Post by Sinn Féin's Ireland on Jul 23, 2008 17:17:21 GMT -5
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Macs are very average, they just have zombie customers and are good at marketing to sheep - which is the vast majority of people. Both of my main rigs look much nicer than any macs - and i'm not required to purchase specific hardware to placate my limited OS.
imo you could more accurately say "if you are highly creative in extrememly simplistic ways, macs are for you. If you actually want to be highly creative then pc's are for you"
iLife for the iSimple. Be less iProductive in iStyle! Listen to our iLies iSuckers!
Now if this was a real political debate i'd be offended. As it's all a bit tongue in cheek i'll just be borderline offended. I've had a mac since about 1995, and that machine was almost as old as i was (I might be 2 years older, i forget), so i've used macs all my life. I am Mac literate. It's my first language in computer terms. To me, any other way is gibberish. Just as pretty much every english speaker says English is the best language, so does anyone familiar with their certain OS say that theirs is the best.
Facts are facts though, we've never got a virus (in over 13 years and 6 combined machines between my family), we don't even need virus protection software. They've never crashed, and the only time i've had to replace it was due to water being poured on it.
Now of course, you can't do the same things on iMovie and Final Cut as you can on professional end software on a PC, but it's not a fair comparison. The point to be made is that between the entry level creative software, the Mac absolutely owns the PC. iMovie was the original and far superior movie creator. Windows Movie Maker is shite. End of. WMA files are a bloody pain because they are incompatible, and came after iTunes and mp3s were widely available.
As for general compatibility, It's a diminishing concern. True, games come out later on mac, but i've never had such a hollow life that i've been seriously affected by that. Some software doesn't work, but then there is either a mac version for it, or an alternative piece of software that's easily found. It's not like you can't work Microsoft Office on a mac, and to be honest, that's the bread and butter of most general computer users.
As for the whole 'simplistic' versus 'highly creative', that's frankly ludicrous. I've recorded over 50 songs on my Mac, using a combination of Garage Band and Soundtrack. I'd say i'm actually very creative, and have yet to feel limited by the mac software, it's more original, garage band is free, and used by many professional musicians.
Your argument is informed entirely by a blind prejudice, much as mine is, but you shouldn't go as far as to cast aspersions on the type of people who use macs.