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Comparing Windows and Macintosh Applications
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Posted by Jack Crawford
Jan 9, 2008 at 02:51 AM
I’ve just noticed a reference on 43folders.com to a recent review in the New York Times Magazine of Scrivener and other Mac writing apps. May be of interest to some here with NYT access.
See http://www.43folders.com/2008/01/06/nyt-magazine-covers-scrivener-other-os-x-writing-apps for further detail.
Jack
Posted by Randall Shinn
Jan 11, 2008 at 12:40 AM
Stephen R. Diamond wrote:
>Until Apple finds a way to run Windows applications without the customer having to buy
>Windows, users will probably continue to choose operating systems by the quality of
>available applications.
I used to feel that way, but things change.
* Apple computers now have customer satisfaction scores and likelihood-of-recommending scores that no Windows computers can match. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2183287,00.asp
In fact, some of PC Magazine’s users of Windows are now recommending that people switch to Mac.
* Many long-term users of Windows (like myself) are unhappy with Vista. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2183281,00.asp “But a closer look at the initial setup experience shows that it is much worse with Vista desktops”
* The Windows registry is like the Hotel California, you can remove software, but it never leaves. When I was complaining to my son that I couldn’t install a new version of a program I’ve used for years because some residual element from an earlier version was blocking installation, his comment was that I should plan to reinstall my Windows OS once a year to clear up problems. That seemed acceptable to him, but it doesn’t to me.
* Many people who have switched to Macs state that Windows programs run significantly better under something like VMWare Fusion than on a Windows machine. Fusion can be used to install only as much of a Windows OS as it needs to run Windows software.
I’m switching to Mac computers because I’m tired of hassling with Windows issues, and though it will cost me time and money, I won’t have to give up any Windows programs unless I choose to (and no doubt I will leave some behind). Given everything that I have read and that user surveys are showing, I have no doubt that a Mac computer and OS X will make my overall computing experience better, less frustrating, and more productive. I didn’t want to make a switch, but I feel like Vista pushed me there.
R Shinn