Originally posted by: marketsons1985
Originally posted by: venkman
I've never owned a Mac, but I've used them extensively at work.
Some of My Reasons
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-They crashed a LOT more than my self built XP machine ever did. I would get that beach ball of death at least once a day while doing nothing more than running the web browser.
-OSX is slow, slow, slow compared to XP (you could argue it is a matter of hardware specs if the Macs my work had were not significantly more expensive than my self built PC).
-On Price again, my high end gaming laptop (8800GTS vid card) costs a $100 more than the lowest end MacBook costs today.
-One Button Mice (I know you can get Two Button Mice now, but it is an additional accessory expense). My work didn't have two button mice and I wasn't willing to pay for one.
-Speaking of accessory expense, apple accessories (mighty mouse, wireless keyboard) are overpriced
-Stupid Mac vs PC commercials that blatantly lie or spin misinformation (maybe "Mac" should run for Chicago's senate seat)
-This one is personal more than anything, I just do not like the layout and usability of the OSX gui. I find it way too oversimplified.
-Can't run 10% of the games out there unless you buy an additional OS and Dual Booting software.
-The Ipod Hardware and the iphone are absolutely fantastic, but the software is complete garbage
-Itunes is slow, klunky, prone to crashing, and insists on installing quicktime and a bunch of other crapware
-Can't drag a podcast to the podcast section of my itouch unless I download it through iTunes
-Itunes slows my computer to a crawl
-Quicktime. Nuff Said.
-iPhone tied to only AT&T and forced contracts.
-Firmware updates cost $10 for my iTouch. WTF? To make it worse, Apple spews BS saying they have to charge $10 for it due to accounting laws.
-I can't download podcast over wifi directly to my touch.
-Ridiculous prices for video content on itunes.
-I've had my Macbook for a year, and had maybe, two crashes? My Vista desktop crashes at least 3 times a week. Guess you're just unlucky.
-And with the mouse, how many of you use the stock mouse that came with your computer? I'm guessing very few. Macs have used 2-button mice well since 2001 and the iBook/Powerbook line.
-The commercials are no worse than the "Windows Mojave" commercials.
-Cost, please back up with proof.
-Games, please read OP.
For the love of god, it's not called an iTouch.
-The firmware update I'm assuming you're referring to was to get up to 2.0, which added a whole bunch of apps and access to the app store. While I disagree with the fact that they charged it, in the long run, most people who use the app store are going to buy $10 worth of apps at some point (I said most, not all) and thus $10 for these apps is not much.
-Your point about podcasts is moot, it was updated and you can do it now.
-What other crapware does itunes install? Last I checked it was just itunes and quicktime, and QT is mostly for video content. That's the downside of getting an all-inclusive media player I suppose. Damn those video files.