How to Convert Your Windows-Using Friends to Macs
PC users work on their PCs; Mac users work "with" their Macs. If you need further convincing, read on.
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Instructions
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Tell your Windows friends that Windows 95/98 is a great graphical user interface, and it ought to be: It was borrowed from the Mac OS!
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Mention that, even though the Mac seems more expensive than a comparable PC, price comparisons are best made over the useful life of a system. The Mac lasts about twice as long as the PC - with continuing support.
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Relate that PowerPC processors run faster and more efficiently than even Intel Pentium II processors of the same clock speed: 400 MHz on a Mac is faster than 400 MHz on a PC.
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Remark that setting up hardware and installing software is much easier on a Mac. If your time has value, you'll be interested in knowing that configuring files and resolving problems with peripherals are virtually unknown on a Mac; they have cost long weekends on a PC.
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Note that on the Mac, networking is built-in and a snap to set up; so is 16-bit stereo sound. For a PC - you guessed it - they're add-on features.
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Relate that sound and video are always automatically included and configured on the Mac, but require a card and configuration on a PC.
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Tell your Windows friends that Mac files automatically recognize the creator application; Windows files require a three-character extension. Changing a Mac file name doesn't change how an application recognizes it.
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Try mentioning that Macs with multiscan monitors can switch resolutions and change color bit depth without rebooting; PCs need an add-on utility to do this.
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Note that although Windows allows 255-letter file names, and Mac OS only 31, (a) some Windows applications seem never to have noticed, (b) long file names are not compatible with Windows 3.x or DOS, and (c) just try fitting a 255-letter file name under one icon!
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Tips & Warnings
PC users don't consider the Macintosh a serious computer, mainly because there are so few of them as a percentage of all computers in the United States. You might tell your Windows friend that there are more cockroaches in the world than humans, but that doesn't make cockroaches better!
The PC vs. Mac argument is fun if you don't take it seriously. But if we all used the same operating system, life would be pretty boring.
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Saphyn
Jun 06, 2007
That's why Macs had to set up Boot Camp, right? -
Saphyn
Jun 06, 2007
That's why Macs had to set up Boot Camp, right?
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Nov 22, 2005
They are worthless. Stick with your PC. If you want a change, try another operating system like "Linux" or something other than Windows. But, whatever you do, please, please, please don't buy a Mac.
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Nov 22, 2005
You cannot say a PC is a Yugo and a Mac is a Mercedes. Get real!
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Nov 22, 2005
On a Mac, you can boot onto the whole OS from CD, Zip, Floppy, RAM-Disk, USB and FireWire drives, Shared Sysfolder, basically any storage device that can hold the System folder. This is an excellent feature for repairing corrupted systems.
