Blue Damage

1/25/05

The Three Main Reasons Why Macs Suck

Filed under: — Recipher @ 6:46 pm

Why do people keep sending us hate mail telling us that Macs are better than PCs? They definitely aren't. We have done plenty of research on the subject and have come up with three main reasons why you should never use or buy a Mac. These reasons alone give you permission to kick anyone in the face that uses one. Or tar and feather them. Whichever you feel is appropriate for the situation.

Reason number one is the fact that Macs can't view pictures, be it a jpg, gif or png file. Most people who use a computer would like to view pictures. I know most of the staff here does. We view pictures all the time. This is one of the most important parts of the computer, besides Minesweeper. How can you view pictures on a Mac when they don't have any programs! Where is MS Paint? Where is ACDSee? These programs are not available, thus, you can not view any pictures on a Mac.

Reason number two is not as major, but equally as annoying. Macintosh computers attach the string of words "Macs are cool" to every sentence you will read while using the OS. For example, try to open up an image file on a Mac. You will get the error message, "Cannot open image files on Macs. Macs are cool." Why would they add this to every info, title and error message? That's ridiculous. Who has time to read the fact that Macs are cool after every sentence when it is quite clear that they aren't.

Reason number three is Macs can't access the internet. Point being, you aren't reading this if you are using a Mac! Steve Jobs, the president of Macs, said at a press conference a few weeks back that they were working on the whole "internet accessibility thing." All computers come with the internet right? WRONG. On PCs, you can access the internet using AOL at anytime you desire! Macs don't let you connect to the internet, it has something to do with INCOMPATIBILITY, something you better get used to if you use one. Why wait around to use your friends PC because you are on a Mac? That's stupid, get rid of your Mac now and save yourself years of turmoil and stress.

New more reasons? See The Three Main Reasons Why Macs Suck (Part 2).

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420 Comments

  1. This is a lies! Macs can viewe imoges!!!!1111 I am psting this from a mac computeh!!!!!111

    Comment by Fred — 1/25/05 @ 6:59 pm

  2. Hi Fred. I cross referenced you IP address in my access logs to the website. Surprise surprise!

    Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

    You’re not even on a Mac! Why do you lie like this! Also, why hasn’t anyone proved me wrong yet? I guess all of this must not be a joke anymore. It must be the truth, there is no other explanation.

    Comment by Recipher — 1/27/05 @ 8:44 pm

  3. Well can PC access Alien technology I think not, only Mac’s can. just watch Independence day

    Comment by Optimus008 — 2/1/05 @ 10:36 pm

  4. If by Alien Technology you mean sucking at everything, then yes I agree.

    Comment by Recipher — 2/6/05 @ 6:41 pm

  5. Well, I ain’t the sharpest twig on the block but I am pretty sure Recipher is joking…if anyone has any questions ask.
    I was here just checking out this wordpress stuff on my mac :)

    Comment by matt — 2/7/05 @ 12:47 am

  6. HEY SUCKER! IM ON MY MAC AND IM ON YOUR STUPID SITE! WOHOO SURPRISE!!! And yes we can view PICTURES! You know why?! MAC IS FOR GRAPHISME!!
    You are a real stupid ! seriously fuck You!

    Comment by You"r a real sucker! — 2/13/05 @ 12:55 am

  7. You’re right, I am a real stupid. I h4×0r3d into your computer, which is Windows ME by the way, and replaced your porn with pictures of badgers and battery fresh llamas.

    Hope you don’t mind!

    Comment by Recipher — 2/16/05 @ 5:38 pm

  8. I’m typing this post on a brand new iMac I took out of the box 15 minutes ago. Also, to view pictures, OS X comes STANDARD with preview, to look at those formats.

    Comment by Joe332 — 2/19/05 @ 9:16 pm

  9. First, macs generally do a better job of displaying pictures than PCs. You should see how my G5 machine renders graphics on a widescreen monitor. It can blow away any machine running Windows. Most graphics professionals prefer to to use macs, although the differences are narrowing. Second, Macs ARE cool (and expensive, and over-hyped as well). Macs also have great internet accessibility. They were the first microcomputers that could be be networked. I’ve been using Macs for years. I recently built a PC, and based on my experience with this machine (a 3 GHz Pentium 4 running Windows XP) I will say that Macs are definitely slower. Plus, 95% of the world does computing on Wintel machines, so there is much more software available, plus hardware prices are cheaper. But as you might expect the hardware quality of a lot of PCs is inferior to Macs.

    Comment by Bruce — 2/20/05 @ 1:01 am

  10. Windows ME! You a mutherfuker! WINDOWS SUCKS!

    MAC OS X RULES!

    Comment by Oh shit! — 2/20/05 @ 10:51 pm

  11. “I like macs because they are more secure than windows”
    thats bull, the only reason they’re “more secure” is because no one has one and there not compatible with anything. You could right a virus that affected every single mac that was ever made or 15% of windows users. You would infect MORE windows users. If you realy want a secure computer try BDP Free, no one right anything for it so it will NEVER get a virus. Or you could use a rock. It runs 2 times as many good programs as the mac does. 2 x 0 = 0

    Comment by Bman21212 — 2/21/05 @ 12:49 pm

  12. MACS SUCK you got to use them in school and i go near one i though up.

    Comment by Yodonggibgib — 2/24/05 @ 1:12 pm

  13. what do air conditioners and pcs have in common?

    give up??

    every time you open a window they both seem to malfunction!!!!
    hhahahahahahaha

    no…but seriously……pcs suck dem nuts…

    Comment by mak_man — 2/24/05 @ 9:03 pm

  14. Both macs and PC’s have there advantages… allthough i do find mac’s doing the same job as a pc… no better

    and making it more difficult by taking away functional buttons and keys… why is this…

    and why the fuck does everything weigh so fucking much…

    jesus.. enough plastic ? how can this stuff be so heavy….

    cheers

    Comment by JP — 2/25/05 @ 7:17 am

  15. macs are for paedophiles only. they use them to render high quality images of k1ddy p0rn, that they got their mother to photograph (no mac user lives out of home) when they invited the local preschool over for lunch.

    Comment by spawah — 3/2/05 @ 6:18 pm

  16. Just face it. macs suck all together! Mother Fuckers!

    Comment by The macinator — 3/3/05 @ 5:45 pm

  17. Mac’s are quite possibly the worst technological machine ever manufactured. I know you diehard mac fans get a huge chubby when someones pc hard drive crashes. But put this in perspective, my pc has only crashed once. But, on two occasions i’ve had a Mac catch on fire at school destroying the ENTIRE computer. PC4ever!!

    Comment by Dan — 3/5/05 @ 1:02 am

  18. Garbage. Everything you said was nonsense. The iMac G5 comes standard with Preview for viewing pictures. It comes with Apple Works, which has a paint program on it. I’ve never seen the words “Macs are Cool” in error messages because so far I’ve not seen an error message in three months. And as far as the whole internet access bullshit you were saying, I’m on your site typing this.

    I have a 1.6 GHz PowerPC G5 with 512MB of RAM. My friend came over today with her 2.0 GHz Compaq Presario notebook with 512MB of RAM. Her computer is 400 MHz faster than mine, and we tested to see who could get into Microsoft Word faster from a full computer startup. I got there 20 seconds faster, and I had to start up OS X and Classic because I have Word 98. That’s pretty sad PC users. Besides, it’s kinda hard to keep using the porn excuse when you boot up a PC and get a plethora of spyware. It happened to me before, and that’s why I’m typing this on a Mac today. Thank you.

    Comment by Anonymous — 3/6/05 @ 11:56 pm

  19. MACs SUCK DONKEY BALLS

    Comment by Bob — 3/7/05 @ 8:02 pm

  20. Ok http://www.milkandcookies.com/article/1922/
    Macs Suck, I have one and I also have a PC
    (my pc i much better)
    You see when you go to the store to buy games for your PC there are sooooo many games I mean everywhere you look games Games GAMES!!!! But when you are looking for games for your mac its easy to pick because there are just six games, and tou already know which ones are good because you’ve played all of them on the PC like 5 or 6 years ago…….
    o yeah every one who leaves comments learn to spell so i know what you are talking about
    -Peace-

    Comment by Chase — 3/7/05 @ 8:09 pm

  21. I think macs are useless, they have absolutely no purpose. The way they are set up is inconvenient and annoying to use. They take 15 minutes to boot up, and once they’re finished, you gotta restart em again cause of some internal error. The applications on macs never even run- you open up more than on program, and the computer crashes! PC’s are way better than Macs will ever be. Once you put a disk in a Mac, it’s in there for good! If you eject a disk when you’re not supposed to, the computer’ll freeze until you put the disk back in. If youre viewing an image off a disk on Win95, you can take the disk out *very* easily, and you’ll still be able to view the image.
    One question I have about Macs.. what’s the purpose of a zip drive, if there aren’t even enough Mac programs to fill a whole zip disk?! I mean, come on.. anything you can do on a Mac, you can do on a PC. In Win95 you can change/view all file extensions in a snap, and change them just as easily. Macs come with cruddy desktop backgrounds, and Win95 has “wallpaper”, making it very easy to change it.

    Comment by Chase — 3/7/05 @ 8:16 pm

  22. This is the most rediculous post I ever saw, There is only one factual statement in it. And for you PC lovers grow up, get off your crappy computer, and date a girl(by that I meen not naked on your computer chair) Macs are so much easier to use that PC’s it is undescribable. The only reason PC’s are more common the macs beacuse they’re cheaper.
    PC+ Retard=Poor Hill Billy. It’s a simple equation physcicist use it. PC’s suck, their soul purpose of the universe is too crash and make cute little teddy bears head get chopped of. Please stop the rath of PC before it’s too late! Plz, do it for the next generation, or else terrorist will use crappy ass PC’s to screw with PC users little minds. Thank U PillowRage out

    Comment by PillowRage — 3/8/05 @ 9:53 pm

  23. Guys, sorry, I didn’t realize that I had all comments set to moderation and not email me for approval.

    PillowRage, the factual statement that you speak of is “Macs Are Cool” being added to every message?

    Comment by recipher — 3/9/05 @ 11:17 pm

  24. I didn’t even bother reading any of this. Not even the starting blog entry. I’m here to set all of you stupid assholes straight.

    If you have a mac (and I don’t capitalize that out of disrespect), you are gay. Some of you may say to yourselves, “I’m totally straight you fucking douche bag!” I realize that right now you may think your straight, but give me your address and I’ll come to your house, totally flip out, and ram your entire mac completely up your ass, and by completely I mean input devices (if you stupid mac asshole mac users even call them input devices) and all. We’ll see if you’re not gay when I’m done with you.

    A return key? Are you fucking kidding me? What am I returning to? It’s the age of the enter button, assholes.

    Moreover, mac don’t even connect to the same internet. If I want to go to any domain other than .tv, I have to use a PC. What the fuck is that all about. Doesn’t mac realize that there are like only two web sites that are .tv?? Fucking stupid assholes! God I hate macs.

    Oh, and then there’s the matter of overheating. PCs warn you. when macs overheat they just over heat until either you realize it or they melt. I’ve had two macs completely melt into a liquid because I left them on over night at work. I mean, you’d think those god damn, son’s of bitches would be able to put at least some sort of primitive monkey warning system. How shitty is that?

    My last complaint about macs…
    They really, really hurt getting rammed up your asshole. So step up to the plate bitches and gimme your address if you use a mac. I’ll hit a mother fucking grand slam with your ass and mac. What??

