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It seems Mike wants to lure me into one of the oldest fights in the computer world: why Apple is so much better than Microsoft.

Mike, I can give you so many reasons I feel slightly guilty about the embarrassment you might feel. But here goes…

Some examples of why I prefer my Apple machines to any windoze machines:

  1. My Apple computer works.
  2. Airport (wireless networking) works.
  3. It comes with Garageband - professional-level audio editing.
  4. It comes with iTunes - a media library that works.
  5. iTunes works with the iTunes store, and it works.
  6. iWeb works, and it’s easy for anyone to create web pages.
  7. Mac OS X actually includes security features.
  8. Fast user switching works, without killing the machine.
  9. My iPod can sync with my media library, unlike Windows Media Player.
  10. Mac OS X actually increased in speed with updates to the operating system.
  11. It comes with Safari, which supports rss natively.
  12. Granted, I don’t have Firefox or Photoshop installed out-of-the-box, but neither do PCs.
  13. Perhaps I can’t ‘do business’ out of the box as you so eloquently put it, but neither can a PC anyway.
  14. I can do everything at home out of the box - photo editing, music, web pages, audio recording, browsing, email. The included software is better. Period.
  15. I’ll admit that PC’s are now nearly as customisable as a Mac Pro, but not yet as powerfull.
  16. Mac OS X includes a search function (called ‘Spotlight’), and it works.
  17. Owning a Mac is an experience, owning a PC is a punishment.
  18. It includes iMovie HD for high def video editing.
  19. Also included is iDVD for authoring your own DVDs.
  20. Dashboard and widgets are incredible and extremely useful.
  21. iChat AV is a native full featured audio and video chat program. Like Skype, but already installed.
  22. iCal is much better than Outlook at managing my diary, not least because I can actually share my diary with other people over the web without an Exchange server.
  23. And of course: Xgrid can turn my Mac into a super computer. How cool is that!
  24. iCal, and Address Book syncs with my mobile phone without having to search for, download, install and nurse buggy software.
  25. I like to get work done.
  26. One thing I do miss: I’m losing my technical edge as I don’t need to keep on repairing my PC just to get my job done.
  27. I like and enjoy the community of Apple users. It should say something about the product that there are such devoted fans.
  28. It took me lees than week to fall in love with my MacBook. And it took me even less than that to hate XP.

In answer to Mike’s insidious comments on a previous post, here’s my full comments:

  1. I prefer not to take your advice on style, or what fits in your home. It might fit in your home perfectly, but so does pink porcelein doggies :-)
  2. ‘latest Acer laptop with sleek carbon fibre look’ Huh? Refer to point 1. above and my comments on your idea of style. ’sleek carbon look’ indeed!
  3. A new dual core 2 PC will most likely be as fast out of the box as the iMac. Until you start loading all those 2nd and 3rd (and 4th, and 5th…) applications that grinds poor old windoze down to it’s treacle-fast speed.
  4. Sure, Photoshop, Firefox, Macromedia Studio and the like didn’t come installed on my Mac. But neither does it come installed on the PC, so both are equal in that regard. But you can still do more with a Mac out of the box.
  5. You might not be able to ‘do business out of the box’ with a Mac, but you’re a bloody Microsoft developer. Obviously you can’t do your business on a Mac. Although, I’d like to do my ‘business’ on your PC. :-)
  6. Other people might be able to do business out of the box with a Mac.
  7. Remember Macs are technically speaking not PCs. The term ‘personal computer’ is an IBM trademark and refers to clones. Although new Macs are Intel based, the architecture is still different. Oh well, you tell Woz differently.
  8. New Mecer laptops that look exactly like Macs? Highly unlikely.
  9. If they do look like Macs, well, just goes to show: everyone wants one.
  10. In the old home the PC was shunned from the house because it looked awful, and made a damn racket trying to cool itself. This new iMac is quiet and looks beautiful.
  11. The reason the old machine was so ugly - apart from bad or no design - was because the sides were permanently removed so I could re-seat hardware every second day. For some reason that makes windoze run better.

Lastly, I apologise to you (and all other males) about the sexist naming of my Macs - all English (female) monarchs. Let’s face it, women rule the world, an they rule our worlds. If you disagree, take it up with Karen. It might be sexist, but what choice do we (men) have? ;-)

Lastly, I work on both platforms, I know what I’m talking about. Do you, Mike?

Mike, is that better?

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3 Responses to “Taking up the challenge”

  1. Michael Says:
    October 30th, 2006 at 19:20 @806

    I was considering actually making a seperate post for this too… but nah. here is fine

