Mac or windows ??

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joescrivens said:
the pro mouse before it had no 2nd button because the OS didn't really take advantage of a secondary click very often, back then you held a ctrl button before clicking to get the secondary click, but it wasn't contextually used very often, it got added as the OS changed with os9 and 10
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This is what I encountered then.

My mini wasn't supplied with a mouse or a keyboard, since I have plenty of both already and didn't want to pay for them ;) , the mini we have in the office has the "one button that's actually two" type mouse but the emac that sits next to it (with the built in CRT) has the "one button that's really just one button" type.

The emac shaped my opinions of apple computers, and while nowadays I like the hardware (if not the prices), trying to develop using xcode on the mini under OSX re-inforced them about the operating system and attached software.
 
onomatopoeia said:
This is what I encountered then.

My mini wasn't supplied with a mouse or a keyboard, since I have plenty of both already and didn't want to pay for them ;) , the mini we have in the office has the "one button that's actually two" type mouse but the emac that sits next to it (with the built in CRT) has the "one button that's really just one button" type.

The emac shaped my opinions of apple computers, and while nowadays I like the hardware (if not the prices), trying to develop using xcode on the mini under OSX re-inforced them about the operating system and attached software.
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I dont think you can judge the way a computer works based on there 2002 model.
 
asphotographymk said:
I dont think you can judge the way a computer works based on there 2002 model.
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Nowadays I'm basing it on the Core2duo based mini running OSX (10.5, whichever feline that was) for several months before I flattened it and installed Windows 7. I know that OSX was a big step forward from previous versions of Mac OS, not least because by then Apple had conceeded that two buttons on a mouse was a good idea :naughty: (being serious, moving over to BSD instead of that awful thing that didn't even have pre-emptive multitasking was a massive step).

However, a lot of people base the "Mac vs Windows" argument on versions of Windows from the 1990s, with their comments about defragmenting, registry errors, driver problems and so on.
 
However, a lot of people base the "Mac vs Windows" argument on versions of Windows from the 1990s, with their comments about defragmenting, registry errors, driver problems and so on.[/QUOTE]

Not so. My laptop with windows7 continually loses drivers. Thankfully now running mac.
 
In answer to the thread title "Mac or Windows" the answer would be YES, unless of course you wanted to run Linux.

The bigger question is why the search function wasn't used and we could have resurrected one of the last 20 threads asking the same question! This is all going to go down hill quickly, we're all doomed!
 
PSILVERMAN said:
However, a lot of people base the "Mac vs Windows" argument on versions of Windows from the 1990s, with their comments about defragmenting, registry errors, driver problems and so on.
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Not so. My laptop with windows7 continually loses drivers. Thankfully now running mac.[/QUOTE]

Sounds like some other underlying problem, it won't just "lose" a driver
 
The only thing I would add to this is if you are comparing Windows to OSX, compare Windows 7 to OSX, not XP. XP was released back in 2002 iirc so it is an unfair comparison.

After using 7 for a year or so, XP feels prehistoric. All these simple things on a Mac are also in 7.
 
neil_g said:
Not so. My laptop with windows7 continually loses drivers. Thankfully now running mac.
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Sounds like some other underlying problem, it won't just "lose" a driver[/QUOTE]

Is that windows or the manufacturer? Its not windows!
 
My thoughts on this eternal debate remain the same...

.....Apple design is a million miles ahead of anything else.

So, if you want the nicest looking computer and have a very large disposable income, buy a Mac.

If on the other hand you prefer a faster and much cheaper computer, Windows is the one for you!
 
theres an obvious answer to this - it depends very much on what you are doing

if you are going out in the rain then a mac is definitely the way to go as carrying a couple of windows is simpoly impractical - but if you a glazing a house v using macs rather than windows wont let much light in [/metaphor]

also what about linux, open office and gimp ;)
 
big soft moose said:
theres an obvious answer to this - it depends very much on what you are doing

if you are going out in the rain then a mac is definitely the way to go as carrying a couple of windows is simpoly impractical - but if you a glazing a house v using macs rather than windows wont let much light in [/metaphor]

also what about linux, open office and gimp ;)
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Linux - if you want to use a browser and not much else, then fine. I can do more on my android tablet than on Linux (the software I need). Linux in its normal form is not for the general user and never will be.

Open Office - compatibility, lack of features, hard work overall.

Gimp - its OK, my dad uses it.
 
The only people who promote PC's are the ones who have never owned a mac!
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