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Originally posted by bermuDa
Did you know that about 90% of the computers built by Apple don't work on the first boot? They have to be 'fixed' before they're shipped.
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J.D. Powers and Associates just ranked Apple the highest in quality and customer support of all major comupter manufacturers. Dell came in second. I don't think it is such a bad thing that the company that builds my computer takes the time to make sure it works before it ships. Clearly their attention quality has paid off.
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Yes i know that osx is built on a unix platform... I just find it funny how Apple had to turn to open source to make a stable operating system.
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You say "open source" as if it is a bad thing. Weren't you just saying that proprietary is bad? So which is it?
Windows is stable? Are we talking pre-XP here? Keeping in mind that XP and OSX are the current versions of both companies' OS, you need to compare apples to apples. So are you really willing to stake your statements on Windows 95/98/ME? I mean really man, these versions of Windows are far from stable.
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And of course pre-osx programs have to be run through an emulator that still crashes, even though osx doesn't crash you still lose data.
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Again you are comparing new and old versions of software. Classic mode uses an older version of the OS, and when compared to similarly aged Windows OS, it is more stable. Lets say you had a program that only ran in Windows 98. To run the program, you install Virtual PC and Windows 98 on your XP machine. How stable do you really think this configuration would be?
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In my senior year, when I took my 3d files home, my 800mhz athlon with half as much memory rendered scenes faster than the dual g4's that required at least 256mb of ram just to OPEN the programs, and ended up crashing twice as much as my PC. I had to do my final project twice and render it at home because the brand new macs at school couldn't handle the hypervoxels in the scene.
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You offer a story that does not provide enough facts to really support any argument. You do not define the setup, software, or hardware and then expect the reader to trust you in your claims that you knew what you were doing when using the mac. Any OS can have a slight misconfiguration and that will affect how it works.
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I rescind my previous statement: Yes, other companies make mac hardware; but Mac compatibility still costs extra and the quality over a cheaper identical pc card is dubious.
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The price of mac add-ons is a supply and demand issue. As I stated earlier, you don't buy a mac because it is the lowest price. Having a more controlled hardware environment provides better compatibility at a slightly higher price -- one I am willing to pay. So, while the part may be identical to the PC part, not have hundreds of cheap versions of the same thing prevents incompatibilty issues (drivers, hardware affecting other hardware, etc). Again, this is a matter of taste. If you like to tinker with things and have thousands of cheap options, then a PC is the clear better choice.
I don't mind if you prefer the PC. For many people the PC is a perfectly fine choice. If you read the other posts here, there are a couple running themes: "the right tool for the right job" and "it is a matter of personal taste" and "each has their own strengths". Clearly these statements approach the world in wanting to learn more or at least consider the options at hand. This is far superior to making up your mind and then sticking to it no matter what changes or what other facts come up.