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Originally Posted by Plaid13
And that is where the mac is lacking. games websites browser plugins and most basic software is all aimed at and made for windows. If what you use a computer for runs on a mac and you dont mind spending a little extra for the system macs are great.
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Games are the only thing keeping me on the Windows machines. I've been using windows for over 15 years. I've also been using OS X for nearly 5 years in a business/production environment. I can't see myself using a PC to do the same things. I work in publishing, and to think of the Windows hassles and nags when it comes to the work we do, I'm glad I get to leave all that at home for when I play
World of Warcraft.
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Personally i will stick with the minor hassles of a windows based PC simply because if one part does break in the pc i have hundreds of brands to pick from to replace it in my budget and for my need instead of just forking out whatever mac decides they want to charge for the part.
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Although it's not the case for everyone, I see relatively few problems with Macs, and I mean both usability and technological stability. Our office has been gradually replacing them, but we still have two Apple PowerPC machines that I think are 350mHz chips loaded with only 256MB of RAM, yet it was only recently that Apple released a version of OS X that doesn't run on them. Wow. The only thing we've had problems with technologically is one of them conked out (mind you, this machine was old) and we once had to replace a monitor. We were running 5 of these machines and that was all that went wrong where it required replacing or fixing something. I'm not even sure how Apple's repair and replacement costs compare to PCs...but aren't there at least some third-party options for service?
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Not to mention I like to game Something a mac just does not do well for most games. Not the fault of mac only the fault of the people that make the games not making them for mac.
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This is a good point. But you'd have to be a pretty serious gamer to feel strongly about this. The game selection of Macs isn't bad otherwise. More games are becoming available over time, maybe because of Apple's reasonable gains in market share.
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I Think mac needs to grow up a bit with its ad campaign. Maybe advertise itself instead of trying to make PC look bad. But these cartoons and stuff are funny anyway =)
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I don't watch or see many ads. Ads in general are a manipulative form of communication, regardless of who pays for them. Some are merely more subtle than others. (I studied advertising, so I feel a little bit like Neo when it comes to it.) But at least the Apple ads are funny.
At least to me, one who knows both sides of the story.