Re: I really do like OS X but . . .

In article <83kcr19lj2cg3vdhjijb30otr5l13ag6i5@xxxxxxx>,
howdy <no@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:38:33 -0600, Wegie <here@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >No, do you even know what a PowerMac is? iMacs are PowerMacs, PowerBooks
> >are PowerMacs, iBooks too. The tower version is just for people needing
> >the ability to add cards, and that's about it. It really appears you are
> >lost in a twisted PC mentality when the Mac world has past you by.
>
> I really wish some of you Mac fanatics would learn about computers and
> especially the Mac before you speak. The dual G5 tower is called the
> PowerMac, the PowerBook is called a PowerBook and the iMac is called
> an iMac. In addition to adding cards and other additional I/O
> capabilities, the PowerMac dual G5 tower has considerably more
> processing power and speed than any other Mac. Look at the spec cards
> at your Apple dealer or do a little online research before you make
> yourself look silly.

well of course, but all current systems are based on the Power PC, thus
all are Power Macs, if you are confused by the pretty labels it's of no
concern to me. You are new to the Mac world, that's all.

> There are an awful lot of posters at this site that are very sensitive
> and quick to respond to any even slightly negative post about the Mac.
> Could this be because the Mac has flaws that you are unwilling to
> accept or that you just have such an intense hatred of PC clones that
> you can't see straight when confronted with facts?

You were the one that mistakenly called a PowerMac the only Power based
machine, that's clearly not the case. We spot errors and point them out
not out of sensitivity, but out of accuracy.

> The PC may be a
> boring OS with its security flaws, but it "just works" faster with the
> hardware capabilities of the average PC desktop or laptop for far less
> money. That is fact from the experience of one who has been building,
> installing and upgrading systems for years. I've also serviced and
> upgraded Mac systems although I've not had the pleasure of building a
> system. I wasn't interested back in the days when you could build
> your own Mac clone. The OS wasn't developed enough then to be
> interesting. OS X is a powerful piece of software that deserves
> better hardware at a lower price so that more users will have the
> chance to experience it.

Depends what you are doing, the Windows OS doesn't handle graphics very
well, so it is seemingly faster, but for 90% of the tasks in the world,
a PC and Mac are about the same. The Mac faster in some of that last
10%, the PC faster in some others. You could never build your own Mac
Clone by the way, where would you get the Roms?

> Unfortunately, too many Mac fans are like Amiga fans, having tunnel
> vision when it comes to their computer being the only one. Well, we
> all know what happened to the Amiga.

The Amiga never had a large userbase nor software selection, the two
camps are very unrelated. Apple users have always known they are leading
the PC industry forward since 76, 81, the Commodore users never thought
they were leading at anything except they had a poor man's Mac. The two
worlds were on opposite ends of the spectrum, with all the PC folk in
the middle somewhere.

> It appears that Apple is on the
> verge of doing something with the Mac that could greatly expand the
> user base and bring it into the mainstream, although, unfortunately,
> it probably will take a long time to even challenge the size of the
> Windows user base. I don't take pride in this. I'm not a gloating
> Wintroll or Winroid as I've been called. The only thing that I'm
> passionate about here is to get a better Mac hardware machine that is
> capable of running and deserving of the software that is written for
> it.

Yes, we are in for some interesting years as PC users can finally move
up to better hardware and software. Apple will now be the low cost
leader so that will also have interesting implications. It will be fun
to see how Apple uses the iPod to shim more users over to the Mac. Will
Apple have 70% PC share in 10 years? probably not, but 30% is entirely
possible.

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