timoteo1 opened this issue on Sep 04, 2001 ยท 88 posts
timoteo1 posted Wed, 05 September 2001 at 5:26 PM
Well, I've been trying to stay out of this as much as possible (guess I should have turned the email notification off) but a few comments just have amazed me, and now Arturo has taken the time to address me personally. BTW, AGAIN (!!) I did NOT start this thread to start a PC v. Mac war -- boy did I pick the wrong title! I started it to find out what other people thought of the MKScripts package. But it does show how extremely sensitive Mac users are to the mere notion that their beloved (and overpriced) systems may very well have quite a few shortcomings compared to a PC. Again, thi You're right their not dying, their DEAD. Their users just don't realize it yet. A lot of people use Yahoo as their main search engine too -- they just don't know any better. Arturo: Your comparison -- acutally both of them -- are completely irrelevant since the main thrust of this debate is how poorly Mac's are supported in the software arena. You need to either compare OS vs. OS or Intel (heck, leave AMD out of it if you want -- or substitute it) with the Mac chipset. Also, as I SAID BEFORE, I don't know what the exact percentage is, but I was basing the 5% on Internet users. Activity logs CLEARLY show Macs are nothing but a flyspeck in all the traffic of the web. This should be a fairly accurate indication of the percentage of Mac users. Now, I know with Macs being so overpriced, perhaps some of the users can't afford Internet acess, but I would imagine their numbers are few. Your Mercedes comparison is ludicrous ... the problem is Mercedes still use the same gasoline as a Ford, Nissan, etc. Manufactures of steel, fiberglass, plastics, etc. still want to sell these items to Mercedes because it doesn't cost them any more to sell them to Mercedes than it does Nissan. However, in the computer world, more and more software manufactures are realizing it's just not worth it to develop and manufacture software for the Mac platform. If I had a dollar for every complaint or wailing from Mac users who wanted to know "Why isn't game X coming out for the Mac??" I'd be a very rich man. I'm not trying to win a PC is better than Mac debate (because it's impossible -- either way -- since people have their own tastes and own habits, etc.) but it is a simple fact that there is a PLETHORA of software which is not available for the Mac and that LONG LIST is growing in leaps and bounds. The notion that Macs are somehow better at Graphics is a mute point now ... I think that only die-hard Mac users still live under this dillusion -- as is the "ease of use" dillusion. These two facts: A) Software is increasingly less likely to show up on the Mac Platform and B) There are no clear advantages to owning a Mac unless you already use Macs and are accustomed to them, spells out a very dismal forcast for Apple: ZERO GROWTH. Companies who do not grow in these economic times do not survive. It's amazing they've lasted this long and is a tribute to their management abilities. NOW, does ANYONE have any comments about MKSCRIPTS?!? DANG-IT!