Why Macs Suck

[Apollo]

I know Sheep will never see this, but for those of you others, enjoy.

 

[senorserio]

I have seen these same videos only in reverse....mocking the eccentricities of Windows instead. We are sure fierce about our operating systems, aren't we?

 

[Apollo]

I have no problem with Mac. It is a ok operating system. I especially love garage band. I just find Macs impractical and really what makes me hate Macs are the fanboys, they are the most annoying bunch. And what is further, half the shit the say is great about the Mac is false, or stretched to make their point.

 

[Spazz04]

Yeah, i don't think that guy in the video ever used a mac, I have used them for many years and couldn't be happier. Also it looks like they we're mocking the style of the apple commercial with the white background and the second video have a style of pop-up warning from the old OS9 version. Mac has come a long way and yeah if i tried plugging my 12MP camera into my old Win 95 machine it would have errors and crash being frustrating.

Do you own a Mac? at least used a recent one with OS 10.5? i don't think you'd be disappointed both companies have come a long ways and both systems are better. I personally am glad Microsoft has competition, that way we as a consumer get a better system.

 

[Apollo]

i really dont care, i just want to annoy the fanboys. i will end up buying a mac for graphics design in the future sadly

 

[andysayshi]

The video guy was right. OS 9 did suck.

Not nearly as much as Windows ME, which was the version of Windows available when these videos were made.

These are 8 years old. They were funny at the time, especially to a video editor like me.

But they're meaningless now. OS X is what converted me from Windows to Mac.

If you don't like Macs, BlackWolf, why would you buy one?

 

[WYSIWYG]

BlackWolf: "buy a mac for graphic design...sadly?" whats up with that?? You can do graphics on a PC. Both platforms have the same graphics programs. You can get a mac and run Windoz and OSX, a PC can't do that. Oh, no worms, so spyware, and no viruses, but I guess the downtime on a PC will make you more productive???

What do you find impractical about a mac? Can't play the PC games you want??

I sold computers for 9 years retail. Most PC machines ALWAYS came back before the 30 day return policy and no macs! Guess I am missing something.......

 

[SL1986]

I switched to Mac 3 years ago and I will never go back to Windows again.

 

[Kins123]

Amazing BlackWolf. Is that the most up to date Mac slating video you could find? It's like posting a Windows 98 / Windows ME video. It just doesn't apply anymore. Luckily there are lots of Vista slating videos out there...

 

[evil_danger]

I used a mac in college and a pc at home and I have the answer

They both suck!

Really its all a matter of which sucks less at what you want to get out of the thing.

 

[Time]

LOL MAC
LOL WINDOWS
LOL LINUX
/thread
Goodnight

 

[Apollo]

The video guy was right. OS 9 did suck.

Not nearly as much as Windows ME, which was the version of Windows available when these videos were made.

These are 8 years old. They were funny at the time, especially to a video editor like me.

But they're meaningless now. OS X is what converted me from Windows to Mac.

If you don't like Macs, BlackWolf, why would you buy one?

man no one listens. i dont hate Mac's just the rabid fanboys *cough*sheep*cough*

 

[Apollo]

BlackWolf: "buy a mac for graphic design...sadly?" whats up with that?? You can do graphics on a PC. Both platforms have the same graphics programs. You can get a mac and run Windoz and OSX, a PC can't do that. Oh, no worms, so spyware, and no viruses, but I guess the downtime on a PC will make you more productive???

What do you find impractical about a mac? Can't play the PC games you want??

I sold computers for 9 years retail. Most PC machines ALWAYS came back before the 30 day return policy and no macs! Guess I am missing something.......

nope, not for that reason. the college i am going to study graphics design at will require a MacBook Pro. Can't be helped

 

[Apollo]

double post

 

[Apollo]

Amazing BlackWolf. Is that the most up to date Mac slating video you could find? It's like posting a Windows 98 / Windows ME video. It just doesn't apply anymore. Luckily there are lots of Vista slating videos out there...

Yeah It was hard to find anything for OS X, and then I found out why. They went back to using Unix and just slapping a pretty face on it. I guess Steve Jobs realized that there was no point in actually trying to make your own OS from scratch, cause they didn't know how to.

Now I am not knocking Steve for this move. The smartest move he made, because now he can talk about the safety and security of Mac's that are there only because Unix is under the hood. And they control every aspect of the hardware, so they don't run into those pesky hardware compatability problems. I guess it also helps that they don't let many third party apps on their OS without going through the Spanish Inquisition of Apple. I am sure Windows would love this control, but they can't. The EU would come a sueing again most likely.

