Mac vs. PC - Networking

Watch the following (it is a Mac vs. PC Commercial and is based on networking)

This video is showing how Apple products is able to be interconnect and understand other countries.  Again, as all the Mac vs. PC Commercials are, they are very biased and again, they are TRUE!  When you receive any product from the Apple Store, it comes installed with Language settings etc and they are easy to find.  On the other hand however, PC doesn't make it so easy to change the settings of languages.

Mac can provide every language presently used in the world built into there products.  They ensure that Apple products will please every single user.  There language options help there customer satisfactory thrive.  They also provide language translation that comes with the computer on there widgets.  Because of there excessive language functions there are able to connect with all Apple companies all over the world and discuss certain issues.

Because Apple includes all of their language settings built into there products it expands the amount of social networking and makes it easier for people to interconnect with many people all over the world.  Any computer can do this, but Apple makes it even easier with there language settings already built into there systems.

- Apple vs. PC
"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish"  Steve Jobs

Mac vs. PC - Security

Watch the following (it is a Mac vs. PC Commercial and is based on the security of Macs and PC)

Although these commercials are very biased they are also very true.  PC does have a lot of security problems.  There are often tabs popping up on the screens asking you questions and warning you about viruses approaching.  This can become very frustrating and annoying.  PC may be cautious about viruses, but the way they display and prevent there viruses is not very practical.

Apple does not carry any viruses because of their high tech systems, they found a way to prevent viruses from entering Apple products.  They ensure before anything is sent out to the Apple shops that all viruses have been dealt with and taken away from the Apple products system.  For example, there was an instance with the ipad 2.  It was sent out for shipping and whilst it was being shipped a virus was found.  Therefore all of the shippings of the ipad 2's were cancelled and sent back to the Apple Headquarters.  The virus was removed from the ipads and they were then sent out for shipping again.  This shows that Apple ensures before they send anything out that all the viruses are taken care of.

Because of Apple's high tech computerizing systems, there customer satisfactory is excellent.  It is great having a computer, but having a computer and knowing nothing will harm it is even greater and that is why I believe Apple is one of the safest networking systems in the world.

- Apple vs. PC
"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." Steve Jobs

Apple vs. PC - OS X Lion

      The majority of my blogs will be based on the Apple vs. PC commercials, but just the other day, Apple came out with a new operating system called OS X Lion which I have just recently downloaded onto my mac and it is great.

      One of the updates that is included on OS X Lion is the multi-touch trackpad.  You can view mission control, switch between open apps, two-finger scroll, tap to zoom, pinch to zoom, and swipe to navigate.  All of this can be done with the trackpad, no keyboard short cuts.  Without OS X Lion, none of this was possible, you would have to use keyboard short cuts or go the long route and not use any short cuts at all.

      Accessing everything you have open is made really easily with OS X Lion.  Before OS X Lion, hot corners were what was made to access different apps easily on different desktops.  Now with OS X Lion you can use Mission Control and you will have all of your apps open available for you to see.  You can see all of your desktops and your dashboard that you have open and see what is in them.  You can move different apps to different desktops and rearrange the order of them.  By having Mission Control you can have a birds-eye view of  everything running on your mac and it makes it easier to control apps.

      When you download OS X Lion, the majority of your apps are updated.  Safari, iTunes, iPhoto, iCal, iLife, iMovie and much more.  You even get FaceTime meaning you can call and actually see other people who own an apple product such as Macs, Desktops, iPod touch, iPhone etc.  Whether you FaceTime between a iPhone and a mac you can still use it.  The updates within all of the apps makes them run faster and smoother than they did before.  If you are using something like Microsoft Word, OS X Lion saves the document for you if you don't save it.  Meaning if Microsoft Word quits and you didn't save your document, you will have a copy of it because it was saved by OS X Lion.

      Security is a key point that you would want on your computer.  OS X Lion prevents you from going onto sites that can pass on viruses.  Even though Apples don't get viruses, prevention from these bad sites is safer because you stay away from the bad things out on the web.  There is also parental control.  If you are worried about your kids visiting any un-safe websites, OS X Lion can send you an update about what websites your child has been on.

      Compatibility is a key component of all macs.  By having a compatible computer, such as a mac, you can access windows and even move all of your files form a PC to a mac if you were thinking about changing computer companies.

      Lastly, voice over is something that is new to the mac from OS X Lion.  You can say commands to your mac such as:

- What time is it?
- What day it it?
- Open Safari
- Close Safari
- Hide Safari
- Go to apple.com

      Those are just a few of the voice commands that you can say.  This facilitates the blind or the people who can't see as well, because they will be able to hear the descriptions of what is going on in there mac.  For example, voice commands can read this whole blog to someone by highlighting selected texts and pressing:

command - shift - s

You can choose the language and the accent of the reader by going onto System Preferences.

That sums up my review on OS X Lion and for more information on OS X Lion, visit:

      http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is/

      It costs $29.99 and the money is well worth it for what you get out of it.  It almost feels like you have a brand new mac.