Comments on: Microsoft To Mac: Stop Making Fun of Us http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/ Funny Geeky Videos and Pics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rod http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-5693 rod Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:15:26 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-5693 Wow, arguments on which is the best OS never get old. Wait, they just did. Wow, arguments on which is the best OS never get old.
Wait, they just did.

]]> By: joomla boy http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-5409 joomla boy Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:55:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-5409 All operating systems suck. I'm going back to my ZX Spectrum! All operating systems suck.

I’m going back to my ZX Spectrum!

]]> By: joe http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-3279 joe Thu, 22 May 2008 10:07:45 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-3279 seriously this is sad who actualy cares let them keep working and we reep the benifits. seriously this is sad who actualy cares let them keep working and we reep the benifits.

]]> By: Mackenzie http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-357 Mackenzie Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:57:16 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-357 Unless the Mac's a server, it's still a PC. And don't forget that Macs can run Linux. In fact, that's the only way I'd like to use a Mac....oh, and with a proper mouse....and an IBM Model M keyboard. Unless the Mac’s a server, it’s still a PC. And don’t forget that Macs can run Linux. In fact, that’s the only way I’d like to use a Mac….oh, and with a proper mouse….and an IBM Model M keyboard.

]]> By: Cees http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-317 Cees Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:03:41 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-317 GNU/Linux: Gnome has ugly icons and lacks features that KDE (and Windows) have. Enlightenment and Puppy are nice too. Lack of vendor support for e.g. some embedded sound chips. Mac: Expensive hardware, great design, bit of a black box. Windows: Cheap, easy, dirty. GNU/Linux: Gnome has ugly icons and lacks features that KDE (and Windows) have. Enlightenment and Puppy are nice too. Lack of vendor support for e.g. some embedded sound chips.

Mac: Expensive hardware, great design, bit of a black box.

Windows: Cheap, easy, dirty.

]]> By: joseph http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-294 joseph Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:03:42 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-294 well maybe if microsoft didn't suck then they would stop makin these well maybe if microsoft didn’t suck then they would stop makin these

]]> By: Dee http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-185 Dee Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:05:02 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-185 Only Ubuntu and OSX crashes! XP doesnt. ha ha ha ha! lol! it had been long time since I enjoyed reading something like this... Thanx dude. share more of your 'experiences'.... we are waiting... Only Ubuntu and OSX crashes! XP doesnt. ha ha ha ha! lol!
it had been long time since I enjoyed reading something like this… Thanx dude. share more of your ‘experiences’….

we are waiting…

]]> By: Michael http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-150 Michael Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:34:51 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-150 Windows: I personally quite like windows but i cant say much about vista! But XP is very nice, its user friendly and has 1000's of applications available because its so mainstream. Which is good and i appreciate alot more now that i also run Ubuntu. Its nice to be able to google pretty much any application that takes your fancie and then find 100's of results to download. The install is also nice on windows and incredibly simple to use just click the EXE and then follow the steps! Windows does have a few cons though the main one being its always under attacks for viruses spyware etc, i mean if i go online with my windows machine without a firewall it would be like committing technological suicide i know this unfortunately i know this from experience :(. But on the plus side developers havnt ignored this problem and you can pick up a free firewall or a commercial one if your willing to pay in seconds. So in brief: PROS; user friendly, easy to find applications, even easier to install, very mainstream, everyone uses it (very versatile) CONS; constantly under attack from malicious software, its windows ;) Linux (Ubuntu): I love ubuntu! its brilliant as far as im concerned and to this point has done everything ive needed (but then again i don't need to do much im only 14!). saying this i use my computer a silly amount and after much hunting have found every program ive needed and best of all they have all been open source so completely free. But i know linux isnt for everyone and i wouldnt recommend it for anyone who dosnt have at least a medium level knowledge of computers, as linux is despite how hard the developers have tried, confusing and slightly scary to start with (i mean scary as unfamiliar not as in its going to kill my machine if i do something wrong!) But like Windows linux is still usfull and is literally NEVER under attack from viruses and is very hard to attack in theory because it dosnt have a registry which makes it difficult for malicous code to spread and infect your system i think im no expert here but this is a logical conclusion PROS; Eveything free, open source, great for learning programming/computing CONS; Difficult for anyone who isnt tech savvy, sometimes difficult to find programs, UI sumtimes confusing shells etc.. One last thing: Please do not sterotype me to be a "14 year old hacker" im not. and i hope this helps someone! Windows:
I personally quite like windows but i cant say much about vista! But XP is very nice, its user friendly and has 1000′s of applications available because its so mainstream. Which is good and i appreciate alot more now that i also run Ubuntu. Its nice to be able to google pretty much any application that takes your fancie and then find 100′s of results to download. The install is also nice on windows and incredibly simple to use just click the EXE and then follow the steps! Windows does have a few cons though the main one being its always under attacks for viruses spyware etc, i mean if i go online with my windows machine without a firewall it would be like committing technological suicide i know this unfortunately i know this from experience :( . But on the plus side developers havnt ignored this problem and you can pick up a free firewall or a commercial one if your willing to pay in seconds.
So in brief:
PROS; user friendly, easy to find applications, even easier to install, very mainstream, everyone uses it (very versatile)
CONS; constantly under attack from malicious software, its windows ;)

