Lack of support for Mac users
Fair point, we are indeed open to suggestions. However, the reason we merged the Mac and Linux boards is… because the Mac board was seeing so little use. 
As a Mac user I know where you're coming from with your complaint, but as a moderator I feel I have to stand by the decision to remove the board – the main aim of the forum redesign was to remove subforums and reduce the number of boards in general, by eradicating ones that received little use, and the Mac board did unfortunately fall squarely in to that category. (I'm pretty certain there were times when weeks would pass without a single post there.)
As a Mac user I know where you're coming from with your complaint, but as a moderator I feel I have to stand by the decision to remove the board – the main aim of the forum redesign was to remove subforums and reduce the number of boards in general, by eradicating ones that received little use, and the Mac board did unfortunately fall squarely in to that category. (I'm pretty certain there were times when weeks would pass without a single post there.)
and quite a good one MacOS10 - came from the forum shakeup unfortunately.
i agree with adiewoo on this one, unfortunately being on the "lesser" market OS, PN will probably rely on users to fill in the support library (hell, thats what its for) - and alot of people are more than happy to help - i mean look around the forums
i agree with adiewoo on this one, unfortunately being on the "lesser" market OS, PN will probably rely on users to fill in the support library (hell, thats what its for) - and alot of people are more than happy to help - i mean look around the forums
or you could just get people to add a starting tag with their OS before the title of their query..
e.g.
[Mac OSX] i have a virus and i dont know what to do...
[Ubuntu Linux] Samba streaming sucks- ideas...
etc. ?
e.g.
[Mac OSX] i have a virus and i dont know what to do...
[Ubuntu Linux] Samba streaming sucks- ideas...
etc.
?
Nono, [OSX] Why can't I play my Blu-Ray movie? We could go on for weeks with the short comings of each different OS, but for a general consumer machine that does everything you want it to do without any fuss or hassle, you pick a PC with Windows 7. If you want to go a bit more advanced and don't mind losing out on general compatibility with (Windows) software, you switch to Linux, if you want to spend a lot of money on a machine which isn't as secure as people think it is, you switch to OSX 
Beginning of the year for instance, I put in a new motherboard and CPU, switching from AMD to Intel, booted up Windows 7 and it just got on with it without any fuss, uninstalled the old drivers and accepted the new ones, no mess, no hassle, my Linux install died on me.
Mac's are, and always will be, a minority system that'll never compete with Windows, Linux too will never compete with Windows, Windows will always have a market share around 90%, maybe dropping to 80% who knows (Google OS may be really good, or the iPad may get classed as a PC). My laptop is capable of running OSX, which is why it's running Windows 7
Beginning of the year for instance, I put in a new motherboard and CPU, switching from AMD to Intel, booted up Windows 7 and it just got on with it without any fuss, uninstalled the old drivers and accepted the new ones, no mess, no hassle, my Linux install died on me.
Mac's are, and always will be, a minority system that'll never compete with Windows, Linux too will never compete with Windows, Windows will always have a market share around 90%, maybe dropping to 80% who knows (Google OS may be really good, or the iPad may get classed as a PC). My laptop is capable of running OSX, which is why it's running Windows 7
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See, this is why I never go into the "Mac / Linux" thread!
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See, this is why I never go into the "Mac / Linux" thread!
It's just things no one can deny, the OSX market share is tiny. If it wasn't for Microsoft, Apple would have gone bankrupt, if it wasn't for Microsoft, Apple and Google would be looking at anti-trust investigations left, right and centre.
Mac users love to look down on Windows users, but a Mac is basically a PC, it's so much a PC it can run Windows and a normal Intel PC can run OSX but Apple prevent (or try to prevent) that from happening, could you imagine how many anti-trust lawsuits would hit Microsoft if they blocked Windows from running on a Mac? Exactly, Apple are allowed to get away with behaviour that Microsoft can't get away with.
Apple is now (apparently) the worlds 2nd most valuable company by share price. Has Jobs agreed to give away all his money when he dies (like Gates has)? Nope, he's not even a charitable person. Gates is giving away his money as quick as possible to good causes and when he dies all his money goes to charity (along with several other billionaires). People slam MS because it's the thing to do, us Windows users expect it from Linux users because the morality of the two sides (closed vs open source) are incompatible, but the profit margins Apple get away with, well.... And yes, I own an Apple product
Mac users love to look down on Windows users, but a Mac is basically a PC, it's so much a PC it can run Windows and a normal Intel PC can run OSX but Apple prevent (or try to prevent) that from happening, could you imagine how many anti-trust lawsuits would hit Microsoft if they blocked Windows from running on a Mac? Exactly, Apple are allowed to get away with behaviour that Microsoft can't get away with.
Apple is now (apparently) the worlds 2nd most valuable company by share price. Has Jobs agreed to give away all his money when he dies (like Gates has)? Nope, he's not even a charitable person. Gates is giving away his money as quick as possible to good causes and when he dies all his money goes to charity (along with several other billionaires). People slam MS because it's the thing to do, us Windows users expect it from Linux users because the morality of the two sides (closed vs open source) are incompatible, but the profit margins Apple get away with, well.... And yes, I own an Apple product
Could we all try to avoid going down the route of discussing each company's merits or lack thereof please. This thread is supposed to be for Mac-related feedback concerning Plusnet… and I fear that unless someone nips things in the bud now (which is what I'm attempting to do with this), the thread will end up becoming just another Mac vs PC debate with which the internet's already full up.
