| Software |
| An Apple User's Defense |
| by Matt Wilkins |
| Mac360's Tera Patrick attempts to answer the age old question "Why are you a Mac user?" |
Nearly every single Mac user has had to defend their position from scrutiny from the thrifty, yet short sighted, Microsoft following. Insight provided by the Mac360 crew gives a new twist on this age old duel of wits. The most easily recognizable benefit of switching to Apple is the lack of viruses and spyware. Next up is stability- as in Windows doesn't have any. Any reader should be able to testify to the heartbreaks of a midnight visit from the blue screen of death. However while hitting on these topics, Tera goes one-up on these pillars of the Mac community, and offers some new reasoning for our obsession with the white Apple logo, and that is the simplicity with which not only the hardware is designed, but mainly, the software.
Since the early days of OS 1.x, the Macintosh operating system was designed to stay out of view, hidden, and thus unobtrusive to your business. With Windows XP however, the role of the operating system is much different. It gets right in your face and attempts to walk you through every mouse click and key press, thinking it knows better than you. Apple understands the human factor of computing and allows for the user to make decisions, and when the system should be involved in the decision making process. With Microsoft promising to make their next installment of Windows even more obstructive than ever before, it is with little doubt that many analysts are predicting a large shift to Apple and the Macintosh. The Intel-based Mac, which is rumored to debut in January, should aid in this migration. |
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