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Dario Salvelli’s Blog » Blog Archive » Perdersi di Vista — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:31:11 +0000

[…] perfino chi si chiede cinque buone ragioni per le quali Vista sia migliore di OSx. Io Vista non l’ho mai usato anzi non ho nemmeno […]

By: Jesse Stay

Jesse Stay — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:27:41 +0000

Greg all great points. Thanks for sharing. Truthfully, it was quite hard other than the Media Center and corporate financial market, to come up with good reasons. Most of my other reasons were more personal than anything. One additional advantage PCs have over Macs though is the Tablet market. I have yet to see a tablet competitor on the Mac, and there are some really cool uses for those! Perhaps the demand just isn't there yet, but it's something I'd love to have.

By: Jesse Stay

Jesse Stay — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:27:41 +0000

By: Greg Meece

Greg Meece — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:43:05 +0000

FWIW, I have a Mac mini (1.4 GHz G4) running Tiger, 3 Windows machines (XP Home, Vista Basic, & Vista Home Premium), and a Linux machine (Ubuntu Feisty Fawn).
My responses:
1) Absolutely. I've looked at MythTV (very flexible, but setup is often difficult and driver support is very hit-and-miss), FrontRow (clean, simple interface - but not much flexibility), and Apple TV (I have one - it is what it is). Microsoft definitely has this covered much better than Apple or the OSS community. I'm specing a BIY media center setup right now and have decided on Vista Home Premium.
2) This really depends on what the company does, what it requires, etc. Purchase cost and COO are two different things. As an IT person, Windows is what I would specify if I wanted job security. >;->
3) Mostly true, but the days of Apple using proprietary video connectors went out with the 90's. Seriously, all their DVI connectors ship with standard VGA adapters, so that's a red herring.
4) Mostly true. I always advise anyone who needs vertical market software (and the research has proven none exists for a Mac) to consider a PC first. Now, if all the rest of their needs can be met better with a Mac, and the vertical market or other Windows-only software is only used a small portion of their day, then a Mac still might be the best recommendation.
5) Ummm...yeah. Others have already caught this one - Macs have been able to do this in OS X for awhile now.

By: Greg Meece

Greg Meece — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:43:05 +0000

FWIW, I have a Mac mini (1.4 GHz G4) running Tiger, 3 Windows machines (XP Home, Vista Basic, & Vista Home Premium), and a Linux machine (Ubuntu Feisty Fawn).
My responses:
1) Absolutely. I’ve looked at MythTV (very flexible, but setup is often difficult and driver support is very hit-and-miss), FrontRow (clean, simple interface - but not much flexibility), and Apple TV (I have one - it is what it is). Microsoft definitely has this covered much better than Apple or the OSS community. I’m specing a BIY media center setup right now and have decided on Vista Home Premium.
2) This really depends on what the company does, what it requires, etc. Purchase cost and COO are two different things. As an IT person, Windows is what I would specify if I wanted job security. >;->
3) Mostly true, but the days of Apple using proprietary video connectors went out with the 90’s. Seriously, all their DVI connectors ship with standard VGA adapters, so that’s a red herring.
4) Mostly true. I always advise anyone who needs vertical market software (and the research has proven none exists for a Mac) to consider a PC first. Now, if all the rest of their needs can be met better with a Mac, and the vertical market or other Windows-only software is only used a small portion of their day, then a Mac still might be the best recommendation.
5) Ummm…yeah. Others have already caught this one - Macs have been able to do this in OS X for awhile now.

By: Chris