Comments on: PC V.S Mac http://myipc.wordpress.com There's an answer to everything. All you have to go do is find it. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Trackback http://myipc.wordpress.com/buying-a-computer/pc-vs-mac/#comment-81 Trackback Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:27:54 +0000 http://computerempire.wordpress.com/pc-vs-mac/#comment-81 "...The first virus for the Mac OS X was created in February 2006 called OSX/Leap-A. OSX/Leap-A wasn’t exactly a virus it was more of a Proof of Concept virus. A Proof of Concept Virus is created to prove a point. The point that hackers did proved was that the Mac isn’t immune to viruses. They created that virus because a lot of Mac users were going around saying that the Mac was immune to viruses and hackers saw that as a challenge..." “…The first virus for the Mac OS X was created in February 2006 called OSX/Leap-A. OSX/Leap-A wasn’t exactly a virus it was more of a Proof of Concept virus. A Proof of Concept Virus is created to prove a point. The point that hackers did proved was that the Mac isn’t immune to viruses. They created that virus because a lot of Mac users were going around saying that the Mac was immune to viruses and hackers saw that as a challenge…”

]]> By: Max http://myipc.wordpress.com/buying-a-computer/pc-vs-mac/#comment-68 Max Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:15:51 +0000 http://computerempire.wordpress.com/pc-vs-mac/#comment-68 hm... I've been a PC user since Windows95 but i just got the mac for my birthday and dude... this thing kicks butt The only bad side i guess from the transition is that idk how to use iWork but i got all of next year to figure it out hm…

I’ve been a PC user since Windows95

but i just got the mac for my birthday

and dude…

this thing kicks butt

The only bad side i guess from the transition is that idk how to use iWork

but i got all of next year to figure it out

]]> By: zachdude1094 http://myipc.wordpress.com/buying-a-computer/pc-vs-mac/#comment-61 zachdude1094 Thu, 01 May 2008 15:24:15 +0000 http://computerempire.wordpress.com/pc-vs-mac/#comment-61 Well first off I don't think I was unfair to anybody, I'm using a Mac right now and I'm hating it. The keyboard is awesome though. 2 .Besides games I guess there aren't a whole lot of software the PC can have that the Mac can't. The fact of the matter is though that you can go do a Google search for a piece of software and find it for the PC, you have to do a special search to find that same software for a Mac. 3. This is not totally true. it's true that the Mac doesn't get as many viruses and spyware than the PC but that's because there's aren't enough people using the Mac to warrant the effort for hackers to hack a Mac. Another thing, one of my friend's Mac had three viruses and two spyware when he got rid of it. The mac's not invulnerable. The Mac is a perfect target for hackers, all they have to do is get a Virus on a Mac users computer and the mac user, not suspecting a virus, never finds it. 4. I agree with you that a Mac has way better graphics. Vista has good graphics but you sacrifice functionality if you want good graphics on a PC. The fact that Apple controls what hardware goes into their systems is a great idea that other vendors should adopt. That's exactly why the Mac has somewhat better performance. I say somewhat because I'm impartial on that. 5. Well I'm really not sure how many people actually like the Mighty mouse, that is a pretty stupid name if you ask me. But I guess names don't really matter. 6. I did not say OS X was a copy of Vista, I believe that Microsoft tried to copy OS X when they came out with Vista and failed miserably. 7. I agree, why are people buying a Mac just to go back and run Win XP? it doesn't make any sense. And the market share, 13%, is supposedly what Apple hold, how much of the 13% are actually running the Mac OS and not XP or even Vista? 7. I'm trying not to condemn any Mac software but I just don't know why you have to have that many different chat clients. I would've rather never bothered with Skype, it's really not functional. 8. I haven't ever used iWork but I have read a lot about it and figure that it's not as great as MS Office. I do know that you can get MS Office on the Mac, I just got done using it. I have checked out the Apple Download website and was impressed. I'm trying not to take the PC's side ale the time, and try to gic=ve credit where credits due but I've always used a PC and from my brief experiences with a Mac I'm really not liking it that much. Well first off I don’t think I was unfair to anybody, I’m using a Mac right now and I’m hating it. The keyboard is awesome though.

2 .Besides games I guess there aren’t a whole lot of software the PC can have that the Mac can’t. The fact of the matter is though that you can go do a Google search for a piece of software and find it for the PC, you have to do a special search to find that same software for a Mac.

3. This is not totally true. it’s true that the Mac doesn’t get as many viruses and spyware than the PC but that’s because there’s aren’t enough people using the Mac to warrant the effort for hackers to hack a Mac. Another thing, one of my friend’s Mac had three viruses and two spyware when he got rid of it. The mac’s not invulnerable. The Mac is a perfect target for hackers, all they have to do is get a Virus on a Mac users computer and the mac user, not suspecting a virus, never finds it.

