Mac vs. Windows: The “McDo WiFi Guide” Revelation

The instructions were obviously made in favor of Mac.

Windows are not set to Manual IP config by default but the instructions assumed your laptop is set to Manual mode making the process look longer and complicated for an average user.

Oh well. I’ll just get my self a cheeseburger.

baka wala masyadong mac users na nakikiconnect so they didn’t bother with the detailed instructions (mas marketable ang pc users tingnan mo walang instructions for us linux users)

why go to mcdo for wifi? totally takes the fun out of eating your big mac! life. live it!

Sorry Windows and Mac users. Linux users are the real winner. No need for those dummy instructions. We just know how to make it work :)

This sucks! I am an APPLE HATER and a LOYAL MICROSOFT WINDOWS USER. Stirring a competition between Apple’s OS X and Microsoft’s Windows is good since Windows is coming with revolution with its Windows 8. Can’t wait…

Hi! I have both own a mac and windows laptop, and truth to be told, connecting internet with a mac is as fluid as it gets, 3 years of no hassle whether here at home, at the coffee shop or malls!

On the other side, If your an advance user, yes, you will have no problem connecting with Windows…That is, If it works all the time.. but seriously, its not! There are times that it just stops working with the connection, you have to restart this, reboot that, some modems or routers needs additional drivers blah blah.. so what you do? You have to manually configure, or add the connection, much like this mcdo flyer is telling us.

So uh.. I did it in four steps on my PC. lol

obviously, its biased MACdo! most mac users let people know them. they just cant afford to keep on ground.

That just about reflect the number of people who use Windows versus Mac- still around 9 Windows to 1 Mac

it’s really no big deal, if you really know how to use your computer, whether it’d be a mac, windows or linux laptop, you’d never really have to bother reading a flyer to connect to a wifi hotspot. OS’s try their best to help users do things easily, it just that they have different approaches in their implementation. at the end of the day, it all boils down to personal preference, it’s what you want to use, or what you are used to.

doesn’t matter if the instructions are long or short, complicated or simple… macs will always be macs and windows will always be windows… WE ARE GETTING FREE INTERNET WHILE EATING OUR BURGER!!! being a FANBOY is just so OVERRATED!!! just make sure your drink doesn’t spill all over your “80K” laptops…

Doesn’t matter. Both can connect almost at the same time. A 1 yr old boy will spend years connecting even using macbook air.

Never had a problem connecting to wifi on windows.. unless there is a third party driver that conflicts to the native wifi network of windows. It’s just easy as the one on mac.. Meron pa ba talaga hindi marunong mag wifi? I’m sure if you have a laptop, you then know how to connect to a wifi network.

So many witty (and some dumb) comments! I wish I can up/downvote here similar to reddit. Panalo iyung iba eh! haha! =D Keep it coming guys!

well, windows 7 configures much faster than vista or xp. although it doesnt configure as fast as the mac’s. but if one needs to set up a proxy server, it’s virtually the same.

I’m guessing the person who created the brochure hasn’t used a Windows PC at all and needed to download a guide from the internet.

All I did was boot up my Win7 netbook, click on “WiFi networks detected” and clicked on the McDo WiFi option.

Flaw in their logic though – most WinXP systems use proprietary WiFi control software. I personally know the Intel ProSet controls differ significantly from the ones used by Atheros and Broadcom chips and that some override the stock WinXP wireless controls so that you *have* to use the proprietary control software.

And kawawa naman mga naka-Linux, no love from McDo. :P Kahit Ubuntu man lang, being the one distro geared towards non-geeks.

No big deal for me. The goal of the brochure is to help either type of users. Although I must commend Apple that their design is well-thought of, there’s very little need to change how the user interface looks like (or where to look for things) even when they upgrade their OS.

Windows is the primary product of Microsoft (is it still?), so they need to make the user feel unsatisfied somehow for each upgrade. Apple’s primary business is hardware, so they make you feel unsatisfied on the hardware end whenever a new one comes.

+1 radioactive_balut

Macdo ee hahaha Microsoft p din ako haha

Why does McDo think that an average Windows user have the WiFi settings on manual? By default, Windows has it on “Automatic” it does not change to manual by itself. I find that weird. If the user have the settings on manual obviously he or she knows how to change it back to automatic. All that McDo has to say is “Hey! We use automatic Wi-Fi settings!”

I use both Windows and Ubuntu. I find the logic weird. What if the Mac is on manual settings?

What about us Linux users? ;)