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Frank Browne said:Ouch. That's what I like most about MacOSX. It's not windows.
FEATURE? Name a feature Windows has over OS X, other than it runs something that only runs on Windows, or it's the OS I know.Darrell111 said:I really think we are about to see a new Mac revolution in the next 5 years. Being that they are making them as cross compatible. I think if they introduce a new operating system that worked the same as their current ones do at the same time with some of the features that windows has now they would be set.
mikea said:FEATURE? Name a feature Windows has over OS X,
A good 90% or more of the market place along with similar amounts of software. MAC is just another lookalike.mikea said:FEATURE? Name a feature Windows has over OS X, other than it runs something that only runs on Windows, or it's the OS I know.
Remember I now have two each of both.
I can't think of a single "feature" that isn't easier to deal with on Mac. The Mac finder is not all that great, but it's just as not all that great as Windows Explorer.
mikea said:FEATURE? Name a feature Windows has over OS X<snip>
Well, there's stuff like Kerberous, NIS and LDAP, which I was managing about 15 years before it was invented by Microsoft. When I got the job running the corporate network at the HQ of a Fortune 100 company, we used an NDS directory. Ditto on that.larrysb said:Of course, one wonders, how Apple, with tens of thousands of users within its own enterprise, manages to function enterprise wide.
ReverendSlappy said:From a pure OS-to-OS perspective, I think your system of choice is really what you make it... So it's a toss-up in my estimation.
The one thing that occurs to me -- although I don't know if you'd call it a "feature" per se -- is enterprise management... Active Directory and Group Policy and SMS and MOM and SUS and etc. etc. all provide enterprise admins with a lot of control over their environment, to a degree that I just don't think is possible with Macs. And all those tools are (er, more or less) turn-key type solutions with good support, documentation and so-on. Personal opinion here, but if you're talking about a large user environment (say, 1000+ users), I just think it'd be a big mistake to recommend Mac enterprise-wide, for normal personal computing purposes. Macs could get there, and for sure they'll always have a solid, appropriate niche, but for enterprise end-user computing, Windows wins hands down.
Darrell111 said:I really think we are about to see a new Mac revolution in the next 5 years. Being that they are making them as cross compatible. I think if they introduce a new operating system that worked the same as their current ones do at the same time with some of the features that windows has now they would be set.
alaskaflyer said:Now, their prices...that's where they need improvement.
flyingcheesehead said:Huh? What does Windows do that a Mac can't?
(Besides run all the viruses and spyware! )
What happens if you hook the Dell monitor up to a Mac?wbarnhill said:Of course, I'd still prefer the Mac 30", as the colors tend to be more vibrant and less washed out than the Dell.
Brian Austin said:What happens if you hook the Dell monitor up to a Mac?
But a video card is not necessarily the same. Drivers have an effect, too. And the same LCD panel can have backlight differences (as was noted).larrysb said:It lights up just the same. A DVI connector is a DVI connector.
wbarnhill said:But you forget that when you purchase a Mac, it comes preloaded with a lot of good software, such as MS Office for Mac, iLife, GarageBand, etc.
I think it stops working after the trial period. That's a real shame considering Mac OS ships set so .doc and .rtf files open in Office.flyingcheesehead said:The MS Office that's preloaded on new Macs is the "Test Drive" version, not a full version. I think it works for 30 days and then squawks at you to buy it repeatedly. (Yes, I worded it that way on purpose. )