I'll take your Apple and raise you a lemon
Will makes a good point.
Apple and OS X sucks
Lets get this clear, OS X has some damn fine points, but it also has a very dark side which Apple and its users cover up to defend their choice of operating system/hardware.
I don't get why they are so fanatical about their systems either - the general *nix/Windows user accepts the flaws in the system, and will admit it, but no, you don't dare insult Apple, else a pox be on you.
Apple's suckiness has been made apparent a fair bit lately, come to think of it.
A bunch of iPod's got infected with a virus (Windows only) because one of the machines in the manufacturing plant was infected. Apple's response was "we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses".
This is funny for two reasons.
First, why were they using PeeSee's in their factory? Are you telling me..no..its not possible…Mac's aren't up for the job?
Secondly, Apple take every turn to attack Microsoft, and always attempt to shift the blame. What are they? Three years old?
Then there was a nice article on Neowin, commenting about how Apple deny any problems, then silently fix them
And today on Whirlpool there is a great thread, The Vista Event that made me chuckle.
My highlights of the thread so far are
- Vista has its own spotlight - there are claims all over the net that Apple didn't actually invent this. Anyway, those who have used Vista know how much better Window's Search is compared to Spotlight, which isn't nearly as integrated.
- "Alt tab" now coming to Windows (which…uh…has been there for a loooong time)
- "He was so anti mac". Well. Good thing Apple would never be like that. Good thing the last Apple WDC didn't have Steve Jobs talking about how OS X was better than Vista. Or that they had they had Anti-Vista banners for the last little while at such events. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this.
- One of the greatest comments comes from Dave, "same old you need a virus program and spyware yadda yadda yadda ". One virus, or one spyware program (if apple admitted it existed), and you'd see the species known as Apple Users wiped out.
Even if anti spyware/virus programs existed, I doubt many mac users would install it. They just don't believe in them.
wow i guess he forgot that most virus are made by hacks that hate ms..and no i dont have or need intivirus since you know that most virus are directed to our clone..oops i mean Vista…had a mac for 10 years (gone from 8 until osX) no Hackers,No virus,crashes or blue screen of death. The day our clone..again Windows does it right then you got us till then see you later clones..Better search..hahaha don't make me laff, Vista=total rip of of Mac OS X
Eddy
p.s Windows user are been taken for a ride by spyware/virus program makers…..and Ipods work with windows and Macs..then why can't your software work with ours….."Mac very imitated but never duplicated"
We don't really need to go down the track of "why can’t your software work with ours", because its a very long, time consuming battle, along with logic which your comment seems to lack.
On the topic of iPods, the first generation of iOods were not Windows compatible, and the second generation required very crappy third party support.
Then you have Apple's DRM, FairPlay, from the iTunes Music Store, which works with what? iPods, and probably the iPhone. What else? Nothing. Apple won't license it to other digital audio player makers.
As for this whole nonsense of cloning, what in particular? I'm sure we can find something that Apple has copied, so that Microsoft would only be copying Apple about copying…