Poll: Would you go from Windows to OSX?

Would you consider buying a OSX licence?

  • Yes, give me some Apple goodness!

    Votes: 73 23.9%

  • Hell no! Windows for life

    Votes: 130 42.5%

  • Never used OSX, so have no idea

    Votes: 103 33.7%
  • Total voters
    306
Wouldn't switch myself. Had plenty of experience with OSX over the past few years and, although it has some nice features, I personally prefer the way Windows does most things. For me, it's just the nicer OS to use. I like the apps I use on Windows, I like PC gaming and I like the interface.

That's not to say I haven't considered getting a Mac; gave consideration to getting a MacBook quite recently, seeing as you can obviously dual boot with Windows. After a bit of deliberation though, I came to the conclusion that I'd probably end up using Windows more than OSX (rely on Office 2007 for uni work, I don't like Office 2008 for Mac). Then there's the fact that a Dell XPS M1330 was over £40 cheaper for a better overall spec. Went with the XPS in the end and it should arrive today.

Would have been cool to have a new OS to play with, but it's not worth so much to me that I'd pay more money for a lesser machine.
 
I'd Dual Boot or even solely use OSX if the drivers and software(inc games) were as easy as Windows and it was available as an OEM and not exclusive to Apple hardware.
 
Alexrose1uk said:
Freeware aside (as there is a lot of freeware for any major platform), retail mac software can and IS a nightmare to get hold of sometimes; you can see that just by walking into any IT/Software store, aisle and aisles of windows software, with a tiny mac section.
Yes thats partially down to the market, but it doesnt make the issue any less real; retail software for a mac IS harder and typically more expensive to find than a windows equivalent, and I doubt the average consumer is going to want to spend hours and hours searching on the internet for a retail/freeware programme to do what he wants it to; he/she wants to walk into a store and be told where it is and how much its going to cost if possible, and that IS a reality, its something I see every day; the majority of the forums are well informed, IT literate people; the same cannot be said of the general public.
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The likelihood is that people you talk about who buy their Mac computers, will do so from the official store. Macs are available from a few places outside of that but readily/easily and the lack of actual computer products available from these stores would further back up that.

People will search for software depending on their needs. If people can afford to splash out on expensive software then they'll do so. If they can't then they'll search around for free or cheaper stuff.

Just because people are lazy and want to buy software quickly doesn't mean that the market doesn't exist for it. And the freeware for Apple is a lot better than other major platforms. Imo.
 
Caged said:
For the same reason you can't turn off or get rid of the taskbar - it's sort of necessary. Surely after using OS X for 3 years you'd have realised the reasons why?

The Dock is a lot more than the Windows/Linux Dock clones, which are really only launchers. It performs the functions of a taskbar as well in terms of managing running programs.
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Well, the only place I want the Dock is at the top of the screen, but I can't put it there (probably an app about that lets you do this) - but I just find it gets in the way of scrollbars etc. Ah I shall pan across to yah-da-yah-da and the Dock pops up and I launch an app. Joy.

It just feels as if its the master and I'm the slave - I'd prefer it if it was the other way around. It's a personal preference.
 
I certainly wouldn’t, windows gives me all I require from an OS in terms of hardware and software support so I think that there would be no benefit to be had apart from novelty value.
 
Yup I would certainly love to try Mac OS. In fact I could see myself dualbooting and doing all my general stuff on Mac and then just gaming on the PC pretty quickly actually.

I wouldn't even mind if the Mac OS was restricted to certain families of hardware (i.e. intel Core2 and nVidia). If that made it possible I would spec and buy a PC that met that criteria tbh.
I really do want to try out a Mac (for an extended period of time) but I certainly wont ditch windows for it just yet, and nor can i afford dumping a load of Cash on it either.
 
Until Apple make products that are "Function over form" then I will stick with an OS that works, and when it does go wrong, actually tells you what went wrong!

Anything made by Apple always has an equivalent made by another company, and it usually costs less and works better.
 
Software support for me is the main reason I wouldn't use it, that and functionality.

I know how Windows works and how to fix things in Windows (i.e. where the log files are, where the tmp files are stored, etc.) so from a purely lazy perspective I wouldn't change.

Windows does everything I need.



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nope, used a few macs and couldn't get along with OSX at all, seemed totally backwards to me, so imo its rubbish. As for the look, i'm not a big fan of that either, was better than Luna by a long way (used royale on xp since it came out though, liked that) but Aero is super slick and way ahead.
 
I tried the Intel edition on one of my pcs recently and found that it works fine if you have a small amount of ram on your graphics card. I dumped it shortly afterwards. The only advantage of an Apple OS is that it is more compatible with your Ipods and Iphone if you are a gadget freak. I am not. I find any MP3 player just as nausiating as the next. The old powerbook qualities are still there and a half decent quicktime is good. A good rock solid OS. But there are compatibility issues which I don't think Apple are capable of dealing with. Apple live in the hyper-expensive hardware closet. Whatever they have has certain patents attached to it. Unless Apple get a percentage of this patent a license is not issued. You want to criticise MS, go ahead. But at least you have got a better chance of getting your hardware and software working with Vista or XP.
Microsoft licensing is a lot cheaper than a visit to the patent shop declaring Apple as your partners in a product you have produced by yourself and Apple then take the profits from you for the first year. There are items that are declared as Apple OS compatible. Or Legacy. Firewire was patented by Apple but as soon as the OS declared it as legacy Microsoft stepped in, along with USB. About the only thing that MS has been ahead on was Fibre channel or SATA.
When you get an Apple OS don't forget those poor developers who have put their lives into developing for Apple and have almost signed their lives away. The good thing is that most of them are moving over to Microsoft or Intel now and are fed up with the restrictions placed upon them by Apple.
I just thought you would be interested in what you were buying into.
 
Use OS9, OSX and XP at work. Have XP and Vista at home as well as a mac mini and macbook. Always go to xp to get things done.

I guess the reason is the ability to click around the interface without thinking.
 
If I went to Uni I'd probably consider grabbing a Macbook and therefore using OSX. However for any other purpose I normally stick with Windows. Generally, everything works in it well.
 
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