Comments on: Things We Hate About Apple

By: Ollie64

Ollie64 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:26:12 +0000

Isabella, if you need to run Windows programs try Crossover (Just google Crossover for Mac) or Darwine (Google darwine) which both run .exe files and sort of simulate Windows. Try Darwine first as it’s free, but more technical. Darwine won’t work with some things (I can’t guarantee photoshop support either) so try Crossover if it doesn’t. Crossover takes the Darwine project and turns it into a user friendly application. I’m running an old version of Flash under Darwine but can’t run another program without buying Crossover
If neither work, you could consider picking up a copy of Windows and running it under Boot Camp, Parallels or VMWare (There’s info on Apple’s website).
By the way, OS X is a totally different os so it will use different file formats, as do Linux etc. Adobe make versions of all their products for both Windows and Mac but you can only get one. I feel that Adobe should allow you to switch as you’ve already bought the software once, but that’s probably not gonna happen.
Anyway, good luck in getting photoshop to work! :-)

By: Isabella

Isabella — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:40:32 +0000

I HATE MAC!
I’m sorry to the person before me who’s all about politics, but Mac sucks. it really does.
I have always been a windows user but when my sister wanted a new computer she got a Mac and my baby got trashed. So I went to put my copy of Photoshop on it and guess what? MAC DOESNT F***ING TAKE IT! in fact, mac doesnt take the .exe extention at all! I now have none of my old software.

Thanks to Mac my days of graphic design are now over. Thank god that I’m not doing Studio Art this year, or I would be f**ked.

I now have absolutely no art programs whatsoever. Mac sounds wonderful and artsy with its iPhoto but then you look a little closer and realise it doesn’t even have paint. There is no photomanipulation program. I will never make art again, my one form of expression is now gone, thanks to mac.

I hope all Mac computers burn in hell.
Sincerely, Isabella.

P.S- if anyone knows how to run .exe on macs.. i worship you.

By: Dario

Dario — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 01:45:37 +0000

HEY PEOPLE YOU SHOULD NOT CREATE A WAR BETWEEN THE TWO PLATFORMS (and now we are talking about politics) YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THE ACTUAL PROS AND CONS OF WINDOWS AND OS X. WITH BOTH YOU CAN DO MORE THAT YOU CAN THINK. I PERSONALLY HAVE AN IMAC G5 AND A SONY VAYO LAPTOP THE TWO ARE BASICALLY ONE AS THEY ARE LINKED WITH NO PROBLEM AS YOU KNOW. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THE S**T BEHIND THE TALK TALK OF BILLIONAIRE COMPANYS TRIYNG TO SELL YOU THE BEST PRODUCT. SO THE TEMPORARY SOLUTION IS MAYBE: INSTALL LINUX IN BOTH OF YOUR LOVED/HATED MACHINES

By: Renfru

Renfru — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:34:49 +0000

Somewhere along the line, Apple became the darling of the artsy crowd. They like being “different”. I like being different,too, but not when I can’t specify what processor I want, what audio card, what video card, etc.
I like having a wide choice of software. Aist had real time video preview before everyone, but they aren’t even in this market anymore. The more powerful your computer was the more powerful the program became, without having to spring for an update. Very artsy, but not Mac, so it died.
I built an AMD dual processor rig that blew away the Mac in speed(even a pro Mac video review site said the configuration I used was faster at rendering) but the artistes at my job refused to believe it. They also couldn’t believe it was a $1000 less than a Mac.

Declining traffic? I don’t think so.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:56:39 +0000

Declining traffic? I know, let’s just bash _x_ so that all their salivating fanboys will flood our comments section.

By: rupert

rupert — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:21:44 +0000

Ok, so yeah I use a macbook at the moment but that’s besides the point. You guys are all just bitching about how apple fans bitch, and noticing tiny things in products that no one really cares about. Every computer manufacturer/OS has its faults, Microsoft is good in some things, Apple in other things. For gods sake stop being little whiney bitches.

Bitches.

By: jake

jake — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:49:12 +0000

And when will we see a post like this about Google? Seems that they walk on air here.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:34:31 +0000

I use computers for pretty low-level stuff so I’m a PC person for no other reason than price–and low-end HPs have been admirably long-lasting and reliable.

That said, in no particular order of importance, what I don’t like about apple: Jobs going after the bloggers via legal action, Jobs having a hissy fit when an unauthorized bio was published (said he’d yank the publisher’s books out of apple stores); apple not including post-paid boxes for recycling computers; iPod battery issues such as not being able to replace the damn things ourselves (great iPodjuice tip, patent-monkey) and in my experience, the between-charges battery life not being close to its advertised amount; apple/Jobs being very questionable in some of the things they’ve said about the backdating-options mess; the fact that for all the Microsoft/Gates bashing commercials, I don’t see Jobs/apple doing much of anything to help the world or anything close to the Gates Foundation.

By: webonics

webonics — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:34:24 +0000

Songbird doesn’t provide a transactional marketplace for buying songs..yet. its basically just a music player built into a browser.

By: dwalk51

dwalk51 — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:18:23 +0000

its all so true.

The Macs at our school suck ass so badly. When we open MS Word for the first time on our personal accounts it takes at most an HOUR to open.It takes about 20 seconds tops on my PC at home. And it also f*cking pisses me off that they restrict nearly all of the programs. We can’t even touch iTunes or iPhoto. And the dashboard program somehow magically disappeared off the computers. Thats right, they took the dashboard off. it sucks ass.

