Sounds like the Mac doesn't need to pull as many files, or as large files, from the hard drive. I wouldn't use startup time as any sort of gauge though. I can compare XP on my system, vs Windows 7 (and I use XP primarily, for the time being) and Windows 7 starts faster than XP does. But 7 uses more RAM than XP does. I'm using the same 7200 RPM drive for both. Startup time, and program startup time is relevant to the hard drive itself, but each OS utilizes it differently. The only difference between Mac and Windows, regarding that, is the OS. If you value your operating system being able to start faster than a Windows OS, then that's on you. Personally, all I care about is that I'm able to do whatever I want to do, and fast, when I'm on my computer.
Not saying Mac doesn't offer that capability, but I've used both, and I gotta say, I'd rather pay less for better performance and customization, as a tech head, with Windows, and an actual computer that allows for performance. The operating system is NOT where performance comes from. They just utilize performance differently.

Ahhh okay. That makes sense. Windows XP! That brings back some bad memories. We somehow managed to get a popup that embedded itself into the computer. Even after a restore we still had it. It was like a program window or something, it wasn't related to the internet. Twas a shitty situation.

You must have had some fleeting XP memories then.

That's called a virus, bruh.
Yea, I know Mac is less prone to them, but seriously, there are AMAZING virus shields out there for, guess how many dollars... 0.
And they update themselves, just in case the user is dumb enough to think that just because their name is Joe, that they won't get a virus.

Well, same story. You could buy a PC that's a lot faster for that money.
You can buy a decent PC that kicks the living crap out of a Mac Mini for about 500 dollars here. Brand new, screen included.
Building/customising a PC isn't cheaper than buying a ready made PC. Only I want to decide what's in my computer, so that has more to do with me than with the PC. But often these readymate PC's are just as cheap :)

Macs are perfect for people who just don't care about their computer.
Macs are the Fords and Toyota's of computerworld (people who drive a ford or a toyota here usually don't care about cars, they just want them to drive).

Eitherway, Freebase, are you familiar with the word "PEBCAK"?

I wasn't saying making a statement on Windows vs. Macs. I was just saying I had something fuck up my computer and that it was a shitty situation.

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I think that's a pretty broad statement. Anyone who owns a mac doesn't care about their computer?

No. That's not what I'm saying.
Anyone who doesn't care about computers and doesn't want to think about them, should buy a mac.