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Originally Posted by jeffrey
Come on now, there might be similarities, but even you can't tell me that the Mac OS hasn't looked and worked more like windows with ever release.
Macs are the one conforming to Windows more then the other way around.
You keep mentioning how Mac has things built in, but dont realize those same things "built in" are available for windows for free, and as I said already half of them are more or less what windows powertools has offered for years.
And now you also say the video card it comes with can do dual 30s, thast great, but guess what, you can order a PC that can do that too. And I get a choice of what brand I want, not stuck with what some dick in an office says I want.
I can go into any computer store in the country (and out of) and buy parts to upgrade anything, buy software, or jsut buy another computer from.
Mac stores are far and few between, and are usually suboutlets (around here anyways) where they dont have any actual stock even, and things have to be ordered.
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I disagree, first off I can't recall the last time I ever went into a store to buy software. The Internet allows me to buy all the software I need without going into a store to get the same product in a huge cardboard box. Mac shareware is buzzing.
Secondly, every single Mac you can buy today can be updraged. So you can go buy Memory, Hard Drives, Optical Drives, Processors to install in your Mac just like you can any Windows machine. I installed a new 2.5" hard drive in my powerbook just last month.
Macs use EXACTLY THE SAME components as PC's so it's not like you need to go to a Mac store to be able to upgrade your Mac. A hard drive is a hard drive.
And regarding Windows having stuff built in, OS X wipes the floor with Windows when you compare the standard features. Windows XP doesn't even come with a DVD decoder FFS!!
And IMO the Vista feature set is an embarrasing copy of all the features that Mac users have been using for the last 2 years....seriously
aqua = aero
widgets = gadgets
expose = flip3d
mac mail = windows mail
ical = windows calendar
live dock previews = live taskbar previews
dashboard = sidebar
spotlight = desktop search
smart folders = search folders
etc....
..I dunno how the big wigs at microsoft can all sit down together at a metting and agree to call their new interface 'Windows Aero', they must be retarded. I'm suprised they didn't call their new MP3 player the 'iZune'.
Even if you are the biggest Microsoft fan on the planet, you have say that all the BIG features that MS shout about in their Vista blurb are basically their version of the same features in OS X.