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e2Gl51, Diesel wrote:
you don't understand what it is you're reading, mostly because you
don't use macs and don't understand how they work, and based on
your posts, you are an apple-hating troll.
Partially correct. I don't like macs, would prefer not to use macs,
but, I'm not an Apple hating troll, and, I do understand how they
work.
based on what you've written, you haven't any clue whatsoever about how
macs work (or anything else apple makes). everything you've said is
nothing more than ignorant apple-bashing trolling.
In the event you missed them, I've included some below:
https://arstechnica.com/security/201...vered-mac-malw
are-may-have- circulated-in-the-wild-for-2-years/
Apple issues MacOS update that automatically protects infected
machines.
already patched. non-issue.
The article is from January, and, you claimed Macs didn't have
malware in the wild. The article disputes that statement.
it's been patched so it no longer applies, and it also required user
installation anyway.
in the wild means propagates on its own. there is no mac malware that
propagates on its own. period.
meanwhile, wannacry and petya are currently pwning millions of windows
systems worldwide.
not a single mac has been affected.
nothing is 100% secure, but macs are definitely well above windows.
Android is beating the snot out of the ios...
nope.
http://bgr.com/2017/01/12/iphone-vs-...q4-2016-us-uk/
In the United States, Applešs iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 6s
were three best-selling smartphones during the three-month period
ended in November. According to Kantar, the three devices combined to
account for 31.3% of all smartphone sales in the US. Samsungšs Galaxy
S7 and Galaxy S7 edge took the numbers four and five spots, combining
to account for 28.9% of all smartphone sales in the region.
Applešs share of the US smartphone market climbed 6.4% on-year to
43.5% in the three months ended in November, while Android slipped
5.1% to 55.3%.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2016/...ne-grabs-big-m
arket-share-in-the-us.aspx
Based on Kantar's data, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus seem to have
hit the ground running. iPhone sales represented 40.5% of smartphone
sales in the three months ending October -- up a notable seven
percentage points year over year, from 33.5%.
most android devices are cheap phones, often just feature phones which
doesn't even have the google play store, which means it's barely even
an android phone. there's no way to add new apps. comparing feature
phones to flagship phones such as the iphone and the samsung galaxy
series is bogus.
I'm not a big fan of Chrome books
myself, because of their limited
functionality as compared to a real PC,
chromebooks in no way have limited functionality. what they do is
optimized for different use cases, and they do it *better* than trying
to hack a windows pc into doing the same tasks.
but, I'd much rather see them in more
educational areas than I would
the Apples anyday.
only because you're ignorant and hate everything apple.
pick the best tool for the job. sometimes it's apple and sometimes it's
not.
intentionally avoiding a product because of who makes it, particularly
when it's the best choice, is *stupid*.
Some schools are investing in the chromebooks, aka, wannabe
laptops.
chromebooks aren't wannabe laptops. some of them are more
expensive than a windows laptop.
Chromebooks are most certainly wannabe laptops.
nonsense.
Cost doesn't mean
everything, either.
it does to you, because you keep yapping about prices.
what matters is the best tool for a given task and how productive a
person is when using it.
One can purchase a really cheap, LOW END windows
laptop for less than some Chromebooks, sure.
one can purchase cheap low end crap for all sorts of things. they are
generally utter junk.
linux is great for servers. buy a bunch of asus boxes and set up a
server rack. nothing wrong with that.
Linux certainly shines in the server world. As well as embedded
devices, routers, etc things that allow us to communicate. it's also
gaining ground on the desktop.
no it isn't. linux desktop share is dropping, less than 2% as of right
now.
for the desktop, however, linux is a horrible choice because of
the sheer lack of software, particularly quality software. major
companies, such as adobe and microsoft, ignore it. even smaller
players, such as garmin, ignore it.
Adobe isn't ignoring Linux...They're supporting flash and reader on
linux, again. Microsoft certainly isn't ignoring it! Where have you been?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window...stem_for_Linux
flash is dead and reader for linux has been discontinued.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/10/a...nload-pulled-w
ebsite
Garmins GPS devices run linux....
it doesn't matter what it runs internally because that's never exposed
to the user.
as i said, linux is a reasonable choice for embedded devices.
And you can get the garmin to talk
to a linux box, it just may not be as simple as Windows or Mac.
that's what unsupported means.
while you're trying to get it to work, mac/windows users already synced
their data and are off doing whatever it is they want to do with the
gps.
Gimp isn't supposed to be a replacement for Photoshop, so I don't
see why you're even bringing it up? As far as running substantially
slower on the same hardware, that hasn't been my experience...So,
what hardware specifically are you using for the comparison?
it doesn't matter what hardware it is.
pick whatever hardware you want.
the gimp will be substantially slower than photoshop on the very same
hardware, over 10x slower in some cases. it's shocking how unoptimized
the gimp is.
adobe spends an insane amount of time optimizing the hell out of
photoshop, going to such extreme lengths as tuning it to specific
processor variants as well as designing their own virtual memory system
that's optimized for image processing, which goes well beyond the
limitations of the operating system.
Btw, Gimp supports some of the photoshop native plugins now, too.
http://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-...lugins-in-gimp
only filter plugins, and of those, not all of them, and of the ones
that do work, there are numerous compatibility issues.
a graphics professional will not touch the gimp.
graphics professionals don't have the time to waste ****ing around
trying to get crappy products to work. they can afford professional
tools, which pay for themselves.