Gawd this is tedious.
In my experience, Macs are for people who want to get on with it and
PC's for people who want to look under the hood first.
That may account for some of the impenetrable discussions found here
from time to time.
Not saying that one's better than the other - whatever floats your boat.
I'm right brained and don't care how long my cables should be.
It's not a camera.
Andrew Fildes
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On 31/12/2009, at 6:36 PM, khen lim wrote:
> 2009/12/31 Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> khen lim wrote:
>>> You can shout but buying a computer with a Giorgio Armani suit on
>>> and a
>> dash Christian Dior perfume is just that - not much of an advantage
>> these
>> days. -
>>>
>>
>> But for someone like me, and the millions in the same position,
>> *switching
>> just makes no sense. I've been using Windoze for decades. I'm
>> familiar with
>> it, comfortable with it.* I know others have reported all sorts of
>> issues
>> with Vista. I bought a machine with it pre-installed and it has been
>> absolutely rock solid. Very, very occasionally, some app or other
>> will
>> crash, probably memory leakage, but the OS is unaffected. It's been
>> like
>> that Energizer bunny, it just runs and runs and ...
>>
>
> Fully agreed.
>
>>
>> * So why would I even consider trading something that does what I
>> want reliably for a more expensive machine and OS?* Even if the OS is
>> perfect, which is clearly not the case, *what about the time spent
>> learning the ins and outs? Time spent learning how to make
>> something work is
>> time not spent in things I actually want to do.*
>>
>
> Exactly my same thoughts.
>
>
>>
>> Then WHAT ABOUT THE SOFTWARE? *I have a sea of Windoze specific
>> software, from expensive apps to free utilities.* I know how almost
>> all of
>> it works. Sure, there will be equivalents, maybe already in the OS,
>> but they
>> will work differently. *Where can there possibly be sufficient
>> payback for
>> the endless $ and hours I would spend getting myself up to the
>> capabilities
>> I already have, but on a different OS?*
>
>
> Hit the nail again. In fact the last time I checked (admittedly some
> years
> back), equivalent Mac software is generally more expensive. And over
> here,
> support is only a fraction of what I can get for Windows-based apps.
> And
> that learning curve? That's enough to turn me off going to Mac. Like
> what
> you said, Moose, that's another issue of endless $ and hours that I
> can
> spend more wisely on something else.
>
>>
>>
>> So Mac folks, love your pretty machines and lovely, feline OS,
>> stroke them,
>> hear them purr, feel the love, but please, please, leave those who
>> are happy
>> with their different religion free of proselytizing.
>>
>
> Couldn't put it any more subtly... :)
>
>
>
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