Why you still differentiate between “Macs” and “PCs”. Since when Apple switched from PowerPC to Intel processors, Apple computers *ARE* (technically) PCs, exactly the ones you hate so much.

To put it simply Macs are PCs in an aluminium unibody garment and a doubled price tag. If you like OS X so much, there’s nothing which prevents you from installing it on a computer with specs similar to a MacBook (like the Dell Inspiron 1525).

I’ve been a Linux user for almost ten years and since things are going south with several key components (Kernel, X11), I decided to switch to a different UNIX. And here I am, Happy OS X user with my Inspiron 1525. Soon to be replaced with a Dell Vostro 3700.

I will look back only when Apple changes processors again or makes it really impossible to install OS X on non-Apple machines.

On 2nd point: Please don’t omit crucial facts. You cannot (legally) try OS X on your PC because Apple won’t let you do so (EULA says that you can install OS X only on “Apple branded computers”). To make it clear: it’s not Microsoft, HP or Dell’s fault. It’s Apple’s.

@Tim

On 2nd point: just read above.

With that said, I thank Apple every day. Without them the various Dell, HPs out there would be still making not-so-good-looking laptops. Without them we wouldn’t have _widespread_ touchscreen cellphones (and these things are nothing new since touch-screens existed since the ’80s).

But I will be always glad to let others with lots of money to waste buy their products.

Speaking by myself, I think my next portable computer is going to be a Vostro 3700.
And it will run a retail Snow Leopard bought from an Apple Store, of course.

(P.S.: I’m not an Apple-hater. I would buy their products if they aren’t 2 time the price of the competition. I am willing to pay a little bit more for a refined product but not more than twice).

But this needs to be said for all the stumblers out there that find this page. YOU ARE A MORON, People who use macs have no idea about PCs, People that have any knowlege of a PC will laugh in the face of any Mac user who claims Macs over PCs.

The top PC will smash the top mac, any day, a year old PC with no upgrades may still even beat the performance of a Mac, Macs do not run most games, you cannot change or ulter your hardware, you get a sealed box that you may not touch or replace.

They claim to have their OS compatible and based on their hardware, They didnt build their OS with the hardware, they stole it from the technology of FreeBSD, I laughed alot at some comments about PCs lately. reason being that these people are retarded, they download Gigs of porn and wonder why they have trojans, they cant operate a PC and find confidence in having a mac that is indestructable, which is wrong, Mac crash all the time, the claim that they dont get virus’s may be true, but they do lose quality at the same rate as a PC, Pc’s just start out better. I cant really express my hatreds for macs, they are terrible and are not network friendly.

I too love Macs, though I can’t tolerate people mindlessly ripping on PC’s because they bought a crappy Dell or HP and have slowed it down with tons of Viruses. 99% of PC issues are caused by ignorance by the user. Go build a custom PC, and then see how slow and crappy it is.

Thanks Richard for post! <3 Mac <3

1) That’s not the point. Point is Mac doesn’t bombard users with a bunch of trials that slow set up time.

2) It’s better to be legal. At least Macs support Microsoft.

3) Office? They’re the same. AOL? Lame. WoW? HA! What a joke for software. Blizzard obviously does NOT know how to create SHIT for Macs. That’s not Apples fault they have 42950843904 patches a week.

4) Apple Keyboard has a light ON the caps lock key. The Air wasn’t designed to be an all purpose computer. It was designed as an ‘ultra portable’ notebook.

5) All PCs have thousands and thousands of possibilities for different hardware configurations. Mac technicians know what’s in the computers they fix.

6) There will never, ever, be any OS or software that’s 100% secure. Hackers will hack anything. It is simply more complex to get into a Mac, where as holes in windows are found daily and patches are needed frequently.

7) Why wold you need to upgrade when you already have the best?

2) I already said illigal software doesnt matter.

3) MS office? sorry PC runs it faster. AOL? i dont use so i cant say :P World of Warcraft? … ok lees pause there for a second. I am a huge WoW fan and constantly have to install patches (both mac and PC does this) and everytime i read the pathc notes they have an entire section of things they had to fix JUST for Macs. sorry Richard your wrong about macs and WoW.

4)Annyoing blinking lights? What? I know PC has alot of lights but how are they annoying? Ther tiny leds that have a useful function. Id rather see that my caplock is on by a little light rather than to type the entire document in caps because i didnt see that the cap lock was on. funky keyboard layout? Pcs have the most common keyboard layout. Seeing as macs keyboard is not as common wouldnt it make their keyboard “funkry”? macbook air… really? the macbook air was a comlpeat failure. it had ONE usb port. What are u going to use that one usb port for? the macbook air was a fail lets leave it at that.

5) yes ill admit microsoft doesnt have its own store and geek squad and i know from expreence that dell has the worst service i have ever used (when i bought my old computer they sent the wrong one >.>) but really peopel should be useing custom builds anyways.

6) viruses are so easy to get rid of its not even funny. but “it’s half Microsoft’s fault”? What? no. The only reason that PCs ahve viruses are because they are the leading platform. If Mac was bigger they their would be more mac viruses. it is no way microsofts fault. Anything can be hacked so really you cant blame them. also for the people thinkign that macs can not be hacked: Iphone&ipod jailbreaks, Kalyway, iAtkos, ideneb. All hack macs. if peopel really wanted to they could hack a mac.

Also you cant really say windows is slow if your useign a DELL. dells are aweful computers. make a custom build better (and cheaper) than a mac and u can run vista (or xp) on it with impressive speed. Macs number one flaw is customiztion. You cant buy upgraded parts u gotta buy a whole new computer and have to wait for it to come out. custom builds i can upgrade my computer every time a new part comes out without being held back by mac. By the way im useign a custom build with Vista ultimate (free), Mac OSX Lepoard (free), and Ubuntu as my Operating systems. vista for priamry, osx for Iphoen SDK, Ubuntu just looks pretty :D.

Steve jobs is so much talent than the weirdo bill gates

i believe that apple will be the number one company in the world

thnx dude 4 ur awesome post & Once u Go mac, u never go back lol