Apple Macbook is a product from Apple which has got a huge Hype in the market as any other Apple products get. But if you compare a Apple Macbook with a Windows XP SP2 based Laptop from any good laptop provider you can find the differences.
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Which Operating System Do you Use?
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista
- Apple Mac OS X
- Ubuntu
- Other
- If you are a full time webmaster you would be a fast windows user and you would be using Firefox Browser + MS paint / Photoshop Applications + Ftp Software + Instant Messenger[Gtalk/Yahoo IM] and when you use a Apple Macbook the browser would be ok, cannot find a MS Paint applications, confusing ftp software & no Google talk application.
- When you want to connect to your friends/network using your Google Talk you cannot find a Google IM client in Macbook which makes me hate macbook.
- When you need Notepad for some super quick document usage in windows you just need to click on Start > Run > Notepad and the Notepad Application would run in less than a second and on the other hand in case of Macbook you will need TextEdit application which takes 2-3 seconds for sure to load up. Most Apple Fans would claim that TextEdit would run super quick but thats not the case.
- Windows offers you regular updates for their operating system which generally is in the size of 1-20Mb and are security updates which would make your laptop secured and in case of apple macbook if you check out their last update the file was around ~500Mb and additional files were totalling the amount of update to around 800Mb which would almost be a impossible update for a low speed broadband user.
- All the applications are ‘Always on the Top’ even though if you swap between different applications using ‘Apple+tab’ key combination and you need to click on the application using your mouse/touch pad to bring these specific applications on the top of all. In case of Windows you can easily swap from one application to another if you use ‘Alt+Tab’ combination and windows brings the application on the top with Active status.
- Most Wireless Internet service providers like Reliance Netconnect, BSNL Evdo, Tata Indicom Plug2Surf dont work with Apple Macbook’s but work for sure with Windows based Laptops and you need to search for tweaks to make sure you can connect your macbook with reliance. If Apple cares about their customers they should be offering installation drivers/ updates for their users which would be compatible with all these PCI/Data Cards and make sure their customers are able to connect to the wireless internet services.
- Taking a screenshot of something is really easy in Windows based laptops because you are offered with a Print-Screen button using which you can grab a copy of your Active desktop and paste it in any image applications like photoshop, MS Paint etc but in case of Apple Macbook you will need to use these key combinations for capturing a desktop image and this would need you to memorize all these key combinations.
- Macbook shows a Widget from ‘AccuWeather.com’ which is offered for showing users with the weather of their locality but when you enter any Indian based city name it shows the weather of some other Latin/German country but not specifically when you have asked for and if they are not able to show the weather reports of any Indian Based cities it would be recommended not to atleast show this widget in active status.
- 50% of Preinstalled Macbook Applications are generally related to the web ie all the Applications with a Prefix of ‘i’ like iGarage, iChat, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, iCal etc and the reason for this is that whenever you try to use any of these like for playing a music file or for playing a movie file you will be asked to connect to the internet to update and get it in working status, If macbook is really advanced then why dont they offer applications which work with any file formats and we dont need any codec softwares for playing specific format files.
- When you run iDVD application the first error message you get is ‘Your Macintosh does not have a supported SuperDrive. Please note that while you will be able to work with the iDVD application you cannot Burn a DVD disc’ Guess what when you buy a Macbook you would expect the preinstalled softwares to be compatible with the available hardware and if you dont have a specific hardware why would you expect a software which cannot be used?
- Macbook claimed to be the most secured operating system was recently hacked and this makes it come under the windows security level category. There are numerous virus found on Macbook. if Macbook OSX is really that secure why in the world do we have these many antivirus software applications?
- If there was no Windows Operating system, there would have been no Mac OSX because if you compare in depth its just a clone of Windows operating system, tried to show in different colour variations, little bit of spicy web applications added and great hype created for making a demand in the market. Over and above Apple even airs some commercials which compares both Windows and MacOSX operating systems , another cheap publicity stunt. Its the Windows Operating system which was the main reason why the whole world has advanced today and everyone knows about a computer on the other hand if Apple would have launched their products first the technology would have been back by 10 years because when there are not many users of something there is not sharing of knowledge and advancement in technology.
Overall in my view Apple Sucks and Windows Rocks!
1. Going to desktop is quick in apple…so you can keep shortcuts there…
2. There are dashboard softwares which u can use for scribbling like notepad…
3. One can watch all active windows on one mouse shake … and click to open…
4. And taking a screenshot is very quick in macbook… u can take screenshot of a part of the screen or even whole.. and save it on clipboard or save the jpg on the desktop…
Just few things i can point our in favour of Apple… 🙂
Amit, are you on crack? Where on earth do you get your info? Microsoft did not create windows before apple created a GUI interface that was called Mac OS. And for that matter, Apple wasn’t first either. But they did beat microsoft to the game by a matter of years. Apple has always innovated first, and the behemoth called microsoft has always followed Apples lead.
Your entire argument is absolutely retarded. But for that matter, maybe you are.
yes thats true and in fact vista is the clone of the oldest version of mac.And if u still want windows then mac has boot camp and other applications like parallels etc.
Mac is NOT an operating system. Stop saying why you hate the MacBook because it simply comes preinstalled with an operating system you don’t like. BTW, what the hell is iGarage? I’ve never heard of that shit. Also, 99% of the time I use Fedora on my MacBook instead of Mac OS X. Also, I hate the webmaster part. God, you are one of those MS Paint fags who make shitty drawings and then call them “beautiful art”?
jeez, think you could rehash a 15 year old argument a little more sophomorically? nothing new in this post, been hearing the same things from so-called pundits for years *rolls eyes*
Your Macbook must be several years old. Every current Macbook out has a built in superdrive. Its not Apples fault that you are a moron.
