What's Wrong with MAC Language in This Video?

[Evo]

language alert - the F word is said twice during the video, so do not watch if this would upset you.

I may have to delete this if anyone thinks it's inappropriate.

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[scorpa]

Lol that is awesome...saved in my favorites now!

 

[Moonbear]

He obviously has no idea how to actually use a Mac, and must be working on some ancient operating system, because I haven't experienced anything like that since OS 9.x. Sure, Macs have quirks, but the stuff he's describing aren't any of them. It would have been funnier if he talked about those. I did laugh at the "cloverleaf" bit. I have never known what to call that symbol. Fortunately, there's an apple on the same key, so I always call it the "apple key." Since he seems to be trying to compare Mac to PC though, his gripes about using the apple-option-esc combination are pretty funny considering it's not any harder than hitting ctrl-alt-del, except the apple-option-esc combination actually works unlike the PC that is beyond hope by the time you're trying ctrl-alt-del to unfreeze it.

 

[Mk]

Everybody calls it the apple key. The symbol is officially the cloverleaf though because it is the Swedish symbol for "attractions."

 

[Cyrus]

Have you seen the one where E-machines told him to go F himself? It's a classic.

 

[Mk]

It is kind of funny that this guy seems to be an expert in Microsoft Windows and expects Mac OS 8.0 to be exactly the same.

He mentions that programs close without warning. That never happened to me. Maybe he is running and old system with not enough RAM?

He says that once you delete something on a mac, it is gone forever. Not true, just like in Microsoft, only the directory is removed. "If you know what you're doing you can go into DOS" and get the file back, on a Mac too. But just like on a PC, it is pretty much impossible to the average user. (Although the Apple's next operating system coming out in spring has the new integrated "Time Machine" that does this for you)

He talks about shutting down and losing files. With all the new Apple programs I believe this is circumvented by automatically saving a backup, as well as keeping a version somewhere invisble on backup for if you didn't get to save it, and it unexpectadly quits. This usually happens because of programming errors, but the program prompts you if you want to revert back to the unsaved version. (Also, with Time Machine, you don't even have to save)

He talks about shutting down the computer. I've had to do that once or twice, and you just press the button for three seconds. On the old iMacs, if you really had a problem (like he obviously had), you push a button in the back near the wires, and before that you would have poked something inside a little hole to turn it off.

The video is simply outdated.

 

[mattmns]

great post!

 

[Cyrus]

Fact is, both Windows xp and Mac OS are both very very good now.

 

[Mk]

I agree. They are both good.

But Mac OS X is better.

 

[Cyrus]

Ummm no, both have strengths and weaknesses.

 

[Danger]

That's so good that I suspect Apple of having produced it. Notice that he admitted that he had to create it on a Mac.

I'm still using 9.0, on a couple of G3's, with fewer instances of lockups such as he mentioned than I've experienced on W's PC or the one at work (Millenium and XP, respectively). My new laptop, which I should have within a couple of weeks, is a G3 iBook running Jaguar. The only problems that I anticipate involve trying to figure out how to use it.

 

[devious_]

My school recently switched most of its labs to MAC. Man, I have never seen such a sucky operating system UI.

 

[JamesU]

I've had like every problem he's talked about...

THe macs I've used most were at Elementary school(OS 8.2) and Middle School(OS 9) I can never open more than 3 programs, and whenever I want to switch, I have to open some menu. Most of the time the computers froze in the middle of running a program and I had to switch computers...Whenever I tried to unplug a mouse or keyboard and plug it back in(or plug one in if the mac didn't already have one) It wouldn't work...

anyway, I've used OSX once and I like it, no more annoyances

 

[scorpa]

I haven't used a mac since the old 5 inch black and white apples we used to have in the computer lab, but my friend just got a new Ibook and it looks awesome. I can't wait to try it out.

I know mac's are good now but it was still a hilarious video.

 

[ShawnD]

except the apple-option-esc combination actually works unlike the PC that is beyond hope by the time you're trying ctrl-alt-del to unfreeze it.

You use ctrl-alt-del to access the task manager. From there you manually end the process freezing your computer. It works almost every time, and has been this way since Windows 95.

I have experienced some things he mentioned, and some he didn't mention. There's always the annoying generic error message with a picture of a bomb where the only button is "Restart". That's the mac version of the blue screen. Then there's the error saying you have the wrong pallet any time you try to run basically anything. When it runs out of memory, the computer just freezes with a warning saying you've run out of memory. Does MacOS even have a pagefile? Sometimes I wonder.

 

[DeadWolfe]

That's almost as stupid as actual Mac ads.

 

[Moonbear]

You use ctrl-alt-del to access the task manager. From there you manually end the process freezing your computer. It works almost every time, and has been this way since Windows 95.

Oh, no, I have a very special knack for freezing computers very thoroughly, no half-measure for me. If I get to that point, it needs to be shut down.

I have experienced some things he mentioned, and some he didn't mention. There's always the annoying generic error message with a picture of a bomb where the only button is "Restart". That's the mac version of the blue screen. Then there's the error saying you have the wrong pallet any time you try to run basically anything. When it runs out of memory, the computer just freezes with a warning saying you've run out of memory. Does MacOS even have a pagefile? Sometimes I wonder.

I haven't encountered any of those since...hmmm...a LONG time. Definitely not since OS X has been out. Oh, wait, I did get the mac version of the blue screen of death, on an old laptop (the black plastic ones) that had been used and abused by many people before me...a week later the motherboard fried, so it was more likely a warning of the more dire things to come. I've periodically had a program stop responding, but those have only been microsoft programs...I don't blame my poor mac for getting all itchy when I use those.

