Okay, time for some myth-busting. Hold onto your seatbelts, it is going to be a long and bumpy ride! 'gxsaurav', please do read this post, it just might do you some good and I do not mean that sarcastically.
gxsaurav said:
The best thing about Windows is that, it has a lot of 3rd party developers, a lot of options to choose from which all work perfectly, unlike Mac, where there are only a few application
There are more than four thousand four hundred and twenty free applications available for download for Mac OS X from Apple's official site itself. The paid software and the ones that are not listed on Apple's site, constitute a far higher number. I have been using the Mac for over four months now and I have yet to run into a single issue which requires me to boot into Windows to use some Windows specific application. I can view all sorts of video formats and listen to any audio. I can view any webpage on the internet using either Opera, Safari or Firefox, I can make a website, do photo, audio and video editing, web conferencing, read my emails, store my addresses, watch DVDs, use any instant messaging protocol... you name it! And to top that off, in case there is some wierd application that IS Windows specific, I can boot into Windows. For example, I can use FrontPage on my Mac, but you cannot use iWeb on your PC. The only difference between Windows and Mac is the QUANTITY of applications, not the VARIETY. If there are fifty media players on the Windows platform, there are ten on a Mac - but how many do you actually use?
gxsaurav said:
the monopoly of Apple made apps rule the Mac market. Music player, well....its itunes, which monopolizes the Mac music player market. Video viewer well quicktime, cos apple bundles with the OS.
You say that like it's a bad thing. First of all, when you are using a Mac, you will - in all likelihood - prefer an Apple application to those made by third parties. However, if you do not wish to do so, the process of changing the default application for a specific task is simpler on a Mac than on Windows (just like everything else). Apple also has a comprehensive, properly organised and easily searchable list of most applications developed for the Mac platform on it's website.
gxsaurav said:
go & remove QuickTime, your MacOS will seize to function properly, as whole MacOS uses QuickTime engine, it's deeply integrated, just like WMP is on XP SP2
You know what, I tried that and it did not affect my system at all. In fact, had someone else removed it, I would never have noticed it's gone unless I clicked on it's icon (which even tells me that the application is in the Trash - more on this at the end of the post
*) or tried opening some QuickTime movie (and I can use VLC media player or NicePlayer to open that too). And uninstalling it was as simple as dragging it and dropping it onto the Trash in the dock. On the other hand, there is no uninstall option in even Vista for removing Windows Media Player should you feel like doing so.
gxsaurav said:
In leopard, Spotlight will for the first time have functionality to launh applications, something we already got in Vista, now whose copying.
Would you mind clearing out your facts before posting them on public forums and showing off your... intelligence!
Press 'Command+Space' and type 'Q-U-I', hit return and QuickTime Player will be launched. In Windows Vista, press the Windows key, type 'M-E-D-I-A- -P', press the down arrow key and Windows Media Player will be launched. Obviously, Vista did not copy Spotlight at all, it was just a coincidence!
Spotlight has had the ability to lauch applications since it's inception, the feature will just be refined in Leopard so that you can launch applications will just three keys or two clicks and there will be a recent items menu built into Spotlight itself for even quicker launching of applications. This feature is not in Vista yet, but given that Apple has already publicly announced it, it's just a matter of a year or two before it is introduced in Vista by MS.
gxsaurav said:
u r talking about recovering files, like we windows users can't use search at all
LOL! Don't tell me you actually used the built-in search in Windows XP. I tried that a few times but gave it up as a bad job after repeated failures. And don't even get me started on how much time each search took to complete before returning the result:
'Sorry! No results found. Would you like to make future searches faster?
'No, thanks for your trouble though! I'll try to ensure that I don't misplace any files in the future and call on your highness!!'
At least, you can give credit to Windows for keeping its users organised. I am becoming very lazy about organising since switching to the Mac. I did start using search in XP again though, when Google intervened and gave us Google Desktop Search.
gxsaurav said:
& who said i have never used a Mac?
