An honest comparison between Mac OS and MS Windows

[Waspinator]

There's no question about it. Mac OS works more smoothly and reliably than Windows. I have a PC laptop with 4gigs of ram, a 300 gig hard-disk that is about 5 months old. Recently installed Windows 7 on it. Windows 7 is a hell of a lot smoother than Windows Vista, but there are still glitches. Occasionally, it is sluggish too. I've been using this Mac for about a week now, and it functions smoothly as can be. The difference is quite noticeable.

But there is one area where Windows is better than Mac. Adjustability and customizability. You can adjust everything on Windows and Microsoft based programs. Not so on a Mac.

For example, MS Internet Explorer has a nifty information string at the bottom of the browser. When you run the mouse over a link (without clicking on it), the URL of that link will show up in that information string. You can opt to remove the string if you don't want it. I've searched high and low in Safari for such an information string, and none exists.

Or, for example, if you want to put your bookmarks in a certain order, you can't seem to do that either. They are organized in the way you add them, and it can't be changed as far as I can tell.

I have a hunch that, despite the smoother performance of Macs, I'm going to have to get used to some loss of customizability!

[gigaguy]

isn't that a browser issue, and not an OS issue?
answer- use another browser,
Firefox with add-ons galore. I like how it handles bookmarks better than Safari.

[JohnnyBoy]

[Waspinator]

[JohnnyBoy]

Happy to assist! As Gigaguy mentioned, there is more than one browser for the Mac. You might want to check out "Camino", "Chrome", "Firefox" or "Opera".
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[dannyv45]

The best thing about Mac over windows browsing is you don't need to worry so much about those nasty nasty viruses.
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[Aquafire]

I wouldn't be too over confident.

OS X isn't 100% immune.

And I am not talking about the nonsense 'pwned' set-up where a mac Laptop was busted in 60 seconds..

There are weaknesses in every system.

Human beings are fallible. It therefore follows purely from a logic pov, that anything produced by human beings, must also be fallible.

In someways, Windows supreme position in the OS stakes guarantees its going to draw the biggest bead : but that landscape will change as hackers come more to grips with Google's Chrome : Linux OS X's underpinnings.

In the meantime, keep everything up to date..& stay alert.

Cheers

Aqua
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[JohnnyBoy]

[newbie1]

[quote="Aquafire"][quote="Waspinator"]

But there is one area where Windows is better than Mac. Adjustability and customizability. You can adjust everything on Windows and Microsoft based programs. Not so on a Mac.

For example, MS Internet Explorer has a nifty information string at the bottom of the browser. When you run the mouse over a link (without clicking on it), the URL of that link will show up in that information string. You can opt to remove the string if you don't want it. I've searched high and low in Safari for such an information string, and none exists.

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I too have changed from windows PC to mac mini and there are somethings i dont like about the MAc OS that i cant seem to change

Wonder if you can help?
1. Smaller text can look nice and clear ( often on web pages) but med and larger text seems very blury when comparing the same page on the pc with the same monitor

The standard mac font also seems unable to be changed and has a somewhat blury/jaggered appearence - anyway to alter. Apple tell me it isnt possible to do both these things

2. Windows lets you change background colours on windows/boxes/menus etc, so you aint always looking at a white background screen - can change it to a grey or beige if have sensitive eyes to too much white - is this possible in anyway?

[Smithcraft]

You can use a theme editor, or a replacement theme if you want to change that stuff.

As for the font size, changing it depends on the browser you use, but chances are CMD + will make the text bigger, and CMD - will make it smaller.

I think Apple took away the font smoothing option in 10.5, but I would venture to guess that there are apps out there that might be able to adjust it.

Also - Another browser available is OmniWeb.

SC
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[Aquafire]