[Pa-furry] Hi Furs

Wed Dec 19 23:44:07 EST 2007

I'm just gunna throw in an unbiased 2 cents here.

I have very little experience with Vista, for starters. But I decided to
switch to a Mac for both price (yes, at the time I bought my macbook pro, it
was one of the better deals among pre-built laptops), usability, and general
frustration with XP. Being able to dual-boot is also a big sell. If for some
reason I'm completely displeased with Tiger or Leopard, I can just go to XP
or Vista.

I used Tiger at school for several years before getting my mac this august,
and then upgrading to Leopard when it came out. I split a family pack with
some locals (ty dragonfire!), so I paid $40. Now, as I read this email
thread I managed to get a kernel panic. However, despite some minor issues,
I think the new features such as quick look were totally worth the money. So
far, I've had to spend less time with maintenance on my mac that on my PC.
Granted its a bit early but so far I'd recommend Leopard to most people who
wouldn't normally have a preference. Its just too easy, and usually "just
works".

On Dec 19, 2007 10:56 PM, <greatwhite2988 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd rather do the research to get compatable parts and no have issues
> then pay way more  than the actual equipment is worth (*glares at
> apple*)  I can happily say that with linux  (ie FREE) or windows  I've
> not had an issue that hasn't been the result user error.. 'cept for
> one power supply my brother spilled soda in... lol
>
> </rant>
>
> On 12/19/07, Aka Karyuu <dragonfire573 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Time to cite sources, Children!
> >
> > http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136649-page,3-c,notebooks/
> > article.html  Enjoy your results.
> >
> > http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/desktop/empty/win95.png
> > Windows 95
> >
> > http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/desktop/empty/win98.png
> > Windows 98
> >
> > http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/desktop/empty/winxppro.png
> > Windows XP
> >
> > http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/windows/2005/08/02/graphics/fig2.jpg
> > Windows Vista
> >
> > Man, with all of these graphics improvements, they deserved their own
> > new Version Number.
> >
> > Does anyone else miss the Briefcases in 98?  I do, now that those pics
> > reminded me of them.
> >
> > And just for good measure, lets check out some driver issues.  I've
> > never, ever heard of a windows machine having a drivers issue.
> >
> > And I know I hear about so many on Macs running boot camp.  Especially
> > since all of the drivers are written by Apple.  Oh!  And lets not
> > forget that each Apple is more or less identical to each other, in
> > terms of hardware.  They know exactly what each person is using, and
> > its gonna be more compatible than a potpourri of components that is a
> > windows box. With that kind of dependable hardware... its no wonder
> > the mac has so many drivers issues.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 19, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Ice Jester wrote:
> >
> > > Slight upgrade? Vista is an entirely new VERSION NUMBER of Windows.
> > > Leopard
> > > is simply a revision, and a poor one at that.
> > >
> > > And I would love to see the results of these tests, as well as the
> > > source
> > > for them. If anything, a Macbook Pro would be comparable, due to
> > > using the
> > > same hardware, not better, at running Vista, and possibly worse, due
> > > to
> > > driver incompatibilities with the hardware.
> > >
> > > Thalyn
> > >
> > > On Dec 19, 2007 10:35 PM, Aka Karyuu <dragonfire573 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Wonderful, glad we had this discussion about how the OS I prefer is
> > >> inferior to yours.
> > >>
> > >> For another record: The Macbook Pro is able to run Vista better than
> > >> many PCs according to a recent test.
> > >>
> > >> And on another note: I'll agree with you that Leopard is very buggy
> > >> and is just a slight upgrade to 10.4.  Just like say, Vista.
> > >>
> > >> But who's keeping score?
> > >>
> > >> <3 Karyuu
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Dec 19, 2007, at 10:23 PM, Ice Jester wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> 10.5, huh? Oh, so a glorified, yet pretty, paperweight?
> > >>>
> > >>> For the record, Leopard does NOT impress me one bit. Vista has fewer
> > >>> problems, and to run smoothly, has fewer hardware requirements.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thalyn
> > >>>
> > >>> On Dec 19, 2007 10:21 PM, Aka Karyuu <dragonfire573 at gmail.com>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>
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