By: David

David — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:24:38 +0000

Just a thought... there is one very very early stage competitor to iTunes, Songbird. But otherwise I do wholly agree, there aren't a lot of other options out there.

By: webonics

webonics — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:21:13 +0000

Interesting post and comments. I have to agree with Blak and biggos…for me it the fanaticism that bothers me most about Apple products. Some are good and others are not. I work in an office dominated by Macs and Mac fanboys. I like my Mac (most of the time) but I also know they are not infallible. But the fanboys continue to campaign and border on followers of Jim Jones. If Steve said the Kool-aid was delicious, the gregarious fans would all drink in mass quantities. Sometimes I find the mantra of Apple, Think Different, very funny…as many fanboys don’t think, they just follow. However, in fairness, this deficiency plagues all fanboys.

For the record, I’m happy with my Mac Pro, Mac Mini, iMac, Sony Vaio Desktop, Sony Vaio Laptop, Red Hat Linux box, Zune, iPod, and Treo (WinMobile). But all have their drawbacks and issues from time to time.

By: mathew

mathew — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:12:16 +0000

I guess patent-monkey doesn’t edit video or want high speed disk access, or he wouldn’t be dissin’ Firewire.

It’s “high speed” USB that should die. I don’t need high-bandwidth peripherals sucking all my CPU.

By: Matt Hickey

Matt Hickey — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:01:10 +0000

@ Ari: Wait, there are Windows fanboys!? Since when? Where have I been!?

Oh yah, Seattle. *snort*

By: biggos

biggos — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:38:57 +0000

This was a very reasonable post that I agree with. Apple, their fans and the whole Apple mysticism is what I feel is really Apple’s biggest enemy. I am a thirty-something who grew up with Apple products like the IIe, IIc, Macintosh etc but once in high school Macs didn’t compete with PCs and I became a PC user. I literally have not used an Apple product in probably twenty years and I have no plans to. Why do you ask when there is so much good Appley hardware and software etc?

First, most Apple products are premium priced. It is simply not worth the price to me.

Second, in the case of the iPod, not only don’t I have an iPod, I don’t have a DAP of any kind. I have been in the market for one for years but my desire to have portable music/video has not outweighed price, features, DRM or crappy software like iTunes, and did I mention digital downloads with DRM. Apple has nothing to offer for any of my gripes. The only thing they have is momentum and the fact that people locked themselves into iTunes Music Store. Oh, yeah I forgot the style/image factor of the iPod. Uh, wait no I didn’t. I actually would go out of my way to avoid the appearance of having an iPod. I don’t know how many other people feel this way or whether Apple considers this but when things reach a certain popularity/trendiness I will avoid them like the plague, and I suspect that there are not a few like me.

Third, gaming sucks on Macs. Nuff said.

Fourth, I in general avoid Apple altogether. I don’t want to associate myself with them in any way, shape or form. Apple fanatics are snobbish, conceited, elitist, self-righteous and flaunt their Appleness whenever they can. They strut their Appley logos on their lids, and their white-wired ear phones so everyone knows that they are sophisticated, discerning and quite frankly better than you. Not only that they are more hip, dress better, and are more concerned about the environment. Ok, yeah, I know that these are gross generalizations but that is the aura that they give off and that really is the biggest obstacle that prevents me from getting an Apple product.

Having said all that I have toyed with the idea of dual booting on a Mac but I doubt it will ever materialize (I do like the black MacBooks though). One final note: I finally broke down and bought a DAP; a Zune.

By: Cali Lewis

Cali Lewis — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:28:48 +0000

What? Are you guys trying the Dvorak thing? You know you love Apple. Don’t pretend.

By: plo

plo — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:14:52 +0000

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!

By: Ari

Ari — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:07:10 +0000

Grow up people. I’ve used just about every OS out there except the Atari Oses and OS/2. If find windows fanboys more annoying than anything. They are especially annoying when they act like hypocrites complaining about mac users when they don’t see their own fanboyism and arrogance.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:06:19 +0000

How is the iPhone a turd? It’s not even out yet! I don’t disagree that there are potential problems (a $500 price tag and the large size, for a start), but let’s not be too quick to attack in the other direction.

Many people hate their Windows Mobile smartphones, after all.

By: patent-monkey

patent-monkey — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:34:33 +0000

Here’s a list to add onto the pile on personal experiences in the past 7 years…

Firewire – ugh, is that officially gonna die or what?

Apple CRT’s – good call on getting out of that business. Learned what Degaussing means, never helped to “Auto Adjust” my monitor, though the GUI sure did make it APPEAR as if it was going to get fixed. Ended up spending a ton on LCD, nice.

DVD-RAM – thanks for launching something DVD before the Superdrive, and then not offering an internal to those of us early adopters when you did.

iPod batteries – come on, almost every consumer electronic device on the planet uses replaceable batteries. Thanks to http://www.iPodJuice.com for an easy tool and a bigger battery.

But, I will say this, I’ve owned the First Generation iPod for the whole ride and have to say its a little tank. It only got better when I could add Podcasts from anywhere in the world on it for free. Nice job, Apple, that’s been a keeper. Even still, I’m not so sure about that Apple TV yet.