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No! they suck |
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Press Junketeer  Posts: 453 Joined: 24 Feb 2008     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1360 Joined: 21 May 2008     | You do know that you could of just edited the first thread? |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 360 Joined: 25 May 2008     | Yes because all of what you are saying is untrue and you have no evidence to support what it is you're saying. Could you maybe give some examples or statistics to back up your claims? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1535 Joined: 4 Sep 2008   |
QFT |
Press Junketeer Posts: 453 Joined: 24 Feb 2008 |
to be quite honest... I didn't. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1168 Joined: 2 Sep 2008    | You were wrong the first and second time lol. Jk, I usually go for PCs I wouldn't buy a Mac. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 360 Joined: 25 May 2008 | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1980 Joined: 24 Sep 2008  | Yes, you are wrong, because the products are streamlined and extremely well-designed, they have plenty of loyalty to their customers (my mac is lasting better than any other PC I've ever had, customer service and tech support are fantastic... I really don't know what you mean by this), the "product of the week" is the backbone of the IT industry, and if you seriously find the advertisements insulting you should probably get a life. Macs can play games; it's just that most games are only developed for windows. And I have no clue where you're getting the idea that macs can't run "complex programs." How about Crossover? Crossover is a program that lets you run windows .exe files, from Notepad to Crysis, natively in OS X. How is that not a "complex program"? Seriously, macs aren't perfect, and there's a bunch of shit wrong with them. None of what you identified is one of those problems. |
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Paperboy  Posts: 33 Joined: 10 Nov 2008     | I think you are, but that's just my opinion. I have a newer iMac, and I couldn't be happier with it. It's true that gaming isn't one of its strong points, but that's what my console is for. I have never had a virus, BSOD, or crash. One thing that used to drive me nuts was how often I had to reload my OS with my PC. It took me a long time to get used to the iMac, but now that I'm used to it, I couldn't imagine switching back. Of course, people have strong opinions on this subject and as I said in the first sentence of my post: It's just my opinion. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 982 Joined: 20 Oct 2008    | It's never the best option to hate something. I don't use a mac and I really don't care for their commercials but I have no problem with them or the people who use them. |
BANNED  Posts: 2505 Joined: 19 Aug 2008    | I don't know why people don't like Mac's. There great machines, I have had mine for about 5 months now and I love it! They can do just about everything a PC can except games. In my eyes Mac and PC are pretty much equal, except for Vista I think Mac won that OS battle. User was banned for: Poll: Round 5 - Field of Four - (1) Turbine vs (1) Nintendo. (Permanent) |
Muckraker  Posts: 301 Joined: 18 Jul 2008   | You have a right to hate Macs, I personally don't like them at all (I prefer two mouse buttons and a 2-D wheel). Macs are by no means bad. However, remmeber that hate is a strong word that often requires backing up. |
Muckraker  Posts: 337 Joined: 3 Jan 2008   | I think they're a solid machine and well made. No complaints on their performance at all. I just have a problem with the elitist attitude of some Mac owners. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1850 Joined: 31 Oct 2007  | If you really hate something that's inanimate, then you need to do a little soul-searching. |
Muckraker  Posts: 307 Joined: 19 Jan 2008  | Hate? Not so much. Strong dislike for what they represent would be a better perspective IMHO. I think of this as really disliking those registers at McDonalds with pictures instead of numbers. Or as putting pictures on everything instead of teaching people to read. The dumbing down of things is really depressing. Not to mention that all of those mac adds are either lies, gross exaggerations, or extreme simplifications. For example, 99.999999% of BSODs happen because of hardware problems or crappy drivers - not the fault of Windows. Just because your machine which happens to be running Windows is unstable doesn't mean that it is the fault of MS. Around 20-40 thousand machines are used to test the OS for months (and some parts for years) before it is released to the public. Can Apple say the same? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1980 Joined: 24 Sep 2008 |
Macs have had two mouse buttons for almost eight years now how are people still saying this |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 357 Joined: 8 Sep 2008  | Lets get things cleared up from the start. I dont hate mac's but I do hate mac fanboys and those adds (false advertising) I hate it when you find someone who uses a mac, they'll agrue that thier system is better than yours, until they're blue in the face. At that point I usaly respond with "Right click Futhermucker!" and they stuble off defeated. But as it stands one is not better than the other, they're differant. Pc is for the average person all the way to the hacker and gamers. PS. For those mac adverts that say, Mac's are more secure. There was a hacking competion help in vancouver (dont quote me I could be wrong) where they tested differant operating systems to see which was the most secure, your beloved mac came last, and was the first to be cracked, bye bye credit card info. Linux was the most secure, proberly went without saying though. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2108 Joined: 13 Dec 2007  | To copy and paste: |
Paperboy Posts: 33 Joined: 10 Nov 2008 |
That's true. The first thing I did was toss that mac mouse and buy a traditional one. What's really cool is that the right click options for mac are similar to PC but with more options. |
BANNED Posts: 2505 Joined: 19 Aug 2008 | I hate it Mac fanboys, they give Mac users a bad name.In my eyes Mac and PC are pretty much equal, there both solid machines. The only thing I dislike about Macs is that they are so thing you can't update graphics cards or that stuff, and if you can; I'm not opening up my Mac :-S !
