nkuvu,
Sorry to disappoint you, but I wasn't the one who removed the word "sucks." This forum is being censored.
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Well, OmniWeb was a bad case. Let's try this one: iPhoto.
In the past, software applications from Apple are compact and run efficiently. For example, ClairsWork, ClairsMail and etc.
For me, iPhoto runs on my PowerBook G4/500 too slowly. It's a fun and easy-to-use software with true plug-and-play, unlike Windoz's "plug-and-pray."
I understand that IE may not run fast on OS X because it's not from Apple. But an application that came from Apple shouldn't run so slow.
The Mac platform used to have close to 10% of the market share of the computer industry. And have you ever wondered why with all these awesome hardware and the new excitement in the new operating systemm, the Mac OS today only hangs around 5%?
I'm serious people, read this:
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51926,00.html
I'm NOT the only one out there.
If Apple is not doing anything about it, we as the Mac user should. After all, it's not us who need to buy Macs--we already are--it's the PC people Macs need to be sold to.
Sure. We sometimes get some PC converts. But guess what? We have lost more than what we have gained whether you want to face reality or not.
Originally, I was hoping that MacOS X would help making people take a look at the Macs. Well it did, but that's all they'll do--look--and go buy a PC. Why? Not because PC is better, but because it's a low-cost-and-get-the-job-done machine.
The market share of the Mac platform will never surpass 10% if we cannot compete well in the market. Right now we are losing. I started building and using PCs--not because I like them--but because I wanted to know what they've got. Doesn't look too good. I still praying that Apple is secretly building a version of OS X for AMD CPUs.
Windows XP, which seemed to learn a lot from OS X, is attracting many people to PCs as OS X is leading people to Macs. I don't like XP, but as a long time computer user I do not represent the new users. I can see however, how XP can help attract more people to buy PCs.
They did it again: steal ideas and made it cheaper. You may not like Windows--don't blame you--but they are cheap. And cheap is what people want when they are not as resourceful as we.
Anyway, I need to demand more from Apple if you want the Mac platform to excel. I, for one, will stop giving money to Apple, at least, not until it shows me something truely worth buying.
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PowerBook G4/500
Power Macintosh G3/233 with G4/500
Power Macintosh 8600/300
Power Macintosh 8600/200
PowerBook 2400/180
Windows 2000 Professional
AMD 1.33GHz Athlon 256DDR RAM
AMD 1GHz Athlon 256DDR RAM
Windows 2000 Server
Intel 450MHz Pentium II
128MB RAM
Linux Servers
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