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I've Never Ever Ever Ever Ever Ever Ever Ever Ever Ever x 10 Used an Apple OS in my entire life. (except on my PDA ) I want to know Just what exactly makes mac OS X so much better than windows. also, is it good for gaming? do you get as much "tweaking" options as you do on windows??? The only thing i've been able to get is that it's Super Sexy Eyecandy. ( i use the iskin )

Ok, I'm going to answer your questions in reverse since it's easier that way.

If you look at what you can do with a command line in OSX, technically you've got more flexibility than Windows NT5 line of OS (meaning 2000, XP, Vista, etc). However, if you're confining yourself to GUI, you've less ability to tweak things to your hearts desire... the thing is though you don't really need it. Aside from a few stupid and annoying things about OSX (can't get Finder to remember that I want to view folders in list view, for instance), really good defaults are chosen.

As for gaming, since the system is in a bit of a transition period with the switch to Intel it's kind of hard to say. On PPC, there are quite a surprising number of commercial games. If you've got a "Mactel", you're going to have a harder time finding native commercial games in the short run. In the long term, the switch to Intel will make it easier to port games from Windows as there's less to convert (as long as they're not using DirectX...). Still, I found that on both my PPC laptop and my OSx86 desktop I couldn't even fill in enough of the games I had for fucking Linux (Neverwinter Nights and UT2004... neither worked on my desktop, NWN crashed on my ibook and UT2004 was too slow on it), which is part of what led me to switch my desktop PC back to Ubuntu Linux. Realistically, if you've got a Mac you're not a PC gamer, and will be looking to using your consoles/handhelds instead.

As for what makes it better, over XP and Vista you've got a more intuitive UI, a "it just works" setup for all the hardware, a unix-like backend and CLI, stability, included/bundled features/software, and a few other things I'm forgetting. Over XP, you've got a slicker better looking GUI. Over Vista, you've got a computer that requires less resources and would still arguably have a better looking GUI.

Macs = bad for gaming

TES series doesn't support Macintosh therefore, Macintosh is bad.

that was an 'out of your ass' answer, mericks.

Just b/c you can't play games on your mac doesn't make it a bad computer.

I'll gladly take Macs with their rare to never crashes and quick load times,(AND GREAT customer service) as opposed to a PC, which crashes often and has a weak support base.

Glad you caught that obvious hint of sarcasm jayt.

Mericks wrote:Glad you caught that obvious hint of sarcasm jayt.

Anyway, that aside, seeing as I have an OSX laptop (for now) and 2 PCs upstairs, I can tell you that the OSX is much better for web browsing, and we're not kidding around here. I mean this shit's hardware specs don't come close to either of the PCs and it loads noticeably faster.

The thing that really sucks is image editting for me since all I have on here to do it is...Appleworks and Microsoft Word. If I try to edit images in Appleworks then I have to screen cap so that they can actually be saved under an image format (.pdf), since Appleworks is apparently incapable of saving image files.

Well, to shorten this up so I don't get longwinded. It's good for everything but image editing and games. The games factor is a nerdgasm killer for me though since I'm an avid TES fan, and I was fucking blown away by Morrowind and Oblivion already. I just wish my PC could handle Oblivion...

My PC can't handle Oblivion.

Therefore, my PC sucks.

If you have X11 installed, try the GIMP.

I'd try that if I could, but I rarely get to use the PC since my brother moved in...

EDIT: I dunno why I said that. Guess I was stuck on PC. Also, dunno why I just noticed that.

i stand corrected

only thing about web browsing is the lack of a built in pop up blocker.

Besides that, it's gold.

Buy a macbook yo.

I've always said that when games start coming to Mac, I'll start gaming with one.

I'm on OS X right now, and it's brilliant. But the games just arn't here, and I doubt they will be. Just like Microsoft tried to bring the Xbox to Japan, Apple has tried to bring serious gaming to the Mac, and failed miserably. I suspect Apple's failure has largely to do with their market, around 5 - 10%. It's just not worth it for devs to port.

Anyway, beating a dead horse here. *moves on*

Well, I use my laptop OSX for portable Starcraft and Warcraft 3. Both great games. If I had Unreal Tournament I'd play that on here too, but I don't have it.

Ok, those are good games, but I meant new games, like Spore. From everything I've read, Spore isn't coming to Mac. If you want to play Spore, and you (only) have a Mac, you're shit out of luck.

I can't play Spore with my PC either. It'll kill it.

DAMN!

Realistically, the main reason more games don't come out for OS X or Linux (or any other PC operating system for that matter) doesn't have so much to do with the size of the market share. A lot of games use the proprietary MS DirectX, which simply won't ever be ported to anything but an MS platform.