The eternal battle. GO!
Oh come on, even St. Stephen of Jobs made the "I'm a Mac / I'm a PC" commercials XD That's what it's called.PureElegance wrote:I don't why it's called "Mac vs. PC" since we're talking about Mac's OS vs. Windows, and people like Eminatic don't know the difference. If this was about the actual computer, then it would be "Mac vs. Dell" or something.
But that's not even what we were talking about in the other thread. It was about Windows vs OS X. You can run Windows on Macs, and switch back and forth (that's what we do at my university), so it doesn't really matter what computer you use.flowersofnight wrote:Oh come on, even St. Stephen of Jobs made the "I'm a Mac / I'm a PC" commercials XD That's what it's called.PureElegance wrote:I don't why it's called "Mac vs. PC" since we're talking about Mac's OS vs. Windows, and people like Eminatic don't know the difference. If this was about the actual computer, then it would be "Mac vs. Dell" or something.
flowersofnight wrote:Over here where people do real work, Windows XP is still actually the OS of choice. I have no idea what will happen when Microsoft finally stops supporting it.
When I saw someone actually voted for "Something Else" I was really hoping it was going to be a pizza-box SPARC or Amiga or something XDWandering_Fox wrote:I have to go with "Something Else" because I'm not prejudiced against one or the other.
flowersofnight wrote:When I saw someone actually voted for "Something Else" I was really hoping it was going to be a pizza-box SPARC or Amiga or something XDWandering_Fox wrote:I have to go with "Something Else" because I'm not prejudiced against one or the other.
Hey DUMB DUMB, you can change the settings in the System Preferences for how you want the mouse to function, and if you have a Macbook then you can also change how the pad works. I remember when I first got mine I changed some of the pad settings. GOSH~!Cerceaux wrote:PC is just better for what I do, but I've used Macs in the past at school.
Probably the most annoying thing is that I can't right-click. I am a right-click junkie.
GEEZ SORRY for not changing the settings of the school's computers back in 2005. *llama.gif*PureElegance wrote:Hey DUMB DUMB, you can change the settings in the System Preferences for how you want the mouse to function, and if you have a Macbook then you can also change how the pad does. I remember when I first got mine I changed some of the pad settings. GOSH~!Cerceaux wrote:PC is just better for what I do, but I've used Macs in the past at school.
Probably the most annoying thing is that I can't right-click. I am a right-click junkie.
*runs*
My mom actually benefited from getting a Mac, and she's not even a liberal doing an unpaid internship at Conde Nast. I used to always have to go and de-virus her PC, I don't know how she kept getting viruses. I tried turning up the security and telling her what not to do, but it was a lost cause. I suspect it was partly due to her using Google and just clicking on any old thing that came up without checking if it was suspicious-looking. Anyway, after about the millionth time, my sister cut the Gordian knot and just bought her a Mac, and she hasn't had any more problems with that stuff. At least for now, Macs aren't the target for most of that malware.Garnet in the Eden wrote:I could spend £100 or £1000 on any kind of computer for my mother and she's going to get the exact same experience with either.
flowersofnight wrote:My mom actually benefited from getting a Mac, and she's not even a liberal doing an unpaid internship at Conde Nast. I used to always have to go and de-virus her PC, I don't know how she kept getting viruses. I tried turning up the security and telling her what not to do, but it was a lost cause. I suspect it was partly due to her using Google and just clicking on any old thing that came up without checking if it was suspicious-looking. Anyway, after about the millionth time, my sister cut the Gordian knot and just bought her a Mac, and she hasn't had any more problems with that stuff. At least for now, Macs aren't the target for most of that malware.Garnet in the Eden wrote:I could spend £100 or £1000 on any kind of computer for my mother and she's going to get the exact same experience with either.
Maybe she is! I usually had viruses on my computer back in the day, and I had to learn everything about how to fix them. It took me hours to fix them each time. It's not like we did anything horrible on the computer either, but they probably were from emails, accidental clicks, and downloaded content. I was practically the virus guru and we never had to call anyone even if it was something huge.Garnet in the Eden wrote:I consider my mother a lost cause entirely when it comes any form of technology (she still can't drag and drop after over 10 years using a PC), but for some reason her PC, which is shared by my younger sisters, never has had a virus. Oh, well there was that one time where "something happened" and she ended up formatting the entire PC (I think there's a recovery button in Windows 7 that does that). Maybe she's just lucky, I don't know.
I knew you were on that Fifty Shades of Grey forum as "Hot4Christian." I knew it!Iskanderia wrote:I frequent a forum with a bunch of moms in their late 30's/early 40's and most of them have Macs because they are reasonably well off and are desperately trying to hold on to their coolness.
PureElegance wrote:But that's not even what we were talking about in the other thread. It was about Windows vs OS X.