4. I agree with you that a Mac has way better graphics. Vista has good graphics but you sacrifice functionality if you want good graphics on a PC. The fact that Apple controls what hardware goes into their systems is a great idea that other vendors should adopt. That’s exactly why the Mac has somewhat better performance. I say somewhat because I’m impartial on that.

5. Well I’m really not sure how many people actually like the Mighty mouse, that is a pretty stupid name if you ask me. But I guess names don’t really matter.

6. I did not say OS X was a copy of Vista, I believe that Microsoft tried to copy OS X when they came out with Vista and failed miserably.

7. I agree, why are people buying a Mac just to go back and run Win XP? it doesn’t make any sense. And the market share, 13%, is supposedly what Apple hold, how much of the 13% are actually running the Mac OS and not XP or even Vista?

7. I’m trying not to condemn any Mac software but I just don’t know why you have to have that many different chat clients. I would’ve rather never bothered with Skype, it’s really not functional.

8. I haven’t ever used iWork but I have read a lot about it and figure that it’s not as great as MS Office. I do know that you can get MS Office on the Mac, I just got done using it.

I have checked out the Apple Download website and was impressed.

I’m trying not to take the PC’s side ale the time, and try to gic=ve credit where credits due but I’ve always used a PC and from my brief experiences with a Mac I’m really not liking it that much.

