You've got to be kidding me if you're referring to an ad by Apple as proof that PCs are bad and theres more to total cost of ownership.
Really? An Apple ad?
Let's look at what it says.
I've never said that it's proof. It's to give you an overall idea.
Bloatware? My HP shipped with a Norton trial and MS Office trial. My first two MacBooks had iWork and MS Office trials. Norton and Office take seconds to remove. What about iLife? iWeb, Garageband, iMovie, and iDVD. iLife is the ultimate in bloatware.
Norton took seconds to remove?!? Norton, as far as software, is one of the most notorious in being able to avoid full uninstallation...
Please.
iLife? Well, those are things people actually use—and it's part of the operating system. What would you say to my not being able to remove Windows Media Player/Center, IE, Backup and Restore Center, Windows Mail, Windows Calendar, Windows Photo Gallery, DVD Maker, list goes on.
At least Microsoft offers security. Gotta love how FileVault stores the password for the encrypted volume in an unecrypted manner. I also like how Windows has a built-in 2 way firewall. Something you can only get with paid software on a Mac.
Do you have proof of that? If I'm correct, Apple stores user passwords in Blowfish encryption. (And currently the only way to crack FileVault is via cold-boot attack..)
No different than a Mac. Last OS X reinstall I did required about 4 runnings of software update and 4 restarts before it was finished.
Then surely you have no idea how to run them... You should skip all the ones that require restart first, i.e. install all the ones that don't require a restart, then install all the ones that requires reboots. That way you can minimize restarts to 2, consecutively, which takes around 5-10 min.
False. Printers, digital cameras, scanners, even TV tuners, don't require additional drivers with Vista and none of them require reinstalls. With my two printers in Leopard, I need 1GB worth of drivers installed. And the all-in-one still won't be fully functional. In Vista I just plug them in and its ready to go. No additional software needed. With my TV tuner I plugged it in, Windows installed the drivers and it was ready to go.
I'm sorry, I thought lack of drivers in Vista is the most infamous problem...
Google search: Vista lack of drivers
Can I uninstall iLife fully without having to reinstall or search down all of the hundreds of plist and other files left behind? Whats that? No? Thats what I thought.
Can I uninstall IE, and all those Windows *something* *something* (for a more comprehensive list plz refer to that above) software without having to reinstall without having to hunt down all the files and stuff in the Program Files folder, the WINDOWS folder, and whatever files they might have left behind in Documents and Settings?
... At least in Mac OS X, all those files are in the /Library and ~/Library folders...
Only needed if you're foolish enough to do things that would bring you into contact with malware.
What about these:
http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2000-07.html
And~ are you saying that at least
a fourth of the US population are foolish? (and that's just current infections... I'd say 90% of all people have had their computer infected at some point in their life..)
What? Apple's making fun of Microsoft because theres actually 3rd party software to choose from?
Apple's emphasizing the fact that apps have a unified system of updating, so instead of scrounging across the net for patches and updates you can just run your app and click "Check for Updates"...
And what little 3rd party software is available for the Macs is never updated I assume?
Time for you to get out of your little cave:
http://www.google.com/search?q=mac freeware&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Only Apple's Windows software requires Windows restarts.
Really? Last time, I recall having to restart after an IE update (that was from 6 -> 7)... And what about Adobe?
Heck, even Office:mac requires you to restart (i.e. Microsoft products require restarts?)
Apple can't make fun of Windows when its Apple's own shortcomings and poor programming skills that make it happen
It's called frameworks. Microsoft's the one responsible for them.
Less likely than having to repair disk permissions in OS X.
Because they repair them during startup. Anything that cannot can be repaired then can be done so by clicking 4 times. (or just fsck)
At least it doesn't require paid software like in OS X
...Partly because OS X can make do without "external defragmentation"?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1375
And OS X is somehow immune? When you "uninstall" software in OS X, tons of little files get left behind in various places. Plus, again, we have to deal with the ultimate bloatware that is iLife. Not to mention the FAT universal binaries that have essentially doubled file sizes for applications.
But they're always in the same location: /Library or ~/Library...
AND you can use something like AppDelete or AppCleaner...
Somehow Mac OS is immune to HDD failures? Let's not forget that OS X's file system is famous for needing "disk permissions" repaired as well.
I'd need proof of that.
(HDD Failures are usually caused by external hardware factors. OS X has nothing to do with it. Anyhow MacBooks have that accelerometer to help recognize a fall and park the heads. )
Because Apple gives you so much documentation with a Mac. I got a book telling me how great my Mac purchase was and thats it. At least my PCs have come with CDs containing the manuals.
Save paper? "Green"? (Do remember that Apple was once the one criticized for not being green, using more packaging and printing manuals...)
Anyhow, why would you need manuals... Only software that has such a steep learning curve would need a thorough manual... (such as Office 07)
If you want other "facts", feel free to google anything you'd like. Its all there for the reading
And I have. Plz refer to the links above.
The running nightly scripts have been used as a baseless panacea much like Repairing Disk Permissions and running Onyx/Cocktail.
And why exactly would the average user need that? Is HFS+ that volatile? (in comparison to MS-DOS and HTFS?)
I have to rebuild my LaunchServices database every few weeks because my image files suddenly amass many duplicate programs under Open With in the context menu.
I recall there were quite a few solutions out there, one of them being "default apps" prefpane
Computer maintenance is computer maintenance. It's worse when it's an obsessive compulsion.
Yes it is. Just that I've had to do a lot less on Mac OS X than on Windows. XP or Vista.
Do you repair your disk permissions after every install or update?
Nope. Why should I? I've never seen an OS X update screw up permissions, rather unlike Windows XP's service packs,... (which corrupted hal.dll—SP3 update)
