In my opinion, and most everyone elses, Macintoshes suck. You know why? Ill tell you why. It's because they are the ONLY distributers. They are the only ones that build Macintosh's computers.
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In my opinion, and most everyone elses, Macintoshes suck. You know why? Ill tell you why. It's because they are the ONLY distributers. They are the only ones that build Macintosh's computers.
/me starts wondering what the hell that rat is talking about.
Have you ever even used a Mac?
Come back and talk to me when you learn a little about Hardware. I am not saying you don't know what you are talking about but. There is definately a smell of Bull coming from your way.
In my opinion... I'd never buy one.
I'm not saying I wouldn't use one...
I don't like the fact that they are so expensive and you can't build your own. They can't do anything for me that a PC can't. I'm not into graphics or any type of design... so I'll stick with a m$/linux based PC.
I was given a MAC PowerPC Performa (something like 100mhz w/16mb ram) some time ago, and I really didn't like it. I still have it though... holding my desk down in case of a tornado or something. Anyone wanna buy it? US $5.00 + shipping :) I can't get anyone I know to buy it...
One thing I did like was it was very easy to get it on my network.
When I first tried linux... I had a hell of a time. :rolleyes:
Its been said that if Microsoft built cars, you'd have to close all windows and tun it off then back on again at least 2 times a day. If mac built cars, they would be more stable, but could only run on 10% of the roads.
The moral of the story. IF you buy a MAC there will be very limited programs for you especially if you are into gaming.
/me sense religious debate troll...
That said, I'd have to ask if you've ever used one?
I've actually had the pleasure of using a Mac since 1984 and have quite a few at home for a variety of things but mostly for my desktop publishing. Pagemaker and Photoshop work wonderfully on Mac and make me some decent cash. But I don't stop there with it...
We now have OS X (*nix based OS), Yellow Dog PPC (Power PC Linux), FreeBSD (old intel box), Slackware/Windows (PIII box) and occassionally when I get bored I blow away BSD and put in Novell 6. What's the point? Each OS has it's place and value. They serve purposes for what I want to do or learn. If you solely believe one point of view without truly exploring it, you may not see some of the benefits. Macs aren't gaming machines and were never designed for that purpose. They do exceptionally well in the DTP and graphic design market for a reason.
Oh.. and at one time, you could custom design macs with the clone manufacturers (specifically Power Computing) but Apple flucked up that deal (morons!)
Anyways, some things to consider.
And remember kids, don't feed the trolls. :D
ummm, you can build your own. You can buy anything you would need. There are motherboards for upgrading older machines from G3 to G4. You can buy replacement CPU's if you want to change from 1.0 to 1.25 ghz or whatever.
They are not the only company where you can buy them either. Go to CompUSA and you can buy a Mac. CDW has Mac also. You need a better argument.
And btw, the G5 is the fastest computer on the market rn, so you can't say speed. The only reason why you can say they suck is price an the fact that they don't run windows programs....but if you get virtualPC, you can run any windows program also.
Mac fans sure are loyal though arent they?
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Originally posted here by souleman
You need a better argument.
And btw, the G5 is the fastest computer on the market rn, so you can't say speed. The only reason why you can say they suck is price an the fact that they don't run windows programs....but if you get virtualPC, you can run any windows program also.
Actually the fastest computer is an IBM blue gene l. somewhere around 360GHz. just because i cant buy one doesnt mean it isnt there ;) I have no probs with macs, i just think they should cost less.
Ok, I take back my statement. You CAN build your own... I read an article about that somewhere... I think I even posted it here.Quote:
Originally posted here by souleman
ummm, you can build your own. You can buy anything you would need. There are motherboards for upgrading older machines from G3 to G4. You can buy replacement CPU's if you want to change from 1.0 to 1.25 ghz or whatever.
You can't however have a variety of hardware to put in it. You are limited because there are only a few manufacturers for MAC hardware and you have no competition... so its expensive. Same with software. Or... am I talking out my a$$? I know VERY VERY little about MACs... and probably should have never posted in this thread to start with.
Besides.. you don't get all the cool security tools for MAC that you can for m$ or linux... or can you?
Maybe I'll stop by COMPUSA and check out OSX. The last one I used I think was OS4? I think... not sure.
It is on a Macintosh Perfoma 6300CD (PowerPC) that I got for free. (Still looking for someone to buy it... :) )
You mean this article? http://www.macopz.com/buildamac/
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.. Macintosh Perfoma 6300CD (PowerPC) that I got for free. (Still looking for someone to buy it...)
Good luck! Heck, I recently got a PowerBook 100 for $5. And I doubt that OS X will run on the 6300 ( http://www.apple-history.com/frames/? ). Too old. Might be able to run Yellow Dog or another Linux on it though. :)
Yep, that'd be the article.
Ok... I know I'm not going to be able to sell it... so I guess it'll continue to hold down my desk... in case of tornado... or something... Maybe I can just give it away?
Will you pay the shipping too? If so I'll take it! :DQuote:
Originally posted here by phishphreek80
Yep, that'd be the article.
Ok... I know I'm not going to be able to sell it... so I guess it'll continue to hold down my desk... in case of tornado... or something... Maybe I can just give it away?
Sorry about my strong statement before, I didn't have much time to post, but I wanted to get my point across quickly (my mistake). Yes, mac's are the best machienes out there for music recording, photo editing, and video editing. But that is not the point I'm making. The point I am trying to make is that they don't let other companies (correct me if I'm wrong) make their own version of a CPU for instance. You see G5, G4, G3, but do you see any AMD type proccessor. All I'm saying is that they could have so much more software if they let more companies manufacture their products. If they do that, Macs can be sold cheaper with a bigger market. Sorry if I ticked off some of you mac lovers out there, that wasn't my purpose. My purpose was to extend my knowledge, and others, about the reason why the macintosh computer has so much less software than pc. I was a mac user for about 5 years. It was a green iMac :D .
-LeetProdigy
Apple doesn't make their own processors. G4/G5, etc. are equivalent of PIII, P4, etc. Motorola and IBM are the RISC chip processor manufacturers, AFAIK. And I believe that IBM still uses the RISC chips in some of their servers. And you are right. Apple could have a larger market. In fact, they tried that with the clones. They found, however, they couldn't make any money off of licensing and removed all the licenses. I think they got sorta jealous of one of the biggest clone manufacturers, Power Computing, who did exceptionally well with their products and got rave reviews over their products. Power Computing on it's own convert many a Windows-users to Mac (my significant whatever was a former Gateway user and found Power Computing a far more service oriented and better made machine).
And those fish-bowl iMacs were crap IMHO. Cheap isn't always the answer for everything. Sometimes quality stands out.
mandrake> okay fastest personal computer...is that better?
Its not about loyalty. I have linux machines, BSD machins, and Windows machines in my house. Its about people making unedutcated statments that try to rip on something that they have no idea about.
Your right. The purpose of my post was to more over start a discusion about this topic, why doesn't macintosh computers have more software out there? So I don't know how you can call that uneducated, unless you do think macintosh computers do have the same ammount as PC :/
perhaps this would be appeal to some.Quote:
It's because they are the ONLY distributers. They are the only ones that build Macintosh's computers.
:D I had no time to write that, my mistake for not puting more thought into that. Apple is the main company that makes Macintosh computers, they have tried cloning to make them more popular, but they didn't like that idea. That's what I meant.