I started using Macs and PCs at about the same time (1990 or so), and have continued to use both over the years. I don't find either OS particularly difficult to use or navigate, but perhaps it's just because I have grown with them.
OpenOffice has many things to work out before it can become a serious competitor with Microsoft Office. It's still really buggy, and there are some semi-important things (in my opinion) that you just can't do, like only print a selected page(s) from a spreadsheet. On 6/23/05, Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 20 Jun 2005, at 15:02, Marco van de Voort wrote: > > > I'm no real mac'er, but I'd say it is the software/hardware > > integration. The > > OS is decent, but not vastly superior IMHO > > Not vastly superior to what exactly? OS X 10.4 blows large holes in > XP in several areas. It also has large advantages over desktop Linux. > O'course that's only my opinion but it is shared by most industry > experts. > > > and neither is the hardware. > > Here I agree. > > > If there is something to it, it is the combination of both. > > If I thought I could run Windows apps and games through it I'd run it > on my PC as well. I love OS X. Yes Apple hardware is nice too and I > wouldn't necessarily stop buying the hardware. > > > Half of the PC OS problems are due to the infinite amount of > > hardware it has > > to run on. > > Actually I have very few hardware problems with XP. It's come on > massively since the days of Windows 98 and balky drivers. All the > problems I have with Windows relate to a lack of intuitive interface > and missing features (or at the very least inferior versions of them) > that I use constantly in Mac OS X. Also the quality of software just > isn't there for Windows. Only the big-guns in design etc. (most of > which started out on the Mac - like Adobe) make relatively good PC > Apps. Most others simply wouldn't cut it in the Mac community. The > only really good free stuff I have found for the PC is from Mozilla. > I also hate the taskbar in Windows, it's a disaster of clutter and > confusion compared tot the dock. > > Anyhoo. That's just me, or is it? Everyone in my office constantly > complains about things on their PCs and most if it is problems > arising from Windows being hard to use or badly thought out. Also > teaching people to use MS Apps like Word or Excel in Windows is a > nightmare. The interface is just so hard to understand. First you > have a menu bar from which you can do everything. Then you have > button bars in the same place (which causes confusion). Then you have > som buttons down the side... and some at the bottom of the screen (by > default). And for everyone who is currently preaching OpenOffice as > the way out of MS oppression think again, it might be free but it's > just as bas as MS Office to use. > > OK I'm done... :o) > > -- > Mark Benson > > AIM - SilValleyPirate > MSN - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.68kmac.com> > Visit my Homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson> > > "Never send a human to do a machine's job." > -The Matrix > > > -- > Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
