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Originally Posted by Table 5
One thing that I find funny is that people think Mac's are only for people who are casual users, and that it doesnt support enough software, or is not built for business. Outside of the gaming environment (something i have absolteuly no time for anyway), there has never been one time where i couldnt find the Mac equivalent of a program, and I rely heavily on a computer for my business. Whether its working with Microsoft Office business aps, downloading music, doing 3D animation, high end graphics, hooking up a blackberry......it's all easily doable, and often times much more functional.
The "Mac's dont support enough software" arguement applied 10 years ago. Today, its nothing but a myth. You can virtually every single thing you want on OS X that you can on a PC....and now you can even run Windows (although i have no idea why anyone in their right mind would.)
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Just because Stettler has one Chinese Restaurant, doesn't mean it's any good.
Is it true that some app "exists" for applications on OSX? Yes. Does it mean it's good? No. For example, take our favorite Canadian pastime - taxes. CCRA lists 9 different software packages for completing your T1, including the perennial favorite - QuickTax. Mac? One. TaxTron. I'd bet it's not as good as Quicktax either. The Web tax solutions are out there, but they don't have the same level of functionality as the installed clients do.
Internet news readers? Nothing touches Newsbin. Available for the Mac? Nope.
Go to the outlet that most Canadians buy software from, Futureshop. Pull up the software page. Look how many PC titles there are. Then look how many Mac titles there are. Unless you like Adobe and OEM Apple software, you're hooped.
It's true, you can dual boot, but I find it rather amusing that people would shell out all this extra money on Mac hardware, just so they could go buy a Windows license and run Windows.
Like I said, horses for courses....