Comments on: Apple’s Leopard becomes a sales hit

By: roston

roston — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:21:19 +0000

wheres RS links

By: Belga

Belga — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:49:16 +0000

pc for gaming. Mac for working?

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:40:19 +0000

I agree with charging extra on hardware, and that page is funny lol. About the fixes ive been doing that all my life in linux and i prefer to pay.

By: Reavenk

Reavenk — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:52:42 +0000

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant

By: SmokinMacIsWack

SmokinMacIsWack — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:33:26 +0000

I haven’t used a Mac in years, and would have no objection in trying one, but I don’t like the limitations in building one. They are very expensive for what you get, and they are horrible with game support.

The biggest complaint with me is the balls it takes Apple to charge what they do for memory. $700 for 2GB of memory? That is bloody insulting m8. For the same exact IMac they sell for $2300 I could build for a fraction that has more capabilities. So while I would have no objections in using a Mac I can’t justify the high price for no benefits and less compatibility.

Sure, theres less virus’ and no driver headaches, but anyone with even reasonable PC knowledge can easily fix a driver problem and know how to use a firewall. Once Macs support games on a wide scale and offer other retailers to build them, thus making them cheaper, I would buy one. Until then theres no reason to spend more to get less.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:22:01 +0000

There is no better, it’s a matter of choice.

Real unix, stability, excellent desktop, does it for me. I work on Solaris and tested all major *nix in the last decade. No more compiling for me thanks, Im willing to pay extra.

Don’t compare mac hardware with the cheapest PC, google for a mac vs dell comparison.

Internet runs on unix, most hackers target unix systems, OSX is based on FreeBSD, Windows security doesn’t compare. If you think othewise maybe read some.

Chill out people this is not a prison where you align with the group of the same skin colour against everyone else. Chosing is ok.

By: User

User — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:04:10 +0000

Well, actually, if you want best of both worlds, get Mac, install windows with BootCamp. You have Win for games and OS X for everything else.

By: User

User — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:02:00 +0000

This all flaming is so pointless.
I used MS products starting from early DOS, and through all Windows version starting from 3.1. I have used Linux on desktop for a few years. Now I use OS X.
There really is no point in saying that one is better than the other. All of them have their good sides and downsides. All comes to what you want to do with your computer.
My rule of thumb when recommending computer is that if you’re a gamer go for Windows, if you’re a more a tech person with lots of time on your hands – Linux, if you are anything else – take Mac.

By: User 04283

User 04283 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:48:18 +0000

that looks a lot more like tiger than leopard (dock, the bar at the top, etc.)

By: Pim

Pim — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:56:31 +0000

Where can I get that background????

By: philips14c

philips14c — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:20:58 +0000

“swiss guy:
2) I own an XBOX 360 to play Games…Do I need Open GL or Direct X for that? nope. Microsoft have made something I like and use.”

You prove exactly my point! Not only you pay a lot of U$ dollars on your mac but also on buying XBOX! LOOOOOL! PC can do both and more!
I like to build my PC from scrap! Soon I will buy a quadcore, then a nvidia 8800 gts, more RAM…etc.
Can a MAC do this?

By: Phil Urich

Phil Urich — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:30:50 +0000

To clarify, other than that Paul is pretty much spot on in his corrections of this article.

By: Phil Urich

Phil Urich — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:29:50 +0000

Paul, you are incorrect. I’ve been running the same OS on both 32-bit and 64-bit machines for a few years now, and the 64-bit OS that I’m writing this from right now has a 32-bit version of Firefox installed so that I can have all that Flash “goodness” that the web seems full of these days That OS is Linux, of course, with KDE as my desktop environment. Which OS X owes a lot to, first of all the web browser is largely just a port of the default KDE one!

So kids, don’t believe Apple when they say they’re the first. At anything, really. There really isn’t anything they did first . . . they’re just the first to market that first

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:31:34 +0000

@P-J – That’s also a beta image.
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Anyway, this article is extremely inaccurate:

1. Leopard is the sixth OS in the Mac OS X series
2. Its shipping started on October 26
3. Some other interesting features which are attracting the customers are: New 3D Dock,
4. Quick Look – the ability to preview documents or files without starting up a separate program
5. Leopard is not the first OS which is completely 64 bit – but it is the first OS that runs on both 32 and 64 bit machines, and runs 32 & 64 bit programs seamlessly.

By: Strop

Strop — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:30:20 +0000

Come on guys, who cares what system you use. If you enjoy it great. If you are dissatisfied consider a change. Only one or two of the comments here are worth anything – because they are from people who have actually used both systems and therefore know. I have a Mac at home and use a PC at work (because every other business uses PC’s). Both have their pros and cons. As for games, why wouldn’t you aim your game at the PC market – it is by far the biggest – but most companies eventually put out a version for the Mac market so not is all lost.

To be honest, the only real difference I see between the two is that you need to know much less about the internal operations of a computer to use a Mac than you do a PC – far less ‘problem solving’. The ‘tech heads’ can have their own arguments – as I said at the beginning ‘who cares’.

Merry Christmas