Thinking about switching to a Mac? Check out some new features...

[mrbassman03]

These are in the upcoming release of Tiger... Of course, these don't count the amazing features OS X already has.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/spotlight.html

Click on the little icons at the top to see each feature.

[Melodybe]

1. Apple is just doing better and better

I gues people are finally getting sick of all the viruses and spyware.

iwork and ilife totally rule, you can do so much.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. The irony is...

That once Apple gets to the point where it's comparable to windows in the amount of people using it, then Macs won't be impervious to viruses and spywear like they are now.

[mrbassman03]

3. bullshit

I see you have heard from the "security through obscurity" side. It's bullshit, OS X is a much more secure operating system.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-mac082803,0,1353478.column

http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000680029982/

[retread]

9. To say OS X is more secure than winblows is damning with faint

praise. The problem is thinking because it hasn't happened it won't.

[emulatorloo]

13. except you forget how careless, bloated, weak and tangled MS's code is

EOM

[Rooktoven]

16. There won't be any Irony--

The fact is that Mac OS X is based on BSD Unix (and in fact _is_ BSD below the GUI). This means that spyware and viruses can't run without explicit permission from the Super User. Windows allows process to be called by on the system level by programs, even if the user running them has no rights to make system changes.

It is a question of architecture. Windows was meant as a stand alone system, and they added (from BSD, I might add) networking. Unix (or unix-like systems) was designed from day one to be networked and to isolate user permissions from interfering with the system. Any Unix like system-- Mac OS X, Linux, or FreeBSD, has that structural strength.

So will there be more viruses or spyware for Amcs and Linux systems-- probably, but not nearly the number of "successful" --read destructive ones as Windows gets.

I've quit feeling sorry for Windows users with viruses and spyware. If you feed Microsoft, you deserve to have bad things happen to your computer.

[Buddyblazon]

4. Wish I could afford one...

I'm stuck with my Toshiba laptop. But those Macs...man...that's the Rolls Royce of 'puters.

[mrbassman03]

5. Ummmmm, nope...

If $500 for a Mac Mini is Rolls Royce, fine... but they are way more affordable now than they ever were.

[Melodybe]

7. Whatever the new imac will work with any monitor, keyboard or mouse

with a USB. For $500 you can have a nice cute little mac, with some of the best programs you can imagine.

You can do anything with the new macs; make a magazine, a song, a movie, a book, They completely rule and don't buy into that programs don't run on a mac bullshit, with the exception of some games and a few specialized professional programs, like at my hubby's laboratory, everything will run on a mac. Heck you can run windows on a mac if you want, I have no clue WHY you would choose windows over OSX is beyond me but you could if you wanted too.

I wish we could buy some apple stock, they are doing very well.

[emulatorloo]

14. Anybody who can afford a computer can afford a Mac - Links here:

this site tracks best deals:

powerbook and ibook:

http://www.lowendmac.com/ibook/deals.html

the new mac mini:

http://www.lowendmac.com/deals/mini.html

imac:

http://www.lowendmac.com/imac/deals.html

[meegbear]

6. Saw it all last year at the WWDC

and those 30" G5s! Ahhhhh.

Now if I can only get a mortgage ....

[driver8]

8. We have an IMac we have had for awhile...

My wife is talking about giving the IMac to the kids and getting a new G5. Swwweeeeettt!!

[meegbear]

12. I got a G4 15" with all the trimmings ...

I'm set for a while, or at least until the next WWDC :evilgrin:.

[guitar man]

10. off topic

Mr Bassman, that is the Best. Avatar. Ever.

[mrbassman03]

15. Why thank you!

Not sure if you mean the robot one or the Marshall amp... I like them both.

[DainBramaged]

11. Check out the new features at Alienware

http://www.alienware.com/Product_Pages/desktop_all_home_office.aspx

No fuss, no muss, lots of power, reload all of your WIN XP stuff and be up and running in an hour.

BTW, we've had $499 PC's for years, and for the average user, they've already graduated to faster feature packed systems.

[Rooktoven]

17. Yeah, but not Macs by any means ;-)

Nice to put Linux on, though...