    Comment by Mac Ass Rammer — 3/10/05 @ 4:58 pm

  25. I Noticed tha Mac Users have to resort to name calling in defence of there Macs..I wondered why..Oh Yea the paid so much fo somethin that is so slow and incompatable with other computertypes..It took (As I remember it) for Crapintosh to begin using Standardized stuff to communicate (This does not included the 56K Modem wich it seems to use at a very slow speed any ways) There oses are very badly designed (I know i been a technition for a long time now and have worked on both) Now Apple Invents things (In there ads) that PCs have had for years…Wow.. That’s um um.. Cool. Um why is it in most offices you see the workers on PCs?..Cause macs are slow (Compaire the G Macs to the Pentium IIIs) and way way over priced..No upgrades for Crapintosh..You are stuck with what they give you..Rightdown to the Operating system..You don’t have the (Save the Mac Servers) choice to put any other operating system on it..you are stuck wit the Crap OS.

    Comment by D — 3/11/05 @ 6:53 am

  26. OMG, now I realize stupidity at its strongest, I didn’t think that was possible after Bush, but f’in PC users make me wanna cry. Here’s my comment, “Just go home pile of shit, the only people that matter are the ones that have macs” Have you ever wondered in the secret service taking bullets have a mac? ha! Fat chance! Some people just make me wanna puke. There is not one thing that is better about PC’s than macs, PC users have to say lies to make themselves feel better. (It must be a scary world for them) I wouldn’t know because I matter and I’m not a smelly redneck living in an out house. For all you PC’s users suck’in your them in the dark of the night, Fuck You ya little Faggats. God Dammit!! Just making me think of you makes me vomit! I Jut feel like taking a 1,000 hairy crickets and shoven them up yo ass mother fucker! I will burn your house down with me ass bitch, with me ASS! I will show no mercy, infact, I’ll shove yo goldfishup me ass. And dress yo PC up as a cute little school boy and lock him in a room with Micheal Jackson and Paris Hilton’s Penis for erternity. PillowRage out BEATCH!

    Comment by PillowRage — 3/12/05 @ 3:35 am

  27. PillowRage, I suggest yoga and drinking green tea to help you with your hypertension.

    D, I don’t think that you will be able to fool people into thinking that you are a computer “technition” considering the fact that it’s spelled incorrectly.

    Comment by recipher — 3/12/05 @ 4:31 pm

  28. Ok fucktart!
    I am using a mac. And i can see pictures and i am on the internet using mozilla firefox, safari, and internet explorer at the same time! allo of wich came with my mac, including the WIRELESS INTERNET CARD that lets me get on the net, the etherenet card that lets me get on the net and the modem that lets me get on the net. you have obviouslt never once used a mac. of course they can view pictures. and MSPaint! are you a retard MicrosoftPaint, microsoft, you know that OS that sucks! why would apple put MS paint on their computers when photoshop, an industry standard works fine. You, being the friggin dipstick that you are, probly couldnt get any programs working because you are a) using a 50 year old mac OR b) you are trying to install a windows program OR c) you are a fucking moron

    Comment by David Kain — 3/13/05 @ 2:10 pm

  29. guess what, punk. im on a iBook using a wireless internet connection. in my house, we have 4 macs. they all have the internet. i also have xbox live, wich shares the internet with the macs. so, if u want settle this spartan to elite, go on halo 2 xbox live and look, 4 Jackaulfasaur, ill be waiting to kick ur ass.

    Comment by Jackaulfasaur — 3/13/05 @ 3:48 pm

  30. Sorry mate, I don’t play Halo. Halo sucks as much as Macs and ironically it’s made by Microsoft.

    David Kain, I’m pretty knowledgable about computer and the internets, so don’t think this is the reason why I think Macs suck. As a matter of fact, I installed AOL on my computer all by myself, without any help from tech support the last time I did it. Also, MSPaint is much better than Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop sucks for images.

    Comment by recipher — 3/13/05 @ 8:12 pm

  31. ya know what really sucks, crazy religious fanatics like recipher. they always deny the truth, wich really bugs me. HALO ROCKS- is the truth, and PC’s SUCK is the truth. U deny that macs do things that they obviously do. I am on the internet, and i save porn on jpgs, and they never say macs are kool.

    Comment by Jackaulfasaur — 3/13/05 @ 9:24 pm

  32. Jackoffasaur, let’s read over the main header graphic of this page out loud together. “Blue Damage: FAKE NEWS….” Now, assuming that you know the definition of fake and news, you should probably be able to put two and two together. Maybe you can’t see the graphic at all because you are on a Mac. I really don’t know.

    Now, browse through some of the other fine journalism that we have on this site. For example, take a look at our undercover investigation on The Loch Ness Monster.

    Truthful? Probably not. Sexy llamas? Quite possibly.

    Comment by recipher — 3/14/05 @ 12:39 am

  33. bitch, u say i cant be on the internet on a mac. how am i tellin you this?

    Comment by Jackaulfasaur — 3/14/05 @ 2:31 pm

  34. By using a PC most likely.

    FACED.

    Comment by Recipher — 3/14/05 @ 9:52 pm

  35. Ok dude, I am a compete PC guy. I hate macs with a passion and believe they are much slower than windows. Also, they do not have nearly as much software,

    Now, I must say that you are a freaking moron who knows next to nothing about computers. My dad is a graphic artist, and all the computers in my house except mine are Macs. Macs CAN view pictures, they just use a different file format for them. Macs CAN get on the internet, they can use explorer or a multitude of other programs.

    The whole “internet accesibility thing” is in reference to apple making thier own web browser, instead of using explorer.
    They now all come standard with Safari.

    Comment by Tim — 3/15/05 @ 5:50 pm

  36. Someone set you up the bomb.

    All your PC are belong to Macs.

    Comment by Steve Jobs — 3/15/05 @ 10:05 pm

  37. They now all come standard with Safari.

    Look Tim, all I want to do is surf the interwebs and look at some pictures with my OS. If I wanted to go on a Safari, I’d go to Africa or something.

    Comment by Recipher — 3/16/05 @ 2:24 pm

  38. I will talk to you later when your sys32 is all fucked up and you have no idea where the problem is. Or when you can’t track the spyware down. Oh yeah… I’ve had both XP and OSX for about a year now. tally is that I have had to reformat the XP once (did all updates and such, every update) and haven’t had my PB OSX crash once. I only reformatted when there was no other option than brain numbing slow speed and constant crashes. I think that I am about to give up and reformat again. I have to use the mofo for work, and believe me, it ain’t fun when you lose 3 hours work to a damn worm!

    Comment by brendave — 3/16/05 @ 10:09 pm

  39. can’t you dumbasses realize that this is a JOKE???

    I am, by the way, using a Mac

    Comment by Me — 3/17/05 @ 9:34 pm

  40. Who are all this people there which pretend to have knowledge in computer and in internet. People who are really like this are able to do unix, linux Os X and Windows…
    most of what it said here is untruth and really dangerous. Most of the things described here as impossible to execute on the macs are just so silly, you arte really under informed… it works like any os except not running virus or spam relay ( is it really that bad ?)

    Comment by ObiWanRiko — 3/18/05 @ 7:02 am

  41. I develop web-sites for a living. And I am so sick of having to deal with MAC OS issues. The inability of MAC OS to compy with W3C is the most frustrating part of my job. Freakin cant even get a hover to work in a style. I have to make 7 different style sheets to accomodate just how browsers cant seem to agree on how to render styles on the MAC OS. I wont even start with the Flash issues. Surprised macromedia hasnt filed suit yet
    In short, yeah macs may render graphics nicely but PCs are closing the gap. MACs also make some things easier for some users who are digitally handicapped but screw up so many more things..networking a printer comes to mind. For Fuch sake MACs ! at least attempt to get onboard with W3C

    Comment by face2six — 3/18/05 @ 2:27 pm

  42. Recipher, ur not gonna make it as a comedian, srry to break it to ya, further more, plz do us all a favor, and reach nirvana. Ur given me a cold, I allergic to stupididy, jordan alper, and jake schuster.

    Comment by PillowRage — 3/19/05 @ 12:29 am

  43. Ur given me a cold, I allergic to stupididy

    No comment there PillowRage, except I love you. I cherish our time together.

    Comment by Recipher — 3/19/05 @ 2:27 pm

  44. Man, whoever made this site is a true ass-clown, all three of the statements he has made are incorrect and are lies, my iBook that I’m on right now is a perfectly fine computer.

    Comment by PowerPc 4 — 3/20/05 @ 3:02 am

  45. me has been useing a maC for long time now and it seem that it affectid my englishh. i once had pC and i had masters degree in IT and filosofy. now me can’t even spell properly. i say to you everybody - don’t use MaC because it will fudge up-a-your head with confosion. i now go to buy groovy eMachine from those nice Dill people.

    damn those appLes lies and stuff

    Comment by bibble — 3/21/05 @ 3:52 pm

  46. all computers suck ass. there. i said it. go eat a tangerine or something.

    Comment by programmer — 3/23/05 @ 4:43 am

  47. Okay, I think everybody is taking this site too seriously. This HAS to be a parody on Mac-haters. Recipher’s original statements are just too absurd for words. They’re not only absolutely untrue, they’re outright farce.

    “For example, try to open up an image file on a Mac. You will get the error message, ‘Cannot open image files on Macs. Macs are cool.’” Come on, I’m supposed to take that SERIOUSLY? The guy is JOKING, folks.

    Now, Chase’s replies are simply untrue. Made up. Completely baloney. No other way to put it. But that’s the kind of post that this guy is apparently parodying. It’s a good put-on, though…you actually got some Mac users suckered in and angry.

    For the real Mac-bashers here: to see how good a Mac truly is, all anyone has to do is trot themselves down to their nearest CompUSA or Apple store and try OS X, and they’ll see how much more functional it is than XP. Not only that, but the latest edition of OS X (out in April or July, depending on which rumor you listen to) will essentially have the stuff Longhorn has been promising for a long time, and won’t have until at LEAST 2006…probably 2007 or 2008, the way MS keeps pushing it back and eliminating features.

    But I have to admit, after I got over my initial shock at this site, I got a good laugh out of it. It sounds a lot like some of the more brain-damaged anti-Mac stuff that’s out there. “Can’t display jpgs…can’t connect to the internet…crashes when more than one app is open…” LOL!!!

    Comment by John F. Byers — 3/23/05 @ 2:59 pm

  48. Although the IBM compatible and the earnestly chic Macintosh have their ardent and rather rumbustious supporters, I say you can’t beat a Commodore C64 for accessing internets and viewing electronic images. Unfortunately I am using a PC to post this as my C64 is having its 4 petabyte holographic storage cube upgraded.

    Comment by Pete — 3/24/05 @ 8:25 pm

  49. Man, i heard that after 30 minutes of use, the macs self destruct because it actual realizes what a piece of crap it is!!!!!! I mean seriously, if you just defended Macs just then, you are a complete idiot. Can you not sense even the slightest bit of sarcasm??

    Comment by wes — 3/27/05 @ 8:24 pm

  50. btw pete, C64’s rule!

    Comment by wes — 3/27/05 @ 8:33 pm

  51. wow what a debate . this is hot! woo! who really cares if these dopes dont see the light ,we know whats up! i love it, hearing about all my friends 250,000 virus’s in one day! ha! all ive had in a year is hmm ……1 .in a email never even got through. suckers. oh all the worm holes in the ms os is one reason pc’s suck.i dont know exactly what im talking about ,but i do know for shizzle dizzle pcs suck WHOLE Dicks.

