Windows has to support EVERY hardware brand out there, and EVERY software from every softwaredeveloper - You think that's easy to coap with? Easy to figure out 1.000.000 posibilities for holes and gaps? Windows need to support everything, because it has to please the end-user.Wanderlust wrote: I have to disagree with you on your reasoning here;you use the 'larger' support for upgrades and software as a testament to why Windows/PCs are better, but the simple fact is that Macs rarely require upgrades because the operating system and Apple software isn't full of holes that need patching in the first place!
Mac is a "come-out-of-the-box" product. It rarely needs upgrades, that's corrects, cause it's build for it's os, and the software is build almost to the exact specs of the type of mac you have. Again, MS product's has to perform on ANY pc.
What's the statistic for you being run down by a car - At your home parkinglot, or standing in the freeway? Same thing applies to bugs/virus for mac/pc. As mentioned, hackers/crackers/awful people, makes the stuff for the main-stream-user - The Windows User. That dows not make the Max/Linux any more safe. It's just not so interesting to mess-up or hack, cause Mrs. Smith is not using a Linux for her home-banking!
I love Windows, because it can run just about anything. You cannot say the same thing for Max/Linux, where driver support is a foreign language...
Well, we could go on forever, for again, i must dis-agree. Mac and Linux are NOT as userfriendly and easy to use, as Windows. What the hell can the user do, if the printer he/she just bought is not compatible with the Mac, without needing special drivers. Just tell that to a newbee user.Wanderlust wrote: Your other argument is essentially saying that Windows/PCs are more user friendly than Macs, which is just plain daft! They are different, but my experience on computers over the last 20 years has the Mac winning hands down as far as usability goes. Start up is quicker, maintenance if needed is easier, moving files and folders has always been much easier, naming files doesn't have the stupid restrictions that Windows does....I could go on but your post smacks of a committed Windows user who has tried and failed to use a Mac because it is different. You use the example of a wife treating your car badly, or a five year old using a computer for the first time - press the wrong keys on a Windows machine and all hell breaks loose, but do the same on a Mac and no problem. Programme crash on a PC? Complete shut down or freeze. On a Mac? Well just that programme is affected and you can carry on without having to reboot - they even have a nice feature called 'Force quit' which allows you to select a programme that isn't responding and start it again.
I say again, Windows supports just about anything, and that's good for the end-user. Yes, it comes with it's problems and security holes, but we have to live with that, cause the support for everthing is so good! Just keep updated with the latest security software, and you should be fine.
Well, whatever makes you happy. I still say, that a well-tuned Windows PC (like my own) can kick the arse out of your Mac. A good pc can do the job of ANY Mac, sadly, it does not apply the other way arround. So, say what you want, i will stick with my Windows box. Thx...Wanderlust wrote: Mac (and I am sure Linux) users do not do so because they want to be different, they do so because they believe them to be better; popularity does not necessarily mean better, it normally means cheaper, and you get what you pay for.
Hey, hope we can all still be friends, just cause we differ in techinal issues