Mac is better than PC
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... so what my friend thought and bought his dad a Mac. What happened next? He has to spend everyday in technical support trying to explain things like "you can not maximize the window" and the website you always visit to breaks because the web developer did not test his code with Safari. ... and now he often wishes that he would not have bought a Mac for his dad.
So there are two things he doesn't understand and that means the Mac is junk? None of these arguments has any validity. The PC is great for some things, the Mac is great for some things - sometimes both are great for the same things. If you can't find how to do something (like maximize a window) try the help, or look it up on google. At the end of the day the best system is the one you feel comfortable using, regardless of what anyone else thinks. :sigh:
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So there are two things he doesn't understand and that means the Mac is junk? None of these arguments has any validity. The PC is great for some things, the Mac is great for some things - sometimes both are great for the same things. If you can't find how to do something (like maximize a window) try the help, or look it up on google. At the end of the day the best system is the one you feel comfortable using, regardless of what anyone else thinks. :sigh:
For some reasons it seems that most people had problem understanding the moral of the story. The point of my post was that what is obvious to you or what you think is better may not be better for someone else. In this case my friend who is fairly technical decided to force Mac on his dad who was not very technical assuming that he will enjoy it. But it did not happen to be the case as he has to spend lot of time providing tech support with his dad. What is obvious to you things like Googling to find the answer may not be obvious to many users.
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p.a.r.t.h wrote:
even if that doesn't help you you can always resize it by dragging bottom right of window.
Is that still the only way of resizing a window? When I first encountered that back in 1994-5 (since when I've not used a Mac) I thought it was one feature that sucked. But I thought I'd heard that resizing was possible from all sides now?
Kevin
Kevin McFarlane wrote:
Is that still the only way of resizing a window? When I first encountered that back in 1994-5 (since when I've not used a Mac) I thought it was one feature that sucked. But I thought I'd heard that resizing was possible from all sides now?
Ya, as far as I know, the Mac OS has always handled window resizing only through one corner. It actually starts to make sense after a while, when you look at the user interface differences between Mac OS and Windows. MS Windows' windows have always have this 'border' or 'frame' around the entire window, it's thin, but it's almost always there. Mac apps (especially newer ones) are usually flush to the edge of the window and have nothing between it and the rest of your screen.
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For some reasons it seems that most people had problem understanding the moral of the story. The point of my post was that what is obvious to you or what you think is better may not be better for someone else. In this case my friend who is fairly technical decided to force Mac on his dad who was not very technical assuming that he will enjoy it. But it did not happen to be the case as he has to spend lot of time providing tech support with his dad. What is obvious to you things like Googling to find the answer may not be obvious to many users.
Rama, Here's what you said originally: ... so what my friend thought and bought his dad a Mac. What happened next? He has to spend everyday in technical support trying to explain things like "you can not maximize the window" and the website you always visit to breaks because the web developer did not test his code with Safari. ... and now he often wishes that he would not have bought a Mac for his dad. If your friend is technically skilled why does he have to keep calling tech support to solve simple problems like how to maximize a window? As I said anyone with some basic technical know how could read the help or use google. Obviously your friend's skills are in need of updating. I stand by my previous comment, stop arguing about which product is "better" and buy the one that you find reasonably easy to use and understand. Richard.
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Kevin McFarlane wrote:
Is that still the only way of resizing a window? When I first encountered that back in 1994-5 (since when I've not used a Mac) I thought it was one feature that sucked. But I thought I'd heard that resizing was possible from all sides now?
Ya, as far as I know, the Mac OS has always handled window resizing only through one corner. It actually starts to make sense after a while, when you look at the user interface differences between Mac OS and Windows. MS Windows' windows have always have this 'border' or 'frame' around the entire window, it's thin, but it's almost always there. Mac apps (especially newer ones) are usually flush to the edge of the window and have nothing between it and the rest of your screen.
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I don't know how I would feel if I was using MacOS X today but back then I found it a major usability limitation.
Kevin
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For some reasons it seems that most people had problem understanding the moral of the story. The point of my post was that what is obvious to you or what you think is better may not be better for someone else. In this case my friend who is fairly technical decided to force Mac on his dad who was not very technical assuming that he will enjoy it. But it did not happen to be the case as he has to spend lot of time providing tech support with his dad. What is obvious to you things like Googling to find the answer may not be obvious to many users.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
what you think is better may not be better for someone else
We all tend to suffer from this fault, especially techies. Hence all the religious wars. We can never understand why others don't like the same things we do or are not more productive with the tools we use.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
What is obvious to you things like Googling to find the answer may not be obvious to many users.
Indeed. It's quite common for non-technical users to just phone you to ask about something rather than Googling.
Kevin
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Rama, Here's what you said originally: ... so what my friend thought and bought his dad a Mac. What happened next? He has to spend everyday in technical support trying to explain things like "you can not maximize the window" and the website you always visit to breaks because the web developer did not test his code with Safari. ... and now he often wishes that he would not have bought a Mac for his dad. If your friend is technically skilled why does he have to keep calling tech support to solve simple problems like how to maximize a window? As I said anyone with some basic technical know how could read the help or use google. Obviously your friend's skills are in need of updating. I stand by my previous comment, stop arguing about which product is "better" and buy the one that you find reasonably easy to use and understand. Richard.
My friend is "the Tech Support guy" for his dad. He does not call any other tech support.
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My friend is "the Tech Support guy" for his dad. He does not call any other tech support.
Right, I get it! So we still have a situation where the 'best' system is absolutely useless, since your friend's dad can't understand how to use it, even after spending hours on the phone to his son, "the tech support guy". A lesson to be learned here.
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... so what my friend thought and bought his dad a Mac. What happened next? He has to spend everyday in technical support trying to explain things like "you can not maximize the window" and the website you always visit to breaks because the web developer did not test his code with Safari. ... and now he often wishes that he would not have bought a Mac for his dad.
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If you use a PC then your fu*kd. If you can't use a mac then your doubly fu*kd!!! I grew up with and used both Macs and PCs since Mac OS 8.1 and Windows 3.1. After years of constant use and headaches, the jury is in ... Mac OS X wins ... hands down. I still use Windows but only about 10% of the time now, and ONLY when I have to! Rationale; ease of use, security and TOC (which stupid people don't know a thing about!). In my view, MS is headed for the dumpster. QA is poor and MS apps in particular are way way overpriced, and Balmer ... oh I can't stop laughing ... what a goofball. If Steve Jobs ran MS???
At the lastest hackfest the newest Mac with all patches was under complete control of the hacker from a flyby web site in less than 10 seconds, significantly less secure than any patch Windows version. You just keep telling yourself that a 50% premium was a smart buy. Jay