    Comment by poor people — 3/30/05 @ 12:04 am

  52. haha thats so distorted that it IS truly funny, of course macs can do all those things, but unlike windows they never get the viruses that come from using the internet and conveniently come will a great photo browser. a mac even taught me how to clean blood stains from the walls when i murdered a small dog for chewing on my mac (such instructions are standard). i enjoy tacos and the movie “old school”. i like windows too, when it works, which is less often that i’d like, currently it wont start up, some corrupted hive thing which i hear is irrepairable. kinda sucks. oh well. back to “old school” and tacos

    Comment by billjobs — 3/31/05 @ 12:45 am

  53. There is only one down side to having a mac: only 3% of all computers sold are mac; that means less piracy is available for free and most people never owned a mac (and never will).

    That´s just fine for me and though I think macs have the best solutions for my problems, I don’t recommend them for everyone. Since MS and other companies have done such a great job copying apple solutions and many native mac apps (adobe, etc) were exported to PCs, I find PCs today fairly tolerable (I remember this because i’ve had a mac for 15 years and back then PCs were a sad business altoghether).

    Even so, apple offers a lot more of a OS than PCs, as it has more options and allows for far more customizing with less functional risk. And MACs are more efficient, i. e., more reliable and faster.

    Since so little people have worked with a mac (and mostly with abused working machines at work/school) there is a lot of ignorance around. This is worsened by the great comments mac users spread around (most of which are to some extent the fruit of surprise in achiving results and are exagerated) which only make PC user feel more awkward. So there is a lot of misconception or grosse ideas about mac (as the three above).

    And of course people who expect to “get all their apps for friends” are best advised to keep away from MACs or they might actualy end up buying software they need (heaven forbid). Less users means less piracy… and less viruses.

    So most people realy should avoid working with MACs.
    Expecting any other thing would be as ridiculous as expecting some midle-age MacDonalds-fed person to enjoy plain unscented mediterranean food - they wouldn’t recognise the natural look of food and it’s native taste. That´s life.

    Macs are great for only a few wierd people - I’m one - most will feel ackward in a mac. It’s just to easy.

    F

    ps - sorry for the long talk. don’t mean no insult for pc users. anyone should feel free.

    Comment by annon — 3/31/05 @ 6:17 am

  54. Point blank: Macs are counterproductive. They are not real computers for many reasons.

    1. OSX is not a real Macintosh operating system: it’s just Linux with a pretty shell. Apple ruined BSD by making it run on inferior PowerPC processors.

    2. Today’s Macs are imposters. Feeling envious of the way PC users for years could simply open up their computer and fix it’s problems, Apple had to go out and steal every innovation developed by the PC industry (USB, IDE, VGA, etc) and put it on a computer that, years ago, broke down, had to be fixed by Apple. They hijacked BSD so Mac users could have a command line. Remember those commercials where Apple made fun of PCs because we used a command line interface? Go freggin’ figure…

    3. The only reason Macintosh computers are even competative in today’s market is because of Bill Gates. He helped that hippie named Steve Jobs off his ass after Apple officially died back in the mid 90s.

    4. Macs are not truly Macs. I can’t understand why OSX is a Macintosh operating system. “Classic” applications (OS 9 and down) don’t even run on a OSX Mac; you need an emulator to run those ancient, year and a half old applications. I was able to get the 1st version of “Leisure Suit Larry” to run on my XP machine without the aid of an emulator.

    5. There is no such thing as a Mac expert or Mac IT specialist. Macs are so easy to use to the point where if you can’t set up a network on one or get onto the internet, you have no business even using an Atari 2600. And Macs just stop working if a problem is serious enough. The your “Mac IT” guy can’t even figure out what’s wrong with it. His solution is to reinstall OSX…

    6. Macs are a fashion statement. Most people who use macs as their primary machine tend to be sort of stupid. A lot of Communists like Macs, I guess because everything looks the same.

    7. God forbid something happen to your Mac after you expensive warranty expires. You’ll have to pay hundreds of dollars to renew your warranty.

    8. They say the G5 is faster than a Pentium. In some cases this is true, but not when running OSX. Mac users brag about how they can run Windows XP on their Macs. I’ve seen Virtual PC running XP…slow…as…..hell. With PearPC, a Pentium 4 can run OSX at about 90% of normal speed.

    9. Lastly, Mac users ARE JUST PLAIN ODDBALLS. Most are obsessed with Macs. They preach about how “cool” they are and how you should switch. Macs have an extremely limited amount of programs available for them when compared with PCs or Amigas. One of the reasons Apple made BSD the base of OSX is because Mac programs are not worth the time to write because of the odd structure of it’s classic operatig system. They’re just piggybacking off the popularity of Linux, a true Operating System. Why the hell is a Mac running X11? Sound like Linux to me…

    I play with macs because they’re interesting, I will admit. But as far as networking, Internet, emulation of other systems, and just plain workability, PCs are better because they simply are capable of more. While macs have their strengths in certain areas, PCs do more under Windows XP and Linux. The sad part is that Apple took a robust operating system and turned it into a weakling by making it prop up the sorry Mac architecture.

    Comment by Leshaun Fossett — 4/3/05 @ 3:03 am

  55. right now, I’m writing this post on a mac ibook.

    First, macs can see pictures and use the internet. But other than that, they suck. I have an ibook as a loan from my school, the crappy thing crashes every other week. I completely hate it because I’d have a major project on it, then the mac will die and i’d lose everything. also, none of the mac “tech” people in our school (or anywhere for this matter) know anything. They couldn’t fix a simple problem, all they said was to re-install and re-clone everything. The only good thing about macs is that they don’t get any viruses, but only because people are too lazy too write them. And when you search through the mac, to find programs and hidden features, it is completely insanely stupid cause it always sends you back to the same place.
    And the worst thing about macs, besides that they have no good games, is that they are unbelievably bad at multi-tasking. If you run more than one program, the whole thing crashes and takes more than 15 minutes to re-boot.

    And I’m only at the tip of the iceberg…

    This is why macs suck. This is why you should never get one.

    Comment by explosion101 — 4/5/05 @ 10:49 pm

  56. MACs are glorified door stops. If Apple spent as much time making there machines work decently as they do on making them look ‘cool’ then we wouldn’t be having this discussion.

    I am an IT admin on a PC network, unfortunately we use 5 G5s OSX. Why do Macs hate networks THAT IS WHAT COMPUTERS SHOULD BE DOING NOW DAYS…talking to each other. But oh no steve bulmer has other ideas.

    Oh and can one of you mac freaks out there tell me why whenever there is an OS update from Apple it causes all your extensions for Quark Motion etc to go haywire stopping the apps from working?

    MACS SUCK!!! and i dare anyone to disprove the above.

    Comment by IT Admin — 4/7/05 @ 10:13 am

  57. Ok so far all teh mac bashers seem to be talking about macs that are as old as Atari. second I know windows users who admit macs are good, but the price is too much (which I am willing to admit my self) Third go to google and type “world’s fastest desktop computer” ( minues the qoutations ) Fourth teh guy who posts macs sucks and doesnt read anything shows how ignorant he says and means what he says is nothing. Fifth there was competitno for a website being ran by a mac that if you altered teh web page you would recieve 13 thousand dollars. NO ONE was able to claim the prize. The computer only crashed 3 times the whole event from mass amoutn of ping death atacks ane the server rebooted ammediately aftewards…. to top it off no firewalls.

    Comment by Malcolm Montgomery — 4/7/05 @ 12:54 pm

  58. OH yeah and the new macs are probalyl the best computers for multi tasking and I havnt got teh crap idea what any of you guys are talkign about, also any computer from a school is goign to crash ( windows, linux , mac whatever ive seen it all )

    Comment by Malcolm Montgomery — 4/7/05 @ 12:56 pm

  59. Yeah, Macs suck. They don’t come with floppy drives, serial ports, parallel ports and PS/2 ports, Also, the statements that there is no software available for them is totally TRUE. I mean, no one even makes spyware removal apps for the Mac! Duh, hello?

    There is no Outlook Express for email, but Apple includes a program called Mail, which is like a stripped-down email client that can’t execute scripts or open attachments without user intervention. Personally I find it annoying, but if someone doesn’t depend on emailing their coworkers vbscripts like I do, they might be able to get by with it. Secondly and possibly even more glaringly, there is no antivirus program shipped with the Mac. In today’s climate of non-stop worms, trojans and viruses, releasing a computer with no virus removal software is irresponsible on the part of Apple. The OS X comes with some system maintenance utilities, but essentials such as a defragmenter or a registry cleaner are notably absent.

    Finally, there is no Mac version of WeatherBug to check the temperature anywhere in the world. Nor is there a Mac version of helpful web and email enhancers like Hotbar. Or any equivalent of the DealHelper software I use to keep track of my passwords.

    Comment by Jeff — 4/8/05 @ 9:04 am

  60. He is wrong, however macs do really suck, the G5 just has a good processor, everything else sucks, macs suck for games cus it takes 4 months for a mac version to come out, macs are homosexual.

    Comment by Swanston — 4/8/05 @ 1:42 pm

  61. kill macs . they are horrid. where the hell is right click? oh ya , there isnt one. kill macs. make them burn!!!! BUUUUURN!

    Comment by macs suck — 4/9/05 @ 2:40 am

  62. ALL OF THEM BURN

    Comment by Yodonggibgib — 4/9/05 @ 9:01 am

  63. To all you Mac haters, sorry fellas, I’ve heard some of the dumbest shit in my life. Can’t access the internet?!!? I can FLY through the web faster than ANY of you PC (”Piece of Crap”). Any of those statements that were that fucking retarded obviously came from people who have either never used a Mac or used a REALLY old one. Ive used Macs all my life at home, and PCs all my life at school. Yes, PC’s have so many frickin games, many that you can’t buy for a Mac. BUT I can download ANY videogame from ANY system EVER created in about 20 minutes (per game, and im talkin Halo 2 or whatever the hell I want).

    Next, I could hack into any one of ur PCs right now and do whatever i want, but feel free to call up Bill Gates and ask him to try to Hack into my computer. He’d laugh and say, “are you KIDDING me? that’s simply not possible”. One retard asked, “wheres MsPaint?” Dude, a paint program has been standard on any Mac since i don’t even know, the early, mid 90’s? If i want to use a computer that is comparable to a new PC, I go down in my basement and use a Mac that I bought back in ‘97, which still has fast internet, any program I need, yet of course, limited games(as do any computer from ‘97). My new Mac is the shit and it will last me many many years and still be the shit.

    Why do you see PCs in alot of offices? because you can buy one for 300 Dollars, and then have it fuck up on you in less than a year. People, Dont listen to those Mac haters, there is no way that anyone would EVER pay extra money for a computer that sucks, and then, brag about it, no, they would go buy a 300 dollar Dell. But, smart people realize how good Macs are and are willing to pay the extra money, they’ve used PCs, everyone has, and then they realized that Macs are worth the money. So, Macs are worth all the hype if it overpowers the bullshit negativity thrown around about Macs.

    Comment by WickTown — 4/13/05 @ 8:22 pm

  64. Everyone, I second Wicktown

    Comment by Macs Rule — 4/13/05 @ 8:25 pm

  65. Everyone, I second Wicktown.

    Heh. WickTown, you are in such denial that you have to post an additional comment saying that you agree with yourself under a different name?

