Some geeks like to push OS X on generic PC's in a rebellious 'we can do anything' sort of thing, but it's counter productive to most users needs to have the machine 'just work' as expected without getting intensely complicated. There is a computer geek community that does take a lot of pains to install OS X onto generic PC's, but it's a hassle for normal computer user folks. Then it would be Snow Leopard most likely and not Mountain Lion, reinstalling it would be a pain and likely AppStore software wouldn't work. If you fell for it, you would had to either pay the employee to do it or directed to a website and illegal copies of OS X to do so.

It's possible, but the staff was doing so against company rules in a attempt to make a hardware sale. The staff volunteered that I could purchase one of their units and install OSX on it. Still, for overall ability, give me the Mac OS any day of the week. Some pig headed companies out there (can you say Intuit? Sure you can) still treat Mac users as second rate customers and continue to refuse to offer products that match the Windows version (the differences between the Windows and Mac versions of QuickBooks are massive). They all have their unique learning curve. But that's no different than if you've never used Linux before. Yes, if you've never used it before, the Mac OS is different enough that it takes some getting used to. I've used both for so long I'm comfortable in either. I think Win 7 is the best OS MS has even put out. Not to mention zero viruses in over 10 years of OS X's existence. Color management is so far past Windows in ease of use they can't even be compared. Having used both Windows and the Mac OS for many years, Apple's OS is far and away more intuitive. So if you put the Ferrari paint job of OS X on a Yugo PC display, it's going to look just as bad as Windows. It's because the display on the PC has to be high along with the quality of the hardware and the operating system all to match. So Apple only sells the nice stuff and not the cheap stuff, so you think all Mac's are wonderful.Īpple doesn't play in the low market arena, it's why Mac's only have 6-7% market share and PC's have 90-95%.Īpple provided Safari for Windows in the past, it was a failure and it was pulled. If you buy a quality PC with the same hardware specs as a Mac, it's nearly the same in price. Problem is people tend to be cheap and buy on price, so all they see in the PC stores are poor quality displays which look like junk. Mac's and PC's are the same underneath, same processors, graphics, storage, networking, displays etc., etc. If you buy a quality Windows 7 PC with a 1920 x 1200 pixel screen at 15-17' in a laptop, it looks just as good as a Mac. OS X is just the fancy paint job on the expensive Mac hardware.

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