I thought all MacBooks had a SuperDrive?
@ Aaron : I have removed the last point because i felt i didnt have much information about it specifically. Was just referred by a friend to watch the movie ‘Pirates of Silicon Valley’ to know more specifically about that point.
Incompetent, know-nothing morons always post stupid, meaningless attacks on Macs when they want more hits on their unpopular, rarely-visited sites.
Fanboi, I bow to you. (Gotta run — time to get back to my Mac.)
Clearly, MacBook is not for you. You seem to be well versed in the Window’s way of doing things and it would hard for you to learn new techniques and shortcuts that have been in vogue on the Mac for ages. But other hardcore Windows users such as Anandlal Shinpei of Anandtech.com have found it quite refreshing to use a Mac and have switched.
LOL – I had to stop reading your post about 1/2 way
through. Just so Juvenile. I use both windows and
OSX. In order to write this article you must be
on the Indian Equivalent of Crack.
RC
Then why were you stupid enough to buy a Macbook?
Did you know Macbooks run Windbloz?
Get a life.
I don’t know who you are but so many of your comments are simply wrong. I won’t even go over them because the whole article is so full of untruths. You obviously know nothing about Macs. Not even Bill Gates would have written something as ridiculous as your article. Go back to school or get a different job.
Amit doesn’t need a different job, he is earning a living online. He is a graduate from a reputed university.
It is easy to see that you have never really used a Mac. Until you really are an expert you should keep your comments in the wiring closet somewhere. Having been a windows sys admin for years I know what you are going through. It was only after some very kind lady purchased a Mac for me and I didn’t have the heart to tell her how I really felt that I began to use it and now I would not run anything else. I have run vista on a Dell and it is nothing like running Mac OS X on a Macintosh. The Macintosh is simply a better machine. Better thought out and easier to use. If I need windows for testing I simply fire it up under VM ware. I find that I have fewer problems running Windows on a Mac than running it native on a Dell BTW. It is very interesting. Apple really has great hardware. You need to be a little more open minded.
It’s quite obvious you don’t know much about the Macbook Pro, or Mac’s. As for Google Talk, it’s easy to use on a Mac as you can read here:
http://www.tuaw.com/2005/08/23/how-to-set-up-google-talk-on-your-mac/
Did you not know that Messenger runs on a Mac too. Messenger has it’s own Mac version. As for Microsoft Office and Messenger, well you can download them from Microsoft’s Mac site here:
http://www.tuaw.com/2005/08/23/how-to-set-up-google-talk-on-your-mac/
Oh, by the way, not only can you run all of Window programs, even Vista, on a Macbook, but you can run them faster than any Windows laptop. Macbook Pro’s are the fastest ‘Vista’ laptops in the world as you can see here:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/irony/macbook-pro-is-the-fastest-windows-vista-notebook-317060.php
Further, please note: YOU DON”T NEED THE INTERNET to use iMovie, iPhoto, etc. Only iChat needs the internet, just like Messenger does! You ever try using Microsoft Messenger or Google Talk without a internet connection? Try it and tell me how well they work without one?
Taking screenshots with a Mac is very, very easy. If you can’t remember such an easy thing – you must have Alzheimer’s or something? As for taking screenshots with a Mac, there are lots of little programs that can be had for free that does more than Windows can. Windows has nothing on the Mac.
Please not also: Firefox runs on the Mac too, just as it does for Windows; or didn’t you know that?
I could go on an on, but what’s the point? You are obviously writing from a very bias point of view and I must beg the question: Did you ever really even sit down and play with a Mac? Did you ever talk to someone with Mac experience, or do you just rely on emotion and hear say?
Windows is a joke; it sucks and that is why the Mac’s market share is rising while Windows is slowly going in the opposite direction. Not only are millions and millions of Window users switching to the Mac, but a lot of the top Window experts are doing the same as you can see here:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9010759&intsrc=hm_ts_head
So, please, don’t give your GOOD blog a BAD reputation by saying things that are opposite of the truth:
Windows Sucks; Mac’s Rock!
PS. Your blog was highlighted on one of the Mac’s biggest websites: http://macsurfer.com
ROTFL!!!
Nice job pointing out the hilariousness of clueless windows users trying a new system. Oh wait, you’re not being sarcastic?
(if you’re a “webmaster” you’re sure as hell not using MS Paint – hilarious!)
wow. your absurdly banal insipid moronic verbiage just convinced me to buy a macbook! wheeeeee
I always like to read why PC users slam the Mac, where they are right and where they are not. You missed the mark all over. Your info is wrong. Text edit on my machine (MacBook Pro 2.33 Ghz, NOT the newsest of fastest Mac) launches in less than 1 sec. Apple Tabbing brings the Application desired to the fore front with out any mouse click needed, OS updates are big (but timely-how long did that Ultra necessary first Vista upgrade take) but other system related updates can be 1-80 megs. You should actually try some of the apps before making statements. iPhoto, iDVD, iTunes may have an “I” prefix, but there primary purpose is not web based.
And as far as idvd and not having a burner, Apple got heat for not allowing all machines to run iDVD. So, at the public demand, Apple included it and if you didn’t have the money to buy a burner, you could still lay out the project and burn it on another machine.
Basically, all of your statements are false. This is not a flame, just answering factually.
BTW, there are NO Mac virus’. Just the good old Word virus that does not effect the Mac in any way, originating from, you guessed it, PCs.
