Comments on: Cool versus freedom, Apple versus Microsoft http://njnnetwork.com/2009/04/cool-versus-freedom-apple-versus-microsoft/ Not Just the News - technology, music, disabilities, activism, Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:35:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: rolling laptop http://njnnetwork.com/2009/04/cool-versus-freedom-apple-versus-microsoft/#comment-10267 rolling laptop Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:41:22 +0000 http://www.njnnetwork.com/njn/?p=8729#comment-10267 What is the trackback link for this post? What is the trackback link for this post?

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]]> By: Anon http://njnnetwork.com/2009/04/cool-versus-freedom-apple-versus-microsoft/#comment-2639 Anon Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:07:40 +0000 http://www.njnnetwork.com/njn/?p=8729#comment-2639 Great article! I wholeheartedly agree. The comments from the apple fan-losers are hilarious, it doesnt take much to get them going does it? Yah sure the Macs are cool looking but they are over priced and really only do a few things better than PC's (DTP, some graphics editing etc.) but for just about everyone else, who wants to spend less than a grand on a computer, PC's is where its at!! Mac's have gotten a free ride by abusing Vista (deservedly so in the first year, pre-SP1) but now that Win7 will be coming out very soon, the advantage goes with it. Don't let the losers get you down, you have every right to your opinions! Great article! I wholeheartedly agree. The comments from the apple fan-losers are hilarious, it doesnt take much to get them going does it? Yah sure the Macs are cool looking but they are over priced and really only do a few things better than PC’s (DTP, some graphics editing etc.) but for just about everyone else, who wants to spend less than a grand on a computer, PC’s is where its at!! Mac’s have gotten a free ride by abusing Vista (deservedly so in the first year, pre-SP1) but now that Win7 will be coming out very soon, the advantage goes with it. Don’t let the losers get you down, you have every right to your opinions!

]]> By: Anon http://njnnetwork.com/2009/04/cool-versus-freedom-apple-versus-microsoft/#comment-2636 Anon Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:49:33 +0000 http://www.njnnetwork.com/njn/?p=8729#comment-2636 Why are you even writing blogs? You bring nothing to the table other than complete sentence. Please remove your fallacious comparisons and update them to something relevant. You go to Apple's site and find the most expensive computer there and use it as a comparison point? Did you even look at the price HP charges for their server line? No, you just are another Windows drone. Why are you even writing blogs? You bring nothing to the table other than complete sentence. Please remove your fallacious comparisons and update them to something relevant. You go to Apple’s site and find the most expensive computer there and use it as a comparison point? Did you even look at the price HP charges for their server line? No, you just are another Windows drone.

]]> By: boring http://njnnetwork.com/2009/04/cool-versus-freedom-apple-versus-microsoft/#comment-2625 boring Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:37:16 +0000 http://www.njnnetwork.com/njn/?p=8729#comment-2625 Very obviously written by someone who is biased towards PCs. Maybe it's because the last time you've used a Mac is on a powerbook, but OS X Leopard is a far better operating system than both Windows XP and Vista. OS features being hidden? Hardly, they're all in System Preferences. The Windows control panel hides things much more, in stupid categories that make little to no sense. And Premiere and Illustrator working faster on a PC? Give me a break. I have two laptops, a 2.4GHz Macbook Pro, and a 2.5GHz HP running Vista. The Mac has 2 gigs of ram, the HP has 4, the Mac has a 150 gig drive, the HP has 180. And yet, the Mac runs Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, Dreamweaver, InDesign, ANYTHING faster. I also find my self trying to use Quicklook, Expose, and Coverflow when using a PC, then realizing that I'm using a fucking PC that doesn't have those features. It's great that Mac's are "cool" and look nice and whatnot, but I don't even care about that. They're far more functional, have a better operating system, and I've never had any problems with my Mac, which I can't say about any of the many PCs I've owned. I've even coded on both Windows and Mac, and I can say with confidence that XCode is a far better environment to work in than something like Visual Studio. Don't talk about things you have no clue about, especially if your opinions were outdated years ago. Very obviously written by someone who is biased towards PCs. Maybe it’s because the last time you’ve used a Mac is on a powerbook, but OS X Leopard is a far better operating system than both Windows XP and Vista. OS features being hidden? Hardly, they’re all in System Preferences. The Windows control panel hides things much more, in stupid categories that make little to no sense.

