Safari works great for me. Blows I.E. away. Of coarse Firefox is great as well.[b said:Quote[/b] (endparenthesis @ June 30 2006,11:04)]You guys don't know the crap we web developers go through to make IE behave like a standards-compliant browser I guess.
Though Safari (the browser that comes with OSX) is pretty awful too. I've heard it's gotten better, but I only have the original version to test in.
[b said:Quote[/b] ]PCs are for people who don't know how to overclock and blast through data so I don't call what I'm building a PC
Ummm, you do know that you can use ANY mouse with a Mac right? Well except serial mice that is. I use a Logitech scroll wheel optical for instance....[b said:Quote[/b] (Est @ July 01 2006,8:28)]As for MACs, I could never bring myself to use a one-buttoned mouse. I... Don't see the point. Is there something more effective in not having a scroll wheel? Am I delivered from evil by not being able to right click? Is dragging a most time efficient process? If use a graphical interface, I want to be able to effectively move through it, and that means using a scroll wheel, directing things to places and performing actions using a right click. If I didn't want to have the ability to right click, I'd go right ahead and use a command line to get my things done (and I will when it's more time effective!) "Style" over efficiency? Not worth the headache.
No, MAcs are not PC's, simply because of how the term "PC" is used and understood in the computer world.[b said:Quote[/b] (Est @ July 01 2006,2:28)]I've come to loathe the term "PC." First off: politcally correct is quite often dumb (offtopic, I know.) But when you think about it, MACs are PCs.
[b said:Quote[/b] ]"PC" does not mean "personal computer"..
it actually means "a specific type of personal computer that normally runs windows, made by any one of a billion computer makers EXCEPT Apple"
therefore, virtually any personal computer is a PC, unless its a MAC..in which case its not a PC, but instead a MAC.
[b said:Quote[/b] ]Ummm, you do know that you can use ANY mouse with a Mac right? Well except serial mice that is. I use a Logitech scroll wheel optical for instance....
That's because web developers are still forced to bend to the silly coding Internet Explorer often requires because IE is still used by 60% of the internet (vs. around 25% with Firefox). Firefox is by far the most standards-compliant browser out there, and it can sometimes be somewhat tough on bad code because of that fact. And that's a good thing. Enabling bad code in the past is part of why there are browser issues at all today. A site that works in IE but not Firefox was built by someone who probably won't have a job a few years from now.[b said:Quote[/b] (JB_OrchidGuy @ July 02 2006,1:32)]I also use IE and have tried fire fox, but found many sites don't like it.
That really just isn't accurate. Usually a virus is technically an exploit of a bug or a bad methodology employed in an OS. Microsoft's methodology and bloated coding just invites the slew of viruses out there.[b said:Quote[/b] ]The reason Macs have less viruses is because the system is not that widely used yet in the personal realm.
Building a single computer that runs all of the three major computer OS's in the world. Gee, why would someone who wants to sell computers do such a thing?[b said:Quote[/b] ]Now we also have to look at another thing. Who is envious of who? I do not recall seeing a traditional windows OS computer maker offering to make computer with the chip sets to run Mac OS, but I have seen that Macs are now coming with Intel chip sets to run Windows on a Mac. Kinda makes you think huh??
I also thought I'd mention that I found this comment interesting.[b said:Quote[/b] (JB_OrchidGuy @ July 02 2006,1:32)]The problem with windows is people do not clear out caches and things like that to keep their computer running smooth. They do not defragment files and things causing corrupted files that crash computers. Mac must do a lot of this without the person even knowing.
[b said:Quote[/b] ]I also use IE and have tried fire fox, but found many sites don't like it.
[b said:Quote[/b] ]Can the world even conceive of a computer where these problems were anticipated and solved beforehand? Why do we just assume from the start that these problems exist on any and all computer platforms and will need to be dealt with by the user to avoid dire consequences? Why are we this accepting of failure, when we'd never buy cars or TVs or kitchen appliances that gave the average person the same level of grief?
I have a 2000 Ford ranger pickup with a 4 cyl. 5 speed. I wish my windows machine was as reliable and dependable as that truck. And that is from a guy who used to say, "I will never own a Ford product."[b said:Quote[/b] ]
you must not drive a Ford? i understand windows good enough that i havent needed anyone else to fix my problems.
I have found a few sites that don't load properly in firefox, mostly windows media player files and certain other streaming video sources. There is a way to fix it, however I have not had the time to mess with it much. Other than that, I have had no real problems with firefox.[b said:Quote[/b] ]I also use IE and have tried fire fox, but found many sites don't like it.
[b said:Quote[/b] ]Again, if Windows hypothetically became open source tomorrow, you could probably bet that a lot of the fixes would be submitted by people who were writing viruses the day before. That's the weird psychology of the situation
[b said:Quote[/b] ]i must not surf near as much as i think i do as i really havent run into problems with firefox, guess im not as bad as i thought i was
[b said:Quote[/b] ]Also if your using the appropriate software on your computer your not going to get the spy ware and ad-ware.
[b said:Quote[/b] ]2000 Ford ranger pickup with a 4 cyl. 5 speed. I wish my windows machine was as reliable and dependable as that truck. And that is from a guy who used to say, "I will never own a Ford product."