    Wow, how can you download games on a Mac when Macs don’t connect to the internet to begin with (did you read the article)? Can you download Minesweeper too, the most important application ever created? Probably not. Even if somehow you were able to get the program on your computer, you would try to run it and your computer would give the following error message, I’ve looked into and done the research fella.

    Can not run Minesweeper. Macs are cool.

    Comment by recipher — 4/13/05 @ 9:39 pm

  66. when the hell did u write this cos it is a massive pile off bull. i have been macs my whole life, i never EVER plan on buying a pc. i am using a mac at this moment and the only time i have to use a pc is at school. and did you know that mac was the first user friendly OS? did you know that bill gates is such a prink that he wont upgrade mac msn so i dont even have a display pic. and you know the main reason i hate PCs? i dont care if you love them because “oh pcs are so amazing i have MSpaint, i have a load of games, i have THE SHITTEST LOOKING COMPUTER THE CIVILISED WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.” because everytime i use a pc, it doesnt f*ckin work. it takes about 3 hours to log in, then when im finally on it looks like a massive pile of w*nk.

    reasons i LOVE macs,
    1) they look the shit 2) they are the shit 3) they work everytime unless some retard pc user has buggered them up 4) they can look at images, since when have they not i would like to know 5) they can go on the internet and faster than your regurgitated motherboard in a grey box 6) applications to open a can of whoop ass on any of that shite on a pc 7) what do you reckon web designers, designers, animators, and countless others use? windows XP. i dont f*cking think so.

    so dont give me a load of bollocks about how superior PCs are when you don’t know f*ck all. and im 14 btw, have some of that. out done by a minor. UN F*CKIN LUCKY

    Comment by emma — 4/14/05 @ 4:26 pm

  67. u want to know the reason why no one makes spyware removal for macs? because macs never get viruses because the are not used by the retards who tardish enough to download a virus therefore people dont make mac spyware. and even if they did, you can buy the software. pick up a macuser magazine, go in the back bit and oh hello, spyware removal programmes! what a surprise. so get the facts straight before you mouth off about macs because you know bollocks all.

    Comment by emma — 4/14/05 @ 4:42 pm

  68. Wow, emma. How elequently you express yourself. By your used of profanity, I thought you were 12 rather than 14.

    Yes, PCs have spyware. But that is a minor inconvenience compared to WHAT PCs ARE CAPABLE OF, when compared to today’s Macs.

    Now let’s get real: No one uses a mac as there primary machine besides those Star Wars nuts and schizophrenic people. OSX is not a true Apple creation. Someone is eventually going to disassemble the Carbon portion of OSX, blend it with something like OpenDarwin and we soon will have the ability to run those flimsy OSX (their really BSD apps) apps on our PCs.

    No one codes on a mac. What was the last great app that originated from a mac?

    Most of the software macs use are just mac versions of PC titles. Where would OSX be without Microsoft Office? I didn’t say OpenOffice or AbiWord, but Bill Gate’s creation.

    Apple itself would be NOTHING today without Bill Gates. Remember back in the 90s when Apple was about to go out of business? You don’t, since you were only 4 or 5 years old, so let me school ya.

    Apple was so hard up, that they were licensing their unique ROM to other companies, such as Umax and PowerComputing BECAUSE THEY WERE BROKE!!! For the first time ever, you saw Mac clones in the United States.

    Back to your sermon about spyware: a lot of stupid people use PCs, as great as they are. Most people who have spyware on their boxes most likely were trying to do something or download something they had no business messing with. Common sense is the best spyware software.

    No one has written a mac virus because it would be no fun. The virus would only affect 3% of users worldwide. That’s no fun for a person who writes viruses.

    When Windows Longhorn is released, believe me, IT WILL BLOW OSX OUT OF THE WATER!!!! I CAN’T WAIT!!!! OSX is simply Unix with a pretty shell.

    Comment by Leshaun Fossett — 4/14/05 @ 10:07 pm

  69. Damn, Its amazing most of you PC user never ever used a Mac and are basing your assumption on shit, and using a Mac one time at school doesn’t make you an einstein onit. Did you know that when Mac released it OS caled lisa in 1987 it was the equivalent of Win 95. What did windows have Dos, window 3.1 wasn’t realsed it 1992. An even now Xp sucks, XP has 40-60 million lines of code, while OS X has needs only 4 million lines of code, Linux use 3-4 million lines of code.

    All you PC users do is buy what Bill Gates tells you to buy, I bet if He could sell his shit in a box, and you would by it because he told you to.

    Comment by Jack — 4/16/05 @ 9:47 pm

  70. You are obviously not familiar with Macs, the machine to claim is so great, because the Lisa Office System was 1) not an OS, but a computer which was the front-runner to the Mac and 2) released in 1983.

    You mac users spread lies about how Microsoft stole aspects of the mac os and added them to Windows. Well, apple (or “Crapple”, as I like to refer to it as) stole most of the aspects of the first mac os from the Xerox PARC computers, even down to the vector based icons and black and white display.

    And who gives a rat’s ass about lines of code? Did you count them yourself?

    Comment by Leshaun Fossett — 4/17/05 @ 12:14 am

  71. Ok..here’s my opinion (plz don’t kill me)

    Windows +’s
    Compatable..very compatable
    Much lower cost
    Upgradeability is a brease
    Mostly everything is done easily..basics and a few other things
    They DON’T crash as often
    Finally, seriously..games…i cannot get games on a mac.

    Mac +’s
    Holy crap..beautiful
    Sit on your ass and let your Mac do EVERYTHING for you
    Software comes from very few places, so u know what u getting
    So many neat little apps
    The Mac’s look nice

    Windows -’s
    Almost to many programs
    Tech support is crap
    GUI isnt as nice
    and don’t even get me started on networking..

    Mac -’s
    Cost
    Incompatability
    Limited Everything
    Performance not as good as PC’s

    But basicly this is what it breaks down to. If u have NO idea of any computer related things..get a Mac..it will do most of everything for you, u can do the basics and w/e other “photos of the kids, email, just basic stuff” programs u need

    Know some more..been using computers..get a PC..u get more software for less nad open pastures in which to make software

    So thier just computers…let it go…some people like some, others like others…oh well..

    BTW u can skin Macs to look like PC’s and PC’s to look like macs..so

    I’m Done..

    Comment by MMG — 4/22/05 @ 8:21 pm

  72. Wow, this is funny, I came to this site to get a laugh and I DID!, all of these people who care more about what is better mac or pc. I am a pc man, but come one. The only solution for you NERDS!!!!! is to get a damn sex life and then you will realize is WHO CARES!!!!!!!!

    Comment by walrus — 4/22/05 @ 9:44 pm

  73. I love it when people care on the internet.

    I guess no one can read “Fake news” at the top of the page.

    Comment by idiot — 4/24/05 @ 3:16 pm

  74. OK, I have used both… And I am a graphic designer that uses a PC. I preffer it. They both are fine computers I just don’t see the point in paying so much for so little… The pc can use more software and hardware. Plus I can pretty much get any app for free on a pc just by look around on the net. You can’t do that with a mac because they only make 20% of apps for a mac.

    I understand why people use mac, it’s nice to have your life pretty and candy coated. To me a computer is a tool for function not to be or look cool.

    Yes a mac is faster on the net, because they don’t need to run virus or wirewall, which takes up resources on the pc… Solution, get more ram, it will still cost you less than a mac.

    Here is an example of something I noticed, when XP came out 4 years ago it was fresh and loaded with new features, by far the most stable and reliable windows to date. A couple years later OSX come out and they bragged and boosted all of the wonderful new features, and suprise most of them were already in XP… Now 4 years later XP is still the standard and OSX has come out with like 3 different versions that all cost you money… Why not take a tip from MS and put all your new stuff in one release every few years instead of charging your already bled dry user base to death?

    Now don’t be mad at what I wrote, if you really think about it you will see my point and I didn’t need to use name calling to make it.

    Comment by yomomma — 4/27/05 @ 3:28 pm

  75. I’m on a PC! Ahh! Ahh! ..I like Macs. :(

    Comment by Henry — 4/28/05 @ 5:15 pm

  76. Here’s some good humor: “How Apple could crush Microsoft” at http://www.cnet.com/4520-6033_1-6213658-1.html?tag=nl.e501

    Comment by cypher — 4/29/05 @ 5:09 pm

  77. You all are acting like a bunch of 3rd grade morons. Who gives a fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by Brian — 4/30/05 @ 6:04 pm

  78. Who gives a fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Apparently you do, using all those exclamation points silly.

    Comment by recipher — 4/30/05 @ 6:10 pm

  79. Fuck iMacs, Apples are inferior and will make you gay.

    Comment by KG — 4/30/05 @ 9:24 pm

  80. I am typing FROM a mac which throws out your last statement since i am on the internet. Secondly Macs can view images in all of those file types and of course they aren’t going to have MSpaint because it is a Microsoft program - viewing photos and files is as easy as clicking on them, viewing them in iphoto and/or another of the many programs on the mac which are either bought or ( usually) come with it. Your second point, the whole “macs are cool” thing, like your other points, is completely untrue - and if these things are true the mac you were using was obviously made to influence you toward windows’ products. Lastly, the windows machine in the long run costs more when you add up the tech-support, add ons, software, hardware and repairing the damage of viruses. Macs come with all that, what you need and on the odd occasion when something does go wrong and you need to fix it, you don’t have to empty your bank account and sell your soul to do so.

    Comment by R.D. — 5/1/05 @ 12:43 pm

  81. Hahaha, this is funny. Mac Users boast their system by using their scapegoat of “defy microsoft man!” and windows users boast their systems by basically saying “games man!”.

    Reasons to get a Mac: Pretty, no prior knowledge of computers needed.

    Windows: I would have to say that all of Mac’s shortcomings, and many more are avaiable on windows (although ill admit, windows has lots of probs).

    Everyone needs to calm down a bit, and think of how retarded this argument is. It really doesn’t matter what you use, as long as it gets the job done.

    Plus, if you were to deck out all the cosmetics that mac has, windows would run slower, and if you were to do the same thing to mac, it would run faster (unless you have significant hardware specs, and i wont even mention running graphic intensive games).

    But all in all, both machines have their upsides and downsides. Now all im waiting for is longhorn, and them we can seriously compare the new systems. (or maybe a combination of the two systems into one super open source project :)

    Comment by Can't Think of a Name — 5/2/05 @ 8:23 pm

  82. Okay lets get down to it. PC’s suck. Here is why they suck. First you get your bargain pc for 300 and come to find out that you need to upgrade the memory to run certain functions faster. Then you need to put in a new graphics card to play your damn games. Now you gotta upgrade the sound card because you only got onboard sound in the first place. Oh and lets not forget that the bargain computer you have came with only a 40 gig internal drive and a cd rom so now you need to upgrade those and might as well change how it looks too, because modding is so cool. By the time your done you’ve already sunk in twice what you paid for. Oh and here’s the real kicker. You really need to upgrade every two years in the pc world due to changes in technology. If you got a standard desktop mac the only thing that you would need to do is put in more memory (apple is a little skimpy on that) and that is it. What about virus software someone asked? You really don’t fuckin need it. There are only 32( that’s right motherfuckers 32) known viruses that can harm a mac. At last count there are over 70,000 viruses and worms that can hurt a pc. But what happens if a pc virus gets into a mac? Nothing.. not a goddamn thing will happen because they are different operating systems!!! And people say macs are slow? Are you kidding me. What are they slow on? My mac boots up in twenty seconds and has never…I should repeat this for clarity…never frozen or stalled on me. The only program that is buggy on my mac is Microsoft office 2004 and that says something right there. As for all you teenage game bitches out there. Apple doesn’t want you so stop bitching. There are few games for a reason. Macs were made for people who are working , not for slackers. If you want to play a fuckin game then buy and xbox and shut up.
    Oh and since we’re spreading lies about computers I have a few for ya.
    Reasons pc’s suck balls
    1. When you want to multi-task on a pc the computer laughs at you then kills itself.
    2.You’ve got upgrade every damn six months just to play the most recent game
    3. You’re Microsofts bitch
    4. You now belong to the patch of week club
    5. Pc are just fuckin ugly
    6. Too many shit applications and programs on the pc side.
    And finally gamers suck sweaty fuckin balls anyway.

