The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I have found that Mac people don't want to hear the truth - that a Mac
is in fact juts a over priced PC running a prettier and slightly more
stable windowing system that runs slower, has less hardware and software
support, but otherwise is just after all another bloody computer..

Over priced - possibly. You might argue you get some nice design and
aesthetics for your money.

Prettier certainly.

More stable inherently, and also by virtue of there being less malware
targeted at the platform.

Slower - not really - it varies with application, but on similar
hardware there is not a noticeable difference in application
performance. Compared to vista it flys!

Less hardware support? Less than XP, but more than Vista. You can
generally find most of the hardware you need though.

Software support - main apps covered well, some specialist stuff not
well catered for. These days with the ability to run virtual platforms
so easily that seems less of an issue.

Ease of use and the ability to get useful stuff done out of the box is
better. Learning times are reduced and clueless users are less likely to
shoot themselves in the foot. The old issue of macs nannying the user
and making it hard for people who do know what they are doing get low
level control, no longer really apply since the transition to OSX.


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Cheers,

John.

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