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Originally Posted by ruggerp11
I work with OS 9.2 at work (apple) and it freezes all the time. I can't have too many IE windows open because it will tell me "I'm out of money." Its slow and I often have to 'hard' restart it.
OSX is really nice but the limited compatibility outweighs anything that I would gain in Reliability (XP doesn't crash for me)
Everyones experience is different *shrugs*
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Internet Explorer for the Mac is an abysmal application under OS9 or OSX. In fact, it's not much better under Windows.
OS9 is dead as is Windows 9x and not much of a benchmark compared with OSX and XP.
I'm not sure what you mean about OSX compatibility but there are a great many OSX apps out there. I'm talking about mainstream stuff as I'm sure there is some specific app that might not exist for OSX. I know that GPS software is almost non-existent for OSX.
Generally I think that Mac users are far less tech savvy than PC users because they don't need to be. PC users are accustomed to a number of maintenance tasks and don't even think twice about them anymore. I'm not sure that makes XP (or any other OS for that matter) a better system.
My hairdresser told me today that she's had to run spyware removal software on her PC a number of times, never clicks "Yes" to running ActiveX (or similar) downloads, regularly defrags her drive (I'm not sure why...) and other related clean up tasks. For god's sake, should any computer user have to do this? Let alone someone who is on the opposite end of tech-savvy.
Anyway, the discussions about PC vs. Mac hardware is a moot point. It's what it is. Computer use is a personal preference and what you like today you may not like tomorrow. What you buy today may be completely different in 5-10 years when your family/job/financial status changes.
The originator of this point was simply sharing his experience of switching from Mac to PC. Unfortunately the remainder of the thread turned into a traditional Mac vs. PC discussion.