This is a joke right? I mean seriously I gave up even thinking about correcting al the errors and I am a user of both OS’s. There some cool things you can do with Windows but none of them are listed here. Oh, you’re a “web developer” and you really use MS Paint? LOL…yeah…ok. Carry on!
Talk about comparing apples and oranges. First of all, you fucking moron, a Macbook is a laptop. Windows is an operating systems. (For those in the know, I’m playing fast and loose with the term “operating system”.)
I would respond point by point, but that would be like wrestling with a pig – you both get dirty, but the pig enjoys it.
You are one seriously illiterate, ill-informed dude.
While you are certainly entitled to your opinion based on your particular priorities, I do take issue with #12.
I am at a loss to understand how the Mac OS could possibly be a “clone” of MS Windows, seeing as the Mac was released several years before Windows. In fact Microsoft licensed certain elements of the Mac’s look and feel in order to produce Windows. Look it up. Apple even sued Microsoft for copying too much of the Mac interface. For the most part, Microsoft has been trying to follow Apple’s lead ever since.
As for Windows being the reason everyone knows about computers, that may be true. But popularity is not necessarily a measure of quality. McDonald’s restaurants are very popular but are clearly junk food. Windows became popular not because it was particularly good, but because Microsoft had already captured the business market by licensing Windows’ precursor, DOS to IBM (and later to the makers of IBM PC compatibles).
While you may feel that Windows has advanced computing over the years, it has also inhibited innovation. Because of Microsoft’s stranglehold on the market, they have less incentive to aggressively innovate. The inertia of their installed base also holds them back. Real innovations languish until Microsoft chooses to assimilate them. How many years did Microsoft work on Vista? Is Vista that much better than XP? Even many Windows enthusiasts have mixed opinions about that.
Honestly, your flawed view of this is appalling.
First of all, way to go on having a mature title and basis for an article. It comes off sounding like you’re a ten year old. Not to mention the very poor grammar throughout the article.
That aside, I’m honestly amazed that you’ve been able to become a webmaster with your obvious severe lack of knowledge on how applications function.
None of your arguments are justified, and dually so because you’ve never even used the system before. And it’s OS X, not MacBook. The name of the OS, is NOT the same as the name of the computer. Again, obvious severe lack of knowledge here.
With these types of articles, the best way to write is objectively. Which you no doubt cannot do. So congratulations, on writing a really crappy tech article.
An interesting and flawed list. I’ll try and see if I can bring to light some of the flaws in your logic, point by point. It seems to me that you really haven’t used Mac OS X much, and are afraid to actually explore and try something new. Also keep in mind that the Macbook can run Windows 2 ways… natively (it can boot up in Windows), or in a virtual machine (Windows running in a window in OS X). This ability makes my job as a programmer easier since I can have one laptop running multiple OSes. On to the slaughter!
1. If you’re a full-time webmaster you would not be using MS Paint 🙂 Firefox is available for OS X, as are many other browsers. There are many great FTP clients, PLUS UNIX, so you can use the command line like real webmasters do. Oh, and the Macbook can run Windows.
2. For GoogleTalk, you can use the GoogleTalk Gadget, or since GoogleTalk uses the Jabber protocol, you can use iChat, or Adium, or Psi, or Pidgin. Oh, and the Macbook can run Windows.
3. TextEdit can be put in the Dock, and it starts up in less than a second on my Macbook. Oh, and the Macbook can run Windows.
4. Microsoft has numerous security updates that are small in size individually, but when you have to install 10-20 of them at a time, it all adds up. Apple has fewer security updates because it’s more secure in the first place. And Apple’s updates are actual OS updates, not just security updates, so of course they’ll be a bit bigger. Oh, and the Macbook can run Windows.
5. I don’t know if you’ve ever used Mac OS X or a Macbook, but switching between applications is the same in OS X as it is in Windows. The windows of the application you switch to will appear on top. Oh, and the Macbook can run Windows.
6. Apple does as much as any other company by providing the APIs for the ISPs to write their drivers for their cards. I’m sorry if you live in an area that requires special modems and are having problems. Oh, and the Macbook can run Windows.
7. Not all Windows apps allow for the PrtScrn button function, whereas the screen capture is a function of the OS in OS X, so it will always work. You can also specify the area of your screen in OS X vs. Windows which only allows you either the entire screen, or the active window. Oh, and the Macbook can run Windows.
8. Don’t know what you’re using, but it works for me when I type in India cities.
9. Don’t know what file formats you’re talking about, but all of the iLife apps have worked fine for me, without having to be online. It sounds like you’re complaining about Quicktime having to find codecs for video playback, which it does do if you try and play a DivX encoded file. And the iLife apps are not all generally related to the web, but they do make posting your stuff on the web easier. You can use iPhoto to catalog your photos without ever posting any of them on the web. You can use iTunes without going online. It sounds like you’ve never used these applications. Oh, and the Macbook can run Windows.
10. There are plenty of times where Windows machines have apps installed that either don’t work, or require hardware that isn’t available. You can use iDVD without a DVD burner, and that’s a problem? I think it’s great that Apple set up the app to be usable even without a burner, allowing anyone to create a DVD project.
11. Numerous viruses found on Macbook? The number of OS X viruses pales in comparison to the number of Windows viruses. And very clever, the link you have goes to a list of ALL security/privacy apps on Versiontracker. This link lists less than 20 antivirus files/apps for OS X. The same site lists over 200 for Windows.
I just realized, this guy probably is 8 or 10 years old, and is a “webmaster” of some crap site that that he posts info on games on or whatever. either way, this was a fun read if you get a laugh out of stupidity.
