Comments on: Mac OSX /2007/10/04/mac-osx Cars, Computers, and trying new things Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Justin Ooms /2007/10/04/mac-osx/comment-page-1#comment-5404 Justin Ooms Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:47:02 +0000 /2007/10/04/mac-osx/#comment-5404 :GASP: YOU started trying out Apples OS X? Your right though, the OS is only as good as its supporting programs. Check out versiontracker.com to find good programs. For video editing its all about AVID, for audio all about ProTools (Windows OR Apple) Personally I love iTunes. My findings are that for every 2-3 Windows programs, there is 1 OS X program that does what the 2-3 Windows programs do, but better...usually. (minus all things accounting related) The issue that arises is that the majority of computer users want the functionality of a computer without wanting to understand how to use it, therefore the 1rst party products like iPhoto, iMovie, Entourage, (Solitaire!!!;-) are the deciding factor in what a user buys. However these are just my findings in my demographics here in Santa Barbara County. One HUGE reason to own an Apple computer: Run OS X, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and the variations of Linux and Unix all on the same hardware. Yes you CAN get OS X to run on non-Apple hardware, but its mostly a hack job. And again, you are right about the current game console race. Honestly, most games for both BLOW! I still prefer my orig. xbox and the PS2... OH BTW, the 26th should be 10.5 coming out...The day I buy my Macbook Pro! :GASP: YOU started trying out Apples OS X? Your right though, the OS is only as good as its supporting programs. Check out versiontracker.com to find good programs. For video editing its all about AVID, for audio all about ProTools (Windows OR Apple) Personally I love iTunes. My findings are that for every 2-3 Windows programs, there is 1 OS X program that does what the 2-3 Windows programs do, but better…usually. (minus all things accounting related) The issue that arises is that the majority of computer users want the functionality of a computer without wanting to understand how to use it, therefore the 1rst party products like iPhoto, iMovie, Entourage, (Solitaire!!!;-) are the deciding factor in what a user buys. However these are just my findings in my demographics here in Santa Barbara County.

One HUGE reason to own an Apple computer: Run OS X, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and the variations of Linux and Unix all on the same hardware. Yes you CAN get OS X to run on non-Apple hardware, but its mostly a hack job.

And again, you are right about the current game console race. Honestly, most games for both BLOW! I still prefer my orig. xbox and the PS2… OH BTW, the 26th should be 10.5 coming out…The day I buy my Macbook Pro!

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