2009/12/31 Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> khen lim wrote:
> > You can shout but buying a computer with a Giorgio Armani suit on and a
> dash Christian Dior perfume is just that - not much of an advantage these
> days. -
> >
>
> But for someone like me, and the millions in the same position, *switching
> just makes no sense. I've been using Windoze for decades. I'm familiar with
> it, comfortable with it.* I know others have reported all sorts of issues
> with Vista. I bought a machine with it pre-installed and it has been
> absolutely rock solid. Very, very occasionally, some app or other will
> crash, probably memory leakage, but the OS is unaffected. It's been like
> that Energizer bunny, it just runs and runs and ...
>
Fully agreed.
>
> * So why would I even consider trading something that does what I
> want reliably for a more expensive machine and OS?* Even if the OS is
> perfect, which is clearly not the case, *what about the time spent
> learning the ins and outs? Time spent learning how to make something work is
> time not spent in things I actually want to do.*
>
Exactly my same thoughts.
>
> Then WHAT ABOUT THE SOFTWARE? *I have a sea of Windoze specific
> software, from expensive apps to free utilities.* I know how almost all of
> it works. Sure, there will be equivalents, maybe already in the OS, but they
> will work differently. *Where can there possibly be sufficient payback for
> the endless $ and hours I would spend getting myself up to the capabilities
> I already have, but on a different OS?*
Hit the nail again. In fact the last time I checked (admittedly some years
back), equivalent Mac software is generally more expensive. And over here,
support is only a fraction of what I can get for Windows-based apps. And
that learning curve? That's enough to turn me off going to Mac. Like what
you said, Moose, that's another issue of endless $ and hours that I can
spend more wisely on something else.
>
>
> So Mac folks, love your pretty machines and lovely, feline OS, stroke them,
> hear them purr, feel the love, but please, please, leave those who are happy
> with their different religion free of proselytizing.
>
Couldn't put it any more subtly... :)
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"To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards of people” - Emily
Cox
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Disney
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