It looks like this guy simply turned on his MacBook and expected it to know what he wanted it to do. He apparently did zero research. Google Talk is no further than iChat…. my 17-year old son uses Google Talk via iChat all the time.
But most likely this guy doesn’t actually own a MacBook and is simply tossing out FUD based on things he heard but didn’t research. The real tell is the virus bit… I’ve yet to put any anti-virus software on any Mac in our studio. Why? Because I’ve never met or heard of a person’s machine actually being infected by such a virus or trojan. Only laboratory “proof of concept” crap.
Geez, another one. If I wrote down every time a clueless Windows users essentially said “I only know how to use XXX application, and since XXX doesn’t run on Mac, I can’t do that and Mac is worthless” I’d have to cut down a forest for the paper.
If you can only comprehend Windows, Windows software, and the Windows way of doing things – stay on Windows and stop bitching that you can’t put gas in your Diesel car.
Mac came out in 1984. The first usable Windows was 3.1 which came out in 1991, but it didn’t become truly Mac – like until Windows 95, a full 11 years later. How you can call Mac a clone of Windows shows your ignorance of history.
I do all my google talk in iChat. No need for any other software.
There have never been any viruses for Mac OS X in its 8 year history. The one’s you mention have all been in the lab, and were simply theoretical.
The guy who hacked the MacBook said himself it was far more secure than Windows.
Hmmmmmm. You must be one of those guys we in the U.S. now call for most of our tech support these days.
Everything Yuta said is right on.
The author of this article knows little about Windows, let alone OS X. There are real, substantive advantages to using Windows over OS X for certain uses (and vice versa), and you managed to miss all of them. If multimedia creation, robustness, ease of use, Unix, and having a logical and rationally organized GUI mean anything to you, then nothing beats OS X.
And yeah, the Mac OS was around for years before Windows joined the bandwagon (just like everything else MS does).
1. iChat communicates with Google talk. Graphic Converter is the tool of choice for most Mac web developers and FireFox runs great on OS X. You are an idiot!
2. See item 1, you redundant idiot.
3. Cmd Space TE return and less than 1 second for text edit. Big freaking idiot.
4. Weekly 20mb updates with massive service packs vs semi-monthly larger updates is just not important. BTW the last update was 88MB to go from 10.5.3 to 10.5.4. the 488 MB file was only to go from 10.5.0 to 10.5.4. But facts don’t normally matter to idiots!
5. CMD tab brings applications to the top and active, just like windows.
6. Bull $#!^!!!! I have used a number of usb Broadband modems and you plug them in and they just work. I’ve had more problem with them under windows.
7. Can’t remember shift-cmd-3? Run Grab! Can’t find that use grab under the services menu.
8. huh?
9. None of these “need” the internet and are all fully functional without it. Try to play an h.264 file in windows or a Divx file. Nobody ships every codec, get over it.
10. iDVD runs without an internal SuperDrive because you can plug in an external.
11. There are no viruses. There have been 4 Trojans found in the past 3 years and none have yet been wide spread.
12. Read your history. Apple shipped first. Many technologies are Mac first. And Apple has a much better track record of working with the open source community than Microsoft. Apple embraces standards and only rolls their own when no standards exist.
Please! go buy a Dell and leave us all alone.
Trolling for hits by writing stupid stuff.
How original
You crack me up. Please go here: http://www.folklore.org
Whoever takes a made for movie drama “Pirates of Silicon Valley” as something factual has got to be an idiot. Please go there and learn how it all started. Even the Xerox urban legend is explained by the guys who were really there.
I just checked several Indian cities on the Weather widget. After a validation pause a long list of options appeared, including those in Indian specifically. If you want to select an American or European option instead, it’s your choice.
I just checked TextEdit. It took a whole 4 seconds before I could start typing, but really, that isn’t a deal-breaker. I use Bean normally anyway.
Oh, by the way, if you absolutely must have some particular Windows-only application, you can install and run Windows on a Mac. Or you might even be able to run it using Crossover, which doesn’t actually need Windows, with all its security and instability problems.
This blog entry is nothing more than link bait, folks. Amit is into search engine optimization (SEO) as stated in his About Me page @ http://www.amitbhawani.com/about/ — and this blog entry a great way to get a whole bunch of people riled up and linking to his site, which increases his search engine rankings.
MacMod.com has a decent rebuttal to the first few points from this article: http://www.macmod.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1465&Itemid=239
Everyone has torn this ‘webmaster’s’ thesis to shreds which is brilliant! This ‘webmaster’ should save some money and shut down this poor excuse of a blog. He can then attend night school to attend ‘English as a Second Language’ course. If he wants to blog using his native tongue, at least we won’t see it on MacSurfer.
One thing to add to what doug petrosky says about iDVD. You can make a disk image of your DVD, so you don’t have to actually burn a DVD use iDVD. Might make sending your movies of your holiday to friends and family a bit difficult if you don’t have either an external or internal drive ;-).
I wonder what Amit would say if he knew that two of us modeled the slow-poke nuclear reactor at school on my Quadra 840av using Mathematica? Probably would blow his ‘webmaster’s’ mind.
But what no one has commented on is the tag line: “Sharing the truth one thread at a time”. WTF? Based on this drivel? I think we know where he gets his ‘truth’ – from the poppy fields of Afghanistan.
Amit
I think at the least you owe all those poor Windows PC users an apology. You’ve just condemned them to a life of misery because you have no clue.
On second thought, I think the average person with an enquiring mind will soon learn you are full of buffalo doodah.
I can’t think of another way you could have got it so wrong… everything, I mean EVERYTHING you wrote is so hopelessly wrong it beggers belief.
I will accept your apology if you are big enough to admit it.
