COMPATIBILITY WITH ANY SOFTWARE
You don’t need to worry that you might not be able to find software that works for you. The main problem with software compatibility with Mac OS and Linux are when there is software you might want, chances are you can’t make it work because they only run in Windows. Anything that Mac OS and Linux have, Windows have too, with usually a lot more to choose from, and more often even better.
COMPATIBILITY WITH ANY HARDWARE
If you are a musician, artist, own a business establishment, etc, and you need a special hardware to do your work, Windows users have little problem choosing from many brand and model. Mac OS and Linux users usually have to spend much more for specialty hardware, if it even exists.
SECURITY
The common misconception about Windows is that it is not as secure as Mac OS or Linux. Fact is that Windows Vista is the most security conscious OS today. Internet explorer is also the most secure web browser out there. Mac’s Safari and Mozilla browsers have so many security vulnerabilities that using them is total suicide if you care about your personal files and data and the integrity of your computer. Just because Mac’s haven’t been attacked by viruses, malwares or spyware doesn’t mean they’re not going to be attacked. Windows Vista hasn’t been attacked by viruses, malwares and spywares too, so what’s the difference? Vista is ready for attacks just in case one day it might happen. Mac OS is not ready for attacks, so when it happens I pity Mac OS users. I can’t speak for Linux users with regards to security.
UPGRADABILITY WHEN NEW EQUIPMENT COMES OUT
Whenever newer, faster, and better equipment comes out, like motherboards, processors, video cards, etc., pc users can go to a store, buy the upgrade, and install them on their pc’s, just like that. Linux users can do the same, but Mac OS users can’t, they have to ditch ALL their equipment and buy a new full set. Apple makes its money through the sale of their computers, and so they’re not interested in providing single piece equipment upgrades. Do you remember the movie Robots, where the bad guys force the robots to buy new bodies instead of providing cheap spare parts to fix them? That’s just like Apple.
EXPAND BROWSING WINDOWS
If you are used to browsing in Windows and want to use the full screen of your new 24” or 33” monitor to do it, then stick to the pc, or even Linux, because if you go Mac you can’t expand your browser’s windows which therefore forces you to stick to the default size, which is always much smaller than your screen.
PC’S FIX MACS
If you have problems with your hard drive, and are afraid you might lose all your valuable or personal files, guess what, it can be fixed with a pc. If you own a Mac, you can only properly fix the hard drive by removing it and transferring it to a pc for repair. With Linux it is hit and miss, easier problems might be fixable without having to move your hard drive to a pc.
OFFICE 2007
The greatest word processor in the world! I am sure about it, and if anyone doesn’t agree it’s because of ignorance. Of course you can have Office 2007 run in the Mac OS but with a very significant reduction in functionality. Linux users can’t use Office 2007, unless they have a Windows Virtual Machine installed with their Linux OS.
GAMES
Are you a gamer? Bill Gates is quoted to say, around the time that the Xbox 360 was released, that the PC is the ultimate gaming machine. In fact, that is true. My pc can run circles around the Xbox 360, I can play games with the graphics maxed out, and the physics engine is superb. Xbox 360 doesn’t have a physics engine, which means that the visual effects were made by man’s creative and artistic imagination. With a physics chip, the visual effects are not imagined, but instead real. For example, the looks of an explosion will depend on what type of explosive was used and how much of it, what material the container was made of, the size of the container and where it was placed, the wind factor, surrounding temperature, objects near the blast site, etc. etc., and after the explosion the objects flying around will depend on its surroundings, trajectories will differ if they flew because of the blast or because another object hit them, and the materials they are made of, wind factor again, etc. The super expensive Mac’s are good gaming machines, but not great gaming machines. The video cards for Mac’s are very limited, and you need really fast video cards if you want to play great games. Another problem is you have to install Windows Vista in the Mac to be able to play better games with it, meaning you have to spend even more for another copy of an OS you shouldn’t normally need. Linux as far as I know are better game servers than Windows, but not as a personal gaming platform.
VISTA INCLUDES AERO AND DREAMSCENE
Aero is the glassy effect that windows has, and it is drop dead gorgeous. Multiple programs can simultaneously run in Vista, and you can view them by scrolling with Aero. Dreamscene makes your desktop wallpaper come alive. Like instead of just pictures of flowers that don’t move, your flowers will be swaying in the wind. I like using the waterfall Dreamscene because I like watching the water flow, like watching a continuous video of it, with the leaves of trees and grassy surroundings all moving as if being blown with wind. Aero and Dreamscene really complete your windows experience, it’s so real, it’s surreal.
PRICE
PC’s are so cheap you can build one yourself if you’re on a budget. Mac’s are always more expensive than pc’s, and if ever they’re cheaper it’s because they’re out dated and old. If you buy a pc with exactly the same hardware spec as a Mac, you’ll save a lot, maybe around 30% to 50%. I saved a little over 50% this year when I bought my laptop pc, and my specs were much higher than the Mac with the closest spec.
