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- drlha, on 10/12/2007, -4/+37Did you even read the synopsis? This story has got noting to do with security.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23Vexter wins the clueless idiot of the day award! Congrats!
- vertinox, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22I'm not a Mac Fanboy and I do corporate tech support for a living on 99% windows machines, but I don't like take my work home with me.
So that is why I got a Mac a few years ago. Nothing fancy, but I don't have to mess around with drivers, editing registries, mal ware and viruses...
I've got a windows box when I want to play games, but like I said... I don't really want to deal with Windows issues when I go home for the day even though I'm more knowledgable about repairing Windows than anyone I know since its my job.
Usually, when a non-techie person asks me what they should get... I tell them to get a Mac if they just want to surf and do emails. Heck... I suppose they can do gaming on the new Intels, but generally OS X just works. - Ninjab3ar, on 10/12/2007, -10/+27Oh-No-Cant-Resist! My iPod is Brainwashing me to buy an iMac with its halo effect!
- tc811, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19Yeah, I've also noticed something similar at my university too. Particularly easy to notice the macbooks when I walk into lecture halls.
- drlha, on 10/12/2007, -9/+23I see the explosion of Macs (not just the batteries) everywhere I go. My mother in law now has a MacBook, every conference I got to the audience is >50% Macs, at the last conference probably 25% of talks were given using Keynote. In my own job, we've gone from 0-3 Macs in 2 years and come November that number will most likely quadruple when our new budget comes into play.
- alarm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15emorphien: "I can see that happening for a lot of people. They're not very smart... hell the average IQ is supposed to be 100."
Average IQ will always be 100...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ#IQ_and_general_intelligence_factor - awhiteflame, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The only thing more pointless and ignorant than a mindless Apple Fanboy is an Anti-apple Fanboy. Because remember, it's cool to dislike what's "cool".
- emorphien, on 10/12/2007, -12/+24any fanboy is a moron, they typically lose their objectivity and openmindedness
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -6/+17"Why can't you Linux/Windows nerds just accept the fact that people are interested in Apple products?"
Why can't you accept the fact that most people who use Apple products will also use Linux and/or Windows as well? It's not black or white, you use the right OS for the job. - drlha, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15Troll. Photoshop works fine on a Mac Pro. Not fast maybe, but it does work fine.
- krakelohm, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15Im sorry here but cant we come up with a better term then "fanbois"? That sounds like someone who gives out handjobs for lunch money.
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10"Until all that happens, the Mac will continue to be a home-use toy and nothing more."
lol, http://www.tcf.vt.edu/systemX.html - Kypt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I love how kids feel they're special when they "hate" everything mainstream.
KidA:"I love this song man!"
KidB:"hrmm really? It just hit the charts"
KidA:"oh *****, you serious? What sell-outs I ***** hate it now..."
KidB:"You're tha man!" - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15emorphien: you are an idiot. I own both Macs and PCs. I will buy what I want. And I'm sure I'm more educated and successful than you, so don't make such sweeping generalizations.
- drlha, on 10/12/2007, -14/+23You're not a rebel using Windows, you're just a fool.
- VolsFan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13I think our dear friend Ireland was merely making fun of the phrase "Mac attack" and was in no way commenting on the security of the system.
- unibomber999, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12OS2 warp is Teh 1337. All of you crApple, Lin(s)ux, Windoz n00bz just can't handle it.
- orb_nsc, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14Yeah, because most people buy $1500 gifts for their kids at Christmas...
(that was sarcasm, but I do acknowledge that you could get a Mac Mini for less money than a PS3, and it would be a MUCH better purchase...) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10You wouldn't happen to be a journalist, would you?
- smiley2billion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I'm very glad this is happening. I don't own a Mac or plan to buy one, but this will only lead to better products from the competition (Windows and Linux).
- krische, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Apple has lot of ground to cover in the computer market before the are really mainstream.