One more note for the webmaster: Sir Tim Berners Lee, the man who invented the web, uses a MacBook. In fact, he invented the web using Steve Job’s NeXT OS, which was the ancestor of Mac OS X. Windows has borrowed plenty not just from Mac, but NeXT also. And continues to take ideas from Mac OS X (aka Vista). But it is a bad clone. It comes in very different flavours. Such as 32-bit and 64-bit. Or home edition and Business edition, etc. Leopard is just one version for everyone, and handles 64-bit far better than MS could ever implement.
Unless you’re the webmaster of somethingawful.com, I think you lost all credibility when you said that you are a “full time webmaster and fast Windows user who uses MS PAINT.”
@Jason
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I still do not understand why you goddamn mac lovers crib so much. Why the $%^& is mac so alien when we recommend it to someone they consider it to be the first name of a person.
Why is the macbook so heavily overpriced that a common man cannot afford it?
Every macbook is white..does it denote peace? gime a reason you all jerks as why OSX is superior and i will give a valid reason as why Win is far superior. I could go on and on but you fanatics will stick to a underperforming OS rather than appreciate a valid reason.
You’re an idiot.
Amit, ping me if you want to learn using Mac OS X.
Last week I commented on your blog about android versus iPhone and pointed out that your questions were leading your readers to your desired response. You responded stating that you were merely stirring debate between Open software development and Closed development. I bought it. I thought that, perhaps you were truly looking to discuss the virtues of the available technologies and have a debate based on informed thought. I bookmarked your site as a result of the exchange.
However, after reading this entry, I believe that I was sincerely mistaken.
You’ve gone through myriad of complaints based solely on your desire for OSX to be more like Windows.
Excuse me for thinking that you may be one of the few on the web that had graduated from the Mac Sux Windows Rocks and vice versa Jr High technology think.
I usually save my comments on blogs for those that have evolved from that sort of thinking. Thought you were one of them. My mistake.
Clearly you, along with many others, have not figured out that this industry needs and has grown from both approaches.
To spew out this blog entry shows that you’ve got a ways to go.
Excuse that Amit….I thought you were someone else….obviously
Okay, most of you fell for this guy’s super transparent ploy to get more hits on his web site and sell more ad clicks…
As a proud user of a brand new MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz 4GB 250GB laptop with Win XP Pro running on Parallels on OS X 10.5.4, I couldn’t be happier. Winbloz runs faster on this machine than any other laptop I’ve used. It also runs smoother, and it’s only using one core of the processor. But it still pisses me off every time I have to start it.
C’mon, folks, don’t take this snake seriously. He’s only trolling bait for suckers.
Wow, I have rarely seen such a display of ignorance and idiocy.
Totally unmatured post. Agreed that windows is better but the resonings u have given are childish.
This is beyond any shadow of doubt the most incredible load of gobshite I’ve ever come across. If you ever had a Mac in your hands, it can’t have been for longer than 30 seconds.
Or is this just a cheap troll?
John Davis
To Windows Lover… Are u as insane as Amit? What the fuck r u even talking about…OMFG i don’t get why u windows users try to fucking argue that your OS is better than never give any points! Also how in gods name is Leopard any worse of a performer than Vista…please explain? Also if Vista is soooo awesome like you claim why is Microsoft trying to fucking work their ass of to release Windows 7, why is the Microsoft OS market share dropping, why are businesses switching to more trusted server OS’s like Linux? OS X rocks and so does Linux as to which of those is better…thats debatable, I personally love them both! BTW I know this may be a shocker to u, but OS X and Linux are inherently more secure because of their *nix foundations…I know this is hard to believe but believe it. Also, (to Amit), what the fuck are u talking about their being so many antivirus programs for OSX, what’s your reasoning for the 6 million windows security software suites, I know of only 4 for them mac. And how do u defend their being at least a registered 114,000 or some figure like that number of viruses for windows? Let me guess its because OS X and Linux don’t have enough market share right… fucking douche.
Are you expert who provides tech support for Windows PCs?
Your post is very, very funny. For sures, a good, good joke. Bha, ha, ha!
@MacPhobia
unmatured?….. pfffft
I agree with all of the comments. (can you really use MS PAINT for designing websites? I almost fell of my chair!) I don’t use MAC but I am not saying MAC is bad.I think mac is actually quite GOOD! But I don’t use the OS because of the compatibility issues. Some Windows apps can run on a mac..But some can’t and thats my problem.
I also know you can run Linux,MAC and Windows on a mac and switch between them without a reboot.Thats something the whole world should have.Then you have complete control and no compatibility issues, NO NOTHING! This should be the OS future!
Mac and Windows Rocks!
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Thanks
Are you serious ? If you grasp of English is representative of your overall intelligence, it’s no wonder you make so many false and utterly empty points in your post. If you truly wish your opinion to be respected and viewed as factual, you better do a whole lot more research on the things you post about.
Now, that I’ve made a somewhat civilized statement, here is its antithesis.
You are a no-count, mindless, blithering idiot love child of Bill Gates and Steve “Monkey-Boy” Ballmer. IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT
This is the best piece of humour I’ve read today,
… It is humour, right???
@DWalla
sorry immatured ( not unmatured.. ) forgot my english after reading this post…
You’re a moron.
Period.
you’re insane
I am a WINDOW XP fan and WINDOWS ROCKS… also many people in the world use it unlike fking MAC OSX….
You really should do some research before making a claim like this. As others have said, you are certainly allowed your opinion. However what reeks in this blog is that you are trying to justify your opinion with false facts and incomplete information.
