When will the media and public's love affair with the iPhone end?

[badbrad17]

Smart people dont make sweeping generalizations. Fanbois do. Thanks for clearing that up.

Come and sit in my office for 5 years. I will show you 1 out of 10 Mac users that know nothing about their computers besides what their programs do. I'm not trying to be a fanboy here. It's reality. It this was not the case I would be very happy as my business would be much efficient.

 

[badbrad17]

We Gotta do what we gotta do. It's all good.

That may be your opinion sir but I can't take my 360 everywhere. If I could afford the laptop conversion I would. Until then my phone and a ps3 controller will have to do.

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[badbrad17]

I have only met a few tech savvy people who preferred Apple devices. In general, they are just too locked down for people who like to tinker.

I am no fan of Windows, but I can't take the locked down environment of Apple, either.

There is no perfect system. Windows certainly has it's issues, but Apple is very limited in day to day tasks when it comes to an office environment.

 

[kilofoxtrot]

Come and sit in my office for 5 years. I will show you 1 out of 10 Mac users that know nothing about their computers besides what their programs do. I'm not trying to be a fanboy here. It's reality. It this was not the case I would be very happy as my business would be much efficient.

I hear ya..... however I've been/worked in offices with only PC users.... guess what, many were clueless too.

When it comes to computers... stupidity knows no OS boundaries.

Cheers.

 

[badbrad17]

I hear ya..... however I've been/worked in offices with only PC users.... guess what, many were clueless too.

When it comes to computers... stupidity knows no OS boundaries.

Cheers.

Ha ha. Okay you got me there. But in my industry there tends to be more nerds so it is more frustrating when the Mac user is asked something 90% of PC users would know and they are dumbfounded.

 

[badbrad17]

For what it is worth, I know this is a heated discussion and all, but I just want to say how much I appreciate the frank comments and the honest opinions that are shared with everyone on AC!!! Cheers to all and a Happy New Year.

 

[nrm5110]

For what it is worth, I know this is a heated discussion and all, but I just want to say how much I appreciate the frank comments and the honest opinions that are shared with everyone on AC!!! Cheers to all and a Happy New Year.

Same to you, our conversations have been fun.

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[badbrad17]

Same to you, our conversations have been fun.

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That could be because we usually agree

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[nrm5110]

That could be because we usually agree

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I enjoy good conversations, I like debates. Anyone with good counterpoints I enjoy talking to.

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[Persill]

That may be your opinion sir but I can't take my 360 everywhere. If I could afford the laptop conversion I would. Until then my phone and a ps3 controller will have to do.

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I'm always willing to give it another shot! Connecting a PS3 controller sounds interesting, What are some good games your playing?

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[nrm5110]

I'm always willing to give it another shot! Connecting a PS3 controller sounds interesting, What are some good games your playing?

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I actually have a ps1 emulator so any old games you enjoy on that. I also have an n64 emulator. I grabbed gta3 which is extremely controller friendly. Attached is my list of games.

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[WannaBeYou]

it is more frustrating when the Mac user is asked something 90% of PC users would know and they are dumbfounded.

A younger relative of mine switched to a Mac and I told her I wouldn't be able to help her with it since I am not willing to spend the time to learn the Mac OS so she needed to learn it. Then her computer was running really slow and I told her to see what was running and kill any processes or applications that might be causing the problem. I told her in Windows you hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and pull up the Task Manager and to do whatever the equivalent of that was in the Mac OS. She had no clue.

I know, this is just one story, but I can tell you more like it. I do know a few techies who use Macs but most prefer Windows or Linux. Everyone else I know who uses a Mac uses it because they don't want to have to understand how a computer works.

 

[badbrad17]

A younger relative of mine switched to a Mac and I told her I wouldn't be able to help her with it since I am not willing to spend the time to learn the Mac OS so she needed to learn it. Then her computer was running really slow and I told her to see what was running and kill any processes or applications that might be causing the problem. I told her in Windows you hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and pull up the Task Manager and to do whatever the equivalent of that was in the Mac OS. She had no clue.

I know, this is just one story, but I can tell you more like it. I do know a few techies who use Macs but most prefer Windows or Linux. Everyone else I know who uses a Mac uses it because they don't want to have to understand how a computer works.

Exactly. I find the same to be true with iPad users. It apparently "Just works" yet they are lined up out my door come Spring Break when they need to get on a plane and be able to watch a movie on it.

 

[zapfrog]

Well let's see the base 27" iMac is 1799 on apple.com and I just "built" the same pc on Newegg using good hardware and it comes in around just under 1200 so thats a 600 dollar difference. Granted it's a separate monitor and tower configuration and doesn't have the all in one ultra thin aspect. But still the 600+ dollar difference remains.

 

[sr2012]

A younger relative of mine switched to a Mac and I told her I wouldn't be able to help her with it since I am not willing to spend the time to learn the Mac OS so she needed to learn it. Then her computer was running really slow and I told her to see what was running and kill any processes or applications that might be causing the problem. I told her in Windows you hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and pull up the Task Manager and to do whatever the equivalent of that was in the Mac OS. She had no clue.

I know, this is just one story, but I can tell you more like it. I do know a few techies who use Macs but most prefer Windows or Linux. Everyone else I know who uses a Mac uses it because they don't want to have to understand how a computer works.

Applications: Activity Monitor on Mac : )

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[MrMLK]

I am no fan of Windows, but I can't take the locked down environment of Apple, either.

C'mon Brad, this is just silly. The hardware is locked down, not the OS.

 

[WannaBeYou]

Applications: Activity Monitor on Mac : )

I will pass the info on!

 

[SenseMonkey]

My note officially feels like a normal sized phone, granted that's without my other box defender yet but hey, at least I still have that screen.

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[WannaBeYou]

C'mon Brad, this is just silly. The hardware is locked down, not the OS.

I am not Brad. Anyhow, I am not sure why you interpreted my statement the way you did. I said environment.

 

[NoYankees44]

Being am engineer at an an engineering school, I am noticing that electrical and computer guys these days have both. A pc that they do all their work and gaming on, and a mac they carry around for casual stuff.

Me personally, I would rather shoot myself in the foot than spend the unreasonable amount of money on an o's with an unreasonable amount annoyances like osx has. And I can say that be cause I edited video and other media tasks on one for 2 years as a job. It's where my hatred began.

Plus I just spent a lot money building a windows 7 system ;-)

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