One thing we can always count on is the fact that the Mac vs PC debate will always be around. The problem is too often the comments made in these debates are from people who only know one of the two Systems in question. What’s with that? My daughter says she doesn’t like certain foods she hasn’t ever tried before but she can get away with it because she is 3 years old, that just doesn’t cut it any more once you hit about 12 years old…
I came across a Mac vs PC forum post where the member made a point of telling responders to say whether they have actual even ever used a Mac or a PC and not to make comments based on hearsay. So let do that!
I would love to hear what you think about the Mac vs PC debate, just make sure your comments are based on your own personal findings and if you haven’t used one of the Systems in the past five years it doesn’t count. Furthermore, if you only have experience in one or the other OS’s you can comment but only on the one you have experience with. And be nice! I will delete any posts that are just made in spite and that do not have any merit so state your background.
OS X Leopard 10.5 with over 300 new features including Time Machine, Spaces, Screen Sharing, Stacks, new Mail, iCal, Address Book and Photo Booth just to name a few. Sounds good right! But wait, what about all this stuff on the web like the “Blue Screen of Death”, or problems with “Windows SMB shared networks”, how about some of the “Permissions issues”, and then there’s the “Time Machine backup failures”… So what’s going on here! Did Apple drop the bomb on this one??
Historically, Apple OS updates usually go off without a hitch, sure there are always going to be some broken programs along the way but they are usually just minor and temporary inconveniences that get fixed with a quick update a week or two later.
So what’s so different this time around? Did Leopard come out too soon, did Apple get sloppy on this one??? Read the rest of this entry »
Apple is placing “Give Up On Vista” ads on engadget.com, I’m not sure if these ads are on other sites but it’s possible? Basically the PC and Mac guys are on the right side of the page, the PC guy is holding a big Red Button with a cord that goes off screen, apparently this cord is a attached to a retro-style light bulb banner with the words “DON’T GIVE UP ON VISTA” on it, when PC guy presses the big red button only the “GIVE UP” lights up, he presses it again and “ON VISTA” also lights up, he presses the button fanatically getting a flashing “GIVE UP ON VISTA” light show effect.
Not sure how long this ad will appear but it is worth taking a look at, very creative and comical use of Web banner advertising!
I nice Article where the author even apologizes for seeming too in favor of the Mac:
“This article is not meant to be an advertisement for Apple or the iMac. It is simply designed to make the point that when discussing the class of system defined by XPS One and the iMac, the real issue is the software not the hardware.”
He makes this statement because point after point the Mac seems to have the advantage, not a shocker to me but I guess it took him a little by surprise.
Apple is now taking Applications for retail Apple Store positions in the Vancouver area and it looks like Pacific Center is going to be the new home of the Vancouver Apple Store.
So what’s going on with the Apple TV these days?? Doesn’t seem like to much, Apple seems to have allot on their plate and it almost seems like they have forgotten about the Apple TV! Or have they? I have an Apple TV and I love it, truth is I use it almost as much as my MacBook Pro and that’s saying allot. Sure I needed to figure out a few work-arounds to get it to play my DivX programs but in the end no modding was needed, just a really great conversion program called VisualHub. It seems I am not alone in my thinking and I really hope Apple still has a few people working on some new features for the Apple TV.
A friend of mine recently made the jump from windows and bought a new 20″ iMac with a copy of Leopard. He has been impressed with his choice so far but a few things have been puzzling him.
Being a PC and Windows user for a good 20 years, the switch to the Mac has been a new experience for him, but he started with his old habits of creating Aliases (shortcuts as he likes to call them) on his Desktop, he had quite a few. He said when he put them in his Dock it got too small to tell what they were. He also had Word Documents, PowerPoint presentations etc. It was a mess, something which you would not expect to see on a Mac.
I told him to create a Folder in Documents called ‘Stacks’, and organize his apps into Folders named what they were related to. I started by showing him an example.
I created a Folder in Stacks called ‘iLife’ and copied all the Aliases from the Application relating to iLife into this Folder.
Once I had placed the Aliases into the ‘iLife’ Folder, I dragged the Folder onto the Dock to right of the dotted divider line. This placed the Folder ‘iLife’ as a Stack and allowed him to remove the Apps from the Dock making room for more Stacks.
When he moused over each Stack in the Dock, the name of that Stack appeared above it allowing him to know which was which. The only problem he found was the order in which some stacks would fan out were in an order he didn’t like.
After pondering over this for a few moments, I went into the ‘iLife’ Folder we had created and began to edit the names of the Aliases. I placed a number in front of each Alias, corresponding to the order in which he would like them to fan out from the Stack. I moused over the Stack and pressed Ctrl+Mouse Click (Right Click if enabled) and selected ‘Sort By’ and selected the ‘Name’ option. This organized the Stack into number order and looked the part.
After this he used the method I showed him to create more Stacks in the Dock and only has three Apps in the Dock which are not stacked, they are Finder, Dashboard and System Preferences. Now he has an organized Desktop and a Dock full of Stacks.
Let’s compare for a second, many people installing Vista on their brand new Vista Certified PC’s have complained their new PC’s just don’t have the juice to run Vista properly and let me remind you we are talking about brand new PC hardware.
Compare Mac vs PC - Leopard to Vista. Apple has set a minimum requirement for Leopard as a Mac with a 867MHz G4 Power PC Processor or higher. One might think that any machine with the bare minimum running Leopard would be sluggish and unresponsive? Not true… This is what happened when David Zeller Installed Leopard on his 2001 G4 Quicksilver Mac Tower.
“A few days ago I installed Leopard on my 2001 G4 Quicksilver tower with an 867 MHz Power PC processor – the oldest Mac model that Leopard officially supports.
If you are Canadian you are probably aware that our neighbors over in the good old US of A are buying Macs for much less with a weaker US dollar then our now mighty Canadian currency. We have been paying more for years and now that we have such a strong Canadian dollar we want to see the tables turned!!
OK it takes a bit of time for the pricing to work itsself out but enough is enough, it’s time to make it right…
One thing we can always count on is the fact that the Mac vs PC debate will always be around. The problem is too often the comments made in these debates are from people who only know one of the two Systems in question. What’s with that? My daughter says she doesn’t like certain foods she hasn’t ever tried before but she can get away with it because she is 3 years old, that just doesn’t cut it any more once you hit about 12 years old…
OS X Leopard 10.5 with over 300 new features including Time Machine, Spaces, Screen Sharing, Stacks, new Mail, iCal, Address Book and Photo Booth just to name a few. Sounds good right! But wait, what about all this stuff on the web like the “Blue Screen of Death”, or problems with “Windows SMB shared networks”, how about some of the “Permissions issues”, and then there’s the “Time Machine backup failures”… So what’s going on here! Did Apple drop the bomb on this one??
I nice Article where the author even apologizes for seeming too in favor of the Mac:
So what’s going on with the Apple TV these days?? Doesn’t seem like to much, Apple seems to have allot on their plate and it almost seems like they have forgotten about the Apple TV! Or have they? I have an Apple TV and I love it, truth is I use it almost as much as my MacBook Pro and that’s saying allot. Sure I needed to figure out a few work-arounds to get it to play my DivX programs but in the end no modding was needed, just a really great conversion program called 
Let’s compare for a second, many people installing Vista on their brand new Vista Certified PC’s have complained their new PC’s just don’t have the juice to run Vista properly and let me remind you we are talking about brand new PC hardware.