Impulsivity said:
You go to a Divx site, you download a codec for quick time that is free (it takes about 30 seconds) and quicktime forever more is able to use Divx files perfectly. There are also a dozen Divx programs that are available outside quicktime for OSX most of them free.
So your example is that you downloaded a program for XP and didn't download one for OSX and then were annoyed that your mac didn't magicly have the ability to watch illegal copies of movies out of the box? Yes the mac is not 100% magical, you have to occasionally find software to accomplish the tasks you want to do. Luckily on the mac those programs are far more often free and far more prevalant then on Windows (it is quite strange that there are more nice little 3rd party apps on the mac then windows for almost everything except maybe file sharing, but it is indeed the case, probably because like Linux users mac users tend to be more enthusiastic about supporting the platform and Cocoa is REALLY easy to write for).
For those who said macs aren't in industry they're pushing 5% in industry in september numbers and its going up fast (almost doubled in the last year). Vista on the other hand is barely to 8% now, so OSX is very competitive with Vista in the "enterprise" market. I wouldn't be surprised if OSX eventually passed Vista in that market. If Windows 8 isn't the greatest thing since sliced bread Microsoft is pretty screwed between OSX and Linux.
For some people who think a laptop should cost 500 dollars and are fine with 1.83 or 2.0 ghz obsolete processors and low end components there really isn't much to convince you. Macs are for people who actually care about what computer they are using and are more interested in quality of experience for the next few years then scraping the bottom of the commodity price barrel. It is kind of the same reason some people buy nice cars and some people but Kias. Yes, in fact, both will accomplish the basic tasks needed of a car. They both have wheels and they both can get you to work (though the Kia can't do it nearly as fast or as well or with as many features) but sometimes in life its worth paying a little more to get something that isn't clumsy and lame.
Speaking of lame what is with that ad point disolitude was making? Is he trying to say that macs not being targeted by ads is a bad thing for macs?
Ironicly, I'm sure most of you have seen those I'm a PC ads, guess what they were made on? That's right, a mac. Microsoft has this new suite of video applications to compete with Final cut Pro and Adobe and yet even those working for Microsoft don't like using that shovelware they put out (in similar news compare imovie to windows movie maker or iwork to Microsoft Works, Apple first party software is VASTLY superior to the clones of Apple software MS puts out with Windows). |
Haha, you are a piece of work.
The thing is...half the time you don't know what you're talking about.
A lot of flash ads are designed on macs...but when they send ads to my company they have to send PC fonts as I do final adjustments on the ads and I don't do mac. If they don't have PC fonts, they are our of business...
My company is the largest advertising company in the world btw...no one else is even close. And the ones that are our competitors all work in the same manner...nevertheless, that has no impact on end user using mac or pc...but you were wrong so I had to point it out.
Macs are not for people that care about computers at ALL! Most people that I know who use macs don't even want to hear about computers...then need Apples life support to install programs and they like the fact macs have no fiddling hardware wise. Secondly, other than the rediculoous post about wating for Mac firesale to buy macs...its been proven that same or better spec PCs cost less than macs. So I don't know what you're talking about with macs being for the "hardcore".
Thirdly, my point about mac not playing movies (screw off for calling them illegal...you don't know if they are nor the laws in Canada for backing up movies). I wasn't saying I blame mac for it...I was jsut busting the myth that macs to everything out of the box...and PCs do nothing without extra drivers and fiddling around. Both are computer machines which require the user to put the time to get some applications to work. Except PC has much more software support than mac and is cheaper...
