why do people hate mac so much?

Question

i am not an apple fanboy in fact i have never owned a commuter in my life until i bought this macbook pro but i desperately need to know why people hate mac so much. i am very pleased with it and want to know if some people think pc is better and if so why ?

Answer 1

Why worry about what other people think.



Why isn't your opinion sufficient for you? Why do you feel the need to cow to others opinions.



Enjoy what you like and to hell with people that try to tell you what you should or shouldn't like.

Answer 2

I don't hate Macs, I just do not like the fact that they can take an average/low end pc/laptop, put it in a fancy case, install their own software and bump up the price by hundreds of pounds.



The fact of the matter is they simply aren't worth that kind of money and there are plenty of reasons why:



1) Apple owners will state that what's inside their computer (i.e. motherboard processor etc) is far superior to anything inside the average Winbox. Wrong, the internals are off the peg, just like a winbox.



2) You can buy a higher end Alienware (a dell pc that also does not represent value for money) for the same price as a lower end mac.



3) Mac owners state that there are no viruses for mac osx, if that were in fact true there would be no need for an antivirus program. All major antivirus companies now sell Mac versions of their antivirus software...



4) This is the biggie, The OS. "Macs can run windows too" yes this is true, but did you know that windows PC's can run Mac OSX? No? Well they can, buy a similarly specced laptop or desktop, spend £55 on Mac OSX Lion, put a little effort in and what do you have? A fully fledged Apple Mac with the same or better performance for around half the price. All you are missing is a fancy case...



So, with the fact that the only exclusive part to a Mac being it's fancy case is it really worth an extra £400-£500 over a similarly specified Windows based machine? When even it's (admittedly brilliant) OS can be bought from Apple for £55 and installed on just about any computer, I think not.



Not even the Thunderbolt port is exclusive any more...

Answer 3

Well, for the most part it is clearly not what they say it is. The cost criticisms are largely unfounded - you compare a Mac to a top-notch PC (not high spec but essentially cheap tat) the pricing is comparable - you compare a Macbook Pro to the equivalent Toshiba it looks positively cheap for example. The same is true if you compare them to some of the overpricing gaming machines on the market - an Alienware for example. Limited app choice is also an ignorant argument - yes of course many Windows apps are not available on Macs. Many Mac apps are not available on Windows too. In any event, neither of these explain the sheer level of vitriol pointed at Macs.



I suspect rather it is more an emotional thing: partly tribalism ("I'm in the Windows camp and your not") and partly a lack of security in their own buying choices (what if the Mac is actually BETTER once you have bought it?). Personally I couldn't care less. I'm mainly a Unix chap and intimately familiar with some heavy iron that would give a lot of the most vocal critics of Macs wet dreams. Compared to those they're all toys, even my own workstation.



However, I've been around long enough that I've seen it all before and ultimately each system is a trade off between different factors - purchase price, reliability, performance, security, ease of use and of maintenance, etc etc - and anyone who pretends that any one given platform strikes the ideal balance between all those factors for every single intended use is frankly demonstrating their own ignorance rather than passing on any deep insight worth listening too. The chances are whatever you buy for personal use will do the vast bulk of what you want with no problems whatsoever. If you need specialist applications that only run on one or the other ultimately that is what makes your mind up.

Answer 4

No one hates the Mac, its a good computer. They tend to hate the people who own the Mac cos at every opportunity, they feel it necessary to try and convert you to using one despite the fact that you're very happy with the current machine you have or you actually, genuinely prefer Windows over OS X

Answer 5

Here is your answer sir::::::::

Macs are gay. Meaning that, a lot of programs dont run on mac. Not many programs are made for mac. windows programs are 100 times better than macs. The only 2 good things about macs are: 1: you can download and use xcode (of course if you have an emulator you can do the same for windows...) and

2: Macs are very secure. The do not typically get any malware, trojans,(not condoms), or malicious software. that is one flaw in windows :(

Answer 6

Well just for instance, I use Windows 7, and today I had to install iTunes just in order to download a free song from this website. Which comes bundled with all sorts of things (like 6 things) and it normally installs all of them, like Bonjour which will share media I don’t have with the iPod I don’t own. So I didn’t want it installed. So I do a custom installation by unzipping the installer and picking the 3 things I DO want (Apple Application support, required; something something else also required; and iTunes).



Then I had to get an Apple ID. And to download a FREE song it wanted my CC#. So I went on Google and found that if you go to the App Store (instead of the SONG store) and download a free APP (instead of a song) then the Apple ID registration process lets you select “None” for your payment type, and you don’t have to put in a CC#. But it does not give you the “None” option to download a free SONG, just a free APP. Strange? Well, I think so.



Then the download page for the app that I clicked did not say anywhere “Download”. And the little down-arrow button, when you click it, has stuff like Add to Wish List… but NO DOWNLOAD. So finally I figured out that clicking the NAME (not the down-arrow next to it) will download the app. Strange? Well, I think so.



So then it does the Apple ID login/registration process again and I select “None” and then I have to verify my e-mail address. So I click the link in the e-mail it sent me, and then it says I have to log in again! Like, the link doesn’t just work, until you log in. For no good reason. So I type my Apple ID… no wait, what the heck IS my Apple ID? well it’s the e-mail address I used, but they don’t tell you that. Strange? Well, I think so.



So I type the e-mail address and click on the Password box and hit Ctrl-V (because I had a random, long, secure password and it was in the Clipboard) and… NOTHING HAPPENS. So I right-click in the Password box, and click Paste and… NOTHING HAPPENS. Strange? Well, I think so.



So I RE-TYPE this secure, long, password, because the Mac website does not let me paste it in the box. Like they broke copy-and-paste. For no good reason. Strange? Well, I think so.



I guess I don’t “think differently” enough to use Mac.

Answer 7

Well I've actually never heard of anyone complain about a mac before. I own one and I absolutley love it, I own several mac products and have not had a problem with any of them.

Answer 8

I use a Mac, and am very happy with it. Have not heard any Mac users complaining about them.

Answer 9

I don't hate Apple but I hate how overrated there products are. Anything they come out with people think apple did it first. Tablets were out way before the Ipad but people think apple invented the tablet.

Answer 10

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