If you don’t like Mac’s because you are used to using a Windows machine, and you don’t want to take the time to get used to something else (which is clearly the reasoning behind your argument, not any of your numbered points,) that is fine, but just say that! There is nothing wrong with liking what you like because it is what you are used to.
Seriously think about revising your blog to say the real motive behind your opinion and lose the false facts and incomplete information.
This is the dumbest article I’ve read in MANY years. Astonishing lack of research, and no depth of understanding of Macs. I switched from many years of Windows. There’s no comparison. Windows is lame.
I conclude this website is useless.
Dear Amit,
There are a ton of things I could recommend for you to read. Let’s start with this one:
http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20080702/some-general-tips-for-switch-to-mac-from-windows/?sr=hotnews
Yours sincerely,
John Davis
What a joke!
Unfortunately, Amit’s comments while completely incorrect and misinformed is how 99% of those in Asia (especially India and China) think about Macs.
Here’s the comparison:
Virtually – EVERY non-tech person (CEO’s, Professionals) in India and Taiwan to whom I introduced Mac’s to have continued to use it without ANY problems.
Virtually – EVERY tech person in India who has never used a Mac OS X or depends on Windows for work (nee BPO, Outsourcing, .NET etc) immediately says Macs are only suitable for desktop publishing. And then I ask them how many legal software do they have on their computers – again 99% of them use pirated Windows, Programming and Office tools – so there is no incentive to switch to Macs where most people stay legal.
But believe me – other than such posts, the CEO’s of companies in India and Taiwan are increasingly sporting Macbook Airs’ and the IT drones are scratching their head! 🙂
AM
I wonder what made you write all that crap about Mac. I bet MS paid you for that, right? Well, even in India Mac are very popular and in the recent times there has been a boom in the sale for Macs.
Your entire argument is flawed. There’s complete ignorence on your part. I simply can’t understand why you had to write this article at the first place.
You, sir, are an idiot.
And I mean that in the most sincere way.
Is this a joke?! April 1st is way over right? I have not laughed this hard in a very long time! “Stupid” is the first (but not the only) word that comes to mind. I won’t even bother to debunk your crap as that has been done quite nicely by others here.
This is solid proof that having a degree in whatever does not necessarily make you a smart person. Seriously dude, you need to get a life. And a clue.
You literally make me ashamed to be Indian, you backward thinking retard. Why don’t you actually get a mac and try using it for five second before you go around spouting your shitty unresearched bullshit at the more intelligent people.
Go back to your cot now and try not to shit yourself.
I really enjoyed this article. Though I did notice a few issues. As an editor of a website I would suggest learning how to write.
“Why Apple Macbook OSX Sucks Windows Rocks”
The title says it all.
“Why THE Apple Macbook AND OSX Sucks, AND WHY Windows Rocks”
Rocks is slang, not something that should be in the title of a frakin TECH ARTICLE. The author here should have his blog license summarily removed!
1. Webmasters do use Windows, this is true, but NOBODY in their right mind uses MSPaint for anything! There are about a dozen free apps that are just way better. Photoshop and almost all other professional apps for web development are available for the Mac also, plus… just install windows on your mac and you are good to go.
2. Hmmm covered in point 1 I believe.
3. I clicked textedit and started to say “one thousand” and didn’t even get to ‘thousand’ before it was ready for me to use. Comparing an old MacBook with Windows in general is just plain moronic. Like saying “why the Civic sucks compared to Ford”. My brain hurts now.
4. The windows update scheme is enough to drive one completely insane. My three windows machines are constantly nagging me. Plus you need to burrow into the catacombs of Windows control panels to keep Windows from force restarting your machine after an update. Which will force quit applications potentially losing data. (has happened a couple times!) The updates from windows are mostly to patch the leaky boat of an OS to protect users from the multitude of malicious applications out there. Where-as 99% of mac updates are bug fixes and application updates.
5.Um, the correct term here is FOCUS. And by tabbing to an app you chose it’s focus. Unbelievable ignorance here. Not to mention the mac app/tab is more interactive where you can tab, or select an app manually with the mouse. Dork.
6. In my considerable experience with both platforms I have found that windows frequently and inexplicably just stops working and needs re-setup to reconnect. The mac laptops work consistently with a broad range of wireless routers and the control panel is sensibly organized without a hundred hidden and duplicated panels to baffle the mind a la Windows. Again, more ignorance and obvious lack of applied experience in this area.
7. The mac is designed for actual use. The print screen function though quick requires you to paste from the clipboard, where the mac offers whatever option you require on a per-situation basis. Oh… is learning key combos too hard for your wittle mind? You can capture the entire screen, or a portion, to the desktop, or the whole screen/selected area to the clipboard. Once again, that’s FOUR options built right in! I use these key combos all the time. fyi, cmd-shft 3=screen to desktop. cmd-shift-cntrl 3 = screen to clipboard. Sub the 3 for a 4 and it becomes a drag window for select areas. You can also capture app windows and document windows as objects. Wow, isn’t THAT complicated!
8. OMG what a good reason to get a windows box! If it were true that would be earthshaking! I stay up all night worrying about finding a city in India!
9. A similar set of tools as complete, functional and free as the iSuite of apps just plain doesn’t exist for Windows. Plus, the moniker ‘i’ was originally for the iMac, which at that time DID mean internet. I suppose I just can’t use my iPod unless it’s connected to the internet. Your ignorance is quite amusing!
10. don’t blame Apple for you being a cheapskate. The combo drive was offered (WAS) for students, etc. who wanted to save money and didn’t care about this point. Does the completely free and yet very functional DVD creation tool not work on your antiquated hardware? awwwww.
