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The reason Apple tries to point the blame towards Microsoft because its number one competitor of course there gonna try to do that. Apple is just another hypocritical company that wants your money and they’ll do what it takes to make its competitor look bad if it will bring in the profit. When it all boils down to it Apple is no Angel. The only reason Pc’s get a bad rap is because all the stupid fuckin people who use pc’s sorry to say. Ima Pc User. My computer does not crash ever, My computer isnt ridded with viruses because i know wtf im doing. And now if you got a modern pc with Xp service pack 2 you should have no reason for your comp to be crashing or anything of that matter anyways. My Alienware system tops just about any Mac system. Blame the users rather the actual OS dumbfucks! Half the times its your own godamn error that resulted in your pc fucking up. I really hate to say it but its the people who use PC’s who give them bad names. Windows in no way sucks. Least not Service Pack 2 and up. Vista will deffinantly do justice in the final release…

First off, what the hell were you thinking using a beta OS to work on your critical business files? Secondly, after your poor decision results in eminently forseeable disaster, how big of a douchebag do you have to be to whine about in public?

Macs are better than windows in terms of UI? Maybe. But each OS is excels in areas where the other fails miserably. Why is this comparison always being done?

It’s just like the argument that Linux’s security is a gazillion times better than Windows’s security.

This is true, but also for people who know wtf they are doing, the securtiy issue is NOT as big a deal as people claim. If you’re behind a hardware firewall/soft firewall, don’t click on iwillhaXorj00.com, have pop-up blockers and anti-virus and don’t click on weird emails you’re probably going to be safe without needing Linux grade security.

So while Linux is safer than windows no n00b who really needs the safety can ever hope to use the OS, not just because it has a steep learning curve, but also because not all the software they need is availble on the machine.

That has to be the scariest thing I have read all year!! If that is true, I am NEVER putting Vista on my PC because it will be a hackers wet dream. With all the security holes that already exist in .NET and Windows, combining the 2 would be a huge mistake.

I recently switched to a Mac and although the system specs were not impressive (for the price I paid)at all it has ran perfectly from day one with out a hick up. It’s THE best computer I have ever owned/Operated.

Now about this OS (Vista) It DOES look alot like a Windows/OSX Cross Bread (Folders have been yellow forever and now all the sudden the same color blue as Mac OS. Even the recycling bin looks the same. But eventually something is going to come out that is better than Mac OSX there is now way around it and this might be it but we’ll have to see.

And about Windows ripping off Spotlight, that’s called evolution, It’s so good that it’s a keeper… for what computers are now, you need something like that. But the Active thumbs of minimized windows ARE a rip off.

I do hope that they pretty it up ( I dont know how much prettier an OS can be after Mac OSX) and I wish they would figure out something other than that blasted Task bar and start menu.

Also, I notice that some are saying that OS X is a rip off of Red Hat. Red Hat is based off of UNIX another open-source OS. And so is OS X. They are both based on UNIX. that’s why they are look alike.

To those of you complaining about the stealing of ideas, know this: OS’s have been around for a long time and you can bet your ass that everyone is borrowing from each other.

To the idiot that that windows came out before a mac, do your research. Mac started as apple and windows came after.

To the other idiot that thinks all a mac os is is unix, again do your research, there is alot more underneath it.

Finally come on, the new UI is pretty cool on vista and the new system being completely redesigned, new code and all, might just make this system pretty stable.

doesn’t anyone realise that a large part of the debate has nothing to do with quality? Here’s a few facts

FACT 1: Just because a company dominates the market doesn’t mean its product is of high quality.

FACT 2: Just because a company is good at marketing doesn’t mean its product is of low quality.

FACT 3: Microsoft copies Mac, Mac copies Microsoft, Linux copies microsoft, mac copies linux, microsoft copies linux, linux copies mac… This is how innovation works people… Someone sees someone elses idea and things “That’s a good idea. I bet I can make it even better” No one would ever make any progress if they weren’t looking at each others work. Every single famous mathematician copied his predecessors. We wouldn’t have gotten where we are today if every one of them had to rediscover 1 + 1…

FACT 4: Different companies target different markets. While microsoft is going for the intermediate to advanced user crowd, Mac picks up on the “I’ve never used a computer/I don’t want my users to have options” crowd (ie: schools/businesses). Linux generally goes for the IT/Networking/I’d like to write my own operating system crowd. If every company was looking to sell to the same people, every OS would look the same. The reason why Mac limits users options is because it limits their ability to destroy their own computer. One of the main reasons why Macs are so popular with schools/companies is because of this. That way, they don’t have to shell out a bunch of cash to build up security features and user options. Comparing Mac to MS is comparing apples to fire engines(and no, the fire engine isn’t copying the apple because it’s red…)

FACT 5: Pretty graphics don’t make a good operating system. Some of the ugliest operating systems are the most functional *cough*linux*cough*

FACT 6: Pretty graphics do make a good operating system. There’s a reason why UNIX isn’t the market leader in operating systems.

FACT 7: People should be forced to post their real names and addresses in forums like this. That way we can all avoid wasting time reading arguments like “PC rules….Mac ‘n’ Trash Sucks” and “mac users can suck a fat one, damn mac users, you arent even cool”… because everyone would be afraid of getting beat up…

FACT 8: Just because Microsoft is a big corporation, it doesn’t mean that everything they put out is utter crap.

FACT 9: Just because Apple is a small(er) corporation doesn’t mean that everything they put out is utter crap.

FACT 10: The fact that all of these companies are still afloat means they each have something to offer. Every OS is good for different things.

Now close your eyes and picture this… What if one day we had a single operating system. One with UNIX functionality, Windows compatibility and Mac accessibility. I call it Wimacix! :D And just think… when all you boobs out there are using the same OS, mass confusion would errupt, and you’d all sit there and insult yourselves ;)