Linux does the same thing I believe, but I don't really care. Linux fans arn't as annoying as the Mac ones. They are a little more humble. Then again, I guess when your leader is Steve Jobs, you will be just as arrogant and hard to put up with as him.

And I still don't get what is soooo bad about Vista? I have Home Premium and have yet to run into any problems. Then again, I don't have a printer. So who knows?

 

[Apollo]

oh and here are up to date articles on problems with OS X, mostly leopard. I think Apple solved a few of these. Anyway, here are for the fanboys. I think it has a article simple titled Mac Book Air. Not sure though.

http://themacsucks.com/joomla/content/category/1/17/32/

This one is my favorite. I wonder how many more macheads are gonna ignore me now?

Security Expert: "Mac OS X is the new Windows 98"

Wired Magazine carried an article yesterday entitled "New Apple Trojan Means Mac Hunting Season Is Open" by Ryan Singel. I've covered the Trojan on this site already, along with my opinion that this signifies that the Mac must have reached a critical mass where malware writers can make a profit from the platform. Experts the Wired spoke to apparently agree with me...

"Apple's day has finally come, and Apple users are going to get hit hard," security researcher Gadi Evron said. "OS X is the new Windows 98." (It could be worse, Mac fans. He could have said "OS X is the new Windows Me!")

The article quotes Dave Marcus, security research manager at McAfee's Avert Lab, as saying the Trojan was "written by people who know how to write malware" and not just some script kiddies out to prove they can do it.

Wired says "The arrival of the Mac Trojan signals that cybercrooks have decided there are finally enough Apple systems on the Internet to make attacking them profitable, according to security experts. [snip] Evron and other observers predict that black hats will have a field day with Macs, as well as with Apple's new mobile platforms. 'With 2 million iPhones and iPod Touches, it makes sense they will think of them as an evolving market to exploit, and there are a lot of new Mac users who aren't as savvy as Mac's earlier users,' said CEO Alex Eckelberry of Sunbelt Software, which sells security software for Windows machines."

The problem is relatively small, but interesting. McAfee's researchers have found the Trojan on 65 web site so far, but say that the malware isn't living up to its potential. It's only redirecting users to one obscure adult website. McAfee's suspicion is that word about the Trojan got out before the creators wanted it to, perhaps while they were still testing to see what they could do with it.

The Wired article also reports that "Evron sees more problems for Apple users than just new Trojans that try to trick users. Hackers will find it profitable and all too easy to find holes in Apple software, because the company hasn't paid sufficient attention to security, said Evron. He predicts Apple will experience a full-range of attacks, just as Microsoft did a decade ago when Windows machines and the Internet first met."

I actually got that screen in the picture on a older Mac in my Media Tech class. We had NO IDEA what it was. It does make a rather pretty door stop now though. We got two new Mac Pro's instead of dealing with it.

 

[_AJ_]

Amazing BlackWolf. Is that the most up to date Mac slating video you could find? It's like posting a Windows 98 / Windows ME video. It just doesn't apply anymore. Luckily there are lots of Vista slating videos out there...

the mac ones were funnier go find me some more funnies jester

 

[Blakiepoo]

I wouldn't buy a mac because of their commercials. Same as Pepsi. Same as politicians.

If you can't promote your product without putting down the competition, your product isn't good enough for me.

 

[lookin4sum1icantrust]

what the fuck was that! FUCKING ASS HOLE. poor Apples Destroyed! That Editor can go 2 HELL

 

[LaloGS]

I used to have a consulting firm with 38 employees on Windows machines. I chose to work on a Mac. In those days, WYSIWYG was only available on the Mac. I don't know how many times I had to import pages of written material from the Windows machines to place a graphic, or just to create a WYSIWYG page so it could be edited accurately. Neither of which Windows would do with any WYSIWYG accuracy. Our AT&T project ended up with a little over 10,000 printed pages none of which would have been possible if the Mac hadn't been there to do the layouts.

Additionally, I had to keep a tech on staff just to keep all of those Windows machines working, but he never once in 11 years had to work on my Mac. On average, there were at least two Windows crashes a day, and when you are trying to meet deadlines or suffer monetary penalties, I personally would go with OS X over Windows every time. And Leopard (OS X 5.0) is fantastic if you haven't tried it.