I'll help you with your problem before I tear you a new asshole, hows that. Go to the companies website and see if they have drivers for that peice of hardware for OS X, if not, the peice of hardware should probably still work. OS X tends to be pretty decent towards hardware detection.
Anyways... Back to the Mac fanboys and your propoganda bullshit. I like Mac Laptops. If i could afford one right now I would own a Powerbook to use for school because I like them a lot, would I keep OS X on it? No... I would install GentooPPC Linux.
Your arguments towards why PC's suck are all directed towards Windows in general, which is a flawed OS, however, if you know how to maintain your computer properly you won't have a problem. Install updates, don't use Internet Explorer, use Firefox instead, run Ad-Aware, don't download and run random email attachments, etc. All of this is common sense that every Windows user should know, however most people just blame it on the hardware, when 90% of the time its problems with the person using the software. I have to have a Windows PC for school, because I use Visual Studio .net for assignments. It runs perfectly fine, does everything I need, doesn't have a bit of spyware on it and no virus's even after having the same Windows XP installation for almost a year. It all just comes down to who can use a computer and who can't. OS X is not immune to spyware or problems either. If you people cared to read up on Slashdot and other news sites, there was an article about spyware being developed for the Mac OS X program. The thing is, its just not feasible since Mac's take up such a small portion of the market, its more feasible to program malware for the Windows platform. This is why you see so many Windows spyware and virus's. In any case, I really don't like using Windows. I use my own compilation of Gentoo Linux. It does everything I need, doesn't have any problems, uses barely any system resources while running (unlike OS X or Windows, which are equally as bloated) You can argue the superiority of Mac processors all day long, sure, the G5 is a superior processor, but what are you paying for it? I can build a new PC for 300 dollars, can you buy any Mac for anywhere near that cheap? No, to get the top of the line Mac its WELL over 3 grand. I can build a top of the line PC for under 1,000 bucks, and it will be upgradeable in the future, will the Mac? Not as much as the PC. Sure you can add a DVD burner, or RAM, but nowhere near as upgradable or tweakable as your average PC. The prices you people pay are absolutely ludicrous for the average Mac, and no, the same software is NOT availible for OS X as for a Windows box. Windows computers have an EXTREMELY hefty share of the market, 90% of game companies write for Windows only, and a good portion of other applications are written Windows only, its just good buisness sense. Would you spend an assload of money catering to a minority group, or make good money catering to the majority. It's the same reason I get angry because I can't locate certain programs for my Linux box.
-Andy
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