Comments on: Apple unveils Snow Leopard with all its guts and glory

By: little boys.

little boys. — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:21:34 +0000

We work for a major retailer and have a competition going, spot the mac boy. We are around 90% correct, my secret is to look for the gay bloke and he nearly always is the mac guy.

By: dude

dude — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:18:51 +0000

Bought an iomega external hd yesterday, plugged it into my mac and nothing. Took it back to the store and they plugged it into a vista machine and bammo it works, any ideas would be a help.

By: Fizzy

Fizzy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:56:56 +0000

I don’t EVER want OS X to look like Windows. And I sure don’t EVER want it to run like Windows. Complicated. Overpriced. Difficult to use. I can keep going here.

Yeah I paid a bit extra for my MACBOOK but haven’t had one single problem with the OS in 18 months. Unlike anything I have ever owned that used Windows. AND. Not one extra cent spent on Anti-Virus, ADWARW, MALWARE programs, or the memory sucking scans that go with them.

I can’t wait for Snow to come out. Make an already great OS even greater. And for $29 upgrade. Wonder what Win7 will cost to upgrade from the massive flop that Vista is. I know many users who have “upgraded” their PC to Win XP after getting Vista. Funny that.

Call me a fanboy if you like. I am a retard when it comes computers. And for me, like Steve says, “It just works”

By: D.

D. — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:48:03 +0000

I am all about Vista right now and can’t wait for the Windows 7, but I also waiting to see if Apple finally releases a netbook in near future, and I might get that one for internet, movies and iPod/iPhone sinking. I don’t think Mac could ever replace a PC for me though, but could work as a little toy to do simple stuff on and/or a travel companion.

By: D.

D. — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:40:10 +0000

@ Champ513

Why are you?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:02:58 +0000

Mac OS runs in just one platfotm build by Apple. This is a very controller enviroment to develop an OS.

Windows runs in every PC with thousand of different device drivers, different motherboard brands, etc.

You can’t compare stabiliy and security in these conditions.

By: Xoxotl

Xoxotl — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:51:14 +0000

@SlapAFanboy – I’ve seen OS X running on Dell laptops before. You have to pull some tricks to convince OS X to install and run on the Dell machine, but it IS possible to do.

The problem isn’t so much that a PC can’t run OS X, it’s more an issue that Apple doesn’t WANT to let PC’s run OS X. If you want to run OS X legally, they require you to buy Mac hardware.

And if I was pro-Windows, I wouldn’t compare it to the United Nations. The UN is one messed up organization.

By: AgBand

AgBand — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:47:50 +0000

I se a mac and run Win 7 and XP on VMWare fusion. I like the setup, and dont really have a preference. I hink that both sides are idiots, but for some reason, I find the Apple fanboys to be a bit more irritating. Macs still have their problems, just like Windows, yet you tout anything created by Apple as the epitome of perfect, when it, in fact, isn’t. Windows has its issues as well and MS is doing a better job of getting those resolved, but the reality is that it will never be perfect. So both sides should STFU and move on. As long as shit can be broken, so asshole will figure out a way to break it, both on Macs and with Windows.

By: Champ513

Champ513 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:23:08 +0000

If windows is the superior operating system then why are you here bashing Macs? Who are you trying to convince, me or yourselves??

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:48:53 +0000

I’ve seen the Mac Black Screen of Death a few times (Kernel Panic).

By: SlapAFanboy

SlapAFanboy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:35:43 +0000

If Mac was such hot shit, it would be on more business computers than Vista! Second, all your mac commercials never even show a feature of the Mac OS, they just bash MS. Third, MS is a software company and it dosent matter if you install MS products on a Mac, it just proves that Windows will work on anything. How many other computers could Mac software run on…. oh yeah, none! Microsoft is like the United nations of computers because it works on all the separate and screwed up builds anyone on the planet can think of. Mac is like North Korea!

By: alen

alen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:30:57 +0000

SL is 64 bit only and will only work on Intel based Mac’s

and 2 months ago security researchers found a botnet made up of only Mac’s. around 5 million nodes, which is like half the user base.

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=mac+botnet&btnG=Google+Search&aq=0&oq=mac+botn

apparently while half the apple fan boys say Mac’s don’t get viruses, their Mac has one.

By: James

James — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:10:59 +0000

hackintosh’s are starting to get better and better, but for now they still can’t compete with my macbook. way too many freezes (especially using garageband.) until then, i’m supporting both corps.

By: AgBand

AgBand — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:54:33 +0000

Sweet! Apple ids the greatest thing ever! Windows sucks. I don’t care that Windows comprises almost 90% of the market. You are ALL wrong. 7%-8% are right! Apple is the greatest thing since sliced bread!

