Comments on: One more reason to consider switch to MAC OS.

By: jmscharff2

jmscharff2 — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:57:36 +0000

I agree with you wizardcreations the game support is getting better, however it isn’t at the same pace with windows. I do look foward to them both being at the same pace because with the OS X superb operating system that rarely crashes the games will be even better. I didn’t mean to say that OS X can’t play games I just meant they arn’t at the same place.

By: Sergejs

Sergejs — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:04:55 +0000

That’s nice, that somewhere teachers use Keynote to teach students.
Unfortunately, MAC OS is not the OS that is used by our teachers in Latvia (I’m talking about my university, I’d get master degree), some of them even do not know anything about PowerPoint.

There is such big difference between default PowerPoint and default Keynote presentation, probably content is most important thing that design, but I think design plays big role.

I’m completely agree with you, it is a total GEM.
As well, in case you have basic understanding of what should you put to the presentation, Keynote could be lethal weapon, in case you have skills to create good presentation.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:44:14 +0000

I use Keynote every day in a teaching role with elementary students. It is a total gem. Not much else to say except it is worth the cost of the iWork suite alone.

By: Sergejs

Sergejs — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:57:24 +0000

jmscharff2, thank you for the comments.
I’m using 3 of them simultaneosly MAC OS (Leopard), Windows (Windows XP), Linux (mostly Ubuntu, Gutsy and Feisty). I agree, that there will be always specific software that may run only on Windows for instance.

However, I should agree with wizardcreations. Previously, I had the same thoughts about games and MAC support, as I’m not big fan of the games really, it is not a big deal (I like[d] to play sport simulators like NHL or interesting strategy), but recently I’ve found the interesting list,
http://www.apple.com/games/articles/
You may look and go trough – list is getting bigger, as MAC OS becomes more popular, so people who like gaming may expect even more supported games from the manufacturers.

By: wizardcreations

wizardcreations — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:35:09 +0000

I disagree slightly with what jmscharff2 is saying about games on macs (no offense jmscharf), the support for gaming on macs is getting better and better, you can easily pickup bioshock for mac and other games.

By: jmscharff2

jmscharff2 — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:28:05 +0000

I agree what OS you choose depends on what you are looking for and keynote is an excellent part of what you can do with a Mac. Personally I use both Windows and Mac, (not on the same machine) and I find them to be both great OS’s yes Windows crashes more and Mac can’t play popular games. It is really about what you are looking at doing, and I think that this blog post is a perfect example of just that. If you do presentations then OS X might be the way to go, if you want to play the most popular and new games Windows might be the way to go.

Very well wrtten post and informative about something specific for OSX