NyQuil Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 And you want to go tit-for-tat on OS stability comparing Mac to Windows? Really? Not really. I am just pointing out that saying "it just works" is a stupid reason to state that a Mac is better than a PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 My XP Laptop is FAR more stable than my last Mac Book. It isn't even close. Unstable? I suppose there are exceptions to the rule, but what the heck did you do to that poor Mac Book? I've had four Macs with OS X for personal and freelance use (with both PPC and Intel chips) and they have been by far the most stable and enjoyable machines I've ever used...and I use a PC every single day for my "real job." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Unstable? I suppose there are exceptions to the rule, but what the heck did you do to that poor Mac Book? I've had four Macs with OS X for personal and freelance use (with both PPC and Intel chips) and they have been by far the most stable and enjoyable machines I've ever used...and I use a PC every single day for my "real job." Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 but what the heck did you do to that poor Mac Book? I can say the same thing about people with PCs... I've never had a major problem that wasn't related to a hardware failure (like a dead harddrive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I can say the same thing about people with PCs... I've never had a major problem that wasn't related to a hardware failure (like a dead harddrive). Yeah, but you're taking it too far. I'm not just talking about major problems. I'd consider anytime that my computer froze so that I had to restart, gave me the blue screen of death, had applications frequently crash (including MS apps), losing my wireless connection, having to kill individual tasks in order to continue to work at a sane pace, being able to close the lid on my laptop without needing to restart, having to restart almost every single time I install a new app...all the little stuff that goes into getting things done on a day to basis. To me that's a big part of the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Unstable? I suppose there are exceptions to the rule, but what the heck did you do to that poor Mac Book? I've had four Macs with OS X for personal and freelance use (with both PPC and Intel chips) and they have been by far the most stable and enjoyable machines I've ever used...and I use a PC every single day for my "real job." I worked in TV, so I used it to play a lot of media. It would regularly crash during any sort of media play. I got the spinning beach ball of annoyance several times a day (15 minutes or more of that thing spinning). I had to also keep a PC to run the proprietary research programs I needed. At the end, I could have switched to an Intel-based Mac and run everything on it. But the very cheap PC I had NEVER gave me any problems, whatsoever. So I just used it, for the most part. I understand I was in the minority, but there ARE bad Macs out there. In fact, a few years earlier (well, more than a few) I had to use an IMac at one office. Total piece of crap. Just bad luck, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I'm STILL angry over Windows ME ... I'm still so mad I want to give Bill Gates a wedgie until he bleeds. That was the WORST! And people thought Vista was bad. ME was extraordinary in its crappiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Yeah, but you're taking it too far. I'm not just talking about major problems. I'd consider anytime that my computer froze so that I had to restart, gave me the blue screen of death, had applications frequently crash (including MS apps), losing my wireless connection, having to kill individual tasks in order to continue to work at a sane pace, being able to close the lid on my laptop without needing to restart, having to restart almost every single time I install a new app...all the little stuff that goes into getting things done on a day to basis. To me that's a big part of the difference. I haven't had most of those issues... And the ones I have experienced are so infrequently that I don't really consider it a problem that I'm willing to pay $500+ to fix... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I'm STILL angry over Windows ME ... I'm still so mad I want to give Bill Gates a wedgie until he bleeds. That was the WORST! Microsoft Bob was worse... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 And you want to go tit-for-tat on OS stability comparing Mac to Windows? Really? Lets do both tit-for-tat with Ubuntu, my OS of choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Lets do both tit-for-tat with Ubuntu, my OS of choice. Talk about "for the win!" Linux >>>>>> XP > OSX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damj Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Talk about "for the win!" Linux >>>>>> XP > OSX True ... but you reeeeeeeeeally have to be a computer geek to go Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 True ... but you reeeeeeeeeally have to be a computer geek to go Linux. Not with Ubuntu. LFS, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 OK- I am trying to import photos from my camera to Iphoto. 99% of the photos go, but some of my best cannot be imported for whatever reason. It is a Canon 50D camera and a Mac, and the photos are shot in RAW. How do I import these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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