Mac’s can run Vista, so what, PC’s can run Linux too. Fact is, Mac users NEED Vista for some applications that they can’t run in Mac OS, and they need Vista for games too, but pc user’s don’t need Linux, nor do they need Mac’s OS. PC users use Vista and need nothing else.
I didn’t agree with the recent article from Popular Mechanics, where they compared a Mac and a PC and said that Vista runs better in a Mac. The processor of the Mac was far newer and faster than the one on the pc and they said they compensated it by adding more memory on the pc. Well, that’s a very unfair and dumb compensation. Whoever thought that up was probably… too smart. Adding memory will never speed up your processor, it’s like saying that a bigger gasoline tank will make a car run faster even if it has a slower engine. Duh!! Anyway, Vista has so many security checks running at the background that they can probably slow the pc down a bit, but try playing a game, or edit video’s and pictures, and it’ll be the opposite. If you have a good video card when using graphic heavy applications like video rendering, photo fixing and viewing, or playing games, you will have a whole lot better, smoother and faster graphics experience, with frame rates reaching the sky, as a lot of games running in Mac’s have the tendency to be choppy due to low graphic frame rates. 8-)
Sunday, May 18, 2008
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2 comments:
i'm going to out and say that this is a pretty lame article.
judging from what you said, you have pretty no experience with other operating systems besides windows.
i'm just going to throw out a few of my initial reactions here.
"Mac OS and Linux users usually have to spend much more for specialty hardware, if it even exists." not really. if you have a linux box, you just have to make sure you buy the more common "vanilla" hardware, not some weird esoteric stuff no ones ever heard of. building a linux machine will actually tend to be cheaper because you don't have all the crazy vista requirements.
*nix security is the best there is. ever heard of selinux, developed by the nsa?
"Windows Vista hasn’t been attacked by viruses, malwares and spywares too, so what’s the difference? " um, yes it has.
"With Linux it is hit and miss, easier problems might be fixable without having to move your hard drive to a pc." they're called live cds, and they work a lot better then windows.
"The greatest word processor in the world!" debatable, but yes, i do actually think office 2000 was better sun's open office. that being said, open office will work fine these days for pretty anyone's purposes.
desktop effects existed in macs and linux far before vista came out. compiz-fusion kicks vista aero's butt.
i don't think linux or mac is better for everyone, but you can't just go around saying that windows is better for everyone. linux works great for me, and i haven't run windows on my pc for a few months now. but that doesn't mean linux is for everyone
Thanks for your comments, and for teaching me a thing or two that I didn't know about yet. I've had plenty of experience with all systems actually. I have a Linux box and I was using Macs for some years before I transfered to pc's.
I didn't go into much detail about why I said those stuff that bothered you because it will take pages and pages of technical details that I didn't want to get into, and so I wasn't clear about what I really meant about some things I mentioned.
Example, yes the Vista platform has vulnerabilities and has been attacked much more, I imagine, than Mac or Linux, but security wise, the chances for the attack to be successful is very small with Vista, and if ever you allow the attack to happen the malware won't touch the Kernel, so fighting back is possible. At least Vista, straight from the box, is a bit prepared compared to Mac's OS. Linux I wasn't sure about since I'm not that familiar, and what I'm using is a very old version, that's why I didn't comment about it. I don't know what protects my Linux box but it's been safe so far as I know for many years now and, I'm happy with it.
Another example, when I mentioned hard drive problems I meant a hard drive that's broken, not just the data but the actual drive itself is physically broken. Probably making clicking sounds and can't be read even if you boot in your cd and try to read it you get nothing, and I'm sure it won't be easy fixing it when it's like that, usually people throw drives like it away and just buy new ones.
Last sample, I used all Office versions from 95 to 2007, and I also have been using Open Office until today, in fact I installed Open Office in all my computers in my company and love it, but Office 2007 is just very different. You'll know what I mean after using it for a week and when you come back to Open Office or even Office 2003 you would prefer to use Office 2007 instead.
I will never recommend Windows Vista for everyone, only for hard core gamers and technical people who can handle it, the rest of the world can use Mac's OS because it's easier and more friendly. My only problem is that it only runs in a Mac computer. Why doesn't Apple allow their OS to run in PC's, like Linux? Maybe because they're afraid that they'll lose money because their computers are very expensive. Anyway, that's what I'm really angry about. Linux, in my opinion, should be used by even more technical people than Windows users, also people who use Open Source a lot, and people who setup servers, and people who do a lot of video editing and rendering.
Anyway, there are many other parts of my article that I'm sure others will complain about, and suffice to know that I'm willing to learn from them.
Thanks again for your comments, they're really appreciated.
JR
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