I’d agree with that comment. I assume you’re not implying that they are *not* good for those who *are* savvy considering the vast number of open source gurus and other UNIX and Linux types who are Mac users? (James Gosling the father of Java, Tim Berners Lee who built the first web browser and server on NeXT boxes etc)

“Vista is a faster OS than Tiger when running on a Mac?”

Shawn, if you read the article, you will notice the Mac is actually twice as fast booting OS X than when booting Vista (14 seconds vs 29secs) and the only major speed difference in Vista’s favour the author mentions is launching Firefox which takes 5 seconds the first time vs 1 second for Vista though it drops to 1.5 seconds for the Mac for subsequent launches. However, the fact the author neglects to mention is that Firefox is not yet intel native so is actually running under Rosetta software emulation, which means Vista can only beat the Mac when the Mac is running emulated code!!!

“Still missing a few things since moving to OSX”

Shawn, in this article, you’ll also notice most of the author’s issues have now been solved as he gets used to the Mac and the few that remain like “the simplicity of permanently associating network shared resources to drive letters” seem a bit strange considering Apple left the archaic drive lettering idea behind in the 80’s!

The “Why Mac’s Suck” video is funny, but not a very useful comparison considering the complaints are all from pre-OS X days. About as useful as complaining how bad Windows 98 is (was).

However, I do agree with you that there are plenty of basic Mac users out there who don’t know a menubar from a window from a folder, though I have a feeling the proportion is less compared to the numbers of PC users I’ve had to support over the years.

YMMV

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Personally I’ve never had any problems with Windows, but then again my technical knowledge is higher than the “average” PC consumer.

One small thing that irks me is when people make horribly invalid comparisons between Apple hardware and Microsoft software. Things like, “Macs are better because they have an integrated webcam.” Hardware is a function of the OEM, not the software. My HP dv9000 laptop has a built-in webcam, it works wonderfully.

For some more interesting tidbits from a recent Mac-convert check out these links:

Vista is a faster OS than Tiger when running on a Mac ?

Still missing a few things since moving to OSX

Even Mac users have to appreciate this video of a guy ranting about his Mac:

Why Mac’s Suck

@ raianoat: correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t Apple still publish updates for OS X? I thought I remembered reading how they recently released a handful of patches for some of the bundled apps that come with the OS?

@ Tame Bear: Oh how I wish that was true! I’ve had some pretty tedious conversations with just as many Mac users as I went through the, “click, no, drag over there, no, let go of the button, no, on the file, not the drive, now go to the folder you saved that, no, the folder, not the application. What’s a folder? This is going to take awhile”.

Having dealt with quite a few Windows AND Mac users I can say that neither OS really offers a self-learning experience like you described. If what you said was true I’d seriously ditch Vista right now and start preaching the gospel.

Sorry to disappoint you on this one, but that’s probably not the case. The fact still remains that people who use macs probably see windows machines regurlarly if not everyday. They may also be forced to interact with a windows machine on a regular basis. We all have friends and family with windows. On the other hand, windows users could surely go months without running into a mac.

By the way, I’m not a fan of windows either, I run linux exclusively. Nonetheless, the fact remains. Windows still has 90 some percent market share in the personnal desktop.