- SyDIGG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7How can you be a rebel if you belong in the same group as 95% of the people?
- Ub3rg33k, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I'd be willing to buy a copy of OSX if allowed to use my own hardware and got to test drive a demo first. Till then, I'll stick with Ubuntu on my home box.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It works fine. The point is Photoshop CS2 (and associated adobe products) are not Universal app yet (meaning fully compatible with Intel processors). Universal updates to Photoshop are expected early 2007. While non-universal, Photoshop runs under Rosetta - meaning it runs slower, for the time being.
Yes, I did swallow a press release. Sorry. *burp* - shakin, on 10/12/2007, -8/+14Macs are PCs.
- stealthboy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8@emorphien: "any fanboy is a moron, they typically lose their objectivity and openmindedness"
Losing openmindedness is not necessarily a bad thing. I've used Linux machines, UNIX, Irix, Windows, and Macs. I happen to think my PowerBook is my favorite machine, and I'll definitely buy another Mac. It's not that I've "lost my objectivity"... It's simply the fact that I've been around for a while and have found something that is better than everything else for me, so I'm made up my mind.
If you want to keep such an open mind that you never make a decision or have ideals and principles, well then I feel sorry for you. Sometimes it's okay to make up your mind and hold on to something. - uirye, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7By the way, just so we're all clear, IQ is normalized at 100 on all tests. This means that the average is always 100 on IQ scales. The scales are based on Gaussian bell-shaped distributions with two standard deviations below and above the mean containing approximately 90% of the population.
- newbill123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Typical arguments against Macs and Betty Crocker cake mixes:
"Until I can build a Betty Crocker cake from scratch, then I'll switch to Betty Crocker cake mix." A Mac is something that you can't build yourself, it may not be as good as something you build yourself. In fact I'm pretty sure it won't be, just because build-it-yourself meets your exact needs rather than the needs of a whole customer demographic. But Mac OS X limits QA to certain hardware and sets a price point that assumes you have also purchased supported hardware. Build-it-yourself would raise the price and/or make it seem like Apple QA stinks. It would fundamentally change the Mac experience.
"When a Betty Crocker cake will fit into my proprietary Microsoft ActiveOven, then I'll consider switching" I think the problem is that you have a solution you've found to your problem that excludes Macs from consideration at all, no matter their virtues. If you find the Mac solves problems or satisfies needs of your organization, then you need to find a way to accomodate it even if that means tossing MS ActiveDirectory. Is the goal of your business to use Microsoft ActiveDirectory or to solve your business problems?
"When people start offering frostings, sprinkles, and fillings that go with Betty Crocker cake mix, then I'll switch" There are plenty of Mac apps and solutions, I write some with the Cocoa framework since it's ideal for in-house app building. Of course, these apps don't make it to CompUSA. As for the solutions scaled to the enterprise level, there are many solutions on UNIX, Linux, and BSD that don't involve any proprietary Microsoft technology. These work well for Mac OS too. Again, you're trying to fit the Mac into a Microsoft mold that's inherently and intentionally designed to be limited.
I have a friend who brags that he uses Duncan Hines Orange flavored cake mix for a particular sexual fetish of his. (You DON'T want to ask!) He's tried other cake mixes and found them lacking for his particular fetish. You may very well have found a unique problem that Macs won't solve, but I'd suggest that for many people and businesses out there, they could switch to Macs (or to Betty Crocker cake mixes) without any problems. - eskay, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8He said PC, not windows. Mind you, apple computers are technically PCs too.
- kelly, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Interesting... it wasn't a journalist that made the prediction... it was an analyst.
- fohat, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8
I've never had a problem using Itunes under windows to sync my 3g ipod... - Fratm, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11@drlha , how do you know he is using windows? PC != Windows.
-Fratm - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+13I just placed an order for a new Mac Pro, but that is very funny, Ninjab3ar.
