Comments on: Apple Hints at Mac Counterattack on Windows 7

By: techwoo

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By: Tony18

Tony18 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:15:49 +0000

“Any user that reads all those steps is probably going to freak out. If you have to go through all that, why not just buy a Mac?” says Schiller.

What an absolutely idiotic piece of broken logic.

“Why yes, I will spend many hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to avoid having to spend a couple of hours working on my computer!”

Jack ass.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:45:44 +0000

@ Astrochump: “Fabricated issues?” I work in IT, so unless our clients are lying to me, the issues with MS Exchange, Outlook, Vista (hell, sometimes even XP), etc, are NOT fabricated. One of our engineers upgraded to 7 and lost all of his email…it even disappeared from the server. Hurray, Microsoft!
Oh and have fun updating your virus definitions every week as they find new malicious malware. I’m currently rolling with no AV protection, because I don’t need it.

By: rich Cassady

rich Cassady — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:38:36 +0000

Who let this stupid pole smoker speak? How can you even have the nerve to speak Windows praise, with the unbelievable price, pain in the ass upgrade process, and the fact that it is a jacked up rip off of OSX? Some fools never learn!

By: Charles Jade

Charles Jade — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:11:30 +0000

There was a time when Apple said the company couldn’t produce a $500 computer, and then they did, and will soon again. Besides the Mac mini, there will be another $500 Mac, it’s just a matter of when.

By: mxs

mxs — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:56:28 +0000

Steve already publicly admitted that Apple is not able to manufacture 400 dollar 10″ macbook …. nor is Apple interested to ever do that. For 400 bucks it wouldn’t hold the high Apple standard as far as design is concerned.

By: Charles Jade

Charles Jade — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:23:47 +0000

Windows XP is the only competitor to Windows 7, while Apple is nothing more than a rounding error, as Steve Ballmer said, at least in terms of total market share. Of course, Apple steals high-end customers from Windows PC makers, a lot of high-end customers, but when has Microsoft ever cared about its partners?

I’m conflicted about the lack of a MacBook mini. I think that as technology inexorably progresses, two-pound notebooks for $400 will do most computing tasks with aplomb. What does Apple do then? Is it better to wait until the technology is mature, or be like Toshiba and Acer and get in at the beginning?

By: Randall Gerber

Randall Gerber — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:12:38 +0000

Apple understands the need for “continuous improvement” – even if it can sometimes be frustrating. I run both but MS products are more frustrating than Apple. Then again, life is a series of trade-offs.

By: C W

C W — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:48:44 +0000

Disregard my first two posts which had critical typo errors.

Apple should not be so hasty and disingenuous as to attack Windows 7 after the near-debacle with the release of Snow Leopard. Just as with Windows, many third party applications were not prepared with Snow Leopard drivers. Many MAC Pro owners, myself included, experienced update problems.
I’ve also found the MAC reliability and ease of operation to be a myth. I have as many crashes with Final Cut Pro and PhotoShop on my MAC as I did with my PC with SONY Vegas or PS.
Neither Apple nor Canon have been able to explain why the drivers for my Canon ipf8000 printer continue to misfunction with my MAC, requiring me to continue to use my PC to spool to the printer.
My MAC developed a bad video card thirteen months after purchase. The so-called local authorized repair station could not diagnose the problem, requiring me to make a 250 roundtrip to an Apple store. Without going into details, I wound up repairing the problem myself with the assistance of a friend.
If you buy a MAC, do yourself a favor and buy three years of Apple Care. You’ll likely need it.

By: Astrochimp

Astrochimp — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:22:36 +0000

Two points:
1. I upgraded from 64-bit Vista to 64-bit Windows 7. It took a few hours – no babysitting required, it was all automatic – but *everything* worked fine at the other end. All my settings survived, all the installed applications, all the data etc. Good job Microsoft!

2. Get a life, Apple. Grow the F*** up. Do something positive for users, rather than making schoolyard taunts at the competition. Criticizing Microsoft for everything (mostly fabricated issues) just makes you look cowardly. Lying about security hurts end-users by helping them be complacent about security on Macs when they shouldn’t be.

Didn’t I read something about Mac users upgrading to Snow Leopard losing data on guest accounts?? See, software is difficult to write and never perfect.

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:29:31 +0000

A counter to price though is pure volume. Lot more PC’s than Macs so while the price is more and % wise less people might upgrade, overall a higher number of people most likely will. As for me windows 7 pro upgrade is only $30 =)

By: zoffdino

zoffdino — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:17:35 +0000

The deterrent will be price. Unless you bought a new computer recently with Vista, it will cost you quite something to get a hand on 7.

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:44:53 +0000

Me thinks the upgrade rate will be far better for windows 7 than Apple is predicting. What Vista owner doesn’t want to get the final build of windows 7 asap?

By: Catmanrog

Catmanrog — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:37:45 +0000

After all these years of Window cleaning, why can’t MS see any better ? Those new Mac ads will be SO good ! …. :-)