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- Thread starter Meister
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Mac software has serious drawbacks!
While you CAN runs M$ and Linux sottware and OS on Apple PCs you have great difficultly running Mac software on a PC unless you do a Hackintosh....
Baloney!....
I've had many co-workers and friends switch from $50 RCA's and Sandisk players tell me otherwise.
Cycleguy007
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Don't be fooled by the marketing...
I bought 3 Samsung S3 MP3 players last year as Christmas presents for my kids. They are essentially Ipod knock offs- also available in a range of colours (so they can easily tell whose is who's). My kids asked for I-pod Nano's but they were double the price, and since I needed 3, I figured these would be fine. They still work great... but now they all want an Ipod touch!
The difference is, with any other brand of mp3 player, you don't have to install itunes and can connect to any pc without wiping your player clean. Even if you download some freeware option to itunes you still need a piece of software to use the damn thing. I'd rather plug copy/paste and play rather than plug, load slow software, pick single files at a time, then play. ipods are a waste. I took mine back to the store the day after i got it.
The Mac vs Windows thing is. With windows you do get a hell of a lot more options. It's made so that you can do a very wide range of things with a wide range of hardware. The problems come up because to get that. things need to be open and that leads to all sorts of random issues. also microsoft is a massive company. THOUSANDS of programmers. and seemingly even more middle management, with a ton of buck passing.
Mac smaller company that has a very narrow range of hardware, and a very closed operating system. which can do wonders for stability, but lower options. Macs are now becoming victims of malware as well because they got lucky and have been ignored by the black hats for so long. Mac security was pretty much security by anaminity, and now they're in a worse situation than microsoft.
But both pretty much use identical hardware now. Mac used to use a different type of processor which was better, especially for graphics and sound. So they are resting on that image. Now with PCs you can swap and customize, components.
I still think it's funny as hell that when people argue Mac vs PC they bring up "all the wonderful features" either has. Does anyone really give a shit about a party planner or pretty photo viewer? Really it's window dressing, and the core of the system is really the issue.
The commericals by mac, are awesome! They always make me laugh, and from a marketing point of view. People respond far more from fear than anything else. Mac ads give the impression you will lose time, information, even money by going with a windows based computer. What i don't really like is Mac calling ALL PCs windows based, there is linus, unix, solaris, even if they have pittiful market share.
Damn i meantion to write a small paragrath a best
Cycleguy007
Banned
Problem with Linus based system is their lack luster attitude toward security...
(I mean, WTF is up with the blankie???)
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