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Pilchard123:
I don't like Windows OR Mac. Macs are expensive because they are shiny - unless you use them for animation, etc. Then they are good, however I'm more in the games camp atm.

Windows is...Windows, 'nuff said. I keep with it because it's common and most things are written for it.

Linux/UNIX? Something of an unknown. I would use it if I knew more about it and didn't have to emulate/WINE stuff for Windows.

Orion63:
Macs are actually a interesting concept, since they all run in a single hardware(which spares a lot of developer headaches) and they're indeed visually appealing. Never tried them.
Windows, like Pilchard says, is Windows. People use it, because it has the software they were taught to use..I have XP in dual boot, mainly due to some games and/or photoshop.

Linux, depends on the distribution. Most common ones, stand tall near both Mac and Windows. Also, if you really need it WINE, is becoming quite strong, actually and if it doesn't work my XP VBox, is normally up to the job. Either way, after a few months on linux, you start to dislike windows, and a couple more later, you start to understand why command line based software should be the only kind of software(with it's due exceptions i.e. browsers/graphic manipulation/some games).

Bonobo:
The visuals are just the surface, guys. And that the surface shines is only part of the concept. In the past ten years I've been teaching OS & and all kinds of software on both platforms, plus I’ve been doing design & stuff, with switchers, with young ones, with old ones, with n00bs and with computer geeks. ALL had 1. more fun on the Mac, ALL learnt faster, ALL learnt w/ less fears, and the majority of them either has already switched or intends to switch to the Mac.

And if you say the Mac is expensive b/c of the shine, no. 1st it’s as expensive as good shoes are. Pay 50 bucks more and wear them ten years, and you feel well in them. Pay for cheap shoes and they’re good for a year, if you’re lucky. 2nd, yes you pay an extra. But you pay for the concept, you pay for saving adrenaline, you pay for being spared from gastritis. Feeling good is indeed worth something to me. Just like a good backup concept. It saves you from nightmares.

Orion63:
I still wouldn't trade for good old linux... Customization and pure software power is what does it for me ;-).


--- Quote ---ALL learnt faster, ALL learnt w/ less fears
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A lot of very useful tools are hard to learn(or at least to master): vim and/or emacs or pretty much all programming languages, and no no-codingRequired software will compete with programmer written code(for now, at least). Of course, this is normally for power users, and UX is one the most import aspect to attract a lot of people, and that's where Macs and Microsoft shines...

Mv.c9:

--- Quote from: Bonobo on September 19, 2011, 07:46:05 AM ---<cough cough> you’re not the first “IT Guy” I hear telling me they avoid Apple for tech and performance reasons … only few of ’em admit (only to me, not openly ;)) that over half of ’em would be unemployed in the the other case ;D

If you’re a “Windows Guy”, just recommend Windows to your employer and you can be pretty sure he’ll always need you.

OK, I have said enough about “that other operating system” now. Just know that I’ve been working with both of these, and alltogether, since 1983, with more OSes than I have fingers on me my hands. And yes, I still have all my fingers ;)

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Oh dont get me wrong, Im not a windows fanatic, and I dont hate apple. In fact I have an iPad, the reason I avoid it is because it doesnt support many softwares and games and for any IT guy that is an issue. specially people that use computer on a professional level. That is what I mean by effectiveness. Apple is actually very good . . . but it doesnt support what people need.

VMware is now becomming the most popular software installed on Apple iOS, that it self says alot of things about iOS.

so the TL:DR version:
I dont hate apple, I just cant use iOS much for anything other than browsing the internet or reading articles or watch movies and etc . . ., and people that only need that much functionality (roughly 80% of human population) should go for it.

Windows on the other hand is a piece of crap, but a piece of crap I can use . . . so thats where the problem comes.

If an IT guy said Apple is bad, slap him in the face and tell him he lies. because its not bad, but not useful in our profession . . . i think you got what I mean right?

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