Ever since the release of Windows 7, I have been trying to compare the pros and cons of both Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Â Obviously, most people lean to one side or the other. Me, I am neutral. I think each OS has it’s purpose.
There is one main factor in my mind that sticks out. It is not price or speed, but rather applications. Face it, anyone can live with a UI, no matter if it is good or bad. It matters what applications and available applications you can receive. So this is one reason I think Apple’s computers have the upper hand.
On a Mac, you can find an application to do almost anything you want, on Windows you can’t. It is just so easy to get this great applications, which most are free, to increase your workflow. Lets use an example. On Windows the best webcam software is WebcamMax. Mac has CamTwist, which obviously blows away WebcamMax. CamTwist is free, where WebcamMax is $30.00
I am not totally against Windows, considering it is my main machine, but its online application catalog isn’t that great. Aren’t applications what make a computer. Do you agree with me?
Other Examples (Free and Paid):
iShowU vs Camtasia
iMovie vs Windows Movie Maker
Skitch vs Snipping Tool
Linkinus vs mIRC
I meant CamTwist not Camtasia sorry for the trouble.
Dude…
The quantity and quality of games Windows 7 can run compared to Snow Leopard is so overwhelming, I can't even believe you wrote this post so seriously.
Applications are what makes a console great you said it yourself.
I think you also mean Linkinus (IRC) and not Linksys (Cisco). Also the Games issue is readily addressed by Crossover Games (though there's lots of good Mac games) Maderic, games make consoles great, applications make computers great. Games are a small subset of applications.
Fixed. Thanks.
If “it's better, and it's free” is a permissible argument in this discussion, then outside of some well-defined niches you're really making a case for linux, not Mac.
Sorry for my outrage. You do actually have a point. Mac and PC users are not the same kind of users. I like the upgrading capabilities of my PC and the ability to play the best games out there, but Mac users go for other types of tasks to their computers. But still There are too many things to consider before saying one is better than the other.
If applications make the computer then the PC has vastly more applications for it than the Mac. The same holds for Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. The reason I choose the Mac over a PC is that I like the operating system better, and the operating system directly affects the look and feel of every application. Also I prefer the Mac because if I choose to run Windows in the future I can put it on my machine with precious little effort and the same cannot be said for a PC. I've been using Macs since late 1984, I've never used virus protection and I've never once been infected with anything. I'm sure that will hold true with Snow Leopard which I am currently using.
This is not about gaming…
Wrong.
This is the first time I've seen an article of this kind. I mean, this is why people still haven't switched to OS X, because of the sheer amount of applications they use daily on their windows machines and can't be crossed over to leopard
Here's the thing. You can run Windows on a Mac so you don't have to abandon anything when switching over. This has been true for 3 years at the very least.
Yeah, but I'd still need windows, regardless of what computer I'm using. We're talking strictly operating systems here.
Really you are talking strictly applications, which I accept. So which apps are you most tied to that you cannot let go? Personally I find that I can do everything I want to do in Linux, Windows, or the Mac — I've used all three extensively — but I prefer the Mac way of doing things. So what keeps you on the Windows side of things? Which applications?
Ok, this is my final statement cause it's a comment section not a forum. I'm more of a Mac guy and I hope to switch asap
Having said that, I guess some people don't wanna switch because they used windows all their life and don't want to learn a new OS just for doing the same exact things (these are the people who still use IE 6.0 and Office 2003) while others don't wanna switch because they have a computer that is prepared to do anything (including g-a-m-i-n-g). So, there you go.
Not all games work on windows 7 though. Besides, Apple have more “stable” game workaround on a Mac, Windows totally crashes all the time. You know what I mean,
This post wasn't about gaming. It was about applications. NOTHING ELSE…
The title is somewhat misleading then. I stick with my premiss that the operating affects your experience with each application because it affects the look and feel of how things work in general, such as how to adjust the size of a window. There might be a reason creative types more flock to the Mac and business types and gamers flock to the PC. The operating system and its core of built in abilities then makes the applications behave the way they do. Windows has had dlls, the Mac has had Quicktime and Quickdraw, etc.
With applications it comes down to which one suits you best. When one platform has more than the other it might be a question of do you want to slog through 500 word processors to find the three good ones or do you want to slog through 25 word processors to find the three good ones?
It is really a matter of style. I like the way using the Mac better so I like doing word processing better on the Mac. Some other people will prefer the PC for the same reason. I've used Linux exclusively for years, I've used Windows exclusively for years, but I always come back to the Mac.
For applications to be the deciding factor then there has to be a killer app that performs for you in a way that no other program will, even if there are others on other platforms that accomplish similar things and I believe that was your point. For me using news groups that program is Unison, for writing and producing music it is Logic Pro, and I prefer Numbers to Excel. Someone else with Windows could be an Excel fanatic, think I'm crazy not to use Pro Tools for music production, and feel that Agent or some other program is superior for usenet.
Still, though, we could argue that a game is an app. The definition of an application was never done and the word program has been replaced with application more or less over the years.
This post wasn't about gaming. It was about applications. NOTHING ELSE…
The title is somewhat misleading then. I stick with my premiss that the operating affects your experience with each application because it affects the look and feel of how things work in general, such as how to adjust the size of a window. There might be a reason creative types more flock to the Mac and business types and gamers flock to the PC. The operating system and its core of built in abilities then makes the applications behave the way they do. Windows has had dlls, the Mac has had Quicktime and Quickdraw, etc.
With applications it comes down to which one suits you best. When one platform has more than the other it might be a question of do you want to slog through 500 word processors to find the three good ones or do you want to slog through 25 word processors to find the three good ones?
It is really a matter of style. I like the way using the Mac better so I like doing word processing better on the Mac. Some other people will prefer the PC for the same reason. I've used Linux exclusively for years, I've used Windows exclusively for years, but I always come back to the Mac.
For applications to be the deciding factor then there has to be a killer app that performs for you in a way that no other program will, even if there are others on other platforms that accomplish similar things and I believe that was your point. For me using news groups that program is Unison, for writing and producing music it is Logic Pro, and I prefer Numbers to Excel. Someone else with Windows could be an Excel fanatic, think I'm crazy not to use Pro Tools for music production, and feel that Agent or some other program is superior for usenet.
Still, though, we could argue that a game is an app. The definition of an application was never done and the word program has been replaced with application more or less over the years.