Microsoft taking on the Mac again

Microsoft is slamming Apple with a new web page filled with comparisons. The company believes Windows PCs are better for having fun, simplicity, working hard, sharing, compatibility and choice. In the process of highlighting differences, the Microsoft team delivers some howlers; check out the Compatibility tab, for instance, and see if you can find the slightest mention of the company's own soon-to-be-revised Office suite for Mac.

While all these issues are debatable, it's another round fired in what has been a continuing artillery barrage originating from Apple (with the I'm a Mac ads) and Microsoft (I'm a PC, Seinfeld, Windows 7 was my idea, etc.) via their respective advertising agencies.

Most of these shots at Apple are quite lame, like 'Macs don't like to share', (Bonjour anyone?) but some hit closer to the mark (no Blu-ray drives on the Mac). Dive in and find your own wacky claim! It's fun for the whole family.

Another day, another battle. Microsoft may be worried about recent reports that Apple is making big gains in higher education, or maybe the iPad and the iPhone have Redmond feeling jittery. As far as I'm concerned, it's just good competition, which makes everyone better.

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Mannurse

Been experiencing issues in Portal and Team Fortress 2 since Steam (finally) came to Mac OS? Apple released an update yesterday for Mac OS X 10.6.4 users that fixes frame rate issues that have been found in both titles.

Not to mention the update also fixes the reported crash issues found in Blizzard's newest money machine, StarCraft II (check out our review here), and oddly enough, Aperture 3. According to AppleInsider, the update also fixes an issue where image display becomes problematic when switching external displays while your Mac is turned on.

The 69.2MB update is available for free on Apple's support site and requires Mac OS 10.6.4.

August 18 2010 at 2:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Thrilhouse

Woody said, "You cannot be serious.
Even when games are available on Mac - and many are not - they are inferior to the Windows version. "

That is in the hands of the developer concerning the quality. They choose to give mac users incomplete or buggy software.

August 18 2010 at 12:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tommy Hogan

Most people buy Microsoft- based computers because they are more economical, a plain fact. If the prices were equal for both Apple and MS, I don't think Apple could keep up with the supply. If you just need a computer to check sales on the Internet and type an occasional letter, then why spend money on something more technically advanced---like an Apple? The students and my son's college are ALL changing over to Apples, however, because the viruses have ripped everyone's homework and data to shreds..many students just opt for the low end 13" laptop and are thrilled with it's capability and lack of issues. Apple is so far advanced and ahead of Microsoft, that it is shameful to see the lack of progress at Microsoft over the years---Windows will eventually go to Cloud-based computing because the OS has gone as far as it can go and is at a dead end. Bill Gates tried for many years to gain control of the Apple OS through the courts, but he didn't win that one...before it became clear that he wouldn't win, he declared the Apple OS to be the platform of the future, and he was right...As for Blue Ray, this is something that I equate with my TV and not my computer. For me, this is no issue at all

August 10 2010 at 4:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Thanh Nguyen

Deciding between a PC and a Mac?

You'll be happy to know that your Mac IS A PC. That's right, your Mac is a personal computer. To make things better, it will run major OSes without hacking. Windows runs on your Mac. Mac OS X runs on your Mac. Linux also runs on your Mac.

Microsoft needs to start promoting Windows, not PCs. They're just giving manufacturers such as HP and Dell free advertising. Last I checked, Microsoft specialized with software, not hardware. Perhaps if they focused on developing Windows, instead of giving free advertising, they wouldn't have to worry this much.

August 10 2010 at 2:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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gkdotclass

Problem is PC manufacturers give Microsoft a TON of money in licences.

So effectively they're Microsoft direct customers and the ones that have to be pleased (not the puny Windows lusers bleargh..)

Similar thing happened with mobile phones, manufacturers created models as the networks saw fit, until Apple came along and single handedly turned that model upside down.

August 10 2010 at 4:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Marco

I'm on Mac and I wan't to encrypt my system files, somebody help!

August 10 2010 at 1:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Luke

If the comments about Movies, TV Tuners, Blu Ray and extending to xbox are enough to finally get apple to create a REAL apple TV, I will donate to Microsoft's campaign myself.

I want Apple's answer to the lounge room!

August 10 2010 at 10:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mike

I went ahead and responded to each one. Macs came out on top or the feature was useless every single time.

http://tumblr.com/xpwfew5c7

August 10 2010 at 10:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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TIm

Some of the retorts are spot on .. like the mouse one.

Other are pretty weak to be honest. You can hardly argue that there is better game support in Windows and more games as well ... just saying use bootcamp is pretty weak.
Also hardware choice is much greater.
And yes some of those Mac shortcut are driving me nuts .. Home and End key for starters.

T.

August 10 2010 at 11:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Vaganza

I'd like to point out (because I see this happen all the time) Office files created in Office 2007 and 2010, have to be saved differently to allow people running Office 2003 on Windows (which a lot of people still do) to open them. (Unless you can get the compatibility pack installed on Office 2003) (BTW, most often you end up having to reload Office completely to get that to work)

August 10 2010 at 1:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

iwuzbord

aaahhh. much better.

August 10 2010 at 9:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tom

Mac OS X and a PS3 (gaming and blu-ray) beat Windows 7 and an XBOX 360.

August 10 2010 at 9:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Liquidmark

The site is gone now!

August 10 2010 at 9:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply