SOT: Microsoft attack MAC

Mr_Oink

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare/pc-vs-mac.aspx

This makes me giggle. Microsoft *assume* people who have PC's always run windows :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

You can't get a Mac that ships with a Blu-ray player, TV tuner, Memory Stick reader, or built-in 3G wireless. You can with PCs running Windows 7.

Linux...... and save £100 on the OS.....

Things just don't work the same way on Macs if you're used to a PC. For example, the mouse works differently. And many of the shortcuts you're familiar with don't work the same way on a Mac.

Mac (+Linux) don't seem to suffer the constant updating of a rotten operating system that is full of holes either... because it 'works differently' LOL.

If you use Apple's productivity suite, sharing files with PC users can be tricky. Your documents might not look right and your spreadsheets might not calculate correctly.

So drop Microsoft Office and use OpenOffice instead? Cross platform and free - saving potentially another £250 on 'Micro$oft Orifice 20xx'

On a Mac, out of the box, you can only encrypt your home folder. With Windows 7 Ultimate, you can encrypt your entire hard drive and even USB drives. So your stuff can be safer wherever you go.

And the rest of the legacy Windows operating systems? Safe from Viruses and holes too? No? I did not think so.... Most Linux distro's, of course, will allow you to encrypt the entire file system and remain free. But if it's an issue for Mac users, there is always this ace free software: http://www.truecrypt.org/

With a Mac, it's harder to set up secure sharing for your photos, music & movies, documents, and even printers with other computers on your home network. With HomeGroup, it's easy to connect all the computers in your house running Windows 7.

Harder because it is more secure to start with perhaps? With Windows it's not uncommon to find machines wide open sharing files with hosts they had not intended......

Plain and simple, if you're a PC user, lots of your favorite stuff just might not work on a Mac. With PCs outselling Macs 10 to 1, the reality is that most computer software is developed to run on PCs.

In pro audio and video you will usually only find Mac. Not because PC's are bad, but because Windows still appears to be insecure and flaky.

You have to admire Microsoft's gall and whilst Windows continues to get better, PC != Windows. I don't recall PC being a registered trademark of Microsoft ?

prowla

PC is a generic term for "Personal Computer", and a Mac is a PC.

Mr_Oink

prowla wrote: »

PC is a generic term for "Personal Computer", and a Mac is a PC.

Indeed. Microsoft need to check the back of the net before trying to 'steal' that tag as they have an own goal.....:rotfl:

"I'm a PC and I run Linux"
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[Deleted User]

At least they aren't outright lying unlike Apple.

To be honest, I probably get more updates on Fedora than I do Windows 7, although neither are particulary inconvenient.

gonzo127

meh silly comparisons really, i generally use ubuntu although boot into windows when i need to, neither is any harder than the other for most things i just personally prefer the speed and stability i get in ubuntu

and even when my step childrens friends come over (who have never actually used anything but windows) and use our computer non of them find it any more difficult to use than windows, i think the only thing they generally ask is which program do i use to get into MSN messenger other than that there are no other issues