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> I just don't get the whole switch thing. If I had Macs, I would be
> staying with them. I have PCs and I'm staying with them. They
> efficiently and reliably do what I want, what else are they for?
Probably true. But people try new things, like Canon cameras. :-)
>
> Unless it's a religion thing, I just can't see what's so great about
> either one compared to the other. DOS and the early Mac user
> interfaces
> were worlds apart. By now, they are really similar, but with just
> enough
> detail differences to make using the other one uncomfortable at first
> and switching back and forth weird. OK, so Apple "borrowed" the Xerox
> PARC interface/mouse design first, does that somehow make their
> version
> better than another one "borrowed" later?
The story is that they licensed it and then improved it before
marketing it. Wasn't there.
>
> And not all the borrowing has been one way. Using a friend's Power Mac
> (or whatever it was called) a few years ago, I found the drop down
> menu
> design where you had to hold the mouse button down until over the
> correct menu choice annoying and frustrating. Now I find that has
> changed to operate like windoze, which is much easier and more
> intuitive
> and less likely to result in a wrong menu choice.
Actually, I think, it was an attempt to woo Windows users. Unaware of
anyone who was unhappy with the other way. You have the option of
doing it either way and the old way is quicker.
>
> For someone like me with a fair amount of application software that is
> either specific to Windoze and not available for the Mac or must be
> repurchased in Mac form, the expense would be considerably more than
> just the hardware. Of course there are Mac apps to do what the Windoze
> apps do, but even if they were free, there is a learning curve. The
> case
> would be much the same for a Mac user contemplating going the other
> way,
> although I think cheaper in $, if not time.
True. But it sounds like using a PC is just a tool for you. We
actually enjoy it and don't mind the learning curve. But maybe we are
simpler souls fascinated by shiny objects.
>
> As far as I can see:
>
> - Macs still cost more for the same actual processing power, RAM
> and HD
> space.
Hasn't been true for some time if they are contented the same. But it
is still controversial because no one seems to be able to decide on
how to measure processing power.
>
> - Macs are generally "cooler" looking, especially if white connotes
> purity to the buyer. Of course, the very wide range of different
> styling
> of various PCs means that some folks will find one that fits their
> sense
> of style better than a Mac.
>
> - The range of cheap or free apps for many uses for the PC is much
> greater than for the Mac.
That may be true but there are lots of them for the Mac. Like the guy
said, how many word processors do you need?
>
> - The Mac is far less prone to catching viruses. Perhaps mostly due to
> their being relatively few of them, so they aren't a particularly
> attractive target, but the case nonetheless. On the other hand, I
> personally have been using PCs heavily and continously since the
> original XT and have never had a virus. Of course, I am careful and
> conservative and do always use antivirus software and firewalls since
> each has become available.
The OS is sort of designed to be hard to get into. We keep hearing
about all those open back doors in Windows. I have no idea whether it
is true or not. I gave up virus software years ago. No viruses
caught. No spyware.
>
> - My Mac friends have had more issues with the versions of OSX than I
> have had with XP (none, it has just worked reliably.)
None here. Hope Vista(nee Longhorn) when it gets here will be as
problem free for you.
>
> - For a sloppy typist like me, the PC setup of both erase left
> (backspace key) and erase right (delete key) is superior to the Mac
> single key set up of erase left (delete key) only.
Erase right on a Mac is Fn + Delete
> I think this is the
> single thing that would cause me the most trouble if I were ever to
> switch. I did look at a Mac before buyng my recent new notebook PC and
> couldn't believe it when the Mac sales guy told me this when I was
> looking for the other key. Maybe he was really a PC advocate in
> disguise??
>
> Neither choice is cheesy. :-)
Agreed. But just could not let that inability to erase right charge
go by.
>
> Moose
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