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Posted: 16 September 2005 10:33 AM
I often wonder this. Would the world be more efficient and more creative if everyone used Macs or does it matter? Chime in with you answers and explanations.
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Posted: 16 September 2005 11:53 AM
everyone will be using macs - just you wait and see!
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Posted: 16 September 2005 12:29 PM
Overall, I think that it would run more effecient. But it may take away the variety of creation that people have. I think that people create differently on different systems. I wouldn’t want to deprive ourselves of that.
The IT world would certainly be a different place.
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Posted: 16 September 2005 01:13 PM
Hadley Stern - Sep 16, 2005 10:33am I often wonder this. Would the world be more efficient and more creative if everyone used Macs or does it matter? Chime in with you answers and explanations.
One would have to establish first that Macs make users more efficient and creative. And I don’t think that’s the case. So no, I don’t think that a Mac monopoly would make the world any better than a Microsoft one.
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Posted: 16 September 2005 01:32 PM
With the threat of viruses and other crap gone, the computing experience would feel better,… oh wait I already own a Mac! I already live in that world and it is a better place!
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Posted: 16 September 2005 02:22 PM
If Macs were the norm, viruses would be developed for them. Macs are safer because infecting them wont make a big enough impact.
At least that was always what i’ve been told.
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Posted: 16 September 2005 03:39 PM
BigMac - Sep 16, 2005 02:22pm If Macs were the norm, viruses would be developed for them. Macs are safer because infecting them wont make a big enough impact.
At least that was always what i’ve been told.
Oh NO!!!! Big Mac, you may have opened the box on that one. Be prepared for a barrage of comments. 
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Posted: 16 September 2005 03:58 PM
If Macs were the norm then things would more than likely stay fairly the same… but with a few differences....
am I being vague enough?
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Posted: 16 September 2005 04:01 PM
stukdog, jdmiller82’s vagueness just saved my Pandora post.
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Posted: 16 September 2005 05:05 PM
BigMac - Sep 16, 2005 02:22pm If Macs were the norm, viruses would be developed for them. Macs are safer because infecting them wont make a big enough impact.
One of the biggest proliferators of viruses and spyware is USER ignorance and error. There is 0% chance of that factor going away even under a Mac monopoly.
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Posted: 16 September 2005 06:33 PM
Fair enough, Beeblebox, but answer the question, I’d love to hear your input. Would the world be a matter place if everyone used Macs? Would people be more productive, more creative, happier?
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Posted: 16 September 2005 07:26 PM
Hadley Stern - Sep 16, 2005 06:33pm Fair enough, Beeblebox, but answer the question, I’d love to hear your input. Would the world be a matter place if everyone used Macs? Would people be more productive, more creative, happier?
I answered in my previous post. No, in the sense that it has not been definitively established that Macs make users more efficient or creative (or passive, peaceful, happier, productive, etc), I don’t think that a Mac monopoly would be noticeably different from a Windows one.
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Posted: 16 September 2005 07:57 PM
Maybe for everyone else, but not for me. Who would I have then to feel superior to because of my enlightened choice of computers?
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Posted: 18 September 2005 12:04 AM
Beeblebrox - Sep 16, 2005 07:26pm Hadley Stern - Sep 16, 2005 06:33pm Fair enough, Beeblebox, but answer the question, I’d love to hear your input. Would the world be a matter place if everyone used Macs? Would people be more productive, more creative, happier?
I answered in my previous post. No, in the sense that it has not been definitively established that Macs make users more efficient or creative (or passive, peaceful, happier, productive, etc), I don’t think that a Mac monopoly would be noticeably different from a Windows one.
Hadley you must know that Beeblebrox has drawn a line in the sand that he will not cross, because beyond that is Mac Zealot territory, we all know that his crappy experience with a lemon G3 has created the curmudgeonly attitude that permeates all his posts.
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Posted: 18 September 2005 10:08 AM
MacGlee - Sep 18, 2005 12:04am Beeblebrox - Sep 16, 2005 07:26pm Hadley Stern - Sep 16, 2005 06:33pm Fair enough, Beeblebox, but answer the question, I’d love to hear your input. Would the world be a matter place if everyone used Macs? Would people be more productive, more creative, happier?
I answered in my previous post. No, in the sense that it has not been definitively established that Macs make users more efficient or creative (or passive, peaceful, happier, productive, etc), I don’t think that a Mac monopoly would be noticeably different from a Windows one.
Hadley you must know that Beeblebrox has drawn a line in the sand that he will not cross, because beyond that is Mac Zealot territory, we all know that his crappy experience with a lemon G3 has created the curmudgeonly attitude that permeates all his posts.
I second that.
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Posted: 18 September 2005 12:02 PM
Can I just ask Beeblebrox why he continues to come to the forums and Apple Matters if he seems to love Windows so much?
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