- dpchi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Is this perhaps because this version of CS2 is for Windows? Or by can't do you mean that it runs less quickly?
- colincornaby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"Then you look at image editing software, what are the choices? Photoshop and Gimp? "
Oh no. The Mac is stuck with Photoshop for an image editing application. I guess I'll start having to cry at night knowing that MakeCDLabelsPro 2006 isn't available for Mac.
(And if you think there are only 2 image editors for the Mac you obviously haven't looked.) - mtgarden, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Personally, those I know that are converting to the mac are doing so based on user interface. My family has been historically anti-mac, until about 6 months ago. Now they are buying them and loving them - a very dramatic shift for my family.
That said, I think that the increasing virus and malware threat coupled with MS' WGA debacles are begining to turn people off. That and Apple has a great integrated suite of programs for everything that the casual user wants.
No, I am not a fanboy. Don't own a mac myself and prefer SLED 10 or Ubuntu. Still, Apple products ooze out a feeling of being passionately designed and people are noticing. - kelly, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6What's interesting is that whether its Windows or not... it will still run on the Mac.
Can't say the same for a Windows PC. - Ninjab3ar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5i think that dshPls' boss was thickheaded enough to try to install the windows version natively on his mac.
you are familiar that you need the mac version to run Photoshop on macs?
unless you boot windows, but thats a diifferent story. - krische, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10Viva la Revolution!
- unknowndomain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3How does apple need to catchup? Thier OS is far more advanced, and in my opinion better, its just that only now are people starting to realise how appauling windows really is and that microsoft isnt innovating its just replicating. I mean how many new features in Windows can you honestly say havent been copied from another company?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Er, just upgraded the video card, put a nice German cooling system in and added RAM and two extra Hitachi HDDs to my old Apple G4. What's this guff about Macs not being upgradable? Reminds me of the days I used build PCs and run Windows *laughs*
- Fratm, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8I personally do not want to own Apple Hardware, that's what stops me from switching.. OS:X is nice, but I prefer to build my own boxes. and I tend to run linux more than Windows now adays.
-Fratm - markab, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I think most people have it as a security blanket, but some must have software that they use infrequently enough it's worth to reboot once in a while into windows to do whatever you have to do.
For first time mac buyers, they can always assure themselves they can use windows 100% if the mac platform just doesn't work for them, and their investment isn't completely wasted. I bought a mac pro instead of a dell because I felt like I was getting better value, I get a platform that can run both windows and mac rather than just 1 or the other, where before you had to choose or use virtual PC for windows on Mac. - Bioshocker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Hey guys, just checking in to let you know I'm using the internet to its fullest extent. TO THE MAX!
"The stuff I use the internet for doesnt even have a OSX version of their software."
Yes, I'm sorry Vexter, I don't believe Macs have premium-rate porn-site dial-up hijackers. Zing! - lazypeon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Saying that they are "more likely" doesn't mean that they are "likely" to buy a Mac. I, too, am "more likely" to buy an Apple with PC hardware, but my absolute probability of doing so still hovers around 0%. Without any sort of quantification as to what "more" means, this article is just blowing hot air.
- wsanders, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you don't want to hear Apple news, block the Apple topic in your user settings. Problem solved.
- nicerobot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Everyone buy a Mac!!!
- Kalan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4Hmmm...Seems it REALLY took off with Boot-Camp. Ok I have an iMac at home and liked it. I now love it since Boot-Camp. :-)
- taintparty, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5I don't buy Apple because they are helping the music industry carry on as usual. iTMS is only good for Apple and the labels and the RIAA, the artists are getting screwed as badly as they ever were (actually worse now that they only get per song royalties which are even less than album royalties).
If you think they make a better product fine, but don't pretend they actually care about anyone or anything other than money. Apple is just quiet about screwing some people over, hell look at the iPod sweatshop. They only care in a good way when it means money (like when your Powerbook breaks). -
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