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/4/05 @ 10:28 pm

  83. Goddamn this site has my agent orange up!

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/5/05 @ 1:43 am

  84. I’ve got a question Bobo, I’m trying to use my friends Mac right now. I can’t get it connected to the internet. It keeps saying, “Teh Mac lose connection! Macs are Kool.” This is a bit of a problem.

    The mac used to say that “Macs are Cool” with a C not K. How can I get it so it says that again instead? I don’t care about the surfing the internet instead because I can just use the PC for that. I think I may have gotten a Mac virus or something that changed the error message. Please help!

    Comment by recipher — 5/5/05 @ 1:48 am

  85. Sure no problem. You see your pc is too close to your mac. Pc’s are know for sending out toxic waves of stupidity. Your mac is simpley confused, it’s being over run with high levels of rddduh radiaton ( short for retardddduhhhhh) and needs to be placed in a better environment. All you need to do to fix this is either put you mac in a starbucks and order it a mocha frappucino or distract your pc and keep it’s little mind buisy. You can open up the pc and kick the little gebil inside a few times or you can give it some nachos and let is play Halo on the xbox. Either way the less it thinks the better.

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/5/05 @ 2:03 am

  86. You see little do people know that pc’s are programmed in a different language. A pc will lay around all day, drinking faygo and smokin cheap weed. All the while complaining about why they can’t get on the World of Warcraft site today and wondering when their “check” is gonna get here ( it is after the 1rst after all). Mac’s are programmed to get up early, work hard and come home to fuck the prom queen right out of her pretty pink panties. The lesson is if you want to play games you have a pc. If you want to make games you have a mac.

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/5/05 @ 2:11 am

  87. Everyone here needs to get a life, Macs suck,Pc sucks. Every computer sucks one way or another. So shut the hell up, none of you have any good arguements to back up what your saying. Espcialy you video game players, you have a computer, us it and do something creative, don’t be a dumn-ass and waste $1,000’s of dollars on a machine that just play video games. If thats all you use a computer for you need to be taken outside and your dumn-ass shot.

    Comment by optimus008 — 5/5/05 @ 12:24 pm

  88. go here to see the truth how mac users are smarter than PC users.

    http://www.ebaumsworld.com/macswitch.html

    Comment by crazy — 5/6/05 @ 11:19 pm

  89. Wow.. it’s funny how PC users with little to no knowledge about macs like to bash it.. You guys always compare your Windows XP systems to some mac operating system from 10 years ago, the last time you guys ever tried a mac. If you guys have even taken a look at the Mac OS X you would take all of that back in a second. That being said, I have nothing against PCs, I just find the mac interface much more user friendly, and the lack of spyware is really appealing as well.

    Comment by malize — 5/7/05 @ 1:03 pm

  90. Ha Ha ha macs do suck more balls then all of you guys. Ha HA Ha ahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha

    -Poncho

    Comment by Poncho villa — 5/9/05 @ 10:16 am

  91. “Yeah, Macs suck. They don’t come with floppy drives, serial ports, parallel ports and PS/2 ports, Also, the statements that there is no software available for them is totally TRUE. I mean, no one even makes spyware removal apps for the Mac! Duh, hello?”

    Floppy drives are outdated (3mb of storage?) and the rest of the stuff it doesn’t need. (serial ports? PS/2 ports? You must be joking). And “No spyware removal apps?” Please. OSX doesn’t even need a spyware removal app.

    For all you Mac haters: fine. Don’t use macs. Get your spyware if that’s what makes you happy. It will only make the Mac have a lower user number, which will make hackers not bother writing viruses for the mac.

    Ever heard of open source? If any of you actually were cool and knew anything about programming, you would compile your own programs.

    You think no outlook express is bad? You should be sent to the insane asylum. OE is sooo vulnerable it isn’t even funny. Ever heard of Mozilla Thunderbird? Opera Mail?

    Web developers tired of “Apple’s lack of W3C compliance”? Just take a look at IE. At least Apple doesn’t make up their own standards that only work on one platform, and one platform only. Think flash support on Mac is limited? Your web site should be accessible. That means: no flash. Flash sucks on web pages.

    Tired of “lack of games”? Just becuase they aren’t on the shelf at Best Buy or “Software Etc” doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Ever check out the apple store website? There are hundreds of games that are supported by the mac, including both open and closed source.

    Macs are space saving. One component, that’s it (well, there’s the PowerMac G5 with a tower, but that’s about it). Ever seen the MiniMac? The iMac? I rest my case.

    Oh well, to each his own. Mac has it’s advantages, PC has it’s advantages (which by the way are: it’s easy for preschoolers like you to use and the games for it are easy to find so you don’t have to strain your poor little eyes downloading games on the internet.)

    Yes, I am posting this from a PC. This is only because I am at school and they have their mind set on using PCs. Too bad. The only good PC is a PC with Linux.

    Comment by Joseph Stalin — 5/10/05 @ 8:13 pm

  92. yes, hearing that macs are better than PC’s is quite hard fact coming from joseph stalin. I just love it when my mac friends come over to my house and drool over my pc because it blows their machines out of the water. and when my pc crashes… wait it hasn’t. Now when their macs crash thats a different story. When a mac crashes they might as well say “your mac has crashed, would you like to talk about it.” and asked them why they bought a mac theonly reason they can come up with is “that it looked cool.” well we all know looks can deceving.

    Comment by america — 5/11/05 @ 12:25 am

  93. “My friends come over to drool over my pc because it blows their machines out of the water..” Bullshit, complete and utter bullshit. Unless your machine is a $4000 Alienware workstation or a workstation from dell then you don’t have the spunk to take on a mac. First off what macs do your friends own? If they are single processor g4’s then that’s the bottom of the barrel as far as macs are concern. The g5 imacs are desktop machines that are again single processors and intended as family home computers or high end student pc’s. Now where your screwed is with the Dual G5 powermacs. I you have some piece meal put together home machine you better hang your head in shame and hide your balls if you go up against a powermac with some decent ram in it, cause you’re screwed if you do. Even when the high end workstations do beat macs it is only be 5 seconds! FIVE FUCKIN SECONDS! And then you gotta ask yourself if the money is worth the five second time. My dual 1.8 powermac G5 can go head to head with some of the best workstations out there and only lose by a few seconds. But I paid at least a thousand less for roughly the same power. And dude if you said your pc hasn’t crashed and your running windows (anyversion) you are LYING OUT YOUR ASS! Please say your running Windows 2000 you little service pack 4 junkie. Please oh please just say it.

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/11/05 @ 3:11 pm

  94. I am unfortunatly on a G3 MAC at UNI… and it sucks big hairy balls.

    how can anyone seriously like a MAC… especially when the letters spell Macs Are Crap! who the fuck buys macs? (apart from idiots!).
    all of the software is a watered down, half arsed version of PC software (especially 3D packages) and the system cannot handle files bigger than 50mb at a time, people say that G5 Macs are just as powerful as PC’s? I think not…
    my PC at home is running 4gb of DDR RAM with a 400GB harddrive… in other words a MAC = A toilet for my PC as it shits allover the the MAC tower!
    I HATE MACS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    + Macs dont have a thumbnail preview option… PC’s do.
    +Macs control key means right click… the coders were retards, why not supply a 2/3 button mouse? cause they are cheap fucks
    +Macs look like roadkill
    +Macs speakers are crap and the sound cards are even worse
    +the graphics cards are terrible
    +CMYK (usually associated with macs) is a crap format that fucks up gradients and colour formats.

    theres a few more points for your cool list:D

    Comment by GV — 5/12/05 @ 10:33 am

  95. *PS my mega PC that fuckin shits alover you MAC users only cost me Ł1500 from DELL… PC’s are far better… Face it.

    Comment by GV — 5/12/05 @ 10:54 am

  96. And for all those retards that say that macs dont get viruses….
    There are 13 Macs in the room I am in now:
    3 Macs HAVE VIRUSES that have fucked up the whole network

    7 Macs HAVE SPYWARE that is fucking with peoples emails etc.

    3 Macs have critical system errors… and guess what, the tech’s cant fix em so there going to flatten the system.

    so in other words:
    All of the Macs are fucked up by either system or virus problems,

    there are 2 PC’s in the room, they are both fine and run 10 times faster than the G5’s sat next to them.

    FUCK YOU ALL, TRY AND TALK YOUR WAY OUTA THAT 1!

    Comment by GV — 5/12/05 @ 11:04 am

  97. Working on an iMac right now after being forced to switch over from PC. A machine that costs twice as much to perform half as slow, no control over hardware (do you upgrade by cracking the case???), CD stuck in drive (again, gotta crack the case to get it out), weak selection of software and, despite what I’ve been told, no standardization across software titles and just about everything has to be done by mouse! Oh, and you need to *MOUNT A DRIVE* to run new installed software. What a glorious machine. Oh, and all the reasons posted above are complete valid. Basically, if you’re afraid of change and haven’t got one neuron in your tiny little brain willing to try and figure out how to use your machine…go the Mac route. Get fleeced and end up with a nice-looking bookend (yeah, they do look nice, gotta admit that).

    Comment by P — 5/13/05 @ 11:58 am

  98. Oh jeez, almost forgot, the folks at Macintosh actually outright *lie* about performance. No kidding…bold-faced lies about what their so-called machines can do. Not to say PCs are perfect but in my short time working side-to-side PC with Mac (about 4 months), the Macs have crashed approximately 4 times as much (stability, yeah right) and have had serious hardware failures. By that I mean -complete- inability to boot, CD stuck in drive (as above) — the brilliant architects at Apple decided that there would be no way to extract a CD other than with a software command (still laughing about that one).
    While I’m at it, I’d like to address all of you who are into the iPod thing. First off, I believe pods were the weapons of choice in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”…changing people to mindless zombies. As with all other Apple products, you have an over-priced, underperforming gadget with a limited feature set and a wonderful penchant for breaking mysteriously (backlight won’t turn off…controls stuck…etc.) Again, the remedy is to throw the thing on the ground and hope that fixes it because Apple sure as hell has no plans to give users any control over their own products. Yes, these were the brave pioneers of the digital rights movement and restricted access to everything and anything. They’ll sue you for discussing their products (and they have in highly public cases). And should you want your pricey hunks fixed (and they will break, as sure as the sun rises tomorrow), be sure to visit the snotty sales reps at the few distribution centres where not only can you expect to pay through the nose for your sin of ever purchasing an Apple product in the first place, but you can also expect to be suckered into buying extra unnecessary addons for your so-called computer because, as stated above, you are the rare intelligencia of this world that simply doesn’t ‘get’ technology and, frankly, doesn’t want to.
    For all you PC proponents, while I’m totally on your side I would ask that you not spit vitriol on the Apple-blinded fools. Pity them, the way you would pity someone with a mental disability or a gunshot wound to the head.

