Posts Tagged ‘mac’

A few things that Mac does better

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

In today’s heated battle of Mac vs. PC, many people ask if making the switch is worth the money. Is it? You should decide yourself, but if you do any of this, then you may want to consider switching a little bit more carefully.

Blogging. While most bloggers use Windows, many of them prefer to use OS X when writing because Apple’s presentation is much nicer in view.

Blogging is a web-based activity and therefore can be done on almost any computer with an internet connection. In fact, some of my own blog posts were written on my phone using the iPhone’s WordPress application. OS X was chosen because of its focus on presentation and craftsmanship.

Video Editing. Apple’s video editing programs are now, and have always been, better than all of the rest. Among the best titles for the platform are Avid and Final Cut. OS X comes bundled with the rather decent iMovie, which is part of Apple’s bundled iLife suite.

Music. If you have an addiction to iTunes and iPods, OS X is the perfect choice for you. iTunes is naturally much faster on Macintosh than it is on any Windows PC. There is also an audio program called “Garage Band” with iLife.

That’s it for now. I was hoping on writing another article before putting this incomplete backup post on the site, but I haven’t been able to finish it. It’s huge.

MacWorld 2009

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

If you haven’t heard yet, Apple’s decided to drop MacWorld Expo. This means that next year’s will be the last, and if you’re a Mac fan, this means no more exciting announcements right? Wrong. Apple still has their own events to show stuff off at, including the famous WWDC.

What does this mean for us? Absolutely nothing. We still get to see the cool Apple stuff come out and criticize the hell out of it. So in the mean-time, Verizon sucks.

Apple’s October event.

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Even though we didn’t get to see a $500 mac yesterday, Apple released a new family of kick-ass notebooks. The new MacBook is as cool as 13′ ers get, and the Macbook Pro is even cooler. Starting at $1299USD, the new Macbook is the closest thing you can get brand-new for the price. While the MacBook Pro is still at its standard $1999, it delivers amazing graphics performance which triumps over every other 15′ on the market today. It is by far the best-looking Notebook ever. Both machines feature a battery life of up to 5 hours before recharging.

So now that Apple has an ultra portable, a mid-range, and a professional notebook, all they need now is an under $500 Netbook.

How Apple can get their PCs to sell

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

With the epic fail of MS Vista, Apple had the perfect chance to swoop in and get more users than ever before. They blew that chance. The best thing they could do is lower their ridiculously high prices for a piece of crap that can’t play games. The cheapest Mac on the market is the Mac mini, and at $600USD this thing is hardly affordable. The mini has the potential to get people to buy it, but it is still much too expensive. What they need to do is rip out the IR sensor, the built-in speaker, and reduce the price to about $400USD. They should also add a superdrive to it. They should do the same with their MacBooks. HP did it, and they a1ctually get their PCs to sell. Also, dump Justin Long for someone successful that actually use Macintosh, like Drew Carey, America’s sweetheart. Or a foreign guy, foreign people sell too.

Apple also needs more games. Mac-only games. Get back at MS for stealing your precious Halo, Apple. They need the ultimate Mac game to bring in more switchers.

Also, rethink your ad campaign. Geeky accountant vs. High School drop-out working at McDonald’s is kind of getting old. Try this: get Bill Gates (He does commercials now, right?) and put him up against Steve Jobs. Bill Gates is the richest person and the second most powerful person (behind Oprah Winfrey) in the world, and Steve Jobs is the coolest geek in the world. You know what? Forget that, get Oprah! People will do anything she says. Or even Al Gore.

I rest my case. Here’s a shout-out for you.

Mighty Mouse not so mighty?

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

A computer mouse is something that gets a lot of criticism from reviewers. Well guess what reviewers? SHUT UP. “Mighty Mouse not so mighty” is everywhere on the iMac reviews, and it is driving me nuts! For pete’s sake (to avoid possibly offense) PCMagazine, the mighty mouse comes with the iMac! If you don’t buy a computer for the mouse it comes with, then you are a dumbass. The mighty mouse is comfortable, ambidextrous, stylish, and innovative. A mouse is something you can buy, and you just spent at least $1200USD (£819.6EUR) on a new all-in-one with great components for that price, I’d assume you could afford a $10USD mouse as a replacement for the one you just got.

The most criticized part of the MM is that the trackball gets stuck. Here’s a tip, WASH YOUR HANDS! It helps, quite well actually. If it does get stuck, dab a little alcohol on it with a cotton swab. That almost always works, it works with scrollwheels, too.

By the way Dvorak, get with the times. If we didn’t move on, we’d be stuck with those damn floppy disks still. DisplayPort is the next generation.

I’m a PC, and I criticize tech, and the people who criticize it.

Persuasion to get a macintosh

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Despite being my undying love for MS Longhorn, I still deeply admire OS X. It handles everything that a person would need to surf the web, read e-mail, and listen to music. In a similar way that I FAQ’d Vista, I’m going to FAQ Leopard.

Mac lacks the games I love
Then cheat on those games for younger, hotter ones. It’s not like your married to them.

What if I need to run -Blank app-
There is almost always an alternative to every Windows app. Just google -blank app-. If you can’t live without that exact application, then you can install MS Windows through Boot Camp, Paralells desktop for mac, or VMware Fusion.

Macs are way more expensive than PCs
Yeah, maybe in the nineties. When you strip everything down into little bite-sized pieces, Macs are actually cheaper than Windows PCs are.

There are only six choices!
Then shut up and pick one. The ProBook mac is nice, the imac is, too.

It doesn’t support Windows Mobile devices!
Then get a new phone. iPhones are nice, but getting the right plan for it on at&t is difficult, I reccomend getting unlimited internet and IM, but I think internet is required with the iPhone. If you don’t like it, then I reccomend a Centro or Palm-based treo.

um….
If you can’t get a mac but you want something with an OS X touch, the get Ubuntu and install Mac4Lin.

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