The point about there being more viruses for PC than mac because it’s more effective is a big ‘duh’ – everyone knows that. Ease of use? Yeah, they both have automatic updates. They both support a lot of hardware, too, though. I use both platforms and have never had a piece of hardware that didn’t work with mac, so I don’t know if saying there isn’t as much for the platform is correct. There’s less software, not so much less hardware. And it’s true that when you plug something in to the mac, it usually just outright works… but that’s fairly often true on the pc as well. Big deal. Then access – saying facial recognition is something people won’t use is subjective, though it may be true. But I don’t think the ads aim to say ‘look, we have facial recognition’ – it’s just one example to mention a wide range of intuitive tools that come with the system.

And then there’s stability.. which is where the responses start to sound pc fanboyish. Anybody can tell you Macs are more stable, and anyone arguing Vista as being superior or even equal to any OS ever made is out of their mind. XP was closer than vista. And using Windows 7 as a point of argument is hearsay.

Macs are overpriced, though… but who cares? I’ll never understand why both platforms can’t just exist. Don’t buy one if you don’t want to pay for it.

Firstly, the virus point. The main reason there are so many more viruses out on Windows than Mac is because of the large user base. It’s profitable for a malware coder to create something which’ll affect possibly thousands, or tens of thousands of users, as opposed to the few hundred people using Mac. Not only that, but it’ll take a hell of a lot of stupidity to allow viruses into a Windows machine, e.g. porn, warez etc. This is the exact same way in which Mac users will induce a virus.

Secondly, the ease of use point, with all the automatic updates and such. This occurs already in Windows Vista. Mac has it easy in terms of updating hardware drivers and such, because there isn’t much of a range of hardware for Macs. Unlike Windows however, where there are millions of different hardware vendors and different models from each. Examples being the millions of different networking and graphics drivers available on PCs. The wide range of hardware is quite an advantage for PC users, with the ability of being able to pick and choose what hardware you want in your machine (that is if you build your own machine or get someone to customize yours).

Thirdly, the file access point. This is hardly a point, just more of a “novelty”. It’s highly unnecessary, and I can’t see many real users finding face recognition and such extremely useful or productive. With many free programs available to organise photos and such, there already are convenient ways for people to organise and find photos. If anything, just use the Search toolbar in Windows Explorer (provided you are using Vista or 7).

… Finally, the point about the stability of Macs compared to Windows. I don’t see how this point is valid nor justified. Personally, I never get any unstable crashes or whatever. Granted, the only BSODs I’ve ever gotten were from unstable overclocks, but that’s about it (instability always occurs if you go too far, regardless of OS). Windows Vista has fixed most instabilities, save the first three months, where vendors refused to create proper drivers. In fact, Windows 7 has taken a step further to ensure that stability is ensured by making Vista drivers compatible, meaning that there’s no such thing as incompatibilities and instability caused by incompatible drivers (Don’t try and tell me that Vista has no drivers, that’s complete rubbish).

So all in all, I agree with “not you”, this is a very fanboi-ish article. Apple specifically preys on the uninformed in order to get their cash. To say that the price of a Mac is hardly justified, when you could get superior hardware and specs at the same price of a Mac, and then illegally (or legally, depending how you do things), install OSX onto that PC (through things such as iDeneb, iAtkos etc.).

Safari does suck, I’ll give you that – but I also don’t recall mentioning Safari in the article. Firefox for OSX is stellar. But everyone should be used to the browser that comes with their computer sucking – just take a look at IE. I wouldn’t use IE on my Windows machines if I were paid $1/day.

Finding a file is easy on either platform, sure… but again, I wasn’t talking about finding a file. Simplicity was in reference to what is mentioned in the ads: things like facial recognition software in iphoto, drivers, etc. Macs do have a lot of unique tools that speed up workflow.

And sure, you see the spinning wheel… any computer gets sluggish. When does the article say it won’t? Though I can’t say I’ve ever, ever, in 10 years of using Macs, from Macbooks to PowerMacs, back to the old Performa 450, seen a Kernel Panic.

Lots of arguments based on things not referenced in the article – you should write your own!

I do like Kool Aid, though. OH YEAH.

Apple even recommends an Anti-Virus program for Macs on their help pages.

Also OSX ALWAYS falls first and fastest at Pwn2Own. Safari is the least secure browser out and many banking and financila institutions do not allow its use (PayPal for one).

Simplicity again you have to be joking, Finding a file is as easy on one as it is on the other.

As a Mac owner I have seen the spinning pinwheel of deat and the dreaded Kernel Panic just as many times as I have seen the BSOD.

There is very little objectivity in that article instead you come off sounding like a Mac FanBoy who has drank too much of the Koolaide this morning