    Comment by P — 5/13/05 @ 12:12 pm

  99. Okay bitch ( GIV) yes you, you loud mouthed british fuck. Let’s get down to it. Um lets see here… how many viruses do pc’s have out there, um 70,000 and counting… There are only 32 yes… let me repeat that for the slow pc people… 32 known viruses for the mac. EAT IT AND DIE. Oh and I’m supposed to be impressed by a single processor dell computer with 4 gigs and a 400 gig hard drive…oooh I’m shaking in my boots, oh my. Your pc sucks because the operating system is shit… I bet you didn’t get crap for software when you bought that dell toilet did you, in fact I’m looking at the website right now and I know you didn’t get shit. 1500 british pounds sterling for that crap… you got fucked my friend. That’s over 2,700 for us americans. My “dual processor” ..yes that’s right , it has two of them so EAT IT AND DIE… 1.8ghz (once again for the stupid that means two 1.8ghz processors) G5 only cost me around 1,900 american. And if your wondering about power here’s a snippet from amazon about some tests they performed on my model machine :Does It In Double-Time
    The PowerPC G5 processor dramatically accelerates performance in real world applications. When compared head-to-head against PCs in a large series of Photoshop tests, the dual 1.8GHz Power Mac G5 system ran the 45 filters 66% faster than the 3.4GHz Pentium 4-based system, and 48% faster than the dual 3.2GHz Xeon-based system. Additional performance tests reveal similar performance gains for professional film, video, music and audio creation, and scientific analysis of genetic research.
    There you go bitch….Take your fuckin dell and choke on it you Bill gates suckin, Pentium fuckin , Windows monkey!!!!!GOD FUCK THE QUEEN!!!!

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/13/05 @ 3:15 pm

  100. Lets face it…pc’s suck balls. If the only thing you can bitch about on a mac is getting a cd stuck then you should fucking grow up. ” oh no I got a cd stuck, macs suck. I mean I get one cd stuck but it doesn’t crash for no reason like my pc or pick up three viruses a day and I don’t have to get a patch every week to make the OS keep working, nor do I need to worry about the OS degrading like I do with XP but still the cd got stuck so macs must suck” Shut up you whiney little bitches. You’re all a bunch of gamer fucks anyway so keep your little dells and gateways and shut up. And from now on if you’re gonna diss a mac then at least give the model of it. I’m wiling to bet dollars to fucking doughuts that the macs you’re running are G3’s and that means they are almost ten fucking years OLD! Try running todays operating system on a pcs that is nearly ten years old…. oh yeah thats right YOU CAN’T! Shut up you retards!

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/13/05 @ 3:27 pm

  101. My pc rocks. All you mac turds should go flush yourselves. I’m going home to beat my wife, Focker out,

    Comment by chris — 5/14/05 @ 2:33 am

  102. I recently bought an ibook, mainly for photos, movies, and schoolwork. So far, I like it. I have a Dell for a desktop, and will probably always have some sort of pc for my desktop. I like pcs and macs, macs mainly because I heard they were good for video editing, and so far, I agree. I think that we should all just be thankful that the monopoly that is microsoft has something out there to compete with, even though a lot of microsoft programs have been made to work with macs and have therefore given them more business. I hope that everyone will diversify themselves at one point in their lives and at least know how to use both computers. but whatever.

    Comment by Kevin — 5/14/05 @ 6:40 pm

  103. Bobo the space monkey - learn to read… its GV not GIV you stupid idiot. oh and…. yes… I hope god does fuck the queen, or maybe george wanker bush can bomb her when he finds the big red button.
    yip…. my PC can shit all over your stupid MACS, and ohh wooww photoshop… im so amazed… how about 3D packages that require good machines to run? Ive worked on G5’s with Maya (3D package you stupid tit) and Cinema 4D (another 3D package you stupid tit) and they both crash when loading large files…. my PC runs them straight off.

    in summary…. and i’ll say this slowly so your small American brain can understand it….

    MACS

    ARE

    SHIT !

    Comment by GV - not 'GIV' — 5/16/05 @ 10:16 am

  104. “32 known viruses”

    yes and thats something to be proud of why??????

    1 virus is enough to kill your MAC…. face it.

    + thats just “know Viruses”, how about all the ones that are still being found hmmm?
    get a life and buy a PC

    Comment by GV - not 'GIV' — 5/16/05 @ 10:19 am

  105. Gv you british inbred fuck, I should bitch slap you and improve your crooked british fuckin smile. You and your pc are shit, go ahead and ask anyone in the industry and they will tell you they run macs, pc’s suck balls and they will always suck balls. The world you live in does not exist you limey fuckin bastard. And yes 32 known viruses is something to be proud of considering the thousands that can hack apart you’re silly fuckin OS you wanker! That says something about the stability of the mac operating system and how hard it is to capitalize on any securtiy flaws! Shut you’re bloody hole and realize that mac’s are the shit and you are a piece of shit. You fuckin’ slag!

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/16/05 @ 9:21 pm

  106. Here’s a site for ya to mull over you limey prick http://www.computerjokes.net/151.htm and this one http://www.webspawner.com/users/macsarebest/ and finally the best article of them all http://www.macworld.com/news/2004/01/29/fbi/index.php to take that and smoke it you greasy haired spotted dick eating shmuck!!

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/16/05 @ 9:38 pm

  107. By the way numb nuts what processors are you running in your dell toilet, how much ram, and what video card? I’m fishin for something and I’m willing to bet you’re a lying piece of shit.

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/16/05 @ 9:52 pm

  108. ok bobo the shit head…. you still cant type… its GV not Gv.
    I am running a specially built Dell:
    Pentium 4
    4GB DDR RAM,
    400GB Hard drive
    Duel 256mb Graphics Card (voodoo)
    that enough info for ya you stupid cunt?

    PS not that your shit mac could, but, if your trying to trace my IP it will come to a shitty G3 mac at the University of Sunderland, I wouldnt waste my time at home on yankee shit like you.

    OOh and yes in the industry they do use PC’s over macs… I had to visit 10+ companies in London as part of a project, and yes… all of them using PC’s for more power to run the animation software, they had tried macs and they couldnt handle it. so fuck you ya stupid cunt!

    since you hate the brits so much you should probably change your name… Bobo the space monkey, GTA ref, GTA is made in the UK.
    I dont hate Americans, hey, alota cool shit over there! but your to occupied sucking your mothers tits to even know what an American looks like!

    oh and yeah… MACs are the shit….. the big steaming pile of shit that my computer just left in the toilet:)
    again let me spell this slowly for your tiny brain to understand:

    THIS
    FORUM
    WAS
    STARTED
    BY
    PEOPLE
    WHO
    HATE
    MACS!

    why the fuck are you fighting this, you cant win! the facts are there, the room I am in has a powerful PC and a G5 side by side, the PC is fast as fuck at everything and never crashes, the MAC is always slow and always has critical system errors.

    F
    U
    C
    K

    Y
    O
    U
    !
    !
    !
    !
    !
    !

    Comment by GV - not 'Gv — 5/18/05 @ 4:49 am

  109. *PS* “you greasy haired spotted dick eating shmuck!!” - what the fuck, you still livin in the fuckin 50’s?
    spotted dick - I dont wanna know what the fuck you dads dick looks like when your done with it thanks.
    Shmuck - learn a good insult… how about “yankee insest created, family fuckin, anal lover”?? sing along kidy!

    get a life you sad cunt, hide behind your pussy Mac sucking your mothers tits and go to a forum that gives a fuck

    Comment by GV - not 'Gv — 5/18/05 @ 4:58 am

  110. Umm…I’m not British, first of all. Secondly, yes, you’re right, PCs have a lot more viruses than Macs. The reason is because PC specs are open and so (fortunately or unfortunately) they are more easy to hack. That having been said, Macs simply are *not* faster than comparable PCs. Also, that $1900 US for a dual-processor Mac is an outrageous price.
    But…who cares. Delude yourself. Keep to your religious fanaticism (religion is, after all, blind faith…with emphasis on ‘blind’). Facts are facts and you are simply wrong.

    Comment by P — 5/18/05 @ 12:41 pm

  111. Bobo,
    Thos articles are interesting but don’t give any credence to Mac. The FBI spent millions on a system to bring together their disparate systems and the project failed miserably because they really had no idea what they were getting into. That may explain why they use Macs. The other article you mention spell out these points, which are also quite amusing:

    * Intel uses Macs

    And Apple uses PCs.

    * PC Week uses Macs

    Well, yes. Most offices have at least one inbred employee that can’t wrap his/her head around working with a computer and using more than one finger at a time.

    * The cool “waah” sound at startup.

    That’s the worst reason I’ve ever heard.

    * 40 viruses, not 38000.

    AKA. no software

    * No one says “I work on a Mac at the office but I have a PC at home because it’s so much fun to use.

    I do. At least there’s something fun to do with my PC. Mac games are, ahem, limited.

    * MacAddict

    Clueless

    * Star Wars Special Edition - made on a Mac

    Yes. I’m sure a single Mac made an entire motion picture. Maybe it was used to burn the disc.

    * Star Wars Episode 1 - made on a Mac.

    With no floating point processor, 3D is virtually absent from a Mac…unless you have a few weeks ready to render a simple scene.

    * Babylon 5, Lost in Space, Star Trek TNG, Star Trek Voyager, Star Trek DS9, Star Trek’s 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 & 9, Dark Skies, Xena: Warrier Princess, The X-Files, Goldeneye, Tommorow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, Sliders, Contact, Mortal Combat, Men in Black, Spawn, Titanic, Herculies, AND LOADS LOADS MORE.

    Okay, so you can’t spell. Aside from that, however, just cause there’s a single Mac in a sea of PCs doesn’t make it the only Mac. But you Mac people tend to be so myopic.

    * Bill Gates’ mansion was designed on a Mac

    And the 3D model created on a PC. That’s about the level of complexity of a Mac to a PC.

    * If you have a paperclip, you can probably fix your Mac

    Is the Mac really such a simple machine? Well, try to get your stuck CD out…or in fact, what the hell can you fix on a Mac with a paperclip?

    * Macs don’t have the infamous Windows key to accidentally hit and throw you out of your application into Windows, often causing the program to freeze

    No, they have the Apple (command) key which often closes your window which is much more dangerous. And the rest of the statement is a flat out lie.

    * FREE speech recognition software (as opposed to the less sophisticated, $300 system as offered by Microsoft)

    Ummm, speech recognition comes standard on a Windows XP PC…included FOR FREE…and based on speech recognition software which was initially developed on a PC.

    * The first Pentium commercials were done on (pre-Power PC!!) Macs since they couldn’t get PC’s to perform at that speed.

    Non-realtime renderd video. No, PCs can’t work that slow.

    * Apple servers are about four times faster than Win NT 4.0 servers with equivalent clock speed processors

    Okay, I have to admit that Apple servers are pretty good. But again they face a lack of server software so, despite actually living up to their stated specs (unlike other Apple products), they’re very limited in their application.

    * Windows 95 requires illegal narcotics in order to enjoy it’s graphical interface.

    Once again, the Apple OS is a lot more eye-candy than Win 95. However, the year is 2005 and Windows is considerably more customizable than Macs. In fact, anything a Mac can do Windows can do (and better). Check out Yz dock, Windowblinds, etc. Can your Mac do that?

    * None of those Internet Explorer “exploding desktop” bugs.

    Not sure what that’s supposed to be. Never heard of it or experienced it. Another Apple fairy tale.

