How Easy a Mac is
February 8th 2007 10:10
So I read in the February issue of ‘Macworld’ of yet another one of those ‘from PC to Macintosh’ migrants. Jason Snell (editor) speaks of how his retired ex-executive uncle decided to move over to Mac claiming that the reason he wouldn’t move of past was because that Windows based software would not run on Mac’s and since the Mac’s switch to Intel CPU’s it has become more efficient to run Windows applications natively on OSX.
But why would his uncle move to Mac? Apparently because OSX is so much ‘easier’ to work with than Windows. The Mac Fanboys really, really, need to get their heads out of the sand if they really want to move on and properly challenge Microsoft’s dominance, there ‘once upon a time, happily ever after’ stories just doesn’t cut it, ignoring the facts does not make everything better.
Clue me in Mr. Snell, in what ways is OS X easier to use than Windows? For general tasks such as web browsing or word processing it is pretty much the same as Windows. Simply open the web browser or word editor of choice and get to it, the exact same on OSX and Windows.
What about the slightly more complex tasks? Well Mr. Snell likes to brag about how much easier it is to work with digital photographs on the Mac, my dear Mr. Snell, so what? If you purchase a digital camera worth its salt you will get software that will allow you to manage your photographs just as easily on any platform, that includes OS X and Windows.
Jason concludes with the usual happily ever after, that the usual excuses for not using a Mac don’t exist anymore, that all Windows software will run on Mac and all the rest. Well that’s true, and I am just as excited as he is, if not more down to earth on the cold hard facts. I do hope Apple can start taking more and more of the market as time goes on, and I hope at some point down the line it can take a good 50% of the market, it will improve competition on both sides and increase the overall quality products.
Ironic too that many of Mac OS X's major (inherent) advantage of it being ‘more secure’ than Windows will also fade away as more people begin to exploit the operating system.
But why would his uncle move to Mac? Apparently because OSX is so much ‘easier’ to work with than Windows. The Mac Fanboys really, really, need to get their heads out of the sand if they really want to move on and properly challenge Microsoft’s dominance, there ‘once upon a time, happily ever after’ stories just doesn’t cut it, ignoring the facts does not make everything better.
Clue me in Mr. Snell, in what ways is OS X easier to use than Windows? For general tasks such as web browsing or word processing it is pretty much the same as Windows. Simply open the web browser or word editor of choice and get to it, the exact same on OSX and Windows.
What about the slightly more complex tasks? Well Mr. Snell likes to brag about how much easier it is to work with digital photographs on the Mac, my dear Mr. Snell, so what? If you purchase a digital camera worth its salt you will get software that will allow you to manage your photographs just as easily on any platform, that includes OS X and Windows.
Jason concludes with the usual happily ever after, that the usual excuses for not using a Mac don’t exist anymore, that all Windows software will run on Mac and all the rest. Well that’s true, and I am just as excited as he is, if not more down to earth on the cold hard facts. I do hope Apple can start taking more and more of the market as time goes on, and I hope at some point down the line it can take a good 50% of the market, it will improve competition on both sides and increase the overall quality products.
Ironic too that many of Mac OS X's major (inherent) advantage of it being ‘more secure’ than Windows will also fade away as more people begin to exploit the operating system.
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