You don't know how lucky we are
I get to work today and there is a new Sony Vaio 2.8gig PC in the box sitting on my desk.
My boss says to me "I know you'll enjoy working on this even though you like Macs"
I try to get onto our network, no go, I try to add our two printers I get a message "Windows has a problem installing your hardware" etc..
Then Windows Explorer had a problem and had to shut down.
Folks you don't know what a pleasure OS X is until you use a PC.
Oh and by the way, it is way louder than my Quicksilver 933Mhz.Powemac which I'll take anytime over this 2.8gig Pentium 4.
My boss says to me "I know you'll enjoy working on this even though you like Macs"
I try to get onto our network, no go, I try to add our two printers I get a message "Windows has a problem installing your hardware" etc..
Then Windows Explorer had a problem and had to shut down.
Folks you don't know what a pleasure OS X is until you use a PC.
Oh and by the way, it is way louder than my Quicksilver 933Mhz.Powemac which I'll take anytime over this 2.8gig Pentium 4.
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I feel for ya, man. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
I agree they are overpriced. The least they could do is not require you to add sales tax when you order from the Apple store online - sheesh, no other online retailers do that.
At least Windows XP comes with a System Restore utility, they must know that it will be needed.
I had to restore to the point just after I booted the machine for the first time, so I lost all of the software I had installed.
I'm not saying there are always problems with PC's and that Macs don't have any problems but I find PC's much more frustrating when there is a problem.
I find it outrageous that Microsoft has 95-97% of the market when Windows is obviously an inferior OS to Mac OS X, believe me I'd love to enjoy using Windows, it would make my life easier.
I left work early today because of the snow, I dread using that machine tomorrow.
<strong>I didn't say PC's were good, I just said I've never run into any of the problems that seem to plague mac users (on a PC). I suspect most of you would gloss over 90% of similar problems if you were on a mac.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I agree. I don't have any problems on the PC i use at work, aside from it doesn't have enough ram, but that is hardly a PC issue. Ease of use and stability-wise, there isn't near as large of a difference between OS X and XP as some Mac folk want to think
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I agree. I don't have any problems on the PC i use at work, aside from it doesn't have enough ram, but that is hardly a PC issue. Ease of use and stability-wise, there isn't near as large of a difference between OS X and XP as some Mac folk want to think</strong><hr></blockquote>
In my experience some pc's will just be lemons. They'll be cursed, and you'll always have problems with it. I've never come across a lemon of a mac, but I hear horror stories. Vaio laptops seem nice, but a little on the cheap side (maybe it's just the plastics), i've never liked their towers for the same reason. I've had endless problems with Gateways, and Dell's hard drives die on me. HP has never given me any problems, neither has Toshiba. Compaq's tend to be very reliable, though almost impossible to upgrade with all their proprietary hardware/software.
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In my experience some pc's will just be lemons. They'll be cursed, and you'll always have problems with it. I've never come across a lemon of a mac, but I hear horror stories. Vaio laptops seem nice, but a little on the cheap side (maybe it's just the plastics), i've never liked their towers for the same reason. I've had endless problems with Gateways, and Dell's hard drives die on me. HP has never given me any problems, neither has Toshiba. Compaq's tend to be very reliable, though almost impossible to upgrade with all their proprietary hardware/software.</strong><hr></blockquote>
in the past, PCs have had a greater lemon potential because they used cheap parts, while Macs used high-end parts (high quality SCSI drives, great Ram, et al.). PCs are definitely still using cheap parts, especially the sub $500 computers. Unfortunately, Apple seems to be using cheaper and cheaper components themselves, despite overcharging for their systems. The best I can tell, the warranty service needed now far passes the warranty service needed on older Macs (this isn't based on statistics, just observation). Furthermore, Apple's apparently lousy tech support does not help the situation, but that's another argument.
<strong>The least they could do is not require you to add sales tax when you order from the Apple store online - sheesh, no other online retailers do that.</strong><hr></blockquote>
This is not an Apple thing, it is a tax code thing. I believe the tax code requires that if a company has a retail establishment in your state, then they are required to charge you sales tax even through an on-line or catalog sale. For example, I live in Colorado, there is an Apple store in Colorado. I will get charged state sales tax for my Apple (on-line) store purchases.
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This is not an Apple thing, it is a tax code thing. </strong><hr></blockquote>
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While mac users will get SMAller and Smaller....
In my country, a recent survey puts the number of mac users at 1%, down from 2%. Pathetic
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This is not an Apple thing, it is a tax code thing. I believe the tax code requires that if a company has a retail establishment in your state, then they are required to charge you sales tax even through an on-line or catalog sale. For example, I live in Colorado, there is an Apple store in Colorado. I will get charged state sales tax for my Apple (on-line) store purchases.</strong><hr></blockquote>
it has nothing to do with apple retail stores...
the idea is that Apple has a "presence" in all 50 states... because of that they have to charge sales tax there (where applicable... i want to move to NH...)
APple charged sales tax before the first retail store opened...
There is a special case of the despairing Mac, and that's any Mac left in the hands of Windows gurus. They immediately go spelunking deep into the system and mucking around in low-level voodoo, not even looking for the checkbox in the control panel that solves whatever problem they're having. Heh.
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it has nothing to do with apple retail stores...
the idea is that Apple has a "presence" in all 50 states... because of that they have to charge sales tax there (where applicable... i want to move to NH...)</strong><hr></blockquote>
This is the jist of what I was saying. I believe though it goes beyond "presence" to actually having products available for sale. The idea being that if you have no other way to get the product (than catalog or on-line) you don't have to get dinked on taxes for the given state.
<strong>it's not new at apple, but is becoming more common...bestbuy now charges tax if they have a store in your state...so does compusa...and circuit city...probably they all do now....if you get free shipping it is usually still a good deal to shop on-line......g</strong><hr></blockquote>
Smalldog.com does not charge sales tax....this is why I'm getting my tower from them and not apple.
<strong>I've seen both sides, I have a friend who has a computer that is just as reliable as a mac, but the school's computers are always down or getting repair or you always see one of the IT guys working on something, many times with the case actually open.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yeah, it's an amazing concept that IT people need to make a living by fixing computers. Maybe they should all be flipping burgers at McDonald's instead.
Weeeee....
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