 

[Moonbear]

That's almost as stupid as actual Mac ads.

Hey, wait! I love the new Mac ads! My favorite is the one where PC is trying to hide from the spyware.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Mac... Hah! Try to work in the real world with one of those.

 

[scorpa]

The lost mac ads:
[MEDIA=youtube]zNoOom8wng0[/MEDIA][/URL]...the last one with the ipod is the best

 

[Gokul43201]

Oh you poor misguided souls! Windows and MAC OS, both svck. Linux (and sometimes OS/2) are the way to go!

 

[Mickey]

I have one thing to say about the coolness of the Mac.

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Okay. Maybe two things.

[url]https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=1090215#post1090215[/url]

 

[Anttech]

Mac... Hah! Try to work in the real world with one of those.

Yeap, only of the shelf, everything works, Unix OS, with eye candy, for the desktop. In the real world most servers are *nix. I always said I would never use a mac until they were able to give me the tools I need, now it does. Mac has basically stolen all the best bits of Opensource and added them to the OS, fink/Darwinports for distrubution, many network tools, x11 to run those Unix/Linux apps. Cant ask for more really, (ohh well they could make it totally 'free', but hey Jobs isn't going to do that just yet)

 

[Chi Meson]

It is kind of funny that this guy seems to be an expert in Microsoft Windows and expects Mac OS 8.0 to be exactly the same.

He mentions that programs close without warning. That never happened to me. Maybe he is running and old system with not enough RAM?

He says that once you delete something on a mac, it is gone forever. Not true, just like in Microsoft, only the directory is removed. "If you know what you're doing you can go into DOS" and get the file back, on a Mac too. But just like on a PC, it is pretty much impossible to the average user. (Although the Apple's next operating system coming out in spring has the new integrated "Time Machine" that does this for you)

He talks about shutting down and losing files. With all the new Apple programs I believe this is circumvented by automatically saving a backup, as well as keeping a version somewhere invisble on backup for if you didn't get to save it, and it unexpectadly quits. This usually happens because of programming errors, but the program prompts you if you want to revert back to the unsaved version. (Also, with Time Machine, you don't even have to save)

He talks about shutting down the computer. I've had to do that once or twice, and you just press the button for three seconds. On the old iMacs, if you really had a problem (like he obviously had), you push a button in the back near the wires, and before that you would have poked something inside a little hole to turn it off.

The video is simply outdated.

Well, I was just about to say that. (All of that).

He was obviously referring to OSX when he mentioned the "dock" popping up on the bottom. So don't put you icons there. And if your Mac crashes, you need more RAM. That's the ONE RULE!

Still, it was funny. I think I have encountered each problem he mentioned,
at least once
since I started using a Mac
in 1986

 

[Mk]

The bouncy thing is kind of annoying you don't want to click on it. I always click on it, then close it, hide it, or minimize it though.

I don't like how Windows computers (in my experience) take so long to start up. Because Microsoft had the great idea that you should turn everything on when you start the computer so you don't have to wait later. I just end up having to close all the programs in the taskbar, because most of them I can't figure out how to make it so it is not activate on start up. GAH! It should be in the options/prefs shouldn't it??

 

[Kalimaa23]

I've worked with both, and I think that as with all systems, they work well when well maintained. One thing that I do not like about Windows pc's is that you need to reinstall the OS once every few years or so due to the registry being filled up with junk, something that isn't nescessary with mac (or so I'm told).

 

[Anttech]

OSx doesn't work with a registry hive. But you should clean up you bin folders of orphans every now and then.

 

[Evo]

I've worked with both, and I think that as with all systems, they work well when well maintained. One thing that I do not like about Windows pc's is that you need to reinstall the OS once every few years or so due to the registry being filled up with junk, something that isn't nescessary with mac (or so I'm told).

They have some good free registry cleaners available.

The video was just in fun. All of the "creative" types I know that do a lot of computer generated images use MAC.

 

[turbo]

I have worked with Macs (had an employer who was stupid enough to buy all-new application software every time there was an OS upgrade!) and my own PCs running CP/M (yes, I am that old) DOS and Windows. I far prefer the Microsoft products for their backward compatibility. Yes, there is a learning curve to figure out how to keep the OS as bug-free and protected as possible, but for years there was a certain satisfaction is being able to hop to command-line mode and run Word-Star. That WP would scream on a 286.

 

[rcgldr]

some ancient operating system

Which is what Macs ran for years (no pre-emption in the OS, how many years after Windows NT and it's offspring were released until OSX?) Regarding hardware, until the 1990's Macs had no DMA, but PC's had DMA since day 1 (1981). The real downfall of Mac happened when they decided to raise prices in late 1989, and cheap 286 color PC's with Windows came out in 1990, later followed by 386 boxes, 486, pentiums, ... They went from about 20% market share down to around 5%. Then again, so did IBM, as clones took over, and IBMs decision to only include 386 cpus in their PS/2 machines which many mistakenly thought could only run OS/2. I still have my "Microsoft OS/2" coffee cup as a a reminder of those old days. PC-Limited, which became Dell, eventually dominated with it's then orignal concept of purchase by phone/mail and later internet.

It is an old video, here's a link to the original, with some info on the parody.

http://www.happynowhere.net/mac_parody.php