macintosh Vs windows

smitherz · 10-19-2004, 11:06 AM

what is the prefered operating system in this forum? all my life i have only run on a windows operating system but i want to change because Mac's are more stable.
can i hear some other peoples views on this.

smitherz

**ZER0X** · 10-19-2004, 11:17 AM

Windows 2000 is my prefered OS, I currently am using XP Though

Heres a comparosin of XP V MACOS X http://www.xvsxp.com/final-score/

smitherz · 10-19-2004, 11:21 AM

thats alot of help fanx. that gets me 1 step close to making my decision.lol.

Lorand · 10-19-2004, 12:14 PM

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Heres a comparosin of XP V MACOS X http://www.xvsxp.com/final-score/

That scoring method sucks badly... For example, consider the comparaison of XP and MacOS dialog boxes: http://www.xvsxp.com/dialogs/. Is there anyone who actually read those boxes? The context-sensitive dialogs could be useful only for newbies, but if you already have some experience with softwares, you know what that dialog box wants to say and choose Yes, No or Cancel with <TAB> (feature unavailable on Mac) and hitting enter or space bar (or simply using shortcuts).
MacOS is not just made for newbies, a Mac user will always remain a newbie...
And believe me, MacOS isn't more stable than XP. I work from time to time on Macs and never had a sigle day without a Mac-crash...

Here's my final score (on a scale from 0 to 10):
XP: 8
OS X: 2

**ZER0X** · 10-19-2004, 12:18 PM

Yes I totally agree that thats for newbies....I was just looking on google to find a comparison

**Praetor** · 10-19-2004, 02:55 PM

Windows2K3

Lorand · 10-19-2004, 05:17 PM

Let me tell you a story about Macs.
Recently I had to work a few days at a weekly magazine's office filled with Macs. Besides the fact that QuarkXPress crashed several times on me (this happens rarely on PCs), when I wanted to scan an error dialog popped up saying that there's no scanner detected. When asked for help, the Mac-users said that this happens all the time, since the first install of that scanner, and the solution is clicking on import once again. So for every image scanned these are the steps: click on import, click on OK on the error dialog, then click on import again. And all this at an illustrated magazine, so you can imagine how much clicks hit that poor import button...
Now tell me, do you know a single PC-user that would tolerate that? He would solve this problem even if he must reformat, reinstall, uninstall drivers, install drivers, etc. several times.
MacOS is an unintelligent software for unintelligent people.

So stay with Windows and you'll be fine.

**ZER0X** · 10-21-2004, 07:32 AM

Lorand...what you have said in another forum is....

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If you want trouble get a MAC

you dont really like them do you

cykx · 10-21-2004, 07:50 AM

Well, I hate Windows, wish i could get away from it. Tried FreeBSD. Sucked at it. All of this just because I dont like Bill's empire. But hey, I dont know shit else do I. So I guess Ill have to stick with it. What I do know is that the Mac/Apple processors work differently from Windows cough* pentium cough*. Our processors have the data go in them, get processed, turn around, go back. Apples processors have the data pass trough them, so the data isnt sent back. Not a very good explanation but thats what Ive been told. Also i dont know why , maybe for this same reason, they are used more for video editing, picture software (hardcore photoshoppers?) and the like.

**ZER0X** · 10-21-2004, 07:55 AM

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they are used more for video editing, picture software (hardcore photoshoppers?)

Yes mac's have very good video editing software....thery're good for making movies, at school at the moment in multimedia, we can use mac PC'S or just normal PC's but for making our Movies it's MAC

although you have to know what your doing on it only a few people can use it....but that class is so easy, YOU can get set work done in 5 mins and the rest of the class is just LAZY

10-19-2004, 11:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
smitherz Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Plymouth Age: 21 Posts: 147	macintosh Vs windows what is the prefered operating system in this forum? all my life i have only run on a windows operating system but i want to change because Mac's are more stable. can i hear some other peoples views on this. smitherz __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3500 Newcastle Socket 939Pin Asus A8V Rev.2 Deluxe (Socket 939) GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Western Digital WD1200JD 120GB LG GMA 4020B DVD/RW ASUS V9999GE/TD/256MB GF 6800+256MB AGP8X

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smitherz Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Plymouth Age: 21 Posts: 147	thats alot of help fanx. that gets me 1 step close to making my decision.lol. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3500 Newcastle Socket 939Pin Asus A8V Rev.2 Deluxe (Socket 939) GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Western Digital WD1200JD 120GB LG GMA 4020B DVD/RW ASUS V9999GE/TD/256MB GF 6800+256MB AGP8X

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10-19-2004, 05:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lorand VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest Age: 41 Posts: 3,042	Let me tell you a story about Macs. Recently I had to work a few days at a weekly magazine's office filled with Macs. Besides the fact that QuarkXPress crashed several times on me (this happens rarely on PCs), when I wanted to scan an error dialog popped up saying that there's no scanner detected. When asked for help, the Mac-users said that this happens all the time, since the first install of that scanner, and the solution is clicking on import once again. So for every image scanned these are the steps: click on import, click on OK on the error dialog, then click on import again. And all this at an illustrated magazine, so you can imagine how much clicks hit that poor import button... Now tell me, do you know a single PC-user that would tolerate that? He would solve this problem even if he must reformat, reinstall, uninstall drivers, install drivers, etc. several times. MacOS is an unintelligent software for unintelligent people. So stay with Windows and you'll be fine.

10-21-2004, 07:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
cykx Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Puerto Rico Age: 23 Posts: 123	Well, I hate Windows, wish i could get away from it. Tried FreeBSD. Sucked at it. All of this just because I dont like Bill's empire. But hey, I dont know shit else do I. So I guess Ill have to stick with it. What I do know is that the Mac/Apple processors work differently from Windows cough* pentium cough*. Our processors have the data go in them, get processed, turn around, go back. Apples processors have the data pass trough them, so the data isnt sent back. Not a very good explanation but thats what Ive been told. Also i dont know why , maybe for this same reason, they are used more for video editing, picture software (hardcore photoshoppers?) and the like. __________________ Now I know what POD stands for :)

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