Actually, what is the [mystique] mac experience?
Hello folks,
the subject line tells everything.
I want to know what the mac experience is. So give me your 3 top sellers;-)
What is it?
The spacial experience? File system? Good hard- and software integration? Stability? Sexuality? Fidelity? What is it? Tell me your story.
ThanX
the subject line tells everything.
I want to know what the mac experience is. So give me your 3 top sellers;-)
What is it?
The spacial experience? File system? Good hard- and software integration? Stability? Sexuality? Fidelity? What is it? Tell me your story.
ThanX
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ease of use - design - innovation
1) Hardware quality (PCs look and are cheap, even the expensive ones, by cheap I mean, put together half fast with no design aforethought. The only exception here is Sony, too bad the OS that run that PC is Windows.)
2) Operating System. The Mac OS is polished in every detail, the goal having been and continuously being to make it as easy and as efficient as possible giving the user no distractions in his work. The Mac is actually fun to use. Windows on the other hand is put together half fast with no Human Interface design goal at all. In short, it's annoying to use when one is accustomed to the polish found with the Mac OS.
This feeling seems to spread to third parties. Not the big guys necessarily, but the Mac developers. You can more or less count on a Mac app to be more solid, better designed, and if it has fewer features than its Windows counterparts they're easier to use and more likely to be useful. BBEdit; OmniGraffle; GraphicConverter; Nisus; Stone Studio...
The Mac community is, in general, much more supportive and helpful. Maybe the optimistic gestalt of the platform and the playfulness that's always been part of the OS and the hardware is contagious, or maybe it draws kindred spirits. But there's a lot to be said for a platform that at once manages to be consistent, efficient, elegant and whimsical. There's also a lot to be said for a platform that gets better and better every year, rather than more and more bloated.
<strong>At the risk of dittoing, the main thing is that Apple at least does a really good impression of giving a damn about you.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You mean, they really don't care?
Lol... RDF is the number one reason!
1)the OS is thought about, they work hard to make it intuitive and very consisten throughout (with exceptions)
2)hardware integration
3)its not windows...honestly i feel because i use a mac i am different (i dont mean cooler or weird or anything) but i am a different because i use a mac...better perspective on things
could i have done a worse job explaining 3?
But they really don't give much of a damn, still more than Microsoft does, but it's not like they give a really big damn about you. Maybe just a little damn. But they sure make you feel like they're giving a damn over you.
wtf did I just write?
If you have long experience working on Macs and under PCs, you know what I mean.
you like that?
When you use a Mac for a prolonged period of time, you begin to develop an appreciation that Apple realy does try to make your life easier--that Apple (and, as Amorph pointed out, third-party developers) are on "your side" when it comes to functionality, ease of use, visual appeal, carefully selected options, etc. a myriad of little details add up to a very intuitive and productive experience.
There is another area where Macs are occasionally criticized. (Not all will share in this opinion of mine!) Windows and many Windows apps tend to throw every possible configuration option and choice at you. Macs and its apps tend to limit options. At first glance, this might seem like a limitation, but after a while you realize that Apple and many Mac developers really take the time to decide which options are worth giving and which are mearly destractions. Apple puts alot of time into walking that fine line between too many choices and too rigid, all in an attempt to maximize your productivity. In my opinion, Windows and its apps show a certain laziness: "if you can't decide how something should work, just make it an option and let the user decide"
Bottom line: Apple and its fine army of developers try very hard to work as much on your behalf as on their own, and it shows.
Integration - Apple has found a way to make stuff work...the first time. Like our switcher friend said, who wants to spend Christmas Day downloading drivers for something? Because they integrate the OS, hardware, and iApps together, it all works seamlessly.
Quality - In its hardware design, the look of the OS, and even the packaging that it all comes in, Apple is dedicated to NOT make a half-assed product. Yeah, it ends up costing more, but isn't it worth it to get a stylish, solid computer?
My $0.02.
I don't really want to know how my computer does stuff: I just want it all to happen, and Macs give me that so much more than Windows machines.
Off-topic, it's nice to see everyone championing Apple. feels like being at home.