And Premiere and Illustrator working faster on a PC? Give me a break. I have two laptops, a 2.4GHz Macbook Pro, and a 2.5GHz HP running Vista. The Mac has 2 gigs of ram, the HP has 4, the Mac has a 150 gig drive, the HP has 180. And yet, the Mac runs Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, Dreamweaver, InDesign, ANYTHING faster.

I also find my self trying to use Quicklook, Expose, and Coverflow when using a PC, then realizing that I’m using a fucking PC that doesn’t have those features.

It’s great that Mac’s are “cool” and look nice and whatnot, but I don’t even care about that. They’re far more functional, have a better operating system, and I’ve never had any problems with my Mac, which I can’t say about any of the many PCs I’ve owned.

I’ve even coded on both Windows and Mac, and I can say with confidence that XCode is a far better environment to work in than something like Visual Studio.

Don’t talk about things you have no clue about, especially if your opinions were outdated years ago.

]]> By: tux http://njnnetwork.com/2009/04/cool-versus-freedom-apple-versus-microsoft/#comment-2620 tux Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:00:28 +0000 http://www.njnnetwork.com/njn/?p=8729#comment-2620 I personally prefer pc's to macs - although I'm not knowledgeable enough about macs to take issue with the software design complaints, the price difference ensures I'll probably never get the chance. BUT I take issue with the title of the article. Cool vs. Free? There are REAL free alternatives out there in the form of gnu/Linux operating systems. Free alternatives that are free as in beer AND free as in freedom, which is more than mac or windows can offer. Talk about cool? Check into compiz to see some of the incredible 3d effects you can pull off with even a basic system. I personally prefer pc’s to macs – although I’m not knowledgeable enough about macs to take issue with the software design complaints, the price difference ensures I’ll probably never get the chance. BUT I take issue with the title of the article. Cool vs. Free? There are REAL free alternatives out there in the form of gnu/Linux operating systems. Free alternatives that are free as in beer AND free as in freedom, which is more than mac or windows can offer. Talk about cool? Check into compiz to see some of the incredible 3d effects you can pull off with even a basic system.

]]> By: Just a thought http://njnnetwork.com/2009/04/cool-versus-freedom-apple-versus-microsoft/#comment-2617 Just a thought Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:31:34 +0000 http://www.njnnetwork.com/njn/?p=8729#comment-2617 although i dont think you put too much thought into this article i do agree, just stick to where you belong. i belong with windows also. i know how to do everything in windows and around pc hardware in general. as for a helpful stranger, you not being very helpful. and no, windows it not a pile of shit, infact it has support for much more hardware then OSX which is why things are cheaper, cause it encourages compettition. apple does not which is where this article was trying to go i think. although i dont think you put too much thought into this article i do agree, just stick to where you belong.
i belong with windows also. i know how to do everything in windows and around pc hardware in general.

as for a helpful stranger, you not being very helpful.

and no, windows it not a pile of shit, infact it has support for much more hardware then OSX which is why things are cheaper, cause it encourages compettition.
apple does not which is where this article was trying to go i think.

]]> By: anon http://njnnetwork.com/2009/04/cool-versus-freedom-apple-versus-microsoft/#comment-2616 anon Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:13:21 +0000 http://www.njnnetwork.com/njn/?p=8729#comment-2616 I was going to make my observation, after owning Macs from 93-98, that Apple evangelists seem like cult members who aren't tolerant of anyone who chooses a different platform, but you guys made my point for me. I was going to make my observation, after owning Macs from 93-98, that Apple evangelists seem like cult members who aren’t tolerant of anyone who chooses a different platform, but you guys made my point for me.

]]> By: wat http://njnnetwork.com/2009/04/cool-versus-freedom-apple-versus-microsoft/#comment-2614 wat Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:25:07 +0000 http://www.njnnetwork.com/njn/?p=8729#comment-2614 Except Windows is a terribly designed pile of shit. Except Windows is a terribly designed pile of shit.

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