PCs vs. Mac PCs

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This is an interesting blog I found:

http://farbeyondtheedgeofreason.blogspo ... so-pc.html

I pretty much agree with everything this person says. These days there is about as much difference between a Mac and a PC as there is between a PC that uses an Intel-based architecture and a PC that uses an AMD-based architecture, perhaps less. The main advantage of buying a Mac is it doesn't come with Windows installed, and you have a Unix-based OS instead. But I think Apple is aware of the fact that most of their users are too stupid to realize this, and know that they probably wouldn't sell a single Mac by advertising that they run Unix.

Potential Mac user: "Wot's Unix?"
Apple: "Only the OS underlying the world's fastest, most powerful, and most secure servers and supercomputers."
Potential Mac user: "Huh? Dat's nerd stuff! Who kares 'bout dat?"

Last edited by LordoftheMonkeys on 17 Mar 2010, 8:34 pm, edited 2 times in total.

I love macs, but with my tight budget, I can not afford one- yet I built a quad core 2 gig ram ubuntu box this week - $300! Oh, with a nvidia 8500gt.

Aw, come on. We all know it's Unix-based. Most people just don't care as long as it works for them. And it's true, it "just works" better when the software and hardware are designed to go together. What's wrong with that? A cat will eat dog food if it's hungry enough, but its health will suffer. Feed it food that's designed for a cat, and it will do much better. When the software and hardware are designed together, and the problems are found and eliminated, it's certain to be a smoother experience.

I actually have an install of Ubuntu that I downloaded and burned to disk, that I haven't tried yet. (Karmic Koala just doesn't have as neat a name as Jaunty Jackalope...) Or maybe I should get Slackintosh instead, for my iBook G3 or my Powerbook G3 from 1999. Unfortunately, there are just not enough hours in the day to try all the projects I would like to.

I think most Mac users know what they're avoiding as far as Windows problems, and are hesitant to try Linux because it's unfamiliar and has a reputation, deserved or not, for being less intuitive and/or requiring esoteric computer knowledge.

How many of them know what "unix based" means? To know its unix based is simply to know a buzz word.


In one month (april 2010) Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04) comes out. Forget Karmic.



Agreed, but one cannot equate this with knowing HOW they are avoiding windows problems. They will be just as prone if they happen to temporarily use a windows machine. Perhaps more so, having a false sense of security enabled by their Apple machine.

agreed, that's the only advantage OSX has over Windows.
And you're 100% right, mac users are idiot drooling zombies who can't tell their right hand from their left hand.
Everyone should switch to windows, there's no difference between a Mac or a pc.

Sproing! You broke my sarcasm meter! I was going to edit your quote, but I fear it may be too acidic to touch!

Did you read the blog post? What this guy was saying was that Mac vs. PC is a hardware issue, not a software issue. You can run Mac OS X on a PC and you can run Windows on a Mac. But yeah, I am saying that most Mac users are idiots, idiots for not knowing what operating system they're using. It's like not knowing whether you drive a Honda or a Ford. Not that Winblow$ users are any smarter.

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nope, didn't read it, I only read what you posted.

Agreed, OSX is for third world countries, for three-fifths, Oria Obiri na aja ocha carriers and the illitarate.
And yes, to hell with those idiots, to hell with GUI, long live UNIX terminal!!1!!!1!! !

you state a lot... but you don't read much. do you?





and they sell macs like hotcakes....

I forgot to add to my previous post, that there are some differences in the hardware, or it would be easier to buy a PC netbook and install Leopard on it. Instead, it's fairly tricky and some things don't work. If I were able to buy, say, an Asus or Dell netbook and just whomp a a Mac OS onto it without having to fool the OS into thinking it's actually on a Mac, then I would say the hardware's the same. It's a lot closer to the same than it ever was before, but there are still differences. And if I could do that, I would already have done it! I would really like a tiny computer to carry with me, but I have never liked Windows.

http://www.thekitch.com/tech/mac-osx-on ... ell-mini-9

Look at all the messing around that is needed to get Mac OS on a PC machine.

But will either of them work on a 2002 iBook? or a 1999 Powerbook? I'm certainly not going to replace Leopard with Ubuntu on my iMac.