Stooo wrote:KeithTas wrote:Big Fat Frosty wrote:never took u for a macfag.........
and wtf is microsoft tax????
and what "issues" windows has been solid ever since XP
hell even ME was kool if you knew how to mange services and startups
windows 95 was the last microsoft product that was really crap with "issues"
i wouldnt have an apple product in the house
if i was given one id sell it to a macfag and buy samsung
or microsoft anyone who uses itunes is a fucking moron
paying apple for what is free everywhere else
music i own legally even cant be put on an apple product
its just fucking asinine, under performing over priced over regulated
and over hyped magfags are like moonies they are brainwashed by hype
and thinking coz they own apple they are kool
when actually there back of the computer short bus
oh and as for apple being kool....pmsl
they stole all there visual ideas from braun
fuck apple
Frosty, you can look up the Microsoft tax, but essentially it is that the windows operating system is not free even when you buy a new computer. You cannot buy a PC from a brand named company without windows, so if you wanted to put on say linux you still have to buy windows. I think in America you can now get a refund from Microsoft that you have to apply for but most people don't bother because of the aggravation.
Now what ever gave you the impression that you cannot put the music you own on an Apple product, my entire music collection is on my Mac's (2 of them) plus an iPod Classic and mostly on my iPod touch (I say mostly because of the storage capacity). iTunes is actually free for both windows and the mac OS.
I used (and still do but rarely) Microsoft machines since the early days of DOS. During all this time (over 25 years) to me Microsoft has only had a couple of solid OS platforms, one was Windows 3.1 and the other Windows 7. In the past decade Windows XP has had nothing but security holes ripped right through the system, in fact if you went on the internet with XP and no security software at all your machine would pick up a virus/spyware/malware in minutes. I will admit that Microsoft got it right (largely) with Windows 7 (where they copied many many of the features from the MacOS). For PC users Windows 8 has been a complete disaster with only a global 9% take up rate because it is basically crap and really meant for tablets (you know what tablet computers are, they are the clones of the iPad).
Now having said all that the PC's dominate the global business environment and rightly so, Mac's are not very good at a couple of things, large networking and hardware upgrades etc. There are also a couple of areas where mac's are downright shit at compared to windows, one is file management (windows explorer shits all over the mac's Finder) the other is email, the mac's email systems are dreadful compared to even Microsoft Live Mail etc.
Mac's (in my opinion) has windows beaten hands down in the home and small office environment (particularly creative companies). Mac's are easier to use, 99% safer online and photo/video editing beats windows hands down. I have used a few mp3 players over the years, iPods shit all over any of the competition for ease of use and yes even style, and the thing is they work. The iPod revolutionised the music industry as did the iPad for other things.
I love my iPad but it is not the best tablet for business because of its limitations (it is shit) in file manipulation and sharing including photos and video. An iPad is however brilliant around the home, it runs all my music and video remotely to my TV's and stereo equipment, Facetime shits all over Skype as well.
I would never go back to a windows machine despite some of the Mac's shortfalls because the benefits significantly outweigh shortfalls. I have on my desk an iMac 27" and a Dell PC (my wife uses the Dell), I can tell you now that just looking at them the Mac is 10 times more stylish in it's design, no tower no dozens of leads to speakers etc. I've had the Mac for about 9 months and it has not once locked up or given me the blue screen of death, the Dell on the other hand has crashed and locked quite a few times.
Yes the Mac can get frustrating but no where near as the windows machine. You never know the next Windows OS (presumably Windows 9) might just be barely good enough to use because windows 8 is a fucking dog.
By the way I do run windows 8 on my Mac mostly for a couple of programmes that I like that don't natively on the Mac, it runs extremely fast and I've had no locking up issues......but it is a fucking dog of an OS to use.
o god, I thought that these people just infested Macrumors and the Verge comment section.
Keith's an old bloke with a bit of cash to spend and can't be arsed to do anything but be a bit of a cunt to waiters at times and will always go for form over function. An ideal Apple drone. Sorry m8, I've managed around fifteen years without any sort of malware infection and I know enough about the hardware to buy stuff that's compatible rather than being a cheap penny pinching plonker who wonders why they get a hardware failure screen when they are stressing out a system with stuff that it isn't designed for.
Your post is total bullshit and is simply opinion. Now go back to your Fisher Price 'my shiny computer' and back up those opinions.
Still waiting Stoo, why is my post TOTAL BULLSHIT...in the meanwhile if my post is total bullshit then then I'm sure that you think the following is correct, you know opposite to the points raised in my post.
There is no microsoft tax
The music you own cannot be put into iTunes
My entire music collection is not on my iPods etc
iTunes is not free
I have never used any microsoft products
Every version of windows has been solid as a rock and windows 8 has had total global domination
PC's do not dominate the global business environment
Mac's are brilliant in a large network environment and hardware upgrades are very very easy
The Mac's finder shits all over windows explorer and the Mac's mail programme kills Microsoft Live Mail
PC's are much better for the home and small office environment including use by creative companies
PC's are easier to use and are 99% safer online than the Mac
The iPod did not revolutionise the music industry
The iPad did not revolutionise the hand held tablet industry
I hate my iPad and it is brilliant for business
The iPad has no file manipulation limitations and sharing photos and video is a breeze
My iPad it totally shit around my house and will not run my media to my TV's and stereos
Skype is much better than Facetime
I will go back to using my windows machine because of my Macs of the Macs many many shortfalls
A PC tower looks much more stylish than an iMac 27 including the all the leads that have to come out of the back
My iMac locks up on me all the time and I get the blue screen of death all the time
My Dell has never crashed or locked up on me
Macs never gets frustrating, a windows machine is more frustrating
The next version of Windows is going to be a total dog and won't be called Windows 9
Windows 8 is the bees knees and brilliant to use
I don't run windows on my Mac because I have no programmes that I want to run
If I did run windows on my Mac it would run extremely slowly and it locks up all the time
Windows 8 is fantastic to use
So come on Stoo what version of my post would you like to use the first which is total bullshit according to you, or would you like to use the opposing post above which I assume you think is pretty good because it is the opposite of the original.
Your choice.