    * “DOS Computers manufactured by companies such as IBM, Compaq, Tandy, and millions of others are by far the most popular, with about 70 million machines in use worldwide. Macintosh fans, on the other hand, may note that
    cockroaches are far more numerous than humans, and that numbers alone do not denote a higher life form.”

    Aluding to cockroaches doesn’t make the Mac better. It just makes a weak connection backed up by nothing other than the use of language. Ask yourself, if PCs are so bad, why have they been adopted in such large numbers?

    * Built-in sound, with no need to install, configure, or troubleshoot a “SoundWhacker” card.

    Again, just outdated. But just to humour the argument…better that I can upgrade my sound card than have it perpetually built in. Seems Mac users really enjoy bowing down to their corporate masters. Why else would you agree to be enslaved by a completely closed off and static technology set? If you have half a brain you can upgrade a sound card. Enough said.

    * Long file names on CD-ROMs (Windows CD-ROMs use the ISO 9660 format which is limited to eight character file names, even with Windows 95.)

    Again…is this the most recent argument you can make? Simply not true. And BTW, Mac also uses that format since it’s a standard.

    So, a bunch of spurious, false, misleading, mispelled, and ocassionally delusional arguments. That the best you can come up with?

    Comment by P — 5/18/05 @ 1:44 pm

  112. Kevin,
    You do make a good point. Everyne should try and diversify. If you get a chance to try an honest comparison between a Mac and PC, by all means do it. I have and that’s how I cam to the conclusions that I have. Not saying that Mac won’t get better in the future, but I’m certainly not impressed with the current incarnation. I guess it depends on what you’re looking for in your computer. If, for example, you never need to do anything other than edit some documents and maybe do some image manipulation or page layouts, you may not notice the shortcomings of a Mac. Also, if you’re not concerned about how much you spend on your computer, you won’t bat an eyelash at the price differences.
    I look at Macs like the designer fashions of the computing world. Basically, you are paying for the name. The price in no way reflects quality, power, or versatility.
    Whether or not you use a Mac, keep an open mind and try to do a side-by-side comparison. Otherwise you just end up descending into a name-calling free-for-all like a good chunk of this discussion.

    Comment by P — 5/18/05 @ 1:53 pm

  113. BTW, Bobo, I’m on a G5 with a gig of RAM. Should be powerful but still runs as fast as my no-name 500Mhz PC with 256 megs RAM. Straight-out fact.

    Comment by P — 5/18/05 @ 1:55 pm

  114. P - you speak the truth, good man:D

    Comment by GV - not 'Gv — 5/19/05 @ 4:07 am

  115. You rock, P!

    Tell it like it is.

    http://umdrive.memphis.edu/lfossett/public/apple.wmv

    Comment by Leshaun Fossett — 5/19/05 @ 3:53 pm

  116. http://umdrive.memphis.edu/lfossett/public/whymacssuck.wmv

    Comment by Leshaun Fossett — 5/19/05 @ 10:37 pm

  117. Okay P…or should I call you Wizz or how about tinkle? LIsten up fuck nuts when it comes to nuts and bolts Macs can run head to head with pc’s and in the video editing /photoshop department macs kick pc’s asses hands down. Go to any expert and he will tell you. Now the slowness of a mac on 3d rendering that you speak of is bullshit. Here’s a link for ya http://www.barefeats.com/maya.html and you wil see that the dual 2.5ghz powermacs lose to the dual 3.4ghz workstation by only a few seconds. SECONDS asshole!!!! I’m not saying that a program will never quit for no reason on a mac ( BUT THAT SHIT IS WAAAY TO COMMON ON A PC) but I have never …let me say it again for you motherfuckers in the cheap seats…never had my macs freeze up on me for no goddamn reason the way I’ve had pc’s take a fuckin shit trying to do simple stuff. I mean for christ sake a pc should freeze up just because I’m trying to view a video from JAPPERWHORE.COM !!!! And for all you modding cocksuckers out there I have something to say for you. You can upgrade a mac, but for the adverage consumer you don’t need to. Now why isn’t it that way on a pc. Why the fuck must you keep upgrading the goddamn thing every fuckin year just to get it to work??!!! Is this what you call a superior system? And for all you people out there who are saying you’ve never had a problem with windows, you are all fuckin liars. Windows is shit and it breaks down, degrades and catches viruses like a cheap french whore. I can guarantee that everyone in this room who owns a ” Windows box” has had to reinstall windows and lost data due to corruption. A mac is like a mercedes benz to a pc’s ford. Macs have always innovated where pc’s have lagged behind. Now for you fuckers who think that a mac is too expensive I seem to recall that it wasn’t but five years ago paying 1200 for a pc was considered an adverage price. SO SHUT THE FUCK UP! And anyone who is interested in purchasing a hp workstation here’s the link and notice the price ttp://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/361798-REG/HP_Hewlett_Packard_XW8200_Dual_Xeon_3_4GHz.html that’s nearly $4500 dollars for what you could get through apple ( yes check out the specks at http://www.apple.com you lazy fucks) for a dual 2.7ghz machine. AND FOR ALL YOU GAMING FUCKS. YOU ARE COMPLETE LOSERS TO SPEND THAT MUCH FUCKIN MONEY FOR A GAME MACHINE! BUY A FUCKIN XBOX OR GAME CUBE FOR FUCKS SAKE YOU LOSERS! And lack of software??? What are you smoking ( and send me to your dealer)? If your talking about cheap crap software then yes apple doesn’t have it. But if you want good reliable apps and programs then there are plenty to go around on the mac side.
    Here’s a joke before I go. The only time Microsoft will make a product that doesn’t suck is when it makes a vacuum cleaner.

    Comment by bobo the space monkey — 5/20/05 @ 1:12 am

  118. Another profanity filled and fact absent post by a “Mac enthusiast”.

    Sheesh…

    Comment by Leshaun Fossett — 5/20/05 @ 12:50 pm

  119. Nice site leshaun, you’re obviously gay.

    Comment by bobo the space monkey — 5/20/05 @ 1:57 pm

  120. Nope. I don’t use macs, so that excludes me from being an ass pirate like yourself.

    You’re probably a star wars fan, too.

    Comment by Leshaun Fossett — 5/20/05 @ 2:53 pm

  121. OSX is the biggest rip-off in computer history.

    Crapple sells you a $500 computer (with no keyboard, mosue or monitor, BTW), and “updates” the OS every few months.

    Here’s the catch: each update costs about $100.

    In all honesty, XP isn’t perfect, but I don’t have to buy a new version of it every month.

    And OSX is just BSD (a free OS) modified to run on PowerPCs (which are made by IBM, the irony!). Mac users pride themselves as being free thinkers who “Think different”. I was using FreeBSD back in the ’90s!!! Does that make me a mac user?

    Huh?

    Comment by Leshaun Fossett — 5/20/05 @ 3:02 pm

  122. Using a mac for so long has impared “bobo’s” ability to properly use the English language.

    So kiddies, stay away from the crystal meth and also the macs. A deadly combination like that can fry your brain in a matter of days.

    Comment by Leshaun Fossett — 5/20/05 @ 3:15 pm

  123. How much do you wanna bet that Fidel Castro, Kim Jung Ill, Osama Bin Laden, the Ayatola and Saddam Hussein are mac users?

    Now that “Axis of Evil” stuff is starting to make since…

    Comment by Leshaun Fossett — 5/20/05 @ 3:18 pm

  124. Please, and what kinda name is Leshaun for god’s sake. I mean fuck man that is the worst ebonics named I’ve heard in a long time. And the OS updates that cost you money..um hmm I have OSX panther and when I got it it was 10.3.1 and I’ve updated it to 10.3.9 and it didn’t cost me a dime. Wow what an idiot you are. And the gay thing, you are gay. To quote your website, you like the eighties( big hair and men wearing makeup) , you like studying mormon history, you collect magazines like “Vanity Fair” and one of your favorite movies is Blue velvet. Yeah , you are a closet pole smoker. It’s okay man, just go ahead and come out of there and start suckin the way your pc does.

    Comment by bobo the space monkey — 5/21/05 @ 2:32 am

  125. Hmm,,,you keep hitting a MAN’S website (you have visited my site at least 3 times this week), compile information about him, and you’re calling ME gay?

    cpe-24-95-38-248.columbus.res.rr.com is where you live on the internet (Meep meep).

    How old are you? 12?

    You see, parents, this is why you should keep your children away from Macs. They turn you into closet homosexual space monkies who wait in line 6 weeks for Star Wars tickets.

    As stated earlier, you have visited my webpage 3 times…why? It’s not like there is tons of info on it. I have to question your mental capacities.

    Why are you so obsessed with gay people? Do you wish I was gay like you?

    You know what they say: the person who often accuses someone of being gay is usually gay themselves (this is the 2nd time).

    But you’re a Mac user, so who the hell can tell the difference?

    Comment by Leshaun Fossett — 5/21/05 @ 9:32 am

  126. POOOOOLLLLLLLEEEEE SMMOOOOOOKKKKERRRRR
    Yeah I visited your site three times, the first was to gather info and the second was to show a couple of my friends what fag you are. But that is neither here nor there. Anyway I’m glad to say that although this blog has been fun and I’ve had way to many laughs at you idiots I’m gonna have to get on outta here. Pc’s suck and so do you leshaniqua or whatever the fuck your name is.

    Comment by bobo the space monkey — 5/21/05 @ 2:35 pm

  127. Leshaun Fossett– you are fucking stupid
    1) Apple doesn’t upgrade every month… period.
    2). Can’t you afford a fucking $10.00 keyboard/mouse.
    3). The Mac mini is Marketed for PC users who already have the accesories and is switching to a Mac.
    4). and yes, it’s a fact, that the MacOX is 100X better than Windows and most people are “NOT” techinically inclined to install Linux on a PC, so they buy Apple Mac , which is fully Supported by Apple and no seaching for 3rd party drivers, which most companies do not supply.

    4). If you don’t like Mac, don’t fucking buy it and critizes it. Alot of people love Macs, with far more intelligence than you.

    Comment by Steve Jobs — 5/21/05 @ 5:34 pm

  128. Oh yeah Mr. Fossett, Apple is not forcing your to upgrade and Microsoft charges more for the latest upgrade which was all garbage.

    Comment by Steve Jobs — 5/21/05 @ 5:39 pm

  129. Lines of code…… Hey leshaun the reason one should give a shit about lines of Code is that with the ” bloating” that microsoft does whenever there is a new OS release it forces people to upgrade their machines to a faster processor that can handle it. This is Microsofts way of scratching Intel’s back and vice versa. Do you realize that today’s linux OS’s can run perfectly well on an old 486.. I guess that when you’ve sucked the Microcock as long as you then you just stop asking why and just start asking for more.

    Comment by bobo the space monkey — 5/21/05 @ 9:27 pm

  130. “on 3d rendering that you speak of is bullshit. Here’s a link for ya http://www.barefeats.com/maya.html and you wil see that the dual 2.5ghz powermacs lose to the dual 3.4ghz workstation by only a few seconds. SECONDS asshole!!!!”

    erm….Ok bobo the shit stain,… whatever you say! like I said before… the University runs a G5 and a Dell side by side… guess which one wins….hmmm…. GIVE UP? its the PC you retarded piece of donky shit. the G5 is actually 24seconds SLOWER than the PC, thats in a real life environment test… not the bullshit studio tests that Maya carry out in order to sell the Maya package to RETARDED MAC USERS, guess what, the Maya package for the Mac costs just as much, but doesnt come with even half of the features…. so I wonder why they try and boast its better on the Mac… possibly to brainwash RETARDED FUCKS LIKE YOU INTO BUYING IT!

    go fuck yourself Bobo,
    PS see your still going by the name “bobo the space monkey”, ref to GTA, thought you hated Brits? GTA is made in the UK asshole.

