"They are fast, Rarely ever crash or freeze and a lot more..."
...and if you can change the RAM or put in a new graphics card, you're a genious!
"...while PC has a crappy battery life."
That's down to the actual hardware. Nothing to do with the windows operating system.[/quote]
"Also Macs protect against viruses 1000x better than they do on PC"
Because you're so restricted to what you can/can't do, what files you can/can't read/write to, that you'd have to purpously give yourself a virus! Hackers and restrictions don't get along.
"Microsoft Office is available for the Mac..."
...and for the PC. Among many other free variations NOT made by microsoft (openoffice being a popular one)
"a Mac is 100 percent safe from viruses designed to attack PCs."
And PCs are 100% safe from viruses that only harm macs too. Your point?
"...the Mac is built on a solid UNIX foundation and designed with security in mind..."
...which is why it's not really mac anymore, because they realised that Unix was the way forward, took OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE and sold it as MAC![/quote]
"The Mac web browser, Safari, alerts you whenever youâ??re downloading an application â?? even if itâ??s disguised as a picture or movie file."
Whereas on a PC, you can't discuise an aplication as a picture or movie file. I don't know what applications you've been downloading, mate
And that is a function of Safari, the internet browser. That's not part of the operating system, just like Internet Explorer is not part of windows.
Anyway, that's irrelivent. You'd just get Firefox anyway
"And Apple continually makes free security updates available for Mac owners. You can even have them download automatically."
Guess where they stole that from? I'll give you a hint. Have you ever heard of Windows Update?
"A Mac has hundreds of drivers for peripherals preinstalled."
Whereas on Windows, it doesn't fill up your hard drive with useless drivers for products you're not going to use in a million years! You want a driver? Use the driver CD that came with your device. Failing that, use Google!
"And a Mac is smart enough to know what to do when you plug in your digital camera: It opens iPhoto and asks if you want to import your recent photos."
Smart is not the word. The last thing I want when I plug in my USB stick that happens to have music on it, is for it to start playing the songs while I try and find that text document I wanted to append.
"If you have a network at home or at work, whether wired or wireless, a Mac will fit right in."
So does EVERY OTHER COMPUTER IN THE WORLD!
"All new Mac computers are Wi-Fi capable. Available wireless networks automatically show up."
And the last thing you want for your purpously-offline video-editing computer is for it to keep connecting to every damn wifi-point it finds. If you don't want wifi, why pay for it?
"...Apple builds both the computer and the software that comes with it, theyâ??re literally made for each other."
So do Palm. Have you ever heard of them? No? Didn't think so
"And Mac OS X resists most viruses..."
You mean people don't bother writing viruses for macs, because windows is a much more common operating system.
"Every Mac comes with service and support thatâ??s consistently voted the best in the business."
Voted by whom? I've never been asked. Have you?
And I've fixed this part for you:
[quote]Why should I spend more money on a Mac?
useless freebies youâ??ll want to uninstall[/quote]
Hackers, don't need to be reminded what to use (linux/unix).
Twatty arty fancy "OOh, look at this! it looks nice, but serves no practicle purpose" people that can't use google, get macs.
And for everyone else, there's Windows. XP. Not vista.
"Macs protect against viruses 1000x better than they do on PC" my ass! If you're smart, you're fine. Security is easy. If you're an idiot and open up .exe attachmemts in your e-mails from the zimbabwein lottery, or your dead uncle who's riches you've just inherited, you don't deserve to own a computer!
Edited by miinaturvat, 22 October 2009 - 03:58 PM.
