Thread: Windows Vs Mac

Quote: Originally Posted by mac2x Nah, it really depends more on how much crapware is on the thing. Mine has none (all removed ), and it runs pretty fast. It's a dog compared to my Mac for big tasks, but for normal web and email it works quite well. Totally agree. And One more reason to love mac. Of course if you get a custom system, you wont have all that crapware to deal with. But if your like the majority of people who buy retail,...

And of course every so often my friend's PC's screen needs to do a Factory Burn in LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by JamesGorman Well you never answered my question as to why you install twice a year? If there is no reason, than why do you do it? Also, I was not crying at all. And I'm very capable of fixing almost any problem that should arise with my computer. Its the time that is needed to fix these problems that I do not want to deal with. A computer should just work, and for the most part OSX does just that. I've...

Quote: Originally Posted by sonspot am going to ignore that other clown, if your backing up it should take no time to fix whatever, like i said i've (maybe i didnt) i've had no problems (other than maybe three times and i was new to the computer world), i cannt think of one person who's not messing around and not being careful having a problem with windows, am not saying it does not happen, i have a amd 2000+ sitting around for...

I can't say I miss defragging. One of the joys of switching to a Mac 2 months ago. No need to defrag. : p

Quote: Originally Posted by JamesGorman Totally agree. And One more reason to love mac. Of course if you get a custom system, you wont have all that crapware to deal with. But if your like the majority of people who buy retail, than your in for a few hours of cleaning all that crap out. I was very pleased to just turn my macbook on when I got it, and like the commercial said, It was pretty much ready to use out of the box. Exactly! It was so...

Quote: Originally Posted by mrsir2009 Why is it needed though? What does it do? Cheers! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defragmentation Quote: defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems . It does this by physically organizing the contents of the disk to store the pieces of each file close together and contiguously . It also attempts to create larger regions of free space using compaction to impede the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Aadhil The computer must not have been used much or was only used offline. Otherwise I call BS. My Dell desktop ran the same time frame with the same record, online from the day I got it, through four years of college and a little bit there after as well. Got it 2002, retired it 2007. WinXP with Kaspersky virus scan, and it never reported an infection/never got bogged down by malware. You just have to be smarter...

Quote: Originally Posted by a350 windows works fine, windows is a great operating system, the problem is the hardware, apple would have just as many problems if they let OSX be used on all the cheap hardware that windows is used on. /snip Actually... I've had Apple tell me that my hard drive was breaking because it took my OS X so long to boot... and it wasn't that my hard drive was breaking (it's still working a year later),...

Quote: Originally Posted by a350 windows works fine, windows is a great operating system, the problem is the hardware, apple would have just as many problems if they let OSX be used on all the cheap hardware that windows is used on. it's a shame that most people compare Microsoft to Apple, when they should really be comparing Apple to HP, Dell, Toshiba, Sony, Accer etc... and then compare OSX to Microsoft Windows, but that is only fair...