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i'm still waiting to hear why macs are better than PC's. I've asked many mac fans and never received a good answer.

noonespecial 19y ago
Thats because there's not a good answer, there are good answers depending on what you want to do with it. For me it comes down to; I hate putty and don't like cygwin very much. Also mac hardware is well defined. I know I'm going to be able to dual boot the centos distro we use for development, and once I've got all of the drivers figured out, I can easily get the same mac again and get that config to everyone in our company. I've bought one too many dells with the same model number and different sound, graphics, wireless hardware. My mac also sleeps when I close the lid and wakes up faster than any other computer I've ever had. This makes me happy. Note: This is just my reason. For every other mac user you'll find a reason of their own. Some little itch that a mac just happens to scratch a little better. And yes, I find mac fanbois with bs reasons for mac superiority just as tedious as most hackers do.
- nazgulnarsil 19y ago
  you are the first person to give me an honest non-knee jerk response answer. thank you.
run4yourlives 19y ago
Why don't you try one out and come to your own conclusions? For me, it was their applications. Although they are by no means perfect, they gave me the incentive to try the OS. After that, it was a no brainer.
- nazgulnarsil 19y ago
  I have tried OSX. The file system and the way applications are handled bugs me. If i needed something besides windows I would be much more inclined to use one of the bigger linux distros simply because the macs, despite what the fans say, seem really locked down. sure, that can be changed, but the macs default behavior seems to be <i>here, let me do it for you</i>
brentr 19y ago
I can't necessarily say that my Mac is better than my PC, but I can say that I have never experienced a security problem with the Mac. With my PC, I recently deleted IE7 from the thing because I picked up some something while browsing a well-known German news site that caused IE to open multiple times, bringing the computer to a screeching halt. The Mac, however, is not immune from performance problems. I occasionally get the spinning beach ball of death when an application suddenly decides it doesn't want to work anymore.

Thats because there's not a good answer, there are good answers depending on what you want to do with it. For me it comes down to; I hate putty and don't like cygwin very much. Also mac hardware is well defined. I know I'm going to be able to dual boot the centos distro we use for development, and once I've got all of the drivers figured out, I can easily get the same mac again and get that config to everyone in our company. I've bought one too many dells with the same model number and different sound, graphics, wireless hardware. My mac also sleeps when I close the lid and wakes up faster than any other computer I've ever had. This makes me happy. Note: This is just my reason. For every other mac user you'll find a reason of their own. Some little itch that a mac just happens to scratch a little better. And yes, I find mac fanbois with bs reasons for mac superiority just as tedious as most hackers do.

nazgulnarsil 19y ago
you are the first person to give me an honest non-knee jerk response answer. thank you.

run4yourlives 19y ago

Why don't you try one out and come to your own conclusions? For me, it was their applications. Although they are by no means perfect, they gave me the incentive to try the OS. After that, it was a no brainer.

nazgulnarsil 19y ago
I have tried OSX. The file system and the way applications are handled bugs me. If i needed something besides windows I would be much more inclined to use one of the bigger linux distros simply because the macs, despite what the fans say, seem really locked down. sure, that can be changed, but the macs default behavior seems to be <i>here, let me do it for you</i>

brentr 19y ago

I can't necessarily say that my Mac is better than my PC, but I can say that I have never experienced a security problem with the Mac. With my PC, I recently deleted IE7 from the thing because I picked up some something while browsing a well-known German news site that caused IE to open multiple times, bringing the computer to a screeching halt. The Mac, however, is not immune from performance problems. I occasionally get the spinning beach ball of death when an application suddenly decides it doesn't want to work anymore.