Comment i'd like to defect but ... (Score 1) 722
i have some good reasons for not doing so:
1) I'm used to windows and most of the ppl i know are used to it too. I find it difficult to convince my friends to pass to firefox let alone proposing them a whole new OS. Geeks tend to underestimate the power of habits of the average user. I know many ppl incapable of switching from nokia to another cell phone brand. Stupid maybe but my feel is that many just stick with what they know if it works for them.
2) Apple stuff costs a lot, whatever mac enthusiasts may say. A mac mini essentially is an entry level machine and its price sucks, you can get more than that for your money. And used parts cost pretty much as new pc components.
3) I have no passion in supporting a stupid multinational as if it was a political party. Both MS and Apple are in it for the money so i don't see why Jobs is any better than Gates. If i were to defect i would try something free like linux. Now that's something you can get passionate about.
4) Windows is user friendly. I don't care about the uber geeks that say this and that about windows being bloated and that it doesn't work and keeps crashing. Simply not true. Just set it properly, maintain it clean and it will work. Sure does on my machines. Just a home user but hey i never saw blue screens of death and didn't get blasted by any virus. Just followed some good advice like not using IE and disabling the stuff i dont need.
5) I really like building my own box. I LOVE chinese and korean cheap parts and couldn't care less if they fail after 2 years of use. I just grab my latest fetish of ebay and install it in my machine and it just works (well not always but i can usually find a workaround for all my parts\gadgets)
6) Used stuff. Many ppl just throw away their perfectly working hardware just to get the latest tech available. Bad for them good for me. I like picking some older stuff and assembling perfectly working machines for almost nothing. Can't see how would it be possible to make a pc from scratch easily if it wasnt for windows (well yeh Linux but you have to TYPE stuff to make things work)
7) Apps. I'm not familiar with mac stuff but i'd say that for the avearage user it's a whole lot easier find and install apps on a windows pc, same goes for games
So till a really plug and play linux distro comes out (like one where you just put a cd and install and recognizes all of your hardware out of the box) i don't see any reason for migrating
1) I'm used to windows and most of the ppl i know are used to it too. I find it difficult to convince my friends to pass to firefox let alone proposing them a whole new OS. Geeks tend to underestimate the power of habits of the average user. I know many ppl incapable of switching from nokia to another cell phone brand. Stupid maybe but my feel is that many just stick with what they know if it works for them.
2) Apple stuff costs a lot, whatever mac enthusiasts may say. A mac mini essentially is an entry level machine and its price sucks, you can get more than that for your money. And used parts cost pretty much as new pc components.
3) I have no passion in supporting a stupid multinational as if it was a political party. Both MS and Apple are in it for the money so i don't see why Jobs is any better than Gates. If i were to defect i would try something free like linux. Now that's something you can get passionate about.
4) Windows is user friendly. I don't care about the uber geeks that say this and that about windows being bloated and that it doesn't work and keeps crashing. Simply not true. Just set it properly, maintain it clean and it will work. Sure does on my machines. Just a home user but hey i never saw blue screens of death and didn't get blasted by any virus. Just followed some good advice like not using IE and disabling the stuff i dont need.
5) I really like building my own box. I LOVE chinese and korean cheap parts and couldn't care less if they fail after 2 years of use. I just grab my latest fetish of ebay and install it in my machine and it just works (well not always but i can usually find a workaround for all my parts\gadgets)
6) Used stuff. Many ppl just throw away their perfectly working hardware just to get the latest tech available. Bad for them good for me. I like picking some older stuff and assembling perfectly working machines for almost nothing. Can't see how would it be possible to make a pc from scratch easily if it wasnt for windows (well yeh Linux but you have to TYPE stuff to make things work)
7) Apps. I'm not familiar with mac stuff but i'd say that for the avearage user it's a whole lot easier find and install apps on a windows pc, same goes for games
So till a really plug and play linux distro comes out (like one where you just put a cd and install and recognizes all of your hardware out of the box) i don't see any reason for migrating
