Comments on: Microsoft Takes My Advice (Mostly)

By: greenpaz

greenpaz — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:37:59 +0000

Marco, I don’t buy that argument about build quality not being a priority with Apple. I have an iBook that’s five years old, and I’ve never had a problem with “build quality.” The laptop has never quit on me, and I’ve hauled that sucker all over the United States. (And not a single virus, by the way.) In fact, I would argue that the problem with Apple products is they last so long that they become technologically obsolete well before they stop functioning, making it difficult to justify the purchase of a new product while the old one is still running great.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:50:00 +0000

It’d be funny if come October, Apple shoots off adds for shopping for OS upgrades. Give someone a budget of $40 and send them out to buy an OS upgrade.

Microsoft’s ads don’t mention anything about the buyers’ existing platform or collection of software. So we can just assume the buyer in OS upgrade ad just wants to buy it for the heck f it.

By: ondonge

ondonge — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:22:35 +0000

you can always use a VM (Virtual Machine) software suck as VMware, or Parallels, some others are free. This way you can use mac as your primary OS and windows when you need it. Or just use boot camp in leopard.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:57:10 +0000

WAIT! What about the white MB that’s in the refurb store for $750? Or the Mac Mini for $499? I just bought my 6 year old a refurb Mini because my old Dell he was using was too old and wouldn’t wake up (re-installed XP then 7 – think the motherboard is bad) – he LOVES the Mac…so much that I bought the Mini to keep my MBP safe : ) Oh and yes it has the new Nvidia graphics…

SO many people buy notebooks and they never leave the house (or desk)….

By: D Dell

D Dell — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:10:24 +0000

I had no idea it could dual boot. Thanks, that gives me more reason to check into getting a mac.

By: Kendall Tawes

Kendall Tawes — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:53:32 +0000

You do realise Macs have been able to dual boot into Windows since 2006. It’s easy to do too. Just run the Boot Camp Assistant with a copy of XP service pack two or later and you can do just about anything a Windows PC does as it is a Windows PC too.

I have XP service pack two on my MacBook Pro and have yet to find a piece of software that will not work in the Windows installation minus a USB TV tuner card from 1999 that is incompatible with the sound driver. Though that’s not compatible with my last Toshiba PC too. I now only boot into Windows for some old games but that’s about it.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:42:14 +0000

The market for these PCs will never be gone. There will never be a day when all people either have to have all of that functionality or want to know how it works. Take for instance the vehicle you drive everyday. Do you know all the inner-workings of every component or do you even care. Even the fit and feel of the car, does it matter that much to you? Or is the real thing whether or not when you go outside to start it up, it works on the first try and gets you to the grocery store. There will always be casual drivers and there will always be car buffs. The same with cheap and expensive pcs.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:02:17 +0000

Thought about Open Office?

By: D Dell

D Dell — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:56:31 +0000

There is a wide range of reasons why the public will buy a PC over a Mac, not just the few I have read here. I thought about getting a Mac Pro. I researched both and compared features, specs, price etc. After several days of reading I am leaning toward another PC laptop and here is why. I have several major programs and a few minor ones that will not run on a Mac. I just paid a few hundred for MS Office 2007. Will I have to turn around and buy that suite again for the Mac? And that is only one suite of programs I want to use on two different computers. I use a PC in my business and must have programs that work on either computer and be able to pull up and edit file formats on both. I doubt if I can do that between a PC and Mac. Or am I wrong? And in case you are wondering why I read this blog, is because I have an iPhone plus I am still interested in the Mac.

By: theyPod, uPod, iPod, yPod?

theyPod, uPod, iPod, yPod? — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:45:02 +0000

Well said, Doug. Well said! :)

By: Victor

Victor — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:25:36 +0000

it’s a commercial. they were PAID to do it. just like all of the other actors that were hired to do these commercials.

By: james

james — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:28:57 +0000

It’s to keep you from wearing a hole in the plastic palm rest before the warranty is up….

By: james

james — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:27:44 +0000

Well said! We’ll leave the clueless market to Microsoft, because in 20 years that market will have completely disappeared!

By: John_B

John_B — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:51:36 +0000

Unless the video crew took the receipt, there is nothing to prevent these people from returning the laptop tomorrow to either buy a different one or pocket the money. Even without a receipt, many BB managers would exchange that new, unopened laptop new for a better (more expensive) model.

By: Marco

Marco — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:42:45 +0000

Yeah right. Like how Apple refused to acknowledge LCD screens cracking at the corner as a design flaw for months? Apple products are gorgeous, but build quality has never been their top priority. They push the envelope too far on mechanical cleverness and the result is often a failure-prone design. If you want solid, get a Thinkpad.

By: Marco

Marco — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:34:41 +0000

Most people would rather have a computer that boots to the browser in 1 second and takes 1000 hours to rip a DVD (which they’ll never do) than a computer that takes 100 seconds to boot and 40 minutes to rip a DVD.

The Crunchpad may be onto something, except by the time they ship, some Android device will already be doing the same thing.