    1. MY current Windows PC works, now counting 18 months (well since my last serious hardware upgrade) - Thats longer than your OS release has existed.
    2. I still have NEVER had a problem with wireless networking, ever… - Actually I lie, once I had no electricity and my wireless network point didn’tlink to my laptop
    3. I will give you this one, Windows recorder is rather shocking
    4. Windows comes with Media player - funny thing … also WORKS
    5. Media player links with windowsmedia.com  - also WORKS
    6. Wow.. another one where the mac is better..
    7. Windows firewall, Login security, NTFS, File encryption?
    8. Still has never killed my machine, What DID you do on your PC?
    9. So can the Zune :P
    10. Still a Memory HOG
    11. Strange thing, so does IE.
    12. So you agree, I can’t use the Mac the box!
    13. Not better, just better suited for YOU Tom
    14. What is the mac equivalent of Office?
    15. Actually they are equal, same processor, same ram, same HDD… No! PC’s are in the lead with that - they still beat the Mac’s in clock speed
    16. Funny thing this Ctrl F - hey… what do you know… it works too
    17. Only for you my friend - for me my PC is amazing
    18. Windows movie maker. For my Mom’s movie making
    19. So does every PC with a DVD writer - it’s called Nero. But windows does support CD writing natively and Vista supports DVD writing and creating natively
    20. Still haven’t found ONE widget I truly like or need, they irritate me more than anything.
    21. What do you think MSN messenger is? Always has had VoIP capabilities, Live messanger is even better
    22. I will have to try iCal one day, but I can send meeting request to anyone with outlook. And it works. Not sure I would want to share my calander from my PC publicly - that’s why I have gmail
    23. I can RAID my hard drives - can’t afford 5 more pc’s to cluster them :(
    24. Funny thing - so does my new Nokia
    25. So do I, that’s why I use a PC with Windows and not a Linux machine… or for that matter, a Mac
    26. And I do hope they (Victoria, or Mary) never die.
    27. Microsoft have those too.. if slightly geekier. I prefer it, I am cooler than most of them. :)
    28. It took me all of 1 hour to fall in love with Vista, and it’s only in Release Candidate stage

    In answer to Mike’s insidious comments on a previous post, here’s my full comments:

    1. But yor Mac is ONLY one style - you can’t customize it. And as cool as they are - I don’t like them. Although having a PC look like a pink porcelein doggie sounds like fun :P
    2. Hey. I still like it
    3. I don’t - as a rule - install spyware, funny you seemed to. SETI@Home is about the only REAL CPU hogger I use, and even with it taking 100% CPU usage, my machine FLYS
    4. If movies, and home websites are your thing… so mac for the personal user, windows for the business, and working users. I think I will get a mac for my kid then
    5. I don’t only develop in Microsoft, and you should know this. I can develop for any system and in any system. Mac, PC, Unix or other. I just choose the easiest route - funny thing is PC/Windows is that route
    6. Not without some extra tools
    7. MY Desktop Computer pwns your new iMac, and my Desktop PC is over 12 months old.
    8. Actually, old Mecer laptops do, except for the 2 mouse buttons
    9. Nope, they tried white, didn’t work, went back to the old look, the one that SOLD
    10. Ok, I will need a water cooler to stop using fans on mine - but in my home the home theater DVD player sounds louder than my PC fans - strange that your old machine made such a noise - ever thought of using some care - say maybe dust-buster or some such
    11. Or maybe it was your G*d awful paint job you did on the case. My machines (even my beige cases) look good and sleek and clean

    Apology accepted, I will call my PC Billy-Bob, just to balance it out

    Lastly, I work on both platforms, I know what I’m talking about. Do you, Mike?
    Do you honestly think I would take up an argument discussion on a topic I know nothing about? I have been using Macs, on and off for the last 5 years, from basic email and word processing on the old Power Macintosh 4400 and 9600, to playing around with Bryce 3D on the coloutful iMac. I have supported G4’s and G5’s, iMac’s, and even powerbooks - from email, to networking, to general use. I don’t advertise these facts and my Apple Server knowledge is limited, but I am far from being a side-line critic.

    Mike, is that better?
    YIP :)

    Another thing - My PC is cheaper than your MAC:
    MAC
    PC
    And i get a bigger screen :P

  2. Michael Says:
    October 31st, 2006 at 7:02 @293

    In direct, price for spec comparisson the Alienware Laptop won. and now..

    Why my Desktop is better than your new iMac:

    I can run almost every game ever made, I am not restricted to a handful of AAA games, and MMO’s - Where is Splinter cell, Hitman, Prey, and Neverwinter Nights 2 for the mac?

    I am not told I get awsome graphics power out of a second rate graphics card.
    iMac standard config - NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (128mb) - To get even the 7600 GT (256 mb) on a iMac I need to get a 24″ screen.
    Desktop standard config - Dual SLI GeForce 7800 GT (512 mb each)
    With the right mother board I can even get Quad SLI. 

    I can run up to 10 HDD natively on my desktop - out of RAID, using new drives that is 5 Terebytes of storage space natively on my Desktop. No extra hardware or software needed. and with the RAID options I can double the best seek times that your iMac can produce.

    I have choice! - I don’t have to settle for Intel if they make a screw up with their processing again, I can switch to AMD and still be true to my desktop computing.

    I don’t have to take my desktop machine in when I want to upgrade the hardware - yes I am a techie, but it takes a young person 10 minutes to learn how to replace a harddrive, ram or even a CPU in a Desktop to upgrade. for a mac I need to book it in with Tech Support.

    More applications are available for the PC. Yes not having EXE’s for mac saves it from almost ALL viruses, but not having EXE’s also prevents me from running NAG’s monthly DVD.

    I would say PC’s are more popular as being an advantage - and it happens to be one - for you. Apples are not immune to viruses. it’s just that they don’t distribute as much. Why? because they hit a PC (which there are more of) and die. PC’s have the bane of VBscript - Macs have Applescript - Don’t be fooled by the adverts, you are even more likely to get infected now, because I don’t think you have Antivirus - You have been warned.

    So my PC is boring because it is for business. In it’s sleek black case, with matching dual monitors I don’t think it looks bad. And Apple must have thought the same - only recently did they release the black iBooks. when is there going to be a black iMac? I don’t really like white (silver?).

    Try and use my 5.1 THX souround sound system on your iMac… or are you happy with headphones or the built in system speakers?

    As for OS software - I can’t wait for the rematch when Vista is released.

  3. jessel Says:
    November 1st, 2006 at 10:14 @426

    this is one interesting fight — it makes for some interesting reading — later days

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