]]> By: Tired Rambler http://myipc.wordpress.com/buying-a-computer/pc-vs-mac/#comment-60 Tired Rambler Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:21:30 +0000 http://computerempire.wordpress.com/pc-vs-mac/#comment-60 Hey there thanks for checking out my blog and thanks for the comments. After reading this however I think you were pretty unfair to Mac and gave Microsoft too much credit. So lets take this section by section: 1. your videos are awesome! 2. Software: I hear this a lot and my first response always is: "Name one vital piece of software that PC has that Mac doesn't have and has no equal alternative to?" With the noted exception of games Mac has a version or an equivalent to every major piece of software out there. Mac is a great alternative to PC and no it doesnt work exactly like a PC...but if your looking for an alternative would you really want it to work the same way? 3. Viruses: The notion that Mac doesnt get viruses because it doesnt control a huge market share is silly, it really has more to do with Apples patch/update policy. Mac has a regular release/update schedule which quickly shores up holes. The bottom line is that Mac stays ahead of the curve because unlike Microsoft they are a vertically integrated company. Microsoft has to wait for patches/updates from its software partners and when it creates patches they have to make sure that it wont interfere with all the common third party software that runs on their systems. Its not Microsoft's fault its this way, its just the business model. 4.Graphic software DOES run better on a Mac, and why you might ask? Because Mac controls both the hardware and software for their computers, and why does this matter? Its pretty simple, if you look at graphic software for a Mac it tends to be less driver heavy and more feature heavy since software makers have to accommodate less hardware infrastructures on a Mac then a PC..which is often why Adobe and other software comes out on the Mac first. Never mind the fact the Apple makes great professional grade software like Aperture and Final Cut itself AND that many hardware makers build special devices around that software that youd be hard pressed to find for a PC without some serious searching. 5. No Right Click: Ok this is just you asleep at the wheel bud! First Right click has pretty much always worked on a mac, if you want a two button mouse; go buy one. That aside Mac's HAVE COME WITH A THREE BUTTON SCROLL MOUSE FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS NOW, its called the Mighty Mouse and its standard with all desktops. 6: Mac OS Leopard is a copy of Vista: Since it seems you are not a programmer I am assuming your referring to the desktop design, if thats the case your dead wrong there too. Mac has had the same desktop layout since OS 10.1 which came out around the same time as XP. Yes the new one has many more features but the layout is the same. So it clearly pre-dates Vista by a long shot. 7: Running Windows on a Mac: I really have no clue why anyone would want to do this, and i think thats why Apple hasnt really put much into the development of Bootcamp. Figure if Mac controls 13% of the market what percentage of that is dual boot systems? My bet is less than 1% and it is largely people that are in the process of converting to Mac and dont want to ditch Windows out-right. Dual boot systems aren't new either. I had an old Performa that dual booted Windows 95 back when there really were software differences, there were a piddly number of dual boots back then and comparatively there are about the same amount today. Vware and other virtual software in my experiences is used to run games which is one of Apples big soft spots and always has been. i always tell gamers not to bother with Mac because i know they won't be happy. 7: ichat: Just so you know ichat IS Aim for the Mac. It is specifically designed to work with Mac hardware like the built in a/v cameras for video chat, its also works with Aims Skype like telephony service. If you need Skype you can just download the Mac version of skype from their website, it works exactly like the pc version. 8: You also alluded to iwork not being feature rich enough and Microsoft office being better for productivity or something like that...you do know the Microsoft makes a version of Office for the Mac right? And that unlike the PC version you get the full featured suite for one price. That later part of your post is pretty cryptic and hard to follow so I think thats it for me in the comment department. One last note: You may know this but its worth mentioning: for a lot of software downloaded from the web the site auto-detects which operating system you are using and only shows you the proper version for your computer. So if you are using Windows and view the Skype website it will only show you the Windows version to download. If you check out http://www.apple.com/downloads/ I think you will find there is a lot more free software for the Mac then your thinking.Its just that you can't see it on the web because your using a PC. lastly i want to note I'm not a Mac fanboy, i just know my computers of all strips and since this article was slanted against Mac i felt the need to make sure you were giving credit where credit is due. Hey there thanks for checking out my blog and thanks for the comments. After reading this however I think you were pretty unfair to Mac and gave Microsoft too much credit. So lets take this section by section:
1. your videos are awesome!
2. Software: I hear this a lot and my first response always is: “Name one vital piece of software that PC has that Mac doesn’t have and has no equal alternative to?” With the noted exception of games Mac has a version or an equivalent to every major piece of software out there. Mac is a great alternative to PC and no it doesnt work exactly like a PC…but if your looking for an alternative would you really want it to work the same way?
3. Viruses: The notion that Mac doesnt get viruses because it doesnt control a huge market share is silly, it really has more to do with Apples patch/update policy. Mac has a regular release/update schedule which quickly shores up holes. The bottom line is that Mac stays ahead of the curve because unlike Microsoft they are a vertically integrated company. Microsoft has to wait for patches/updates from its software partners and when it creates patches they have to make sure that it wont interfere with all the common third party software that runs on their systems. Its not Microsoft’s fault its this way, its just the business model.
4.Graphic software DOES run better on a Mac, and why you might ask? Because Mac controls both the hardware and software for their computers, and why does this matter? Its pretty simple, if you look at graphic software for a Mac it tends to be less driver heavy and more feature heavy since software makers have to accommodate less hardware infrastructures on a Mac then a PC..which is often why Adobe and other software comes out on the Mac first. Never mind the fact the Apple makes great professional grade software like Aperture and Final Cut itself AND that many hardware makers build special devices around that software that youd be hard pressed to find for a PC without some serious searching.
5. No Right Click: Ok this is just you asleep at the wheel bud! First Right click has pretty much always worked on a mac, if you want a two button mouse; go buy one. That aside Mac’s HAVE COME WITH A THREE BUTTON SCROLL MOUSE FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS NOW, its called the Mighty Mouse and its standard with all desktops.
6: Mac OS Leopard is a copy of Vista: Since it seems you are not a programmer I am assuming your referring to the desktop design, if thats the case your dead wrong there too. Mac has had the same desktop layout since OS 10.1 which came out around the same time as XP. Yes the new one has many more features but the layout is the same. So it clearly pre-dates Vista by a long shot.
7: Running Windows on a Mac: I really have no clue why anyone would want to do this, and i think thats why Apple hasnt really put much into the development of Bootcamp. Figure if Mac controls 13% of the market what percentage of that is dual boot systems? My bet is less than 1% and it is largely people that are in the process of converting to Mac and dont want to ditch Windows out-right. Dual boot systems aren’t new either. I had an old Performa that dual booted Windows 95 back when there really were software differences, there were a piddly number of dual boots back then and comparatively there are about the same amount today. Vware and other virtual software in my experiences is used to run games which is one of Apples big soft spots and always has been. i always tell gamers not to bother with Mac because i know they won’t be happy.
7: ichat: Just so you know ichat IS Aim for the Mac. It is specifically designed to work with Mac hardware like the built in a/v cameras for video chat, its also works with Aims Skype like telephony service. If you need Skype you can just download the Mac version of skype from their website, it works exactly like the pc version.
8: You also alluded to iwork not being feature rich enough and Microsoft office being better for productivity or something like that…you do know the Microsoft makes a version of Office for the Mac right? And that unlike the PC version you get the full featured suite for one price.

That later part of your post is pretty cryptic and hard to follow so I think thats it for me in the comment department.

One last note: You may know this but its worth mentioning: for a lot of software downloaded from the web the site auto-detects which operating system you are using and only shows you the proper version for your computer. So if you are using Windows and view the Skype website it will only show you the Windows version to download. If you check out http://www.apple.com/downloads/
I think you will find there is a lot more free software for the Mac then your thinking.Its just that you can’t see it on the web because your using a PC.

lastly i want to note I’m not a Mac fanboy, i just know my computers of all strips and since this article was slanted against Mac i felt the need to make sure you were giving credit where credit is due.

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