    Comment by GV — 5/23/05 @ 12:19 pm

  131. “Steve Jobs” - Microsoft dont charge for upgrades you thick retarded anal cunt. but you wouldnt know that cause your too busy waiting for your Mac to start up…. just keep waiting… any second now…

    Comment by GV — 5/23/05 @ 12:21 pm

  132. OKAY,

    i own 2 home built pcs and a home built mac. my parents are rich and got the best of the best, they all have 2 gigs of ram and i will tell you one thing i hate that god damn fucking little mouse for the macs, and they always freeze, i admit i have never had a virus on my mac but i cant stand using it i much rather go with a crapy pc then any mac.

    Comment by Macs suck really bad — 5/23/05 @ 1:20 pm

  133. “They always freeze…..” the programs or the computers. I’ve had programs lock up but you can always force quite anything. Even if macs freeze they don’t do so with the regularity of pcs. And you can hook any mouse into a fuckin mac you dipshit, you don’t have to use the one they came with. JESUS CHRIST what MORONS!

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/24/05 @ 2:19 pm

  134. bobo - “I’ve had programs lock up but you can always force quite anything. Even if macs freeze they don’t do so with the regularity of pcs”

    aha, on a PC its called the task manager… and it always works…. unlike the shitty ‘Force Quit’ on a Mac….

    PS the PC’s hardly ever freeze on me… the G5’s freeze at least once EVERYTIME I use them… and thats everyday at University… fucking Moron!

    Comment by GV - not 'Gv — 5/25/05 @ 7:03 am

  135. Well Bobo and Steve,
    I understand your need to defend the Mac. After all, I too would be bothered to have spent that much money and then have people tell me it’s crap.
    Yes, it does run on BSD, so what the hell did the people at Apple do to the OS to make it so slow? I really can’t imagine the hardware would chug so badly by itself. Motorola, despite being a bit of a pariah in the chip world, makes decent processors.
    As for all the other facts you mentioned…simply not true. The thing that makes PCs faster at most tasks is the Floating Point processor which can do calculations of decimal point numbers much faster (for example, 3D transformations, video re-rendering, etc.) The Mac has to emulate this through software and it’s simply not possible for it to be as fast as hardware calculations.
    As for freezing, I can’t say PCs are too different from Macs. However, PCs typically freeze through rogue applications. Macs freeze up through the OS which, IMHO is much worse. For example, I was using the finder to attempt to open a file with another application than the default. I right-clicked (adaptation from PCs) on the file, and the Mac froze. Finder didn’t work, the dock wouldn’t work, and windows wouldn’t move. There was no quick and simple way (ie. CTRL-ALT-DEL) to kill the process and since it was an OS error it affected the whole system.
    Bobo, you’re right, you can hook up any mouse to a Mac. So do you use the wonderful one-button mouse or the PC three-button-wheel mouse?
    The Mac mouse, to me, exemplifies the amount of thought that went into the design of the Macintosh. It had a lot of possibility but it just went down the tubes. I don’t want to demonize the folks at Apple (necessarily) because I suspect it’s the megalomaniacal direction of Steve Jobs that pushed the Mac to the brink of uselessness.
    Finally, Photoshop and Premiere work well on a Mac. Yes, it’s true. Like I said in a previous post, if this is what you want out of your computer -and nothing else- then the Mac is for you. If you expect functionality, expandability, versatility, value, and performance, the Mac is simply not up to the job.

    Still working on a Mac…still hating it,
    P

    Comment by P — 5/25/05 @ 12:28 pm

  136. Bobo,
    You also mentioned that Linux can run on an old 486. Why do I need a G4 to ‘handle’ this latest and greatest OS adaptation (unix-based OSX) from Apple then?!? Man alive, man, do you even read your own posts? Basically, you are saying that the current incarnation of a Mac is as powerful as a 486 PC.

    Still working on a Mac…and…yada yada,
    P

    Comment by P — 5/25/05 @ 12:35 pm

  137. If you run a pc I hope you’re running linux at least. Cause when you speak of functionality and value yadda yadda in the same sentence with microsuck then you’re out of your damn mind. Macs are expandable you can upgrade G3’s to G4’s and such. You can uprgrade the hard drives in a mac , graphics cards, sound cards, ram, and even the processors of older models. So what is this limitation you speak of? On what fuckin planet are macs so isolated that as soon as you get one you’re fucked for life and can’t upgrade? What are you smoking? And GV if you open your stupid pie hole again………. What fuckin mac are you running, I want specs post them here asshole. I want ram, processor, OS, everything. You have got to be full of shit. And P that freeze is the freekiest thing I have ever heard. A struck by lightning moment that won’t repeat is all I can say. But can you say with a straight face that your pc hasn’t “froze for no reason” in the past. And don’t compare OS X with fuckin XP there is no comparing a good OS to a hack job that just keeps falling apart. I don’t have a three button mouse because I’m not that lazy to just hit control then click on the shit that requires it. Postal 2 is the inspiration for bobo, a funny game no matter what platform is what made on. You need a G4 to handle OS X tiger because they changed the kernel to one that is different from panther, tiger uses more memory/processor for some of the apps that it came with, like spotlight and automater. In the past though you could run OS X panther on G3’s even first generation imacs!!! You know for working on a mac you don’t know shit.

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/25/05 @ 3:26 pm

  138. who believes all this? macs don’t suck, they just aren’t good. it’s msn search that sucks.

    ok, so they can’t go on the internet or view images, what’s the big deal? at least they aren’t popular enough to get viruses.

    Comment by some bozo — 5/25/05 @ 3:31 pm

  139. Actually the mac mouse is doesn’t need the three buttons when you consider the drag and drop functionality of the entire OS X system. You can drag and drop literally anything and everything you want. And what you can’t do then you can use the keyboard shortcuts( that I’m sure are even availible for pc users) to handle the ” edit copy/paste,save as, close, etc..” shit that another mouse button would do. Some programs such as “shake 3.5″ require three button mouses and then it’s not that big a deal to go buy a $10.00 usb mouse and fuckin use it. Jesus christ, don’t go bitching on such a small fucking point. I’m in here talking about function, stability, performance and you got people fuckin whining about a mouse!!! Those of you out there that hate apple design better get ready because Sony is already copying the imac design and dell has started to make it’s laptops look like the powerbook line that apple sells. There’s no reason you can’t have form and function, look at bmw’s ,mercedes, ferrari,and even volkswagen. They all have performance and style. Why can’t a computer ???

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/25/05 @ 3:36 pm

  140. Oh and GV piss off, fix your teeth, ungrease your hair, and stop suckin the microcock you limey bastard. I kinda figured you’d be disappointed without a personal jab thrown in the mix.

    Comment by Bobo the space monkey — 5/25/05 @ 3:39 pm

  141. Well Bobo, I gotta aagree with you on the style issue. Macs definitely look better than most generic PCs. That’s not to say that PCs can’t be styled up:
    http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/cases/compucase_tower/
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=1510
    etc. You get the idea.

    And your statement about a computer having style and power is also true. Why shouldn’t we have both? So, bemoaning a one-button mouse is definitely not worth harping on, but I simply can’t say that the Mac performs better than a PC. It simply does not (with a few exceptions…see previous posts).

    Now, you do mention Microsoft quite a bit and that is definitely a sore point with a lot of PC users. No, Microsoft isn’t all that and they could improve in a lot of ways. Stability was an issue but I can say without hesitation that on Windows XP at least that seems to have been addressed fairly well. When you stop to consider how many disparate pieces of software the OS has to handle, it’s actually a pretty robust system. But again, I’m not siding with Microsoft because they have a ways to go. However, I could easily put Linux, BEOs, or other such operating system on a PC. I could share the machine between XP and some other OS. I’ve yet to read anyone using any other operating system than Apple’s on a Mac.

    One of your statements struck me as funny:

    “You need a G4 to handle OS X tiger because they changed the kernel to one that is different from panther, tiger uses more memory/processor for some of the apps that it came with”

    So, this is basically what I was saying before. Apple took a very fast OS and made it slow. With Tiger, they took (from what you say) existing applications and bloated them further.

    You’re right, Bobo, I don’t know much about Macs. I’ve shunned them and now that I’m working on one I feel justified. Look, it’s not a totally useless machine and obviously some thought went into the look. It certainly works faster than a lot of older PCs and it is relatively stable. The interface is pretty although clumsy (dock obscures windows unless you hide it, button functions not visible unless rolled over for some reason, etc.). And, even though there are certainly keyboard shortcuts to *some* menu items, with Windows you can use almost every aspect of the application without a mouse. The Mac without a mouse is pretty well useless. Again, not to harp on the mouse thing but this philosophy permeates the entire Apple philosophy which seems to be “do it our way or f*** off”.

    My point is, and I’m afraid you can’t sway me from this opinion, that for the money you pay the Mac is woefully inadequate. You can say it until you’re blue in the face but specs do not make a fast machine and the Mac is a shining example of that. On the Windows platform, I’d be willing to bet there’s a ratio of at least 20:1 of hardware support and software available, and having been in my industry for as long as I have I can trace it directly back to Apple’s agressively protectionist policies (against its own proponents, no less). Apple attempted to rectify this with the introduction of the PowerPC but then Steve Jobs came back to his old position and quashed any hopes of anything other than marginal industry adoption for the Apple line. Currently the only contender appears to be Apple’s server line and I’m waiting for the day when Jobs starts suing people for installing software other than that sanctified by the mighty pope of Macintosh himself.

    Despite sounding like it, I don’t have a hate on for Macs. I really couldn’t care either way so long as I don’t have to lay ut my own cash for one. I’m a pragmatic utilitarian first and foremost. I wouldn’t buy a Lamborghini with the perfomance of a Pinto just for the looks, and especially not if that Lamborghini was being sold for regular Lamborghini prices.

    I too hope that performance, function, and looks meet in a single package. Thus far, the PC (as long as you’re willing to make modifications) is the closest thing I’ve found. The Mac is currently a far second.

    Comment by P — 5/26/05 @ 10:57 am

  142. Bozo:

    “who believes all this? macs don’t suck, they just aren’t good. it’s msn search that sucks.

    ok, so they can’t go on the internet or view images, what’s the big deal? at least they aren’t popular enough to get viruses. ”

    Hehehe. I’m curious to see if anyone will dignify this with a response.

    Comment by P — 5/26/05 @ 11:02 am

  143. Well P I’m not gonna convince anyone here or convert them. When it comes to brand loyalty it all comes down to personal experience and I’ve had great experiences on macs and horrible, shitty, just down right nasty experiences on pc’s. As for the keyboard short cuts here’s a list for ya just incase you need to know ( all the letters are preceeded by pressing the apple button/control) c-copy,v-paste,s-save,a-select all, n-insert new or new,o-open,w-close window,q-quite,z-undo,f-find,i-info,?-apple help,q-quit, d-new bookmark, h-hide, +-make text bigger, ( minus -) -make text smaller. I’m sure these are all availible on a pc as well but just incase you didn’t know what your mac could do there is the list.

    Comment by bobo the space monkey — 5/27/05 @ 12:23 am

  144. PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
    Built-in FireWire
    At least 256MB of physical RAM
    A built-in display or a display connected to an Apple-supplied video card supported by your computer
    At least 3.0 GB of a