Cliffs Of Dover on a MAC ?!?

[Meusli]

Originally Posted by Flying Pencil

People who get Mac wants something that works.
Look how many "Windows for Dummies" and "Windows protection software" exist for that OS? And I only have to mention the "Virus of the Week for Windows".
The reason "mac user is computer illiterate " is simply because they are computer illiterate, period, and are sick and tired of crap that Microsoft (until recently, kind of).

Some of those sick and tried of MS crap switch to a flavor of Linux and Open Office (or such), but neither are well supported and is hard to get a fix if their is a problem, (if their was, MS would be out of business).

Google is taking customers away from MS, and Apple, but they also fully support Mac and the iPhone (even in competition with its Chrome and Android).

CoD (the other one), MoH, WoW, Halo, Civ, X-Plane, quite a lot of games are cross platform with full MMO support to say Mac lacks games is simply wrong.

Compare hardware specs of Dell/Alienware tower with Mac Pro and for about the same price you get the same hardware, and Dell is actually the more expensive of two.

It is true peripherals are lacking for the Mac, but that does stop them from being a game machine.


You have a closed mind, but the fact is, in 1998 every considered Apple was dead. Today (since 2010) they have a bigger market cap MS, only second to Exxon Mobile, so you cannot discount the possibility that Mac's will become a premier gaming platform like a PC. If you do then you are a fool.

Wow, just wow. I do not have the time to respond to this but not only was he wrong so are you. It's so easy to stereotype against the other system but at the end of the day it's all pointless.

[Flying Pencil]

Originally Posted by Meusli

Wow, just wow. I do not have the time to respond to this but not only was he wrong so are you. It's so easy to stereotype against the other system but at the end of the day it's all pointless.

When you have the time, please do tell.

I was a tech support professional first for a 2 year college, then a university with mix Windows (XP) and Mac (OS X, some OS 9) environment for a year. We had to be familiar with both virtues and vices of both platforms.

It was years ago and things change, but Windows is still not an easy platform to work with (conversely OS X is sometimes too simple, but for most that is non-issue).

Anyway, looking for your a more detailed reply.

[Meusli]

OK here we go;

1) People who get Mac wants something that works. So everything Apple related just works while other companies produce broken stuff? So how do these other companies survive producing shoddy merchandise unless of course this statement is untrue. Also not everything Apple does just works.

2) There are tons of Windows for dummies books out there because there are tons more Windows users. That does not mean Apple escapes the dummies books though.

3) Sick and tired of MS crap? What crap is this and why would you switch to a unsupported operating system? Are we talking businesses here or home users?

4) At the moment Google is a search engine with fingers in a few other pies. Open Office is a good free product and there cloud stuff is exciting, but it is in no way a competitor to MS Office. There operating system is just about to be launched but is a massive unknown and will not likely to beat Windows any time soon.

5) Games on the MAC is where you are spot on, you only have to look at Steam to see people are taking the MAC as a gaming platform seriously.

6) Trying to compare the price of the most expensive PC manufacturer to Apple products is a bit disingenuous. There are tons of companies out there to buy from that are far cheaper than Apple.

This is not really an argument I like as they are quite pointless as nobody really wins them. All the platforms are cool in their own way and making this beauty MAC compatible is a good move I reckon. More players = more money for Oleg which is something we can all get behind.


ps Sorry if I come across as rude. I am not very eloquent with writing.