One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't:

[Vitnir]

This might be a wee bit juvenile but it made me laugh. :)
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant

[Stupendous Man]

I dunno... I'm with Vista now, and it does everything i need it to (except run my printer that's 5 years old...)

I think the MAC ads lately are a bit... arrogant, and I read somewhere that Apple was considering dropping that campaign, but I guess not.

Anyway, that site you linked was amusing.
Thanks

[fuelair]

Not shabby!! and a few really good smacks!!

[Vitnir]

The article on the 9/11 conspiracy is equally funny. I dont know if Maddox is a skeptic but he sums up the problems with conspiracy theories, they would involve too many people.
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=911_morons

[Ducky]

OS holy wars are lame. (http://fowlsoundproductions.com/photos/kde.xp.osx.inone2.jpg)

You can do anything you need on any platform. Every platform has troubles. Every platform actively develops new code to address those troubles.

[Wudang]

http://www.mevis.de/~meyer/MISC/dilbert/ComputerHolyWars.html

[voidx]

While I think the Mac commercials are basically just fanboy gloating, and don't really raise any useful points on Mac products, I must admit that they are hilarious. PC Guy is great in my opinion.

There's definately a smug air to the ads, so I could see that turning some people off.

But come on, even I laughed at the Vista one.

"You are coming to a sad realization. Allow or Deny"
".......allow...."

:)

[Psi Baba]

That was funny. Thanks. My one experience with a MAC was helping someone who was having printer troubles. I encountered the same crap and the same difficulties as with PCs. It was like any other computer. They have similar ways of doing things, just given different names ("Open the Printer Chooser, blah blah blah"). It didn't "just work." If it did, that person wouldn't have needed help with it, would they?

[Almo]

OS holy wars are lame. (http://fowlsoundproductions.com/photos/kde.xp.osx.inone2.jpg)

You can do anything you need on any platform. Every platform has troubles. Every platform actively develops new code to address those troubles.

Windows irritates me on a daily basis due to its poor interface design. All OSs are not equal. SOME platforms have more troubles than others.

[Ducky]

Windows irritates me on a daily basis due to its poor interface design. All OSs are not equal. SOME platforms have more troubles than others.

This is true, but I was trying to avoid Claus coming in here all Windows-fanboy and flaming linux and mac with platitudes worse than the stupid mac commercials.

Personally I don't run a windows machine except in a vm and use that only very occasionally to test how a website looks in IE. My wife likes to play her RPG's and getting her to try to learn how to use linux and wine is too much of a hassle, nor can I afford to get her a mac right now (though she wants one).

[geni]

This is true, but I was trying to avoid Claus coming in here all Windows-fanboy and flaming linux and mac with platitudes worse than the stupid mac commercials.


This is why we need a BSD fanboy.

[Ducky]

This is why we need a BSD fanboy.

Terry's an OpenSolaris fanboy, and I am a pretty big fan of BSD, but I'm not a "fanboy" even of my mac, which has a BSD layer.

Hmm. Chasing23 is a pretty big BSD fanboy. I'll try to get him to post more.

[Terry]

Terry's an OpenSolaris fanboy

Only because Jonathan will beat me otherwise. It is a good OS, and has some unique features. But you know, if it's unixy, it's probaly acceptable to me...

[Ducky]

Only because Jonathan will beat me otherwise. It is a good OS, and has some unique features. But you know, if it's unixy, it's probaly acceptable to me...

If it is unixy, it is also acceptable to me. :)

Jonathan would be happy to know my new web/sql server is going to be opensolaris.

[Darat]

A much underrated OS was the OS the Sinclair QL used - QDOS - which I believe was quite an inspiration for another OS that also seems to have fallen by the wayside called "Linux".

[Dark Jaguar]

If I take the time to learn the OS, the "big three" will all do what I need to do as far as pure utility goes.

When it comes right down to it though, I base my OS choice on one thing, what games can I play on it? So, I have XP. I know I can use an emulator in Linux, but that's a rather roundabout way to get something I already have with greater compatibility. I can install XP on a mac, but um, I'm not sure why some people make that argument. I was talking OS, not hardware. Yes, I'm using XP already thanks. Further, why would I buy a whole new system if I'm using the same OS? My hardware does everything it needs to.

Then again, some people just like the "feel" of this or that OS. Whatever. I click on icons, they do the thing. That's all I need.

[jimlintott]

A much underrated OS was the OS the Sinclair QL used - QDOS - which I believe was quite an inspiration for another OS that also seems to have fallen by the wayside called "Linux".

QDOS was the forerunner of MS-DOS. (source) (http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/QDOS)

Linux was based on Minix which stands for minimal unix.

[Darat]

QDOS was the forerunner of MS-DOS. (source) (http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/QDOS)

Linux was based on Minix which stands for minimal unix.

Different QDOS's - Sinclair QDOS

Hadn't read the Wikipedia entry on the Sinclair QL, just noticed under the trivia section:

....Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, owned a Sinclair QL in his youth, and used it to learn programming. He was inspired by both the shortcomings and virtues of the Sinclair QDOS operating system to create Linux. ...

[CFLarsen]

This is true, but I was trying to avoid Claus coming in here all Windows-fanboy and flaming linux and mac with platitudes worse than the stupid mac commercials.

If it is unixy, it is also acceptable to me. :)

(whistles a little song)

[strathmeyer]

Oooh, I've just got to get to the bottom of "lower caSe "S" key not working!!"

[Vitnir]

The solution to lower caSe "S" key is so intuitive, not.
Just figured out and fixed the problem. In system preferences > speech > spoken user interface > Other spoken items, i deselected the "Selected text when the key is pressed" box. Problem solved. I feel like an idiot now since I'm the one who caused the problem in the first place!http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=481403&an=0&page=0#481403

[CFLarsen]

The solution to lower caSe "S" key is so intuitive, not.
http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=481403&an=0&page=0#481403

Stop the flaming and the platitudes, Windows-fanboy...

[Ian Osborne]

The solution to lower caSe "S" key is so intuitive, not.

Solution? It was only a 'problem' because he'd set things up like that. It's like putting your dinner plates in the boot of your car, forgetting, and then complaining how long it took to find them...

[Vitnir]

I didnt think it sounded like a intuitive problem but I could be wrong (I hope my wife doesnt read this and finds out that I ever admitted that).

[Darat]

Solution? It was only a 'problem' because he'd set things up like that. It's like putting your dinner plates in the boot of your car, forgetting, and then complaining how long it took to find them...

That's where they are - thanks!

[Ian Osborne]

That's where they are - thanks!

Don't mention it. I just hope you haven't been eating your meals off your spare set of hubcaps...