjoy wasting my time with a computer telling me everything it's not doing with an obnoxious warning message that only contains numbers.

Oh, and they're pretty. 😎

 

[Abstract]

I'm impressed. Most words that I don't know, I've usually seen somewhere before, but proselytize is completely new. Thankyou. 🙂

Yeah, seriously, I've never seen it either. How cromulent of you.

 

[risc]

I was wondering.. i just switched to a mac, and i lvoe it, but i get all the time people saying so whats so good about a mac.. what is your responce to this?

Best UNIX desktop ever!

 

[mkrishnan]

Yeah, seriously, I've never seen it either. How cromulent of you.

I felt better when I found out this was a made up word. But it was very Wiki of you! 😀

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

As a sidenote, the blue screen of death is pretty much a lame excuse to use anymore. The majority of XP machines I've used in the past 4 years haven't had a BSOD once. If you're talking 95/98/Me/ then of course, but it's pretty rare with XP.

I found it quite easy to get a PC with first 2000 and later XP to BSOD. Just connect an iPod using a FireWire connector and try transferring 5 GB of music to it... BSOD'ed... every time... the FireWire drivers in Windows are not good... 😉

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I felt better when I found out this was a made up word. But it was very Wiki of you! 😀

Another set of made up words can be found in this Black Adder episode, where Black Adder messes with the Dictionary writers head... 😀

 

[mkrishnan]

Another set of made up words can be found in this Black Adder episode, where Black Adder messes with the Dictionary writers head... 😀

You, sir, are a prime example of why history repeats itself. Bunburyists have been doing this for years and years! 😱 😉 😀

 

[Mord]

I was wondering.. i just switched to a mac, and i lvoe it, but i get all the time people saying so whats so good about a mac.. what is your responce to this?

the system wide spellchecker is pretty nice.

 

[GFLPraxis]

Viruses-
Mac OS X= 0
Windows XP= 70,000 (and counting 😉)

You're way behind, it's around 90,000 now 😀

 

[mymemory]

Mymemory speaking...

Because the same company that create the hardware create the system and it make everything more stable and efficient.

On the PC side any manofacturer create their own interface based on any hardware or processor, on the Mac side there are standards.

I remember back in 1997 when the Mac clones came up, the first problem was that each manofacturer was desingning the hardware in a different way and PCI cards didn't work on all 7 models available at that time.

These was actually worst for Apple because people were getting a system with less compatibility yet. You didn't know if the Protools audio card would worlk in your new Powermax tower.

So, I think is when Jobs came back and took away all licences and the iMac came out.

That is the problem you face with the PC side all the time, is a bet to get a system and a software because you do not know if they were tested together, and considering the amount of things in the market your oods are that you will have compatibility issues.

One person create the System
Another one the Hardware
Another one the software
Another one the peripherals based on any or none of them
😱 That is what you get with your PC.

 

[jsw]

Yeah, the all-seeing spellchecker is fantastic (control-click in a text entry pane, and select Spelling->Check Spelling as You Type).

To me, though, as a user in both "worlds" (work=PC because I must, home=Mac because I can), my favorite thing about the Macs is OS X, and my favorite thing about OS X is how it makes everything seem like it's all one happy family: yes, of course, I use many different apps and OS components, but they all seem more coordinated on OS X than under XP. In geek-speak, I do less context-switching in OS X, and I love that.

If only OS X would let you resize windows from more than the lower freaking right corner (a big plus in Windows' favor - and in nearly any other OS's favor), it'd be darn near perfect in my eyes.

 

[blackpeter]

When they talk about their Dell/IBM, I am careful not to diss their choice (which usually turns them off right away). I say, "Dell/IBM make great computers. The problem is Windows. Viruses. Spyware. Crashing/freezing." They're usually with me from then on.

At that point you can start talking about all the virtues of Apple hardware and software. The ease of use. The beauty of the OS. But the first thing any Mac evangelist must talk about is the inherent flaw of Windows, which is something any PC user is very familiar and frustrated with.