Posts Tagged “os x”

Oct 10 2008

The Apple conundrum part 2: When Windows Attack

Posted by: Zuke in Apple, Windows, cell phones, computers, toys

This is a follow up to my last post here. If it seemed like it was a little one-sided, that’s because it was. It was getting a little long in the tooth, so I split it into two separate entries. If you read one, and feel the need to comment, please make sure to read both.

At the end of my last entry, I sort of bashed on the iPhone unfairly. It’s not that I have an actual issue with the iPhone per se, but it was the best example of Apple’s “we can charge you extra for what PC user’s have had for years!” mentality.

In truth, where Mac OS shows everything that making a computer “idiot proof” can do wrong, the iPhone shows where “idiot proof” isn’t such a bad thing! (special thanks to my friend Robert, a Mac user, for the phrase “idiot proof”).

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Tags: Apple, Cingular 8525, HTC, iPhone, os x, Smarphone, Windows, WM5, WM6

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Oct 09 2008

The Apple conundrum part 1

Posted by: Zuke in Apple, Windows, computers

OK, just to be clear first and foremost; this is not to start a flame war. I am writing this about my own experiences and observations using computers and personal electronics. Not everyone knows computers to the same degree, so I’m going to simplify things as best I can without coming across as children’s programming.

I would tend to think that I have a little more expirience using a computer than most people. Not all people, mind you, but most. I own a Mac and a PC and use Windows and OS X (sometimes at the same time). I’ve had to teach myself how to recover from any sort of system crash in Windows, and that there isn’t really a way to recover from a crash in OS X (so don’t go screwing around in there). But it wasn’t until this last weekend that I think I might have hit upon the fundamental difference between an Apple and a PC.

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