Linux (Ubuntu):
I love ubuntu! its brilliant as far as im concerned and to this point has done everything ive needed (but then again i don’t need to do much im only 14!). saying this i use my computer a silly amount and after much hunting have found every program ive needed and best of all they have all been open source so completely free. But i know linux isnt for everyone and i wouldnt recommend it for anyone who dosnt have at least a medium level knowledge of computers, as linux is despite how hard the developers have tried, confusing and slightly scary to start with (i mean scary as unfamiliar not as in its going to kill my machine if i do something wrong!) But like Windows linux is still usfull and is literally NEVER under attack from viruses and is very hard to attack in theory because it dosnt have a registry which makes it difficult for malicous code to spread and infect your system i think im no expert here but this is a logical conclusion

PROS; Eveything free, open source, great for learning programming/computing

CONS; Difficult for anyone who isnt tech savvy, sometimes difficult to find programs, UI sumtimes confusing shells etc..

One last thing:
Please do not sterotype me to be a “14 year old hacker” im not.
and i hope this helps someone!

]]> By: Uz http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-149 Uz Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:27:54 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-149 Some things can only be blamed on the user, this is one of those things. Some things can only be blamed on the user, this is one of those things.

]]> By: lucas_mat http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-147 lucas_mat Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:17:11 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/microsoft-to-mac-stop-making-fun-of-us/#comment-147 I'm going to jump on the bandwagon here a bit, and give my opinion: I'm a bit of a Windows geek - network/system admin, all that rubbish, and been working with windows ever since 3.11 (professionally on NT/2000/2k3 - personally on 3.11 all the way through to Vista on every single OS). Honestly? I'm fed up to the back teeth with it. XP's (finally) got to the point where it's pretty good, in much the same way that 98SE did, but Vista is a poor attempt to rival OSX, with the result that unless you're running it on a high end machine, it sticks, jerks, crashes, hangs and generally annoys. Yes, it looks pretty. But why would you want to fork out all that money on a high power machine, just to have all that power used up just to run the OS - wouldn't you like to have some to do some actual computing with? Now OS X: I've just switched from Windows to Mac (Leopard on a G4), and I'm in the middle of a steep learning curve trying to get my Mac knowledge to come up to speed with my Windows knowledge. But already - it looks prettier than Vista, it runs smoother, it's less horsepower intensive, it's designed better (try installing an app on OS X then on Vista. They try uninstalling it). It doesn't seem to crash (time will tell), there are few (if any) viruses made for it, it doesn't hang, it doesn't jerk unless you're really pushing it. And the hardware is real top quality - somebody has finally paid real attention to making an attractive and well designed computer. As for Ubuntu and Linux in general, I'm afraid I've had very limited experience, but what experience I have had is that if you know what you're doing, it's awesome, though a little fiddly (techy). It's a bit more of a geek's OS, but does everything very well, with slightly more limited support and software availability. Nowhere near mainstream yet (but catching up fast). I’m going to jump on the bandwagon here a bit, and give my opinion:

I’m a bit of a Windows geek – network/system admin, all that rubbish, and been working with windows ever since 3.11 (professionally on NT/2000/2k3 – personally on 3.11 all the way through to Vista on every single OS). Honestly? I’m fed up to the back teeth with it. XP’s (finally) got to the point where it’s pretty good, in much the same way that 98SE did, but Vista is a poor attempt to rival OSX, with the result that unless you’re running it on a high end machine, it sticks, jerks, crashes, hangs and generally annoys. Yes, it looks pretty. But why would you want to fork out all that money on a high power machine, just to have all that power used up just to run the OS – wouldn’t you like to have some to do some actual computing with?

Now OS X: I’ve just switched from Windows to Mac (Leopard on a G4), and I’m in the middle of a steep learning curve trying to get my Mac knowledge to come up to speed with my Windows knowledge. But already – it looks prettier than Vista, it runs smoother, it’s less horsepower intensive, it’s designed better (try installing an app on OS X then on Vista. They try uninstalling it). It doesn’t seem to crash (time will tell), there are few (if any) viruses made for it, it doesn’t hang, it doesn’t jerk unless you’re really pushing it. And the hardware is real top quality – somebody has finally paid real attention to making an attractive and well designed computer.

As for Ubuntu and Linux in general, I’m afraid I’ve had very limited experience, but what experience I have had is that if you know what you’re doing, it’s awesome, though a little fiddly (techy). It’s a bit more of a geek’s OS, but does everything very well, with slightly more limited support and software availability. Nowhere near mainstream yet (but catching up fast).

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