Monday
Jul112005
How Microsoft could win me back
Monday, July 11, 2005 at 9:25PM It's now been five months since I switched and my iBook still runs better than ever. It's sleek and elegant and when I open it up, it just works - no waiting for it to chug back to life.
I know everyone detests Mac fanatics so let me tell you a few of things Microsoft could do to win me back one day:
- Every Windows machine I have had runs really fast when you first get it but eventually gets so slow you want to chuck it out a window. Fix that.
- Hire a really good graphic designer and make some changes - maybe remove the Bliss background and the XP theme.
- Get rid of that annoying error chime and flashing windows.
But mainly the first one.
Reader Comments (11)
So glad to hear you are a fellow Mac user. Microsoft could get me back if they....um.....well... nope. not gonna happen.
Macs really are better. It would be very hard to go back.
yes - I agree. For now I am stuck with it. Just completely re-formatted and it is a little better...
My brother had an IMac and then switched back. He got bummed out for lots of reasons. He hated the round mouse that handled poorly and with no second button for two programs he used; he couldn't save files to a floppy since there wasn't one; the hinge on his monitor broke twice since it was too flimsey; he couldn't upgrade the processor; some of his 3D games he used chugged when he got it; it looked like a toy; and it emptied his bank account in comparison.I still say you guys just grope to justify your toys.
Trish: Your brother's bad experience with a Mac means we're all "groping to justify" our toys? I agree with him about the Apple mouse by the way, but you can use any mouse with a Mac. A floppy? What is that? I think I saw one once...
Well, denial dies hard for boys and their toys.
Trish: You can't yank my chain that easily. ;)
What 'n tarnations? You're on to me! Life will never be the same again LOL
I certainly agree with your first point ... I recently redid my laptop and for a while it was a speed demon. It hasn't taken long for other Windows apps (wait a minute did I blame someone other than Bill) to slow the laptop down. The one big negative about Windows is that you still cannot remove an application without it leaving something behind that eventually slows down the system. Wait ... Bill said that XP solved that problem ... so it his fault! '-) The other Bill'ism is that the more you install, the bigger your configuration file gets and the slow your PC runs ... bad Bill. Can't slam Bill for Bliss, change the background to whatever you like. Don't like the error chime, change it to something like "Uh Oh". As to the Mac versus WinXP, let me throw in Linux in this mix. I have one Linux box at home (Mandrake Linux to be exact) and it runs faster than it did as a Win 2000 box, doesn't crash like a WinXP box can and you can get most of the tools you need for FREE! I have a FREE web development environment, a FREE MS Office equivalent (even saves in MS Office format) and more. Linux is open source, meaning you can download and install for free (no license issues). The only time you pay is if you want support (For MS you pay for the software and for support). OK ... now I feel a little better '-)
I know you can change the Bliss background and the chime, and I always did, but you shouldn't have to. It should look good out of the box (like OS X). I think Linux is good for those with tech skills but still not accessible to the average user.
I could see Mandrake Linux (or Redhat for that matter) in the corporate environment. It can be a little techie to set up, but once done, it is just another GUI desktop environment (this time on a better foundation). It is a minor point, but how many people change Blis or the Apple desktop to a personal pic anyway?