I think that would be me. I am sorry if I was wrong, but evidence so far suggests that you are as unaquainted to a Mac as a Penguin to Kolkata (for lack of a better simile).
gxsaurav said:
U really are a troll fanboy
I suppose that's the truest statement in your entire post and it is, I suppose, the only thing you can say that you won't be demanded a reason for. I have no concrete proof to prove this statement false, so go ahead, use it as much as you can. At least, we won't have to hear the rest of the ridiculous things that we can prove false with absolute certainty and make you look like a fool. BTW, you are really hurting the venerable J.K. Rowling's sentiments be calling me a troll - you see, I am a really thin, average height guy who can speak english and has no wooden club to mash people like... never mind!
gxsaurav said:
About Parallels, ... it sux, it's good for Mactel only.
Did I say anything otherwise? I said that 'Parallels is definitely the best choice there is' for running Windows on a Mac simultaneously. I never mentioned anything about Parallels Workstation 2.2 for Windows.
gxsaurav said:
u cannot install MaOS X in Parallels workstation for Windows or Vmware
Again, I never mentioned anything contradicting that and anyway, that IS the beauty of it! THAT is why I encourage people to buy a Mac, because that is the ONLY legal way to use Mac OS X. And the illegal way is very difficult to get up and running, and even then it will be plagued with lots of driver and compatibility problems.
*Quick tip: Did you know that alises (shortcuts) on a Mac are dynamic and intelligent, not boring and stupid like in Windows. You make a shortcut to a file on your desktop in Windows (even Vista) and then delete the file. Click on the shortcut and you will get a message similar to:
'Error! The file you are trying to lauch has either been moved or no longer exists.'
WOW, that's helpful! If you know that much about the file, why couldn't you have just updated yourself when the file was either moved or deleted? And why are you leaving it on me to find out whether the file has been moved or deleted? Can't you just tell me that youself!
On a Mac, the aliases will always point to the file no matter where you move it. You can rename it, re-locate it, delete it, do anything with it. If it is on the system (apart from the trash), the shortcut will launch the file. If it's in the trash, the shortcut will tell you just that and offer to move it back for you and launch it. And even if it has been completely eliminated from the system, the shortcut will tell you that the file no longer exists on your system and will offer you the option of allowing it to delete itself. Now, that's user-friendliness! That is what speaks quality and attention to detail. That is why Apple makes outstanding products and others try to ape them!
See, I do not mean to abuse you or discredit you in any manner conceivable. You can only truly realise the beauty of using a Mac once you have done so for an appreciable length of time, say one week. You can simply NEVER return to the PC or Windows after that, unless you really start missing your anti-virus software or the Blue Screen of Death! I, as a genuine and friendly advisor, suggest you to please visit an Apple authorised reseller and ask them to give you a demo of an iMac (they are generally very glad to do so) and have a look at how things are done in the civilised world.
CAUTION: Please follow the above step only if you have the money to buy the iMac! I am not responsible for any mental instability that you might experience due to the result of having used an iMac and not being able to own it.
And, in the end, I am sorry if I hurt your feelings or some other deep sort of stuff by my rambling (though I did use extreme caution to avoid doing so). However, if you are not willing to pardon me, let me warn you that I have no bucks to pay you in case you decide to sue me! You might want to sue Apple instead as it is becoming a hobby and a potential profession nowadays! People are suing them left, right and centre for all the wackiest reasons and are making some quick bucks.
Apple, it seems, is also following the same policy and it suing people for naming their products with anything resembling 'POD'. That, according to them, is a new type of 'thinking different'!
EDIT: I saw mediator's reply after posting mine and am therefore editing it to add this:
mediator said:
Sorry to be offensive, but dude If I start to reply to this post(#37) of urs quoting every single line, then I can promise I can make u look even more pathetic.
I guess I already did that. But there is nothing to be embarassed about as long as you realise that there are some things where others are better than you and other things where you are better than others. For example, I have always loved your reviews and tutorials about Windows stuff, you are good at them. However, you simply cannot hold your own in a platform vs. platform debate unless you have used both of them extensively. But that does not mean that...
mediator said:
U shudn't take parts in debates where u have one sided knowledge.
You should. You really should! After all, it's great fun replying to your wacky and absurd posts! And, who knows, you might even have a few valid points every now and then. After all, Windows does have a few good things that a Mac doesn't. For example, ... the games ... the patches for games ... the demos ... XBOX compatibility ..... there are a few more... umm, never mind!
