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Printing is no picnic either, as any cursory browse through discussions.apple.com, support.apple.com, or any of the many mac-centered tech forums will attest.

Printing is no picnic either, as any cursory browse through discussions.apple.com, support.apple.com, or any of the many mac-centered tech forums will attest. Here's a few examples, by no means exhaustive: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2776655?start=0&tstart=0 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2776655?start=0&tst... http://ask.metafilter.com/79984/Need-help-printing-to-work-printer-from-macbook http://ask.metafilter.com/79984/Need-help-printing-to-work-p... https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3137602?start=15&tstart=0 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3137602?start=15&ts... https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193803?start=0&tstart=0 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193803?start=0&tst... And any search for "<<printer manufacturer>> mac not working" will produce scads of results, often taking you to discussions that are dozens of pages long with people who can't print from their macs to any number of printers. This is a real problem, not a figment.

Samuel_Michon 15y ago
That's proof that there's a lively online Mac community, nothing more. Guess what? Any search for "<<printer manufacturer>> windows not working" will also produce scads of results, often taking you to discussions that are dozens of pages long with people who can't print from their Windows PCs to any number of printers. The same can be said about most GNU/Linux distributions. The only support forums where no one complains are those of products that no one uses.
- smithian 15y ago
  I was responding to this: > It's plug and play, the drivers are downloaded automagically. and this: >Like you said, printing is not a problem in OS X. This is obviously and clearly not true, but you seemed to need evidence which I provided. In addition, in my experience the compatibility of macs and printers is far worse than windows and printers.

Samuel_Michon 15y ago

That's proof that there's a lively online Mac community, nothing more. Guess what? Any search for "<<printer manufacturer>> windows not working" will also produce scads of results, often taking you to discussions that are dozens of pages long with people who can't print from their Windows PCs to any number of printers. The same can be said about most GNU/Linux distributions. The only support forums where no one complains are those of products that no one uses.

smithian 15y ago
I was responding to this: > It's plug and play, the drivers are downloaded automagically. and this: >Like you said, printing is not a problem in OS X. This is obviously and clearly not true, but you seemed to need evidence which I provided. In addition, in my experience the compatibility of macs and printers is far worse than windows and printers.