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Computer Analyst thinks Macs are better, now

updated 03:15 pm EST, Thu March 14, 2002

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Tim Bajarin, computer consultant and leading computer industry analyst, explains why Apple's new line of Macs (and Mac OS X) will help convert PC users. "The Titanium has given me some real reasons to consider making it a more integral part of my computing lifestyle. The new Mac OS X is by far the best windowing operating system on the market today."

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Mr. G4
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We knew that

We, Mac users, knew that all along.

:)

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Mixed Blessing

I'm happy to give Mr. Bajarin points for being willing to make a public statement regarding the quality of OS X, but on the other hand, his facts are no more accurate than many of those that damn the system. There are enough errors and mistakes in the article that he would be flooded with flames had he not come out in OS X's favor -- but do we really want to the public to believe that the Mac OS is great for media apps, but not practical for anything else? HIs review seems to suggest that the Mac is great for a second computer, but if you have to go with just one....

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I think

it's a sign that the G5 is juist around the corner.

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no g5

till march 2003. sorry.

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G5

Where exactly do you see a sign of the G5 in there? Some poeple just want too much.

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RE: g5

I think he was joking... ;-)

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The G5 guy might be right

there are very subtle hints in the article that the G5 might be coming. The plot is thickening.

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soopersecret

if you'd play Revolution Number 9 backwards (from the Beatles' "White Album"), you would know that the G5 is coming out on EXACTLY November 25th, 2002.

like, duh.

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Windowing System?

I guess he means a mouse oriented user interface? Isn't it interesting when Apple's own innovations somehow become a "Windows" system.

Whatever, I still do not understand why anybody would voluntarily use Windows---especially when it is harder to maintain than the Hubble telescope and less reliable than the Russian phone company.

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Apple can rename any

chip Motorola will supply in quantity a "G5", so it may as well be tomorrow. I think what we Mac users are waiting for isn't just a name designation but an expert completion of a totally new chip architecture with higher clock rates.

In the meantime all the G4-based computers are still exceptional compared to those other guys'.

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G6

Actually, if you read the article backards, it clearly states that Apple will skip right over the G5 and launch a line of new desktops based on the G6 processor, with speeds starting at 3GHz! Awesome - I can't wait!

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re: Windowing system?

Windowing is a descriptive term here, not a branding term. When you've got directories open in Mac OS, you still call them windows. So it's a windows-based GUI, not a Windows-based GUI.

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Re: G6

hey! i read the dang article backwards and i beg to differ with you! it is clear that the new chip will be designated as the GeeWhiz and clock in (no pun intended, yeah right) at 2.999999999GHz

of course.

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I dunno, but I've been reading my tea leaves and they say that Apple is doomed and will collapse by the end of this week. So, no G5. Sorry folks.

(sarcasm)

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Whatever

This review is nice because it's pro-Mac, but reading it gives one the idea that a Mac is good for multimedia and publishing, but nothing else.

This guy never explains why he even needs Windows! Surely not because he needs Office, or any other productivity app. As a consultant, he needs Windows only because he must know it well for consulting. But he should have pointed that out, and said that for most people a Mac is the better choice.

Still, it's good to see OS X getting such rave reviews. I've said all along, that with OS X there is no way Apple can go under, it is simply awesome.

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Aqua bar?

Last time I checked it was called the Dock.

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Aqua bar

only refers to bars that sell only water I guess. Anyway, it's kinda nice to hear MacOS X being the best OS on the market. Considering we're only at the beginning of its era. Just imagine what OS X will be in a year or two. Personnally, I'd say OS X is the most promising OS of the market. As far as saying it's the current best, well, maybe though it sure lacks many features and speed which, undoubtedly, will come in the future. I guess by the time the G5 is released, the Mac OS platform will be a killer one. I can't help laughing at Windows users who will never get to experience this.

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Tim Bajarin

With all the good things he's said of Apple in the past year(s), you'd have thought he was a mostly-Mac user who happens to use Windows at work, not a mostly-Windows user who uses Macs on the side.

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Computer Analyst thinks Macs are better, now

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soopersecret

Windowing System?

Apple can rename any

G6

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Whatever

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