How in the world was the thread not closed after this post?!
General / Off-Topic I REFUSE to Buy Microsoft, BUT I will buy anything you make for Mac or expecially PS4
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How in the world was the thread not closed after this post?!
It's secret business and money, folks. David Braben shook hands with Microsoft to make people buy PC if they have a Mac, just as they wanted us to buy an Xbox for CQC for the impatient. Trust me, my dad owns a business and he knows this tactic.
Because there's an important debate to be had about the resources being wasted trying to get the game and its expansions working on inferior hardware for a vocal minority.
I'm not saying Mac is bad, I'm just saying, there's always equally good alternatives, use what you want
You say "after adjusting" which sounds a bit odd, I mean if you are stuck with it you might as well learn to like it? And as for decline in failure rate, it sounds...off, you sure you aren't referring to Software failure? because the hardware inside 99% of Mac's now is the same as windows pc's Mac doesn't have unique hardware any more since they dropped the power processor last I checked? So yeah, hardware failure is not related to the OS, unless OS is forcing hardware to do something it shouldn't naturally, but that is unlikely?
Mac is just too limited and (in my eyes) too design orientated, they, in my eyes, at times chose to make stuff way more elaborate then it needs to be, granted its a while (read at least 4 years) since I've used one so they may have fixed that.
But yeah, my whole point is that people should use what they want, and that you should be very careful with being brand loyal.
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I would like very much to see any facts proving your point that everyone is losing interest in Apple products.
Maybe the market share is not growing much but Mac shipments have been outclassing most other PC vendors worldwide for several years now, as mentioned by IDC in their 2014 report here: http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS25372415.
As your comment about iOS, yes, Android has more devices but it sells mostly to cheapsakes and clueless, the kind that buy low quality, dumbfounding hardware that run Microsoft ware. You know, there are far more cockroaches than human on this planet but that doesn't make them smarter than humans. The only company that makes a decent profit in the mobile area is Apple, there is no denying of it. Samsung is bleeding money as it has to give away its iPhones imitations to clear their inventory. There are no other Android handset maker that makes 5% of the profit in the mobile space. So, I think you're disingenuous with your assessment that iOS is losing ground and it clearly shows that you are an Apple hater because, deep inside you, you know that Apple makes the best products.
Your comment shows that you never really used a Mac. This is the old perception that Mac are only good for graphics. I do everything I need on a Mac. I've had more games than I care to play as well. And I've been running my Mac *WITHOUT* any anti-virus, anti-adware and anti-spyware since 2001. To me, that's a big factor.
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Please, bring us facts on your statement that it is inferior hardware. Otherwise, you should go back under your rainbow, behind the cloud.
just quoting someone from a kickstarter many moons ago, talking about moving my gaming to mac ...
"I'm similar. Just moving to a Macbook Pro. Dual boot OSX/Windows though, as I still need some things under Windows...
David"
i would call this gent "fairly vocal" in his own quiet way around here
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i would call this gent "fairly vocal" in his own quiet way around here
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Guess he doesn't find it "inferior" If it gets online, it ain't safe, keep telling yourself that your Mac isn't open to virus issues, got a buddy that's been creating those for almost 20 years now, I've been known to make a few myself once upon a time. 20+ years in IT, Director of IT for the company I work for, finding holes, exploits and creating software that did nasty thing used to be a hobby when I was younger, nothing is secure, anyone thinking otherwise is a fool or lying. Apple has known for many years that their software isn't safe from viruses, malware and exploits, on the Mac OR the iPhone, oddly enough, they don't see to like making that fact known, I wonder why.....
Tell you what though, when the Apple based OS's hit more than 20% of the total worldwide market, you let me know, I'll get another Apple based system again. Since MS OS's currently hold 91% of the worldwide market, I'm thinking I won't be heading to an Apple store any time in my lifetime. Win10 now holds 5% of the worldwide market, and it's only been out for a month, OS-X holds how much again?
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One thing your stats are entirely missing, namely people that upgrade previous computers with components, or assemble their own computer, or get it assembled by a company, these computers, which are on a ton of sites, are not counted in this statistics and I can't imagine their numbers are low.
As for your "cheapsakes and clueless" comment, you might want to take a step back and take in a breath and calm down. It IS entirely possible that people prefer android even though you do, and it is entirely possible that android sells more because it has a significantly larger and more diverse device list.
And the fact that Apple earns more shouldn't be an argument FOR getting Apple, but actually against, their insane margin on their product means that they are creating their products CHEAPER then many android makers, would you have us believe that it is only Apple that has found a magical formulae to make very cheap but high quality products?
from what I know from owning both consoles, the xbox does have more kid friendly games with the kinect. Even though I personally despise that damn thing, it actually keeps my younger cousins highly active while playing a motion game (for when they have too much candy they need to burn off)
Pretty much most Apple hardware is at least a generation behind; we don't need facts for this, you just have to compare what Apple release as brand new vs what's already out there.
The newer Macs have much better hardware than in the past, but even so .. still behind the rest charging more than everyone else. On my local website for Apple, they're advertising the latest Mac with Yosemite and punting the Haswell architecture as the latest architecture, not only is Haswell old news, it's also 2 generations behind the current architecture releases.
Graphics: Your choices: Intel HD or a GT 755M ... really?
All of those for the low low price of your soul and first unborn child.
For the price of a Mac, I can get a machine with a Titan stuffed inside it. No, Apple make good looking, solid products (this is what sells, this is what fans like) using sub-par hardware, with an OS DESIGNED to use the hardware available in the machine (so yes, it of course it'll be more stable) all wrapped in great customer service. This is pure fact.
Sorry, Mac punts inferior hardware stuffed inside a well-built frame. It's all well an good to own a car that looks like a Ferrari, but what good is it when it's powered by a VW Polo engine?
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Oh yes, on using your personal data like Google does, I agree with you, Apple is not only one but a few generations behind!
Clueless means that a lot of Android users are not aware (I'm sure even you are not aware) of where your data ends up when it gets in Google's hands. Hey, Google has to make up some money to offer an entire operating system for free! But a lot of clueless users are not aware of it. They just look at the screen size and the wonderful colors and they are happy. Good for them, it doesn't take a lot to keep them content.
As for your statement, it's just again a hollow argument. I don't think Apple is using sub-par hardware but you are entitled to your opinion. Again, it doesn't mean anything, you're not offering any substantial facts that Apple is using sub-par hardware. I would however argue that Apple has been pushing a lot of technologies that many Windows users are benefitting now. Apple was the first company to push Wi-Fi back with their first Airport station, back in June of 1999 where the vast majority of Windows users didn't even know you could connect to a network wirelessly. Apple was also the first one to ditch the floppy drive that many PC manufacturers kept bundling in their boring hardware. Apple was the first laptop manufacturer to push the keyboard further away on their laptops so your hands could comfortably type on the keyboard. It was Apple that ditched its ADB peripheral protocol and adopted USB before most major PC manufacturers. Heck, it was Apple that popularized the first GUI for a desktop computers, while you were all still typing C:\!
What did Microsoft innovate during all those years? Countless problems of compatibility with drivers, conflicting IRQ, blue screen of death with cryptic messages that no mortal can understand.
Now, if you really can't see it, I'm afraid you are blinded by too many years of contemplating that wonderful meadow on your desktop and be delighted by the nice little song that is played after you login in your Windows account.
Yes, crApple did manage to steal that from Xerox first. Go "innovation".
Oh, give me a break with this old witch story. Apple paid to have access to it while Xerox was sitting on it. Xerox executives were too happy to get rid of it.