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A lot of Chinese people buy Apple products just to show them off. It's quite common there to buy a Mac and install Windows on it, because they don't like OS X.

taligent 14y ago
It is somewhat common everywhere to see people buying a Mac and installing Windows. Not because they don't like OSX but because they need certain Windows only apps. Unlike of course you have some evidence of China being an outlier. Which of course you don't.
- w1ntermute 14y ago
  > It is somewhat common everywhere to see people buying a Mac and installing Windows. Not because they don't like OSX but because they need certain Windows only apps. Do you have any evidence for either of these claims? Of course you don't. > Unlike of course you have some evidence of China being an outlier. Which of course you don't. Protip: next time, don't be such an asshole if you don't have the knowledge to back it up. > In China, most of the Apple user will be installing Windows OS to their Mac machines. This is due to some major restrictions of using non IE browser. China has dramatically different browser usage patterns than developed countries. Most commonly used Chinese websites have been constructed and tested to work with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer only, without consideration of other web standard, non-IE browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome), or non-Windows platforms. A lot of Chinese websites will not shown and worked properly in Safari or Firefox browser. One good example is the support of e-banking , which greatly tied-up with the booming e-commerce in China. Almost all Chinese banks accepted only transactions via Internet Explorer, any type of security packet go along will works just on Windows. Given that IE has stopped Mac development for years now, new Chinese user have to look back at Windows when they get started with Mac.[0] 0: http://micgadget.com/15236/apples-latest-macbook-air-set-to-be-big-hit-in-china-with-microsoft-windows/ http://micgadget.com/15236/apples-latest-macbook-air-set-to-...
tellarin 14y ago
From what I've heard, the main issue with OS X is with Chinese input. MS seems to do a much better job there. I haven't tried writing in Chinese in a Mac though, so I can't say much there. But on Windows it works quite nicely (from the point of view of a foreigner trying to learn the language).
- w1ntermute 14y ago
  > From what I've heard, the main issue with OS X is with Chinese input. MS seems to do a much better job there. I've never heard of this before. Pinyin input is pretty straightforward, and it works fine on OS X as far as I know. Is the predictive engine worse or something?
  - tellarin 14y ago
    Guess so. But I haven't tried it. I'll ask around.

taligent 14y ago

It is somewhat common everywhere to see people buying a Mac and installing Windows. Not because they don't like OSX but because they need certain Windows only apps. Unlike of course you have some evidence of China being an outlier. Which of course you don't.

w1ntermute 14y ago
> It is somewhat common everywhere to see people buying a Mac and installing Windows. Not because they don't like OSX but because they need certain Windows only apps. Do you have any evidence for either of these claims? Of course you don't. > Unlike of course you have some evidence of China being an outlier. Which of course you don't. Protip: next time, don't be such an asshole if you don't have the knowledge to back it up. > In China, most of the Apple user will be installing Windows OS to their Mac machines. This is due to some major restrictions of using non IE browser. China has dramatically different browser usage patterns than developed countries. Most commonly used Chinese websites have been constructed and tested to work with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer only, without consideration of other web standard, non-IE browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome), or non-Windows platforms. A lot of Chinese websites will not shown and worked properly in Safari or Firefox browser. One good example is the support of e-banking , which greatly tied-up with the booming e-commerce in China. Almost all Chinese banks accepted only transactions via Internet Explorer, any type of security packet go along will works just on Windows. Given that IE has stopped Mac development for years now, new Chinese user have to look back at Windows when they get started with Mac.[0] 0: http://micgadget.com/15236/apples-latest-macbook-air-set-to-be-big-hit-in-china-with-microsoft-windows/ http://micgadget.com/15236/apples-latest-macbook-air-set-to-...

tellarin 14y ago

From what I've heard, the main issue with OS X is with Chinese input. MS seems to do a much better job there. I haven't tried writing in Chinese in a Mac though, so I can't say much there. But on Windows it works quite nicely (from the point of view of a foreigner trying to learn the language).

w1ntermute 14y ago
> From what I've heard, the main issue with OS X is with Chinese input. MS seems to do a much better job there. I've never heard of this before. Pinyin input is pretty straightforward, and it works fine on OS X as far as I know. Is the predictive engine worse or something?
- tellarin 14y ago
  Guess so. But I haven't tried it. I'll ask around.