What crappy products? What complex programs can Mac not handle? Most of the programs are made for PC and thats the only reason Mac can't play 'em. User was banned for: Poll: Round 5 - Field of Four - (1) Turbine vs (1) Nintendo. (Permanent) |
Red Guard  Posts: 3489 Joined: 18 Sep 2008   | Yeah, you're wrong. I used to be all about Windows (Games, right?), but now I can't STAND that bloated piece of software Microsoft calls an operating system. My buddy has an older Power PC based Mac Book whose performance is way better then my newer (With better specs) laptop. Whats the deal? Now, I use my 360 for games, for my general PC use I'm a Linux guy, and while I don't have a Mac right now, I'd really like to get one of the new Mac Books. If games is your end all be all reason to have a PC, then you're stuck with Windows. Me? I'll opt for either a open source FREE OS, or one that costs half the price of Windows...both of which make far better use of system resources. BUT, as a final note, I HATE the Mac commercials. HATE. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1083 Joined: 11 May 2008  | Mac can't handle complex programs? Where on earth did you get that idea? And sure macs can't play games, but i'd be rich if i had a dollar every time i heard that shallow argument. People who buy macs don't buy them to play games. Though i'm not happy with third party software or even hardware for macs, as it's always underdeveloped, and more or less feels rather beta-ish (Yahoo Messenger has been beta for mac for over two years i think), the hardware has been pretty solid for me, but that's just me. As I stated in another thread, both a PC and a Mac cost about the same (Mac a little bit more of course) You just happen to pay alot of it upfront with a Mac as supposed to separately with a PC, what with non included software, and the coming repair costs, that Apple tends to cover most of the time (or have for me). Lastly, c=Ctrl+Click = Right click... buy a third party mouse and right click works the same. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 453 Joined: 24 Feb 2008 | I've scene those new Mac notebooks; I was afraid of breathing on it for fear of shattering it! ALSO can you tell me why it has an external ROM? I thought the whole Idea of a laptop was that it's "all in one"?! |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1083 Joined: 11 May 2008 | The Air? The Air is a joke, if you ask me...An idea that half failed, but they spent too much money developing to just let go |
Press Junketeer Posts: 453 Joined: 24 Feb 2008 | Does anyone remember the "tower" Mac? All PC hardware (except mouse, KB and screen) and it's biggest selling point was that you could put windows on it and use it as a PC. they even did a (short-lived) Mac vs PC ad where Mac says "and I'm a PC too" but it backfired! Mac users complained saying "I bought a Mac so I wouldn't have to use windows!"; Macs response was to put out a new "All in wonder" then quickly swept that ad under the rug hoping no one remembered it. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1083 Joined: 11 May 2008 |
With OS X Leopard, you can run a copy of windows via "Boot Camp" if you so wish...something i plan to do when i get a hold of a valid windows copy |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1394 Joined: 31 Aug 2008   |
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Over the years I've been developing a real hate-on for Macs and Mac products.
I mean... when you combine the Crappy products, their lack of loyalty for their customers, those increasingly insulting advertisements and the IPhone/pod of the week!
That and the fact that Steve Jobs (founder of apple) had to buy back the very company THAT HE STARTED because the share holders ganged up and fired him over his handling of the company.
And they still claim that Mac is better than PC?! even though they can't play games, or handle complex programs, etc, etc, etc.
So am I wrong to hate Macs?