By: Justin G

Justin G — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:27:38 +0000

Maybe you could learn how the spell check feature works on your Mac.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:22:30 +0000

Is the Snow Leopard operating system itself 64-bit or does it remain 32-bit?

By: nefan65

nefan65 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:12:19 +0000

@ Xoxoti

Obviously, there comes a time when you NEED to update. XP is still a solid Business OS [in terms of what it was designed to do], and it’s supported by MS. Running old software, that’s not supported or updated is a HUGE security risk…

Funny; I’m the only person running a Mac in my org [and I'm the IT Manager]. I’ve had NO issues, and enjoy computing again!

By: Xoxotl

Xoxotl — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:55:54 +0000

Heh. My company is still using Windows 3.1 on some computers! (IT guys: “Yeah, we wanna update it, but the beancounters won’t let us. ‘If it’s still working fine, then why spend the money?’ they ask.”)

Yet, oddly enough, not one Mac in the house…

By: nefan65

nefan65 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:52:14 +0000

Big facilities are doing that. If you’re truly IT, then you’d know that by reading the various publications, etc. A good number of large financial systems, CRM, etc. still rely on XP, and do not support Vista. That isn’t to say Vista can’t run them, but when you have 500 plus desktops, and the vendor who maintains/supports the application says it’s not “Vista Appvd” then you do what they say, otherwise you get no support.

For piddley operations of 50 PC’s or less, and only use spreadsheets; yeah I can see using Vista and Office 07. Otherwise, most large companies are still using XP, Office 2003, and IE 6 for compatibility issues.

By: The Truth

The Truth — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:25:55 +0000

@ Evilhomer

Really? Because my IT shop runs Server 2008, Office 2007, and Vista. It has been dreamy so far.

But yeah I guess you’re right…every IT shop is “fighting” to keep XP

By: matt

matt — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:24:13 +0000

All I have to say is, that I was a dedicated PC user for over 10 years. I hated Mac’s. Until I could literally not take it anymore. Vista’s crashing, the viruses, the slow loads, and cryptographic error messages. I am now proud to say that since making the switch to Mac, my time spent on the computer has never been more efficient. I haven’t had one crash or virus since buying my macbook. Not only that, but it’s a beautiful piece of technology in itself. So honestly, for all of you windows users, you can try and kid yourselves about the facts, but at the end of the day- mac gets it done faster and with alot less worry or hassle. Isnt that what computing is all about?

By: Xoxotl

Xoxotl — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:03:22 +0000

I’ve had no problems with XP since it was released. True, I wasn’t too thrilled with Vista, but I’ve been running the Win7 RC and it is rock solid, fast, and easy to use.

As for the OS X fan above… guess how much money I’ve spent on security applications for XP? Nothing. Just like OX X, you can find free and good quality security software if you look (I personally use Avast! Home Edition). So please don’t go on crowing about how freeware is strictly the domain of Macs.

Oh, and Quicktime sucks bigtime. Talking about bloatware…

By: nefan65

nefan65 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:41:21 +0000

Windows is nothing more than a prettied up version of a very very old version of DEC VMS. If I need to run an old version of DB2, I know where to go…LOL

By: nefan65

nefan65 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:38:27 +0000

What? Are you serious? Everyone is using Windows 7 anyway? Okay, it’s not even released yet. And even if it was, most would still be on XP. In fact I just read an article where one branch of the service just okay’d the use of Vista on some systems.

Knock yourself out. Get Winbloze 7, and then find out 1/2 the software won’t run because it’s not compatible. Too funny…

By: alen

alen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:30:28 +0000

OS X is just a prettied up FreeBSD. you can even load it on Dell and other wintel computers.

By: tavella

tavella — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:21:06 +0000

I have used osX and the first thing I thought was, damn.. This looks like the KDE desktop environment for Linux distros.

By: jlh_0812

jlh_0812 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:48:21 +0000

Can’t say much, but if I had one word. Disappointed.

By: Pustoolio

Pustoolio — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:50:17 +0000

It is quite amusing that Windows users bashing OS X have never used it. While OS X users like myself who have switch over to the Mac from Windows can speak from experience about which OS is trash and which one isn’t.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:46:39 +0000

You mean a $29 service pack?

By: rederikus

rederikus — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:30:36 +0000

Hmmm, Apple sales failing, MS makes super new OS. Apple sales will clearly fall further. Answer, knock the competition.

Result: existing apple fanboys are convinced. The rest of us use use Windows 7 anyway.