11.More drivel. I’ve been using a mac for about 20 years and not once have I ever even MET someone who got a virus. On the other hand, I myself have been infected and lost data on the windows side NUMEROUS times. In fact, an unprotected windows machine connected to the internet can be infected in under 10 minutes. Again. DORK.
12.This one is just plain stupid. My first experience on a mac was with OS6, at that time a MOUSE didn’t even exist for windows. At that time… WINDOWS didn’t even exist. At that time Windows was called DOS. How do you really justify having a tech website when there is little or no actual TECH here.
Overall I really enjoyed writing this. It pains me to know there are people out there posting this kind of misinformed nonsense. I also notice that the author hasn’t bothered to respond to any of the points posted here.
It’s likely the author is a pre-pubescent boy with an unhealthily inflated view of his own knowledge and experience. Personally I have been a media developer for 15 years using both platforms. Though windows has a few things the mac doesn’t, it’s not really a big argument any longer. For anyone serious about development getting a Mac Pro tower and installing Both OSes is the wise choice. With it’s sophisticated cooling system, aluminum case, cableless HD system, 32GB max on RAM vs 3.5GB for windows… I figure it’s a no-brainer. hmmm.. no-brainer.. much like the author.
Regards all.
I have very serious doubts this person has ever seen a Macintosh in real life, let alone used one.
Mac is for people who want to listen to music and store their pictures.
Windows is for programmers and gamers.
I’ve seen quite a few threads about getting Windows on Macbooks. I don’t see why you’d buy a Mac if you don’t want to run Mac OS.
HEy don’t get a bad impression of Indians, or Asians or Taiwanese from this post – I’ve used a Mac for a lot of things, and try video editing on a PC – any software – you can do it much faster on a Mac with FCP, the rendering is faster, the operation is smoother, and there are like 100% fewer crashes. Another important advantage of a Mac is the compatibility with almost anything that you plug in – whereas its up and running on a Mac in seconds, there is a lot of settings that you have to tweak in a PC. However, the PC does have a few advantages, DONT FUCKING HATE DELL, because they are the guys who have made windows even remotely usable. One simple reason why a PC is better than a Mac – games.
And fuck yourself in the ass if you did this for hits
learn to computer
Ubuntu is not an operating system, it’s a distribution
Maybe do some preliminary research before posting?
“Windows is for programmers and gamers.” says CoryH
What about UNIX-flavors? Last I checked, UNIX-flavors were far more comfortable to code with than Windows.
Mac OS X has possibly the best process scheduler that I have seen in years. Furthermore, it comes with a graphical environment that is far easier to use than any other g.e. I’ve come across. Thus people with no computing experience can pick up a Mac and easily do whatever needs to be done. This is not the case with most graphical environments like KDE, gnome, openbox, and it certainly isn’t the case with Windows.
Regardless of any of that, go try things out. Most OSes are good for certain things (all with the exception of a few rotten apples like Palm OS and Windows). Go try different OSes out instead of ranting about how much you love Windows. Don’t love an OS, use it and criticize it; fan-boys are all stupid.
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Windows offers you regular updates for their operating system which generally is in the size of 1-20Mb and are security updates which would make your laptop secured and in case of apple macbook if you check out their last update the file was around ~500Mb and additional files were totalling the amount of update to around 800Mb which would almost be a impossible update for a low speed broadband user.
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you are retarded!
brother ( who posted the differences )
Mac is something superior to other OS., i’m not a mac user, but i’ve used mac., which is superfast when compared to windows. all the drawbacks u said might have some other replacement. Cuz it is SUPERior.
“Mac is for people who want to listen to music and store their pictures. Windows is for programmers and gamers.”
The Mac is good for consumers, true, but it is also great for scientists and engineers. It is a UNIX operating system – something you know nothing about.
But you are right about Windows. It is limited to Games and Programmers. That is the problem with it.
Lets try for some honesty here. Mac OS updates come in two forms. Update (from previous version) and combo update from 10.5.0.
10.5.4 was 88 MB Combo 561 MB
10.5.3 was a massive 420 MB Combo 677 MB
10.5.2 can’t find Combo 343 MB
10.5.1 was 110 MB
These are not just security patches, they are often times more like a service patch release. With additional functionality and code optimizations. Apple does also release dedicated security patches that are much smaller but most people are looking for the other benefits given by the OS updates.
Hi;
building drivers for all the hardware stuffs is not the work of Apple. Its the hardware company’s( if its the stuff from BSNL, Reliance or what ever..) duty to offer the support for various OS in the market. Got it!!
Mac OS X build up with BSD-UNIX has all the support and features of UNIX OS. BSD is a network OS. All the protocols and stuffs are supported well in OS X.
Paint is useless. What for do anyone use it.
You can install any Linux based chat clients in OS X.
So you get XMPP.
Talking about security is of no piont in case of windows..
Everyone knows that. Mac OS X has better policy managements.. Not the user is an admin as like in Windows..
So as far as security is concerned running windows based apps in mac make it less secure. So you need more security fixes. Else not much problem.
And many more…. Windows is no match for Mac OS X.
Okay..
