In article <cIfre.40084$j51.8037@tornado.texas.rr.com>, "Will-Lee-Cue" <n5wrx@stx.rr.com> wrote:
> "Hugh Gibbons" <party@my.house.com> wrote > > > 1. OS X must remain clearly superior in the user interface. > > Hugh, I have run both Apple and PC's since before there was a Mac. > How do you figure OSX is superior to Windows?
Security, security, security. Well, that's not UI, but it is a difference.
> Both platforms have their own unique problems but both will work. > > > 2. OS X must make at least as efficient if not more efficient use > > of hardware. > > > 3. Apple/Intel machines must emulate G4 and G5 machines flawlessly > > and blazing fast. > > What is this hang up on speed ????. > If you are into games then buy an X-box or Playstation. > 95% of Mac users run office apps or internet software and would never notice > the difference between 350 meg and 1 gig in processor speed.
That's not true. Try ripping MP3s at 350MHz for a while and see if you can't tell the difference. And please don't say that most people don't do that.
> How many people drive the fastest car made? > If they did how often do they need that speed? > After a point all a faster processor does is allow software writers to write > more complex and bloated programs. > Example: OSX > (Goodbye old loyal OS9 users, Apple dont need you anymore cause they have > bled that horse dry and it is time for a fresh pony) > OSX is about as bloated with useless features as software can get and its > only reason for existance is to run the latest and greatest software > designed just for OSX. > I can not find ONE new feature that I just can not live without and none of > my existing MAC software wont run on it.
Protected memory? Real multitasking? MP support? Oh, that's right, you don't care about speed, so strike that. Maybe you can live without 'em; I was a late adopter of OSX, but even dog-slow 10.1 was such an improvement in stability over 9 that I was hooked immediately. HMMV.
> Seems to me Apple fanatics have a big hang up about "Intel" for some reason. > Personally, I try to use the tool that best fits the job and ignore the > label.
I can agree with the "use the best tool" part.
> I think far to many of Mac addicts are so wrapped up in finding fault with > PC's and measuring processor speed to the last micro-second that you have > lost touch with the common computer user and their needs.
And I think all Windows users only care about what games they can play, and nothing else. There, now we can both make broad, sweeping (and false) generalizations, can't we?
> Sure I can find fault and write up a wish list, we all can, but in the real > world the PC and Windows dominate home and business computing because it > works ... most of the time ... and people are reluctant to give up something > they are familiar with for something new.
We agree on that too; people stay with what they know, sometimes even when there are better alternatives. -- fudo can be reached at spamblocked d o t c o m
