Macintosh v. Windows
- My First Mac: Since Third Grade,
Julie Fugett, 8/10. "It seemed common sense to pick the Mac over
the PC."
- Subversive
tactics: How to drive PC managers nuts, John Martellaro,
MacOpinion, 8/9.
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Macintosh computers, the great equalizer, Mac Observer, 8/4.
"The Mac became a tool that supported my needs and goals rather
than requiring me to conform to its limited parameters."
- Macs vs. Y2K, Low End
Mac, 8/3. "We switched off the 26 NT machines and fired up our
Macintosh equipment."
- Apple
gains despite low-cost competition, Cnet, 7/22. "For the
month of June, Apple Computer maintained its No. 3 ranking in the
retail and mail-order market with strong sales of the iMac...."
And, by the way, the iMac was #1 in June.
- My grandmother uses a
Macintosh, Menagerie of Macs. "It's amazing to see how easily
she learned the Mac OS."
- Microsoft
monopoly costs consumers $10 billion, US Public Interest
Research Group. Title says it all. Thank goodness many Mac users
don't use Windows or Office.
- Apple
ranked number one brand in education study, MacCentral,
7/12.
- PC
drones, Macville. "...they see us as eccentrics because the
only platform they know doesn't deserve any loyalty."
- My First Mac: Avoiding Wintel
Nightmares, Alexander Stuart Robinson, 7/12. "When my Mac
crashes, a quick restart sorts out the problem - but crash a
Wintel PC, and you end up messing with config.sys files and
command.com."
- Confessions
of a Mac bigot, the iMac, 7/6. "...like some Mac users, I often
defended the Mac with my heart instead of my head."
- My First Mac: Detour on the Dark
Side, Low End Mac, 6/28. "I love my Mac. Though its aggravating
sometimes, I can always find the annoyance and fix it. It keeps me
. . . away from PCs."
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Have I told you lately that I hate Windows, Stewart Alsop,
Fortune. "Microsoft's operating system is what has led to our loss
of control over computing."
- Another
Win98 bug, Microsoft, 6/23. System File Checker may restore
wrong cabinet file, making system unbootable.
- Why
Windows 2000 is already a failure, ZDNet, 6/22. "It is too much
for consumers. And too little for mission-critical business
environments."
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What Windows users will put up with, Bryan Chaffin, Mac
Observer, 6/18. "What has stunned and amazed me time and again are
the things that [even experienced] Windows users will put up
with."
- The little
Macs the could (and still can), Mac Mania, 6/17. "One thing
I've known for a long time is that any Mac, no matter how old, has
a use."
- Mac
vs. PC, Residential Computing, Standford University. "Many
students have asked us for advice on what type of computer to
buy."
- Every OS has
its niche, osOpinion. "Mac OS X is the most promising of the
bunch." "The Mac OS is the most mature consumer OS."
- Reinstalling
Windows, a whole new reason to hate your life, Computer
Currents. "Windows is a fertile, life-sustaining environment. Bugs
multiply there."
- Mac OS
advantages, About.com, 5/25. "I continue to notice a trend:
users who believe that Windows is 'close enough' to the Mac OS. Is
there a difference? Of course!"
-
Mentality of the OS upgrade, osOpinion. "If you greet crashes
with resignation, then Windows is most suited to your
temperament."
- Mac OS
and Windows Evolution, MacKiDo, 5/25. "People noticed Microsoft
changes because they were inconsistent and dramatic - but the goal
of good interface is consistency and nice smooth (subtle)
evolution."
-
VirtualPC crosses Mac divide, Newhouse News Service, 5/25.
"...there's no way to tell (without looking at the Apple logo on
the computer) that you're not working with a real PC."
- Shopping
for PC? Consider Mac, Dallas Morning News, 5/18. "None of the
computers we use now will be what our children will have when they
grow up. So learning a particular model doesn't matter."
- Name
your poison, Mac Opinion, 5/7. Fascinating (albeit lengthy)
article about human folly past and present, including Microsoft and
Apple.
- Why
people hate Macs, Macville, 5/6."...their computer is a cheap
knock-off of the computer they hate so much."
- Maine courts Mac-based since
mid-80s, Macs Only!, 5/5. "The Maine court system continues
today as essentially Mac-based, with most of its original Mac
equipment still functioning."
- When to buy
a PC, MacKiDo, 5/3. "If you don't touch anything, and just use
the machine as a turnkey solution, they work fine. "
- Mac OS
8.6, My Mac. While Microsoft gets ready to charge almost $100
for a bug fix to Windows 98, Apple prepares to release a major
improvement to the Mac OS for free.
- Windows
PCs can learn a lesson from the iMac, InternetWeek, 4/26.
"Clearly, Apple has managed to make a computer that makes the
Internet accessible to anyone."
-
Philistines, Del Miller, Mac Opinion, 4/16. "Complexity in the
guise of progress is just dunderheaded foolishness."
-
The little big man on the internet, New Media News. "We
basically sold our PCs to our accountant, who wanted them for her
office, [and] I ordered Macs. They don't crash; I don't spend any
time taking care of these guys."
- Which is really cheaper, iMac or $299 Webzter Jr.?, MacTimes,
4/9
-
They missed the point of OS X Server!, OS Opinion. "When
combined with the new G3 Server model, it is the fastest Apache [web] server under $5,000,
beating NT4 and Linux on an Intel 450 PII by a significant
margin."
- Playing fast
and loose with your OS, Applelinks, 4/2. "Windows 95 and
Windows 98: The only known PC operating systems with the Y2K
problem built right into their name."
- Pick
the best OS, osOpinion. "...the winning OS is the best OS when
you consider all the things a computer can do today and what is
required to get it to perform these duties."
- G3 vs.
Pentium III, PC Magazine, 3/26. G3/400 handily beats P III/500
in FileMaker tests and all but one Photoshop tests, but P III wins
Microsoft Word tests.
- Five
Mac myths disspelled, Daily iMac
- Home
networking ain't easy and Making
Macs Network, Byte.com, 3/22. "Maybe I should have stuck with
an all-Macintosh network."
- Don't buy a
bargain PC until you read this, ZDNet, 3/19
- Macs beat
PCs in technical support, MacSoldiers, 2/26
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Mac OS worthy, but underhyped (Windows 98 worthless, but
overhyped), NouveauGeek, CBS MarketWatch
-
Mac OS for Intel a bad idea, osOpinion, 12/30
- Gartner
Group cautions users against Windows NT, Internet Week
- G3
servers, NT killers, selling fast, MacCentral
-
Windows is a grief-causing kludge, PC Computing
-
Should schools use Macs or PCs? - results, ZDNet
- Virtual PC and the iMac, MacOS Daily
- Going to
war with Windows NT, Mac Opinion
- Why
are Macs better? Let's count the ways!, Arizona Central
- US Navy embraces Windows, MacOS Daily
- Macintosh does
Windows!, Toronto Sun
- the iMac.com compares iMac and Compaq Presario
- Is Windows
really as good as Macintosh?
- Return on
Investment, Mac v. Windows
- Mac v. Windows:
which is better and why? (requires Acrobat)
- Dual platform
costs, a study showing the cost of ownership decreases as
the proportion of Macs increases by the Gartner Group.
- Maintenance
comparison: Macintosh v. Windows 95 by Norris and Wong
Associates
- Why Windows Isn't Good
Enough
- Macs don't
cost more than PCs
- Asset
Administration: Macs costs less to use, Law Practice Technology
Center
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