So leave it.. on its own crap..
windows is shit. i own a 20000 mac pro.
when you install software on a mac it stays in one place. windows spreads the dll files all over the shop like cancer. plus they crash a hell of a lot. i also own a mac book pro i have never seen it crash. i did have a windows pc all it used to tell me was send or Don’t send report.
any one how has had a mac for over a week would never go back to windows. visual basic on a mac +cc and sqnet work much better on a mac as for logic pro say no more.
i did have windows for 12 years worked in software development for windows. i hated macs till i worked in a music studio i worked with protools logic. worked for access.de all use macs now i wouldn’t touch windows for shit!!!
this is a bullshit info
bill gates once worked under apple he copied all the apples ideas and used it to make his own OS, after which jobs fired him and decided to make a whole New OS with a whole new interface so basically windows you are using is made by Apple Co.
and as us said
u hav way better applications than those in Mac OS
Biased biasd biased. All your comments are just plain WRONG. You don’t need to be a mac fan to see that. I’m sure any freelance computer user could correct you just as well.
a) Who needs MS paint? And firefox is for the mac too. So is instant messenger and adobe photoshop.
b) When did you last update your OS and software?
c) TextEdit opens instantly for me. And is in my dock, I only need to click once to open TextEdit, not go through Start/run/notepad, which is 3 clicks.
d) My last software update wasn’t 500mb. It did cover security issues, but it doesn’t really need to, OSX is pretty secure anyway.
e) No, you don’t need to click the icon to bring up the window with CMD+Tab. Also, ever heard of Spaces and Expose?
f) Works fine on my macbook.
g) CMD+Shift+4, not that hard to remember. Try doing some nintendo brain training or something if you have trouble remembering 3 keystrokes.
h) WTF are you on about?
i) I use iPhoto, iMovie, and Garageband all the time at school (which has no network) and not ONCE has it asked me to connect to the internet to use the app. Only to download updates. But hey, good luck trying to install updates on windows without an internet connection! 😉 Also, about the codec support, ever heard of perian for quicktime?
j) WHOA, how old is your mac? (if you are using one)
If your macbook has no superdrive then that pretty much explains EVERYTHING. You should try upgrade to 10.6 and get a newer macbook, it might do you some good. 😉
k) Show the source that says that. Then I’ll believe you. Thanks.
l) As far as I am aware, Apple came first before microsoft. Watch some videos online, you will see it’s the other way around, microsoft copies apple. Apple has never copied anything from microsoft, and if they have, they have actually made it a feature worth using. Flip 3d? HA!
Looks like the guy who wrote this is a nut…. Counteracting to his points here is what I have to say. NO FTP Software looser get a look on all mac sites ever heard of filezilla, no you would not have cause u r a guy who lives in a world of closed windows and doors.
Who gives a dam to google talk, adium is kickass and besides its the days of online web based chat clients
how long does it take to press the command and space bar app in a mac and type just the first 2 or 3 letters and launch test pad, now but you like to go to start run programs accesories and start notepad. AS i said this is the nut’s way out.
Updates, guess you never loaded windows XP or vista service packs. Updates are seamless and with a decent 256 kb connection too and unlike windows it never restarts ittermitently, after applying everything only it restarts. NAH but you like restarts cause ur computer would be fresh always
All wireless service providers should provide drivers, microsoft does not make drivers for them either. Maybe you could code one if u r not a nut. Most of the wireless cards work with mac.
screen shots, yes i agree that is a tad difficult
Desktop weather widget always showed me the correct weather, maybe you live in a location not on any map to get the correct weather predictions.
Itune and all other so called I apps work fine without the internet connection and even without an update, maybe you have worked on a 2004 G4 macbook with a dinosaur prehistoric version of i-life…..
MAC OS is secure because of its unix architecture, and as for antivirus they do exist, as they saying goes better safe than sorry. Of course most of the anti virus programs on unix / linux platforms are meant so that we unixers do not forward retards like you mails containing viruses. Maybe you like melissa virus doing a strip dance on your desktop, but not us, cause it just doesn’t strip on our desktops.
Next time research thoroughly before you write,….
I’m not an Apple fanboy, but these still are good points. I’d like to point out that snapshots are easy on Mac OS X:
you should be able to press shift+command+3 to take a snapshot of the entire screen, and shift+command+4 to select part of it.
On windows, I believe you must hit print screen and paste the contents of the clipboard into an application.
Just one question.. How much User Base For Windows? And How much User Base For Mac? And After that all of us want the best things for us right? Good Minds should be able to conclude from that…:P No more comments..
So is that why most everyone wants a Porche or BMW but settles for a Ford, Chevy or Dodge? Mac all the way baby!
Man you are No.1 In marketing and advertising…Why not in try your luck in sales You know how to create Controversial post to get free page views… Hats off to you……….
@Brad If money comes into action about settlement I would like to go for a Bell 429 than a Porche Or BMW, if money comes into action I can even go for a Cray instead of a Mac or Windows. 🙂 Its all about that critical ratio. When the case is not about brooding I go for the most popular. It takes something to be so popular. Else everybody would have been, instead of dreaming.
@pradh : Please correct your English . Amit , you are number 1 in marketing and advertisings! Why not try your luck in sales . You sure know how to create controversial posts to get free page views . Hats off to you…
I have used Amiga OS 3 , Windows XP , Windows Vista , Mac OS (X) 10.1 , Mac OS 2.01 , Mac OS 6.0.8 , Mac OS 7.5.3 , Mac OS 7.5.5 , Mac OS 8.1 , Mac OS 9.0.4 . All of them rules . Wee!
Don’t ask me to correct these points . All these Windows fans , Linux fans and Mac OS X fans have done so for you . And I suppose you are not even brave enough to step out for these people in the internet . I wonder what’s your reaction if we all physically came to your house!
Let me correct the operating system list . Amiga OS 3 , Windows XP , Windows Vista , Mac OS (X) 10.1 , System Software 2.0.1 , System 6.0.8 , System 7.5.3 , System 7.5.5 , Mac OS 8.1 , Mac OS 9.0.4 .
Mac OS X copied windows you